Monday, March 19, 2012

Mortgage Rates Rise To Highest Levels Of The Year

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Mar 19, 2012 3:38PM

Mortgage Rates Rise To Highest Levels Of The Year

With the new week comes new pain for Mortgages Rates , which rose to their highest levels of the year today. Lenders have been adjusting their rate sheets all day and by varying degrees, so there's greater than normal degree of variation between them. For the most part, the 30yr Fixed Conventional Best-Execution Rate remains in the same 4.0% - 4.125% range, but for most lenders, borrowing costs at those rates are higher. (read more about Best-Execution calculations ). (read more about Wednesday's...

Mar 19, 2012 4:06PM

FHFA Releases GSE Q4 Data, Introduces Interactive Borrower Map

Fourth quarter statistics on the activities of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (the GSEs) in assisting homeowners to stay in their homes were released today by the Federal Housing Finance Agency. The Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report for the fourth quarter includes new state level data and launches an interactive Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac State Borrower Assistance Map showing the number of loans owned or guaranteed by the GSEs, delinquencies, foreclosure prevention activities, real estate owned...


Micro News

3:20 PM:

Full Blown Sell-Off. Looking For The Bottom...

12:46 PM:

Bond Markets No Longer Holding Ground... Negative Reprices

12:01 PM:

Greek CDS Info Lifts Stocks. Bonds Holding Ground For Now

10:05 AM:

ECON: Builder Confidence Unchanged in March

9:45 AM:

2 Steps Back at Stock Market Cash Open. Less Genteel Indeed

9:22 AM:

MBS, Treasuries Near Unchanged After Positive Start

12:36 PM:

Some Positive Reprices Already, Maybe More if Recent Gains Hold

10:59 AM:

MBS, Treasuries Off Weakest Levels Following Data

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Today's Comments

Matthew Graham

"major disconnect in the traditional "stock lever" for several months now as bonds rallied and/or remained low due to safe-haven demand originating..."

Thoams Bickett

"Seems odd to have this much sell off in such a short period of time with out the stock market rallying? If oney was flying out of Treasuries and other..."

John Northrup

"" This isn't surprising after everything we are seeing in our research. Just really begs the question of the validity of any Assignments of Mortgages..."

Today's Q&A

"should i pay half a point to lock my rate for an extra 30 days or wait and see what happens?"

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"A list of Pa property maintenance companies that hire subcontractors?"