Monday, August 20, 2012

Mortgage Rates Improve; LO Comp Back in Spotlight

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Aug 20, 2012 2:12PM

Mortgage Rates Begin Week Steady To Slightly Improved

Mortgage Rates managed to maintain stability seen on Friday, holding steady to very slightly lower today. It was a quiet day for rates markets during the US session with most of the movement seen during the European trading hours. Europe has recently been one of the primary long-term motivating factors for US interest rates, including mortgage rates. Today's market movements were minimal as were the changes to mortgage lenders' rate sheets versus Friday's. Best-Execution for 30yr Fixed Conventional...

Aug 20, 2012 11:25AM

Spotlight Back on LO Comp and Potential Penalties; Why Mortgage Rates Maybe Shouldn't Be Here

If you have some spare change sitting around, a 271475.7 billion portfolio of non-performing, federally insured home loans will be offered for sale at auction next month. HUD is going to sell 9,442 discounted loans (on September 12 through SEBA and DebtX) with an average balance of $182k in pools consisting of homes in Chicago, Phoenix, Newark (NJ), and Tampa (FL). The FHA's bulk sales began in 2010 with a pilot program that offered buyers as much as 65% off unpaid loan balances with the understanding...


Micro News

1:08 PM:

Holding Gains As Slow Morning Becomes Slow Afternoon

9:32 AM:

After Opening Weaker, Bond Markets Reapproach Unchanged Levels

3:35 PM:

MBS Outpeform Into The PM, Moving Sideways Vs Weaker Treasuries

1:17 PM:

Black Box Selling Ramps Up. MBS, TSYs Unable To Break Resistance

10:23 AM:

ECON: Consumer Sentiment Hits Three-Month High in August

9:44 AM:

Bond Markets Marginally Improved, But Weaker After The Open

3:22 PM:

Stabilizing After Hours. No Definitive Longer Term Implication

1:40 PM:

Convexity Snowball Is Rolling! Reprices A Near Certainty.

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Today's Comments

Peter Citera

"Look at the big picture, cman. If this asinine proposal goes forward and the lenders/investors who funded and own the loans in question are shoved out..."

cman

"information today (derived from Zillow) showing that 60.3 percent of the homes in the area are underwater and that the average homeowner has $115,755 in..."

Michael Shurtleff

"If you are already obtaining a real appraisal with inside inspection then the requirement to do so doesn't affect you at all now does it? That is not..."

Today's Q&A

"My home is worth less than I owe & i am in a bankruptcy, Would I still have some equity?"

"Can you sell your home to a third party and then purchase it from them in order to refinance?"

"After 2 weeks why can't lender give me lock rate quote? Says secondary market guidelines in the way "