Daily Newsletter: Conforming Loan Limits Stay Put for 2014, Including High Cost Areas; Home Price Growth Slowing; Mortgage Rates Flat

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30 Year Fixed 4.42%   +0.00 15 Year Fixed 3.49%   +0.00 10YR Treasury 2.71%   -0.0270 FNMA 30YR 3.5 101.19   +0.05 FNMA 15YR 2.5 103.31   +0.03 View Today's Rates

Tuesday November 26, 2013 MND NewsWire - 1:23PM Conforming Loan Limits Stay Put for 2014, Including High Cost Areas Whether because of the uproar from some members of Congress, the Mortgage Bankers Association, National Association of Realtors, and other industry players or not, Edward J. DeMarco ... Mortgage Rate Watch - 3:27PM Mortgage Rates Continue Flat, Holiday Trend Mortgage rates were flat again today. Some lenders were just slightly better or worse compared to yesterday, but on average, there was no change. Heading in to extended holiday weekends ... MND NewsWire - 10:45AM Home Price Growth Slowing but Still Bubbly in West Home prices continue to increase nationally, and the S&P Case-Shiller's U.S. National Home Price Index which is issued quarterly showed a strong third quarter where prices increased ... MND NewsWire - 11:47AM FHFA Price Increases more Modest than Case-Shiller The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) reported that home prices rose 2.0 percent in the third quarter compared to the second quarter and 8.4 percent from the third quarter of 2012 ... Affiliated Fees to Included in 3% or not?; "Funding" Versus "Closing" - Pick One! Building Permits Surge is All Multi-Family MBS MID-DAY: Bond Markets Hold Gains After Weaker Consumer Confidence The Day Ahead: Housing Starts Delayed; Focus is on Consumer Confidence, Auction California Purchase Contracts up for First Time in 3 Months Home Prices Rise Overall, but Some Areas Seeing Sharp Declines Inventories Pulling Home Sales and Prices in Opposite Directions Latest Video Expect home prices lower: Pro New wave of mortgage troubles? Shiller: No homebuyer excitement More News from 'Around the Web' Bloomberg - 3:00PM Double Bottom Points to Bond Volatility Rise: Technical Analysis - Bloomberg Reuters - 1:37PM JPMorgan, mortgages drag down third-quarter U.S. bank profits Bloomberg - 1:29PM Treasuries Remain Higher After $35 Billion 5-Year Note Auction - Bloomberg CNBC - 1:27PM New way to stop foreclosures still only a threat Google News - 12:30PM Realtors® Applaud DeMarco for Heeding Warnings, Leaving GSE Loan Limits As Is Boston Fed - 11:40AM The Effect of Foreclosure on Boston Public School Student Academic Performance CNBC - 10:58AM Chart of the Day: Strong and weak housing markets Washington Post - 10:58AM Wonkblog: Housing is looking just fine, thank you very much content.govdelivery.com - 10:57AM FDIC-Insured Institutions Earned $36 Billion in the Third Quarter of 2013 The Huffington Post - 10:36AM How Wall Street Has Turned Housing Into a Dangerous Get-Rich-Quick Scheme -- Again www.cfpbmonitor.com - 10:24AM More on the final RESPA-TILA integrated disclosures rule CNBC - 10:24AM Consumer confidence misses expectations in Nov. www.cfpbmonitor.com - 10:23AM House committee approves six CFPB reform bills Reuters - 9:20AM U.S. housing permits breach 1 million mark, highest in 5-1/2 years FHFA - 9:19AM FHFA Index Shows Mortgage Interest Rates Decrease in October FHFA - 9:19AM U.S. House Prices Rose 2.0 Percent in Third Quarter 2013 CNBC - 9:18AM September home prices up 13.3% year-over-year: S&P/Case-Shiller Reuters - 8:20AM Insight: A new wave of U.S. mortgage trouble threatens CNBC - 8:17AM US bonds trade higher ahead of further housing data Today's Comments MBS Live Chat - 10:20AM "anyone seeing any county loan limit differences?..." MBS Live Chat - 10:15AM "With U6 at almost 14% are we surprised that consumer confidence is low?..." Today's Rates Best Execution Rate Change 30 Yr FRM 4.42% +0.00 15 Yr FRM 3.49% +0.00 FHA 30 Year Fixed 4.11% -0.01 Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 4.39% +0.00 5/1 Yr ARM 3.25% +0.00 Current Mortgage Rates » What are best-execution rates? Average Mortgage Rates Rate Points Change FHFA * 15 Yr. Fixed 3.62% 1.06 +0.18 30 Yr. Fixed 4.49% 1.21 +0.22 MBA ** 30 Yr. Fixed 4.46% 0.38 +0.02 15 Yr. Fixed 3.52% 0.33 +0.00 30 Yr. Jumbo 4.47% 0.22 -0.01 30 Yr. FHA 4.14% 0.25 -0.02 5/1 ARM 3.12% 0.27 +0.01 Freddie Mac ** 30 Yr. Fixed 4.22% 0.70 -0.13 15 Yr. Fixed 3.27% 0.70 -0.08 1 Yr. ARM 2.61% 0.40 +0.00 5/1 Yr. ARM 2.95% 0.50 -0.06 Current Mortgage Rates » * FHFA averages are updated monthly. ** Mortgage Bankers Association (each Wednesday) and Freddie Mac (each Thursday) averages are updated weekly. Secondary Markets MBS Price Change 30YR FNMA 3.0 96.91 +0.11 30YR FNMA 3.5 101.19 +0.05 30YR GNMA 3.0 98.02 +0.09 30YR GNMA 3.5 102.28 +0.08 15YR FNMA 3.0 103.31 +0.03 15YR FNMA 2.5 100.06 0.00 Treasuries Yield Change 2 YR 0.2972% +0.0106 5 YR 1.3107% -0.0280 10 YR 2.7085% -0.0270 30 YR 3.8009% -0.0230 Prices as of: 11/26/2013 4:04PM EST Current MBS / Treasury Prices » MBS and Treasury data provided by Thomson Reuters. Mortgage News Daily and MBS Live! are exclusive re-distributors of Real Time Thomson Reuters Mortgage Information. Secondary Marketing Managers: If you are interested in gaining access to the most accurate real-time back-month TBA indications from Thomson Reuters and Tradeweb. Request More Information

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