Daily Newsletter: Mortgage Rates End 3-Day Streak; Mortgage Applications End 6-Week Streak; HUD Announces QM Rule; Watt Confirmed as Housing Agency Head

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30 Year Fixed 4.54%   +0.07 15 Year Fixed 3.53%   +0.04 10YR Treasury 2.85%   +0.0511 FNMA 30YR 3.5 99.78   -0.45 FNMA 15YR 2.5 102.33   -0.38 View Today's Rates

Wednesday December 11, 2013 Mortgage Rate Watch - 6:25PM Mortgage Rates End 3-Day Winning Streak Mortgage rates moved sharply higher today, erasing more than half of the improvement seen in the relief rally of the past 3 days. That rally was something of a paradox in that stronger ... MND NewsWire - 3:08PM HUD QM Rule Announced; Closely Mirrors CFPB QM The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has issued its final rule defining a "Qualified Mortgage" (QM) as required by the Dodd-Frank Act. The new rule, HUD says, builds ... MND NewsWire - 9:26AM Mortgage Applications Break 6 Week Losing Streak; ARMs Surge The slight rise in mortgage application volume during the week ended December 6 was the first increase in six weeks . The Mortgage Bankers Association said that its Market Composite ... Pipeline Press - 10:58AM Bullet Dodged on Volcker Rule; Mortgage Bank Profits Plummet; Banks to Take Losses on 2nd Mortgages? Five US regulators writing the Volcker rule have ended three years of debate and approved a ban on proprietary trading by some banks. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Office ... MBS RECAP: Paradoxical Rally Finally Reverses Watt Confirmed to Replace DeMarco FHFA Tries to Convince Senate that GSE Risks Outweigh Massive Profits Mortgage Credit Availability Tightens as Higher LTV Options Expire Adverse Market Fee Going Away, but G-Fees Going Up; Mortgage Insurance Overhaul; Investor Updates Nitty Gritty Details on GSE's Expected Fee Hike and State-Level Changes Latest Video More expensive to buy home in 2014: Pro Santelli's morning bond update: 10-year note Cashin says: Traders expect market moving Fed statement More News from 'Around the Web' WSJ - 6:22PM 5 Things You Need to Know About Stanley Fischer Bloomberg - 6:20PM ResCap Approved to Liquidate, End Bankruptcy, Lawyer Says - Bloomberg www.aei.org - 6:20PM HUD's 'Fair Housing' Assault on Local Communities Bloomberg - 5:12PM Housing-Finance Bills Won't Meet 2013 Target, US Lawmakers Say Market Watch - 4:12PM The Fed: Fischer close to becoming No.2 at Fed: reports Bloomberg - 4:11PM MGIC Chief Sees Housing 'Nirvana' After Stock Triples freddiemac.mwnewsroom.com - 4:10PM Freddie Mac Has Record Year for Multifamily Securities Bloomberg - 2:42PM Israel's Fischer Said to Be Top Candidate for Fed Vice Chairman - Bloomberg www.gpo.gov - 2:14PM FHA Updates Lending Standards for Manually Underwritten Borrowers FHFA - 1:55PM FHFA Announces Senior Staff Changes; DeLeo Named Deputy Director Division of Conservatorship Reuters - 12:53PM U.S. poised for stronger growth in 2014, Fed to taper by March: Reuters poll Bloomberg - 12:52PM Property Investment to Grow in 2014, Cornell Survey Says - Bloomberg CNBC - 12:03PM Taper talk pervades markets ahead of auction NAHB - 10:22AM NAHB Applauds Confirmation of Rep. Mel Watt as new FHFA Director The Big Picture - 9:25AM Fannie Mae Didn't Cause the Housing Crisis, Radical Ideologues Did CNBC - 9:24AM S&P downgrades US growth forecast NAFCU - 9:18AM House Missouri members urge mortgage rules delay Today's Comments MBS Live Chat - 2:44PM "MG: is Fischer seen as more of a hawk or dove when it comes to QE?..." MBS Live Chat - 2:46PM "Fischer has a reputation for beng more hawkish than most - evidenced by his refusal to engage in the kind of dovish activity the rest of the world did while in charge in Israel and is especially downbeat on forward guidance...." MBS Live Chat - 2:53PM "He's against giving "Forward Guidance" which I agree with completely. He says it can cause market confusion because the Fed really doesn't know with precision what it's going to do in the future. Creates uncertainy, confusion, and volatility. Totally agree..... I say sign hm up..." MBS Live Chat - 2:54PM "Good piece on his views here http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/09/23/the-key-to-forward-guidance-dont-give-it-fischer-says/..." MBS Live Chat - 2:55PM "http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/02/15/stan-fischer-saved-israels-economy-can-he-save-americas/..." MBS Live Chat - 2:55PM "those are the two links getting passed around...." Today's Rates Best Execution Rate Change 30 Yr FRM 4.54% +0.07 15 Yr FRM 3.53% +0.04 FHA 30 Year Fixed 4.25% +0.00 Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 4.46% +0.04 5/1 Yr ARM 3.23% -0.02 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 4.61% 0.26 +0.10 15 Yr. Fixed 3.66% 0.31 +0.10 30 Yr. Jumbo 4.59% 0.15 +0.10 30 Yr. FHA 4.30% 0.38 +0.13 5/1 ARM 3.11% 0.35 +0.02 Freddie Mac ** 30 Yr. Fixed 4.46% 0.50 +0.17 15 Yr. Fixed 3.47% 0.40 +0.17 1 Yr. ARM 2.59% 0.40 -0.01 5/1 Yr. ARM 2.99% 0.40 +0.05 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 95.34 -0.47 30YR FNMA 3.5 99.78 -0.45 30YR GNMA 3.0 96.55 -0.39 30YR GNMA 3.5 100.98 -0.39 15YR FNMA 3.0 102.33 -0.38 15YR FNMA 2.5 99.30 -0.33 Treasuries Yield Change 2 YR 0.3098% +0.0080 5 YR 1.4957% +0.0463 10 YR 2.8499% +0.0511 30 YR 3.8785% +0.0484 Prices as of: 12/11/2013 4:30PM 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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