Daily Newsletter: Home Prices Continue Higher but Pace Slows; Mortgage Rates Close to Sideways Record

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30 Year Fixed 4.16%   +0.00 15 Year Fixed 3.29%   +0.01 10YR Treasury 2.52%   -0.0196 FNMA 30YR 3.5 102.73   +0.22 FNMA 15YR 2.5 103.88   +0.05 View Today's Rates

Tuesday May 27, 2014 MND NewsWire - 12:06PM Three Data Sets Concur on Continuing but Slower Price Increases All three home price surveys released this morning showed prices increased in March, a more moderate improvement than in previous months in some cases, but still broad based. The S&P ... Mortgage Rate Watch - 3:03PM Mortgage Rates Close to Setting Sideways Record Mortgage rates were slightly higher this morning, but mid-day market improvements led many lenders to adjust rates lower into the afternoon. The net effect ends up being "no change ... MBS Commentary - 7:45AM MBS Week Ahead: Getting Closer to Decision Time for Bond Markets A common quip on Wall Street is that financial markets will do what it takes to prove as many people wrong as possible. Variations of the same concept include the "pain trade" as well ... Pipeline Press - 10:11AM MBA Releases Lender Profit Numbers for 2013 - Ouch; New HUD Head The mortgage industry continues to do what it can to not only dig its way out of the poor public relations created from lending from 5-10 years ago, but give back to the community. ... New Home Sales Rise to Slightly Less Depressed Levels Mortgage Banking Profits Hit Hard in 2nd Half of 2013 Latest Video Robert Shiller: Mortgage rates may spur market Bubble in bonds? Home price gains ease More News from 'Around the Web' CNBC - 3:26PM Housin'sg 1% soars as 99ers dive www.npr.org - 2:30PM Median CEO Pay Tops $10 Million For The First Time blog.redfin.com - 2:29PM Real Estate Trends: Technology is Just a Means of Delivering Better Value and Service for the Consumer WSJ - 12:23PM Consumers Are Back to Paying Mortgages Ahead of Credit Cards rss.nytimes.com - 11:35AM Real Estate and the Recovery: Another Reason to Consider Renting www.aei-ideas.org - 11:34AM The missing middle of the US jobs recovery Google News - 10:15AM Led By Multifamily, Improvement Seen in All Commercial Real Estate Sectors www.lpsvcs.com - 10:15AM Black Knight Home Price Index Report: March 2014 Transactions Reuters - 10:15AM U.S. home prices rise in March: S&P/Case-Shiller CNBC - 9:14AM Home prices jump in March: S&P/Case-Shiller Reuters - 8:57AM ECB rate cut next week under discussion WSJ - 8:50AM Bond Buys Here to Stay Despite Fed Taper, Research Suggests Reuters - 8:45AM U.S. durable goods orders rise on defense, but business spending plans weak Reuters - 8:28AM IMF's Lagarde says bank reforms slowed by fierce industry pushback CNBC - 8:27AM Home equity loans pick up, but slowly CNBC - 8:18AM Third party review of Bank of America's capital plan complete Today's Comments MBS Live Chat - 8:30AM "RTRS - U.S. APRIL DURABLES EX-DEFENSE ORDERS -0.8 PCT VS MARCH +2.9 PCT (PREV +1.9 PCT)..." MBS Live Chat - 8:59AM "Looks like market momentum still favors MBS, given the rapid recovery from GDP numbers...." MBS Live Chat - 9:01AM "rates need to stay low to support these rising values..." Today's Rates Best Execution Rate Change 30 Yr FRM 4.16% +0.00 15 Yr FRM 3.29% +0.01 FHA 30 Year Fixed 3.75% +0.00 Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 3.96% +0.00 5/1 Yr ARM 3.25% +0.01 Current Mortgage Rates » What are best-execution rates? Average Mortgage Rates Rate Points Change FHFA * 15 Yr. Fixed 3.80% 1.10 +0.13 30 Yr. Fixed 4.67% 1.44 +0.13 MBA ** 30 Yr. Fixed 4.33% 0.20 -0.06 15 Yr. Fixed 3.43% 0.15 -0.05 30 Yr. Jumbo 4.24% 0.10 -0.05 30 Yr. FHA 4.06% 0.00 -0.03 5/1 ARM 3.14% 0.29 -0.03 Freddie Mac ** 30 Yr. Fixed 4.14% 0.60 -0.06 15 Yr. Fixed 3.25% 0.50 -0.04 1 Yr. ARM 2.43% 0.40 +0.00 5/1 Yr. ARM 2.96% 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 98.53 +0.16 30YR FNMA 3.5 102.73 +0.22 30YR GNMA 3.0 100.30 +0.23 30YR GNMA 3.5 103.77 +0.16 15YR FNMA 3.0 103.88 +0.05 15YR FNMA 2.5 101.44 +0.11 Treasuries Yield Change 2 YR 0.3505% +0.0040 5 YR 1.5257% -0.0034 10 YR 2.5160% -0.0196 30 YR 3.3641% -0.0342 Prices as of: 5/27/2014 3:46PM 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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