Thursday, July 31, 2014

Daily Newsletter: Longest Recorded Refi Boom Ends; New Demographic Emerges; Foreclosure Concentration Concern; What GDP Means for Rates

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30 Year Fixed
4.25%   +0.01
15 Year Fixed
3.37%   +0.01
10YR Treasury
2.56%   +0.0037
FNMA 30YR 3.5
101.83   -0.08
FNMA 15YR 2.5
103.05   -0.02
Thursday July 31, 2014
MND NewsWire - 3:38PM
Freddie Mac has officially declared that the refinancing boom is over. The company's Refinance Report for the second quarter of 2014 said that the longest refinance boom in the 24 years ...
MND NewsWire - 1:04PM
While completed foreclosures increased slightly from May to June, the foreclosure inventory, a count of homes in the process of foreclosure, continued to slide. CoreLogic's National ...
MBS Commentary - 7:39AM
With GDP living up to it's surprising potential, things have quickly gotten more serious for domestic bond markets. Before yesterday, econo-bears could hold out some hope that Q2 GDP ...
Mortgage Rate Watch - 4:09PM
Mortgage rates started the day in fairly rough shape with most lenders offering noticeably higher rates vs yesterday. As stock markets slid into the afternoon, the bond markets that ...
MBS Live Chat - 12:15PM
"MG: The new layout / options on this site are a huge upgrade on an already great service. It's the topic of my sales meeting next Monday. Great stuff...."
MBS Live Chat - 2:43PM
"TrimTabs Investment Research shows a much rosier picture for July. This report showed that the United States added a whopping 306,000 jobs in July...."
Today's Rates
Best Execution
Rate Change
30 Yr FRM 4.25% +0.01
15 Yr FRM 3.37% +0.01
FHA 30 Year Fixed 3.75% +0.00
Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 4.09% +0.01
5/1 Yr ARM 3.25% +0.00
Average Mortgage Rates
Rate Points Change
FHFA *
15 Yr. Fixed 3.56% 1.13 -0.10
30 Yr. Fixed 4.37% 1.39 -0.16
MBA **
30 Yr. Fixed 4.32% 0.16 +0.04
15 Yr. Fixed 3.40% 0.22 -0.02
30 Yr. Jumbo 4.24% 0.16 -0.02
30 Yr. FHA 4.02% -0.03 +0.03
5/1 ARM 3.40% 0.22 -0.02
Freddie Mac **
30 Yr. Fixed 4.12% 0.60 -0.01
15 Yr. Fixed 3.23% 0.70 -0.03
1 Yr. ARM 2.38% 0.40 -0.01
5/1 Yr. ARM 3.01% 0.50 +0.02
* 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 97.91 -0.13
30YR FNMA 3.5 101.83 -0.08
30YR GNMA 3.0 100.00 -0.05
30YR GNMA 3.5 102.92 +0.02
15YR FNMA 3.0 103.05 -0.02
15YR FNMA 2.5 100.59 -0.06
Treasuries
Yield Change
2 YR 0.5354% -0.0236
5 YR 1.7595% -0.0114
10 YR 2.5633% +0.0037
30 YR 3.3217% +0.0107
Prices as of: 7/31/2014 4:29PM EST
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Daily Newsletter: GDP at 4.0%; Bond Markets Tank; Mortgage Rates at 1-Month Highs; Realtors get Head-Up on Short Sales; Home Ownership at 19yr Low

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30 Year Fixed
4.24%   +0.06
15 Year Fixed
3.36%   +0.04
10YR Treasury
2.56%   +0.0995
FNMA 30YR 3.5
101.91   -0.61
FNMA 15YR 2.5
103.06   -0.34
Wednesday July 30, 2014
Mortgage Rate Watch - 5:02PM
For weeks, we've discussed the prospects for increased volatility centered on today's economic calendar. The chances of a bigger move were much higher going into today's GDP data, and ...
MND NewsWire - 3:41PM
A short sale program for properties serviced by Nationstar, which bills itself as one of the nation's largest independent loan servicers, is the subject of a new member advisory from ...
MBS Commentary - 12:46PM
Bond markets began the day on relatively level ground vs yesterday. It was, and has been up to GDP to cast the first major vote on whether or not bond markets move on to new highs for ...
MND NewsWire - 3:37PM
The rate of homeownership in the U.S. continued to slide in the second quarter of 2014, reaching a 19 year low . The Commerce Department said that the seasonally adjusted homeownership ...
MBS Live Chat - 12:28PM
"Been out all AM....boy, I'm glad I locked up everything Monday. Tuesday was a fakeout making me second guess myself......."
MBS Live Chat - 12:25PM
"Love this site. All locked up and very relieved..."
MBS Live Chat - 4:43PM
"In general, you'll find ample discussion on pros/cons with respect to relevant considerations affecting rates in the near future, but ultimately a vocal recommendation to arrive at your own lock/float conclusions with clients. In general (again), I think lock/float recommendations beyond the scope of..."
MND NewsWire - 11:52AM
"Home owners and real estate investors should take heart in these statistics. If if is reasonable to draw price comparisons with past data, the goal should not be to in some way recover "bubble"-driven prices. It is clear the 2006-2007 bubble was driven by something akin to 17th century Tulip Mania, an..."
Today's Rates
Best Execution
Rate Change
30 Yr FRM 4.24% +0.06
15 Yr FRM 3.36% +0.04
FHA 30 Year Fixed 3.75% +0.00
Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 4.08% +0.06
5/1 Yr ARM 3.25% +0.03
Average Mortgage Rates
Rate Points Change
FHFA *
15 Yr. Fixed 3.56% 1.13 -0.10
30 Yr. Fixed 4.37% 1.39 -0.16
MBA **
30 Yr. Fixed 4.32% 0.16 +0.04
15 Yr. Fixed 3.40% 0.22 -0.02
30 Yr. Jumbo 4.24% 0.16 -0.02
30 Yr. FHA 4.02% -0.03 +0.03
5/1 ARM 3.40% 0.22 -0.02
Freddie Mac **
30 Yr. Fixed 4.13% 0.60 +0.00
15 Yr. Fixed 3.26% 0.60 +0.03
1 Yr. ARM 2.39% 0.40 +0.00
5/1 Yr. ARM 2.99% 0.50 +0.02
* 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 98.03 -0.69
30YR FNMA 3.5 101.91 -0.61
30YR GNMA 3.0 100.05 -0.63
30YR GNMA 3.5 102.91 -0.58
15YR FNMA 3.0 103.06 -0.34
15YR FNMA 2.5 100.66 -0.42
Treasuries
Yield Change
2 YR 0.5590% +0.0118
5 YR 1.7709% +0.0828
10 YR 2.5596% +0.0995
30 YR 3.3110% +0.0846
Prices as of: 7/30/2014 4:32PM EST
MBS and Treasury data provided by Thomson Reuters.
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