Daily Newsletter: Buyers and Sellers Not on Same Page With Housing Market Reality; Mortgage Apps Improve Slightly; Rates Fall After Fed Minutes

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30 Year Fixed 4.18%   -0.02 15 Year Fixed 3.32%   -0.02 10YR Treasury 2.56%   -0.0036 FNMA 30YR 3.5 102.39   +0.05 FNMA 15YR 2.5 103.53   +0.03 View Today's Rates

Wednesday July 9, 2014 MND NewsWire - 1:12PM Buyers and Sellers Not on Same Page With Housing Market Reality A recent survey by Redfin, the Seattle-based real estate company, found some substantial disconnects among buyers, sellers, and market reality. They are, the company said, not on the ... MND NewsWire - 10:26AM Mortgage Apps Bounce Back Despite Slightly Higher Rates The Mortgage Bankers Association reported this morning that its Market Composite Index, which measures the volume of mortgage applications, increased 1.9 percent on a seasonally adjusted ... MBS Commentary - 5:16PM MBS RECAP: Bond Markets Rally on Hidden Gem in FOMC Minutes While the overnight session was slightly weaker and the 10yr auction made things that much worse, the day's main event was undoubtedly the FOMC Minutes. There are two ways to look at ... Mortgage Rate Watch - 5:38PM Mortgage Rates Scratch Out Modest Gains After Fed Minutes Mortgage rates improved again today , but it wasn't exactly a straight line to success. In fact, the underlying bond markets that directly impact lenders' rates began weakening yesterday ... MBS Day Ahead: Treasury Auction, FOMC Minutes, and Special NFP Reflections Foreclosures up Again in May, but Annual Counts Still Falling Latest Video When will Fed raise rates? QE likely to end October: Fed minutes Fed never sees risk: Pro More News from 'Around the Web' The Atlantic - 4:28PM The Invisible Economy CNBC - 4:28PM Americans living the dream, not loving it Reuters - 3:41PM Fed advances discussion on exit strategy: FOMC minutes CNBC - 3:40PM Fed minutes: QE likely to end in October Bloomberg - 3:28PM Treasuries Erase Losses as Fed Caution Outweighs Stimulus Exit - Bloomberg Market Watch - 1:18PM Treasurys extend fall after weak 10-year note auction NAFCU - 1:15PM Senate confirms Castro to HUD blog.redfin.com - 10:31AM Redfin Agents Report Disconnect Between Buyers and Sellers WSJ - 10:28AM House Republicans Want Fed to Adopt Policy-Making Rules WSJ - 10:27AM Foreclosure Inventories Set New High in Florida, But No New Wave Seen Bloomberg - 8:41AM Wells Fargo Profit Streak Seen No Match for Revenue Skid - Bloomberg Market Watch - 8:40AM Foreign home buyers flock to U.S. Reuters - 8:40AM Mortgage applications rose in latest week: MBA CNBC - 8:38AM Citi nears $4B deal to settle mortgage probe: DJ CNBC - 8:37AM US Treasurys slip ahead of FOMC minutes Today's Comments MBS Live Chat - 2:00PM "RTRS - FEDERAL RESERVE OFFICIALS GENERALLY AGREE DUAL USE OF INTEREST ON EXCESS RESERVES (IOER), REVERSE REPO FACILITY IN NORMALIZING POLICY – FOMC MINUTES..." MBS Live Chat - 2:00PM "RTRS - FOMC MAY END BOND BUYING PROGRAM FOLLOWING OCTOBER MEETING IF CERTAIN ECONOMIC CONDITIONS REMAIN POSITIVE - MINUTES..." MBS Live Chat - 2:01PM "RTRS - MANY PARTICIPANTS WANT TO END PORTFOLIO REINVESTMENTS AT OR AFTER FIRST RATE RISE – MINUTES..." MBS Live Chat - 2:20PM "Fed is just stating more of the obvious keeping the message consistent. The risk of course is complacency and an unexpected event causing a change in course. Markets would love that...." MBS Live Chat - 3:06PM "What is the threshold bonds need to break to see a positive reprice..." MBS Live Chat - 3:07PM "figure a rate sheet baseline of 102-05. So 102-13 is a quarter point better. Seems like solid positive reprice potential territory. Lenders will vary in how long they'd like to see it hold...." MBS Live Chat - 3:07PM "we're up as much as 8-10 /32 since pricing came out, reprices should be imminent...." MND NewsWire - 5:59PM "As an attorney who works in this field, I can tell you it's going to be a very long time before this mess is completely sorted through. The rise in housing prices last year was just a market correction because they had dropped too low. Now that this is stabilized, it's going to be years before the 9..." Today's Rates Best Execution Rate Change 30 Yr FRM 4.18% -0.02 15 Yr FRM 3.32% -0.02 FHA 30 Year Fixed 3.75% +0.00 Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 4.02% -0.02 5/1 Yr ARM 3.22% +0.00 Current Mortgage Rates » What are best-execution rates? 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% 0.50 -0.02 15 Yr. Fixed 3.22% 0.50 +0.00 1 Yr. ARM 2.38% 0.40 -0.02 5/1 Yr. ARM 2.98% 0.40 +0.00 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 98.39 +0.09 30YR FNMA 3.5 102.39 +0.05 30YR GNMA 3.0 100.30 -0.03 30YR GNMA 3.5 103.38 0.00 15YR FNMA 3.0 103.53 +0.03 15YR FNMA 2.5 101.25 +0.13 Treasuries Yield Change 2 YR 0.4840% -0.0239 5 YR 1.6759% -0.0181 10 YR 2.5576% -0.0036 30 YR 3.3798% +0.0016 Prices as of: 7/9/2014 4:31PM 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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