Friday, August 29, 2014

Daily Newsletter: New Credit Score Model Would be Great for Housing! Too Bad it Won't be Used; Housing Entering Dicey Transition Phase; Rates Unchanged Near 2014 Lows

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30 Year Fixed
4.10%   +0.00
15 Year Fixed
3.26%   +0.00
10YR Treasury
2.34%   +0.0070
FNMA 30YR 3.5
102.92   +0.02
FNMA 15YR 2.5
103.66   +0.02
Friday August 29, 2014
MND NewsWire - 12:48PM
FICO, the company that develops proprietary scoring models for credit bureaus and lenders, announced August 7 that a new model (FICO Score 9) would be released this fall. FICO's press ...
MND NewsWire - 12:42PM
RealtyTrac estimated that home sales in July were at an annualized rate of 4.63 million units , a decrease of 3 percent from June and down 12 percent from July 2013. This would be the ...
Mortgage Rate Watch - 2:49PM
Mortgage rates barely budged today. A few lenders were a bit higher than yesterday. A few more were a bit lower, but most hadn't moved enough to be considered anything more than unchanged ...
Pipeline Press - 10:11AM
Cleverness is alive and well in lending, and the "free Russian cat with your loan funding" story yesterday brought a few e-mails. Chris L. contributes, "Thanks for sharing the idea ...
MBS Commentary - 2:07PM
"lmao Matt... great update and good laughs too..."
Today's Rates
Best Execution
Rate Change
30 Yr FRM 4.10% +0.00
15 Yr FRM 3.26% +0.00
FHA 30 Year Fixed 3.75% +0.00
Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 3.98% +0.01
5/1 Yr ARM 3.22% +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 4.35% 0.22 +0.00
15 Yr. Fixed 3.48% 0.30 -0.03
30 Yr. Jumbo 4.24% 0.19 -0.02
30 Yr. FHA 4.04% 0.03 -0.02
5/1 ARM 3.24% 0.45 -0.08
Freddie Mac **
30 Yr. Fixed 4.10% 0.50 +0.00
15 Yr. Fixed 3.25% 0.60 +0.02
1 Yr. ARM 2.39% 0.50 +0.01
5/1 Yr. ARM 2.97% 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 99.52 +0.06
30YR FNMA 3.5 102.92 +0.02
30YR GNMA 3.0 101.39 +0.02
30YR GNMA 3.5 103.97 +0.03
15YR FNMA 3.0 103.66 +0.02
15YR FNMA 2.5 101.25 -0.06
Treasuries
Yield Change
2 YR 0.4961% -0.0078
5 YR 1.6283% -0.0032
10 YR 2.3448% +0.0070
30 YR 3.0824% +0.0072
Prices as of: 8/29/2014 4:08PM EST
MBS and Treasury data provided by Thomson Reuters.
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Thursday, August 28, 2014

Daily Newsletter: Mortgage Rates Fall For Sixth Straight Day; Pending Home Sales Highest in Nearly a Year

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30 Year Fixed
4.10%   -0.01
15 Year Fixed
3.26%   +0.00
10YR Treasury
2.34%   -0.0195
FNMA 30YR 3.5
102.91   +0.08
FNMA 15YR 2.5
103.64   +0.11
Thursday August 28, 2014
Mortgage Rate Watch - 3:45PM
Mortgage rates fell modestly for an impressive sixth straight day today. Yet again, we're seeing little attention paid to the events in the US that NORMALLY influence interest rates ...
MND NewsWire - 11:09AM
Favorable housing conditions were credited for leading pending home sales higher in July to their best level since August 2013 . Pending sales as measured by purchase contract signings ...
MND NewsWire - 11:14AM
What's this? The borrower receives a cat when their mortgage closes? What would the CFPB say? Will fleas lead to a class action lawsuit a year down the road? Would the DOJ claim canine ...
MBS Commentary - 7:28AM
Today is the busiest day of the week for domestic economic data and Treasury Auctions. The 8:30 time slot brings Jobless Claims and the 2nd revision of 2nd quarter GDP. At 10am, there ...
Today's Rates
Best Execution
Rate Change
30 Yr FRM 4.10% -0.01
15 Yr FRM 3.26% +0.00
FHA 30 Year Fixed 3.75% +0.00
Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 3.97% -0.01
5/1 Yr ARM 3.22% +0.01
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 4.35% 0.22 +0.00
15 Yr. Fixed 3.48% 0.30 -0.03
30 Yr. Jumbo 4.24% 0.19 -0.02
30 Yr. FHA 4.04% 0.03 -0.02
5/1 ARM 3.24% 0.45 -0.08
Freddie Mac **
30 Yr. Fixed 4.10% 0.50 +0.00
15 Yr. Fixed 3.25% 0.60 +0.02
1 Yr. ARM 2.39% 0.50 +0.01
5/1 Yr. ARM 2.97% 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 99.45 +0.08
30YR FNMA 3.5 102.91 +0.08
30YR GNMA 3.0 101.38 +0.14
30YR GNMA 3.5 103.94 +0.03
15YR FNMA 3.0 103.64 +0.11
15YR FNMA 2.5 101.31 +0.14
Treasuries
Yield Change
2 YR 0.5039% -0.0118
5 YR 1.6315% -0.0050
10 YR 2.3378% -0.0195
30 YR 3.0752% -0.0256
Prices as of: 8/28/2014 4:31PM EST
MBS and Treasury data provided by Thomson Reuters.
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