Daily Newsletter: Mortgage Rates Finally Feeling the Love; NE Drags Down Home Sales; Housing Indicator Stabilizes, but Oil States at Risk

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30 Year Fixed 3.77%   -0.02 15 Year Fixed 3.07%   -0.01 10YR Treasury 1.97%   -0.0104 FNMA 30YR 3.5 104.78   0.00 FNMA 15YR 2.5 104.64   +0.03 View Today's Rates

Wednesday February 25, 2015 Mortgage Rate Watch - 4:04PM Mortgage Rates Finally Feeling the Love Mortgage rates had a bad Valentines Day. It's not that anything happened on that Saturday. Indeed, lenders weren't even open. It's just that things changed significantly by the time ... MND NewsWire - 10:49AM Northeast Drags Down New Home Sales Sales of newly constructed single-family homes dipped only slightly in January from December levels. The U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Developing said today ... MND NewsWire - 2:43PM Housing Indicator Continues to Stabilize; Energy States at Risk Freddie Mac said on Wednesday that its Multi-Indicator Market Index (MiMi) still shows that, at the national level, housing is continuing to stabilize . Thirty-eight of the 50 states ... MND NewsWire - 2:40PM Black Knight Notes Home Price Decline The Home Price Index (HPI) report issued this week by Black Knight Financial Services shows the December national index at $241,000, a -0.1 percent change from November. The HPI has ... 90-day Delinquencies Increasingly Ended in Foreclosure Last Month MBS MID-DAY: Bonds Generally Faring Well Ahead of 5yr Auction Settlement Agent Poll; Fannie & Freddie Continue to be Discussed; Apps Continue Downward Purchase Apps Pick Up Some Slack From Falling Refi Volume MBS Day Ahead: So is it Greece or Yellen Moving Bond Markets? Latest Video Lawmakers accuse Yellen of political bias Janet Yellen in the hot seat New home sales better-than-expected More News from 'Around the Web' Market Watch - 5:34PM BB&T sets aside $85 million over possible fine on FHA loans WSJ - 3:16PM U.S. Productivity Now Grows Faster Than Jobs. What Changed? Bloomberg - 2:23PM Bond Traders Clashing With Analysts on Yellen May Win Regardless Market Watch - 2:23PM Foreign bidders take home 60% of new 5-year notes www.wellsfargo.com - 2:23PM Wells Fargo Survey: Construction Activity Widely Expected to Improve in 2015 webfeeds.brookings.edu - 2:22PM The agreement with Greece and the challenges ahead Bloomberg - 12:09PM ECB Denies It Plotted to Burn Greece Bondholders in 2012 WSJ - 12:09PM U.S. New-Home Sizes Set Record Last Year Bloomberg - 12:09PM Yellen Defends Fed Against Lawmaker Criticism on Independence Reuters - 10:14AM U.S. new home sales dip, but remain near multi-year highs freddiemac.mwnewsroom.com - 10:14AM U.S. Housing Stability Improves for Fourth Consecutive Month Bloomberg - 8:55AM Is Fed's Yellen a Slave to Draghi Economics? - Video CNBC - 8:50AM I'm optimistic about home improvement sector: CEO blog.redfin.com - 8:49AM Confessions of a First-Time Homebuyer CNBC - 8:34AM Mortgage applications point to more buyers Today's Rates Best Execution Rate Change 30 Yr FRM 3.77% -0.02 15 Yr FRM 3.07% -0.01 FHA 30 Year Fixed 3.50% +0.00 Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 3.76% -0.04 5/1 Yr ARM 3.11% -0.02 Current Mortgage Rates » What are best-execution rates? Average Mortgage Rates Rate Points Change FHFA * 15 Yr. Fixed 3.47% 1.11 +0.02 30 Yr. Fixed 4.33% 1.33 -0.01 MBA ** 30 Yr. Fixed 3.93% 0.35 +0.09 15 Yr. Fixed 3.24% 0.35 +0.09 30 Yr. Jumbo 3.92% 0.28 +0.02 30 Yr. FHA 3.73% 0.12 +0.01 5/1 ARM 3.09% 0.47 +0.02 Freddie Mac ** 30 Yr. Fixed 3.76% 0.60 +0.07 15 Yr. Fixed 3.05% 0.60 +0.06 1 Yr. ARM 2.45% 0.40 +0.03 5/1 Yr. ARM 2.97% 0.50 +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 3.0 101.94 +0.06 30YR FNMA 3.5 104.78 0.00 30YR GNMA 3.0 102.69 +0.08 30YR GNMA 3.5 104.83 -0.08 15YR FNMA 3.0 104.64 +0.03 15YR FNMA 2.5 102.45 0.00 Treasuries Yield Change 2 YR 0.6065% +0.0495 5 YR 1.4543% -0.0016 10 YR 1.9670% -0.0104 30 YR 2.5675% -0.0198 Prices as of: 2/25/2015 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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