Daily Newsletter: Mortgage Rates Are Really Stuck in a Rut; Time to Take The Industry Back; Does Fannie Need to Approve Personnel Changes?

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30 Year Fixed 3.66%   +0.01 15 Year Fixed 3.01%   +0.02 10YR Treasury 1.87%   -0.0193 FNMA 30YR 3.5 105.17   -0.03 FNMA 15YR 2.5 104.89   -0.19 View Today's Rates

Friday April 17, 2015 Mortgage Rate Watch - 4:32PM Mortgage Rates Are Really Stuck in a Rut Mortgage rates barely budged yet again today despite more volatility in underlying financial markets. This is the 3rd day in a row with similar behavior in interest rates, and part ... Community Commentary - 3:19PM It's Time to Take Our Industry Back: Educate and Innovate As we prepare and retool for the August 1st disclosure changes, it will be easy to lose sight of the opportunity that is before us. The regulatory integration is here to stay, and there ... MBS Commentary - 1:26PM MBS MID-DAY: Surprise Surprise! Bonds Nearly Unchanged After Morning Volatility If this happens to be your very first time reading this site, you should know that we've been talking a lot about a few things. First is the fact that bond markets have been almost ... Pipeline Press - 10:48AM Agency Updates - Does Fannie Really Need to Approve Lender Management Changes? Since inflation doesn't exist much anymore in the economy, how about in your garage ? Detroit has plenty of empty garages and so the city announced a new 0% down program to give the ... MBS Day Ahead: Bonds Needing More Motivation to Get Serious About Challenging Resistance Housing Starts Rose Less Than Expected in March Latest Video Santelli Exchange: Treasurys good buy or goodbye? Santelli Exchange: Global debt Consumer sentiment 95.9 More News from 'Around the Web' Bloomberg - 5:06PM Fannie-Freddie Overseer to Make Small Changes in Mortgage Fees Fannie Mae - 4:35PM Loan-Level Price Adjustment Changes -Fannie CNBC - 2:57PM Pulte: M&A activity buying opportunity in housing CNBC - 11:36AM Second-home real estate play is hot-for now WSJ - 11:27AM By One Measure, Wages for Most U.S. Workers Peaked in 1972 CNBC - 10:30AM A hot real estate run about to end Reuters - 10:30AM U.S. consumer sentiment rises in April Reuters - 8:43AM Gasoline, shelter costs lift U.S. consumer prices WSJ - 12:53AM Take A Broader View to Better Understand the New-Home Market Washington Post - 12:53AM The standoff between Germany and Greece goes on full display in Washington Calculated Risk Blog - 12:53AM Apartment Market Conditions Tighter in April Survey Today's Rates Best Execution Rate Change 30 Yr FRM 3.66% +0.01 15 Yr FRM 3.01% +0.02 FHA 30 Year Fixed 3.30% +0.05 Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 3.63% +0.01 5/1 Yr ARM 3.10% +0.03 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 3.87% 0.38 +0.01 15 Yr. Fixed 3.16% 0.29 +0.01 30 Yr. Jumbo 3.84% 0.35 +0.03 30 Yr. FHA 3.67% 0.23 -0.02 5/1 ARM 2.82% 0.40 +0.06 Freddie Mac ** 30 Yr. Fixed 3.67% 0.70 +0.01 15 Yr. Fixed 2.94% 0.50 +0.01 1 Yr. ARM 2.46% 0.40 +0.00 5/1 Yr. ARM 2.88% 0.50 +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 3.0 102.48 -0.05 30YR FNMA 3.5 105.17 -0.03 30YR GNMA 3.0 103.52 +0.08 30YR GNMA 3.5 105.89 +0.03 15YR FNMA 3.0 104.89 -0.19 15YR FNMA 2.5 102.89 -0.23 Treasuries Yield Change 2 YR 0.5121% +0.0282 5 YR 1.3079% +0.0097 10 YR 1.8687% -0.0193 30 YR 2.5224% -0.0483 Prices as of: 4/17/2015 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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