Daily Newsletter: Mortgage Rate Paradox: 2 Month Lows After Stellar Jobs Data; Disaster Policy Updates

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30 Year Fixed 3.94%   -0.02 15 Year Fixed 3.19%   -0.02 10YR Treasury 2.12%   -0.0335 FNMA 30YR 3.5 103.89   +0.19 FNMA 15YR 2.5 103.55   +0.14 View Today's Rates

Friday January 8, 2016 Mortgage Rate Watch - 5:28PM Mortgage Rate Paradox: 2 Month Lows After Stellar Jobs Data Mortgage rates moved lower today, despite an exceptionally strong jobs report--something that typically sends rates screaming higher. Recently, however, we've seen a disconnection between ... Pipeline Press - 9:59AM Trends in 2nd Mortgages; More Disaster Lender News - Loan Sellers Beware Residential lending, and real estate in general, is impacted by legal maneuvering big and small. Sure the big cases and settlements garner the headlines, but what about the "in the ... MBS Commentary - 6:54PM MBS RECAP: Called Out by NFP, Markets Show Hands Today's NFP data was exactly what we needed to let us know what has been going on so far in 2016. It was so strong that it left no doubt as to how neutrally positioned markets would ... MBS Commentary - 7:25AM MBS Day Ahead: Bond Rally Exhaustion Couldn't Come at a More Dangerous Time Bond markets were able to put some green on the screen again yesterday, but that's not as positive a development as it normally is. We talk sometimes about bonds being forced to rally ... Mortgage Credit Availability Falls Due to "Technical Issue" Ditech Exits Retail; Free Post-TRID Webinar; HMDA White Paper Latest Video 1998 all over again? Just how strong was Friday's job report? Santelli: Dollar/yen best levels since Feb. 2011 More News from 'Around the Web' Bloomberg - 4:30PM Blackstone Becomes No. 1 NYC Real Estate Buyer, Sees More Deals Calculated Risk Blog - 4:30PM Question #4 for 2016: Will the core inflation rate rise in 2016? Will too much inflation be a concern in 2016? Bloomberg - 4:29PM Last Year Was a Big One for the Corporate Bond Market Market Watch - 2:54PM Fed's Williams: Four projected rate hikes would be 'gentle ascension' Bloomberg - 2:53PM Treasuries Poised for Weekly Advance as Haven Demand Resurfaces www.realtor.com - 2:53PM Wacky Real Estate Marketing Tactics and 4 More Things We Learned This Week CNBC - 2:53PM Housing trends not helping everyone Bloomberg - 11:01AM Gross: Investors Have to Be Concerned About China Growth - Bloomberg CNBC - 11:01AM Chinese market regulators blew it CNBC - 11:01AM Wholesale inventories slip in Nov. blogs.wsj.com - 9:32AM Economists React to the December Jobs Report CNBC - 8:41AM Job creation surges in December Reuters - 8:30AM U.S. jobs market seen fairly healthy despite slowing economy CNBC - 8:30AM Investors dump US stocks, seek bonds Today's Rates Best Execution Rate Change 30 Yr FRM 3.94% -0.02 15 Yr FRM 3.19% -0.02 FHA 30 Year Fixed 3.63% -0.02 Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 3.75% -0.04 5/1 Yr ARM 3.07% +0.01 Current Mortgage Rates » What are best-execution rates? Average Mortgage Rates Rate Points Change FHFA * 15 Yr. Fixed 3.45% 1.20 -0.01 30 Yr. Fixed 4.12% 1.43 -0.05 MBA ** 30 Yr. Fixed 4.20% 0.42 +0.01 15 Yr. Fixed 3.47% 0.31 +0.05 30 Yr. Jumbo 4.09% 0.35 +0.02 30 Yr. FHA 3.95% 0.41 -0.02 5/1 ARM 3.47% 0.31 +0.05 Freddie Mac ** 30 Yr. Fixed 3.97% 0.60 +0.01 15 Yr. Fixed 3.26% 0.50 +0.04 1 Yr. ARM 2.68% 0.20 +0.01 5/1 Yr. ARM 3.09% 0.50 +0.03 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 3.0 100.91 +0.23 30YR FNMA 3.5 103.89 +0.19 30YR GNMA 3.0 102.06 +0.22 30YR GNMA 3.5 104.67 +0.16 15YR FNMA 3.0 103.55 +0.14 15YR FNMA 2.5 101.48 +0.16 Treasuries Yield Change 2 YR 0.9358% -0.0162 5 YR 1.5614% -0.0411 10 YR 2.1173% -0.0335 30 YR 2.9117% -0.0203 Prices as of: 1/8/2016 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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