Daily Newsletter: Rates Fall Back to 2-Month Lows; FHFA's Captive Insurance Changes; Remarkable Foreclosure Improvements

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30 Year Fixed 3.93%   -0.03 15 Year Fixed 3.18%   -0.02 10YR Treasury 2.11%   -0.0704 FNMA 30YR 3.5 103.77   +0.06 FNMA 15YR 2.5 103.66   +0.11 View Today's Rates

Tuesday January 12, 2016 Mortgage Rate Watch - 4:47PM Mortgage Rates Fall Back to 2-Month Lows Mortgage rates moved moderately, but somewhat precipitously lower today. How can the improvement be both moderate and precipitous? A fair question. It was moderate in the sense that ... MND NewsWire - 5:40PM FHFA Pulls Captive Insurance Company FHLBank Eligibility The final rule for membership in the Federal Home Loan Banking System (FHLBank) was announced on Tuesday by its regulator the Federal Home Finance Agency (FHFA). The new rule will eliminate ... MND NewsWire - 5:39PM "Remarkable Improvement" in Foreclosure Rate -CoreLogic The number of completed foreclosures nationwide in November was down to about 30 percent of the level in the worst days of the housing crisis. CoreLogic's monthly National Foreclosure ... Pipeline Press - 10:52AM Trends in Documentation Requirements and Credit Scores - What is HR 4211? Seen recently: "The lottery gives you a one-in-two hundred million chance of not going in to work tomorrow. Alcohol gives you one-in-five." What are the odds that the person sitting ... MBS Day Ahead: 2016 Still Just Getting Started Fed Survey finds Consumers Expecting Low Inflation and Wages to Match Latest Video Oil reaches new 12-year low Executive Edge: RBS cries 'sell everything' Earnings recession on the horizon? More News from 'Around the Web' CNBC - 4:04PM Why the Fed feared a quarter-point hike Bloomberg - 3:50PM Junk Bonds Signal 44% Recession Risk in 2016, Fridson Says www.realtor.com - 3:49PM Realtors' Group Foresees Moderate Home Sales Growth in 2016 Fannie Mae - 12:55PM Fannie Mae Announces Next Sale of Non-Performing Loans, Including Community Impact Pool CNBC - 12:55PM Buy a house online? That's the future, CEO says freddiemac.mwnewsroom.com - 12:54PM Freddie Mac Is Top Multifamily Lender With $47.3 Billion in Volume for 2015 CNBC - 10:47AM Job openings inch up in Nov. www.corelogic.com - 8:50AM CoreLogic Reports 33,000 Completed Foreclosures in November 2015 Bloomberg - 12:25AM China's Central Bank Said to Intervene in Offshore Yuan Market Bloomberg - 12:25AM Treasuries Halt 7-Day Rally as Effects of China's Turmoil Fade Today's Rates Best Execution Rate Change 30 Yr FRM 3.93% -0.03 15 Yr FRM 3.18% -0.02 FHA 30 Year Fixed 3.60% -0.05 Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 3.74% -0.02 5/1 Yr ARM 3.08% +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 3.0 100.83 +0.13 30YR FNMA 3.5 103.77 +0.06 30YR GNMA 3.0 102.08 +0.28 30YR GNMA 3.5 104.70 +0.22 15YR FNMA 3.0 103.66 +0.11 15YR FNMA 2.5 101.63 +0.19 Treasuries Yield Change 2 YR 0.9276% -0.0081 5 YR 1.5399% -0.0557 10 YR 2.1050% -0.0704 30 YR 2.8846% -0.0875 Prices as of: 1/12/2016 4:32PM 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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