Daily Newsletter: Lowest Mortgage Rates in a Month; Affordability Keeps Lid on Purchases; Bank Failure Stats Improving

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30 Year Fixed 3.71%   -0.03 15 Year Fixed 2.97%   -0.03 10YR Treasury 1.77%   -0.0542 FNMA 30YR 3.5 104.88   +0.17 FNMA 15YR 2.5 104.47   +0.14 View Today's Rates

Thursday March 31, 2016 Mortgage Rate Watch - 4:12PM Lowest Mortgage Rates in a Month Mortgage rates dropped again today, continuing a recent trend of improvement and bringing us to the best levels seen since March 1st. Market volatility is still making for a wide variety ... MND NewsWire - 10:53AM Affordability Keeping a Lid on Purchase Activity Freddie Mac's Multi-Indicator Market Index (MiMi) is now showing that most of the nation's housing markets are, at a minimum, on the outer range of their normal housing activity. The ... Pipeline Press - 10:07AM Companies Expanding; Bank Failure Stats Improving; Banks Easing Credit? “If you work hard and go the extra mile to provide for your family…I will take that extra income and give it to those who refuse to do the same!” Was that heard on ... MBS Commentary - 9:46AM MBS Day Ahead: Are Bonds Only Holding Ground Because It's Month-End? Month-end means bond traders are adjusting portfolios to match a published index The index was a bit less friendly than expected yesterday, and bonds bounced That bounce gives us a ... Small Balance Commercial Webinar; Cost of TRID and Impact on Appraisers Mortgage Apps Sideways as Purchases Offset Refi Drop Latest Video 10-year Treasury going to 1.25% by end of year: Mark Grant Banks vs. real estate Santelli Exchange: 'Massaging' the messenger More News from 'Around the Web' freddiemac.mwnewsroom.com - 4:41PM Freddie Mac Issues Monthly Volume Summary for February 2016 Bloomberg - 4:41PM Treasuries Extend Best Annual Start Since 2008 Before Jobs Data freddiemac.mwnewsroom.com - 2:41PM Freddie Mac March 2016 Insight CNBC - 1:06PM US consumers running up debt again Calculated Risk Blog - 1:06PM Goldman: March Payrolls Preview freddiemac.mwnewsroom.com - 11:40AM Freddie Mac Adds Loan Closing Advisor, Loan Product Advisor, New Functionality to Loan Advisor Suite(SM) for Summer Rollout eyeonhousing.org - 11:40AM Property Tax Revenue Grows Nearly Four Percent Bloomberg - 9:48AM Initial Jobless Claims in U.S. Rose Last Week to Two-Month High freddiemac.mwnewsroom.com - 9:47AM Freddie Mac March 2016 Outlook Bloomberg - 9:47AM Last Time German Bonds Did This Well the Euro Zone Was in Crisis CNBC - 8:21AM Tired of high rent? Try being a landlord here Bloomberg - 8:04AM Wage Surge in Hot U.S. Labor Markets Sending Hopeful Sign to Fed Today's Rates Best Execution Rate Change 30 Yr FRM 3.71% -0.03 15 Yr FRM 2.97% -0.03 FHA 30 Year Fixed 3.25% +0.00 Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 3.55% -0.04 5/1 Yr ARM 2.95% +0.00 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 3.93% 0.35 -0.01 15 Yr. Fixed 3.18% 0.34 -0.04 30 Yr. Jumbo 3.85% 0.27 -0.01 30 Yr. FHA 3.74% 0.32 -0.03 5/1 ARM 3.13% 0.36 -0.10 Freddie Mac ** 30 Yr. Fixed 3.71% 0.50 +0.00 15 Yr. Fixed 2.98% 0.40 +0.02 1 Yr. ARM 2.68% 0.20 +0.01 5/1 Yr. ARM 2.90% 0.50 +0.01 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 3.0 102.63 +0.27 30YR FNMA 3.5 104.88 +0.17 30YR GNMA 3.0 103.45 +0.28 30YR GNMA 3.5 105.55 +0.23 15YR FNMA 3.0 104.47 +0.14 15YR FNMA 2.5 102.69 +0.20 Treasuries Yield Change 2 YR 0.7250% -0.0356 5 YR 1.2096% -0.0533 10 YR 1.7739% -0.0542 30 YR 2.6142% -0.0425 Prices as of: 3/31/2016 4:30PM 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

This information is not an advertisement to extend consumer credit as defined by Section 226.2 of Regulation Z. This is not an offer to enter into an agreement regarding interest rates. The rates quoted do not include discount points, origination points, or loan level risk based price adjustments. Rates and terms are subject to change without notice. © 2016 Brown House Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Brown House Media Inc. - 19706 One Norman Blvd - Cornelius, NC 28031

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Daily Newsletter: Rates Steady at Recent Lows; TRID's Impact on Appraisers; Mortgage Apps Sideways

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30 Year Fixed 3.74%   -0.01 15 Year Fixed 3.00%   -0.02 10YR Treasury 1.83%   +0.0263 FNMA 30YR 3.5 104.70   -0.02 FNMA 15YR 2.5 104.33   +0.05 View Today's Rates

Wednesday March 30, 2016 Mortgage Rate Watch - 5:20PM Mortgage Rates Steady at Recent Lows Mortgage rates held steady in most cases today, though several lenders continued to improve. The average lender is at least down to 3.75% in terms of conventional 30yr fixed rates on ... Pipeline Press - 1:44PM Small Balance Commercial Webinar; Cost of TRID and Impact on Appraisers Lenders across the nation are switching to potlucks at the end of the month instead of catered lunches. Why? A new survey of mortgage lenders by the MBA finds loan production expenses ... MBS Commentary - 8:23AM MBS Day Ahead: Defensive Technical Ceilings Await The Attack Yellen rally set off positive technicals "Technicals" refers to mathematical interpretation of market movement based only on the previous market movement (i.e. ignoring data and external ... MND NewsWire - 7:59AM Mortgage Apps Sideways as Purchases Offset Refi Drop Mortgage activity during the week ended March 25 more or less marked time. Rates were mixed and purchase loans, which increased slightly , offset refinance applications for a slight ... Have Mortgage Underwriting Standards Bottomed Out? Jumbo Private-Label MBS Outlook "Cloudy" Latest Video Don't fight the Fed? ADP March payrolls up 200K Yellen strikes cautious tone More News from 'Around the Web' CNBC - 3:35PM Bill Gross: Bond investors need 1st-grade math CNBC - 3:34PM Fed comes back to reality on rates Bloomberg - 2:01PM Yellen Outsources U.S. Monetary Policy to the Financial Markets Calculated Risk Blog - 2:01PM Zillow Forecast: Expect Slightly Slower Growth in February for the Case-Shiller Indexes freddiemac.mwnewsroom.com - 2:01PM U.S. Housing Market Holds Steady www.cfpbmonitor.com - 1:50PM CFPB issues second rule to implement the HELP Act, expanding Qualified Mortgage coverage for lenders lending in rural and underserved areas OCC - 1:50PM Mortgage Performance Improves Through Fourth Quarter of 2015, OCC Reports CNBC - 1:50PM Family finances stretched more than ever Calculated Risk Blog - 9:00AM ADP: Private Employment increased 200,000 in March CNBC - 9:00AM Evans: April hike would be surpising Reuters - 9:00AM U.S. private sector adds 200,000 jobs in March: ADP www.realtor.com - 7:53AM America's 20 Hottest Real Estate Markets in March 2016 www.npr.org - 7:53AM Low-Income Renters Squeezed Between Too-High Rents And Subpar Housing Bloomberg - 7:51AM Yellen Prompts Traders to Scale Back Bets on Fed Rate Increase Today's Rates Best Execution Rate Change 30 Yr FRM 3.74% -0.01 15 Yr FRM 3.00% -0.02 FHA 30 Year Fixed 3.25% -0.05 Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 3.59% -0.01 5/1 Yr ARM 2.95% -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 3.93% 0.35 -0.01 15 Yr. Fixed 3.18% 0.34 -0.04 30 Yr. Jumbo 3.85% 0.27 -0.01 30 Yr. FHA 3.74% 0.32 -0.03 5/1 ARM 3.13% 0.36 -0.10 Freddie Mac ** 30 Yr. Fixed 3.71% 0.50 -0.02 15 Yr. Fixed 2.96% 0.40 -0.03 1 Yr. ARM 2.68% 0.20 +0.01 5/1 Yr. ARM 2.89% 0.50 -0.04 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 3.0 102.36 -0.06 30YR FNMA 3.5 104.70 -0.02 30YR GNMA 3.0 103.17 -0.06 30YR GNMA 3.5 105.31 -0.09 15YR FNMA 3.0 104.33 +0.05 15YR FNMA 2.5 102.48 -0.05 Treasuries Yield Change 2 YR 0.7606% -0.0276 5 YR 1.2629% -0.0067 10 YR 1.8281% +0.0263 30 YR 2.6567% +0.0586 Prices as of: 3/30/2016 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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