Daily Newsletter: Rates Approach 3-Year Highs Ahead of Fed; Jobs vs Rates; Zillow, RESPA and CFPB in Spotlight

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30 Year Fixed 4.39%   +0.04 15 Year Fixed 3.60%   +0.03 10YR Treasury 2.63%   +0.0513 FNMA 30YR 3.5 100.77   -0.34 FNMA 15YR 2.5 101.72   +0.06 View Today's Rates

Monday March 13, 2017 Mortgage Rate Watch - 4:21PM Mortgage Rates Approach 3-Year Highs Ahead of Fed Mortgage rates rose for the 10th time in the past 11 days today, bringing them very close to highest levels in 3 years. You'd have to go back to April 30th, 2014 to see the average ... Pipeline Press - 10:31AM Jobs vs Rates; Zillow, CFPB, & RESPA in the Spotlight? It seems the general public is not moving. Not because they don’t way to, but because of… the influence of government regulations !? The regulatory environment Lenders ... MBS Commentary - 5:37PM MBS RECAP: After One Day of Rest, Bonds Back to Business (of Selling) Bonds got back to their weaker ways after a very brief, shallow correction last Friday. We had increasingly expected that "green day," and were under no illusions about it starting ... MBS Commentary - 9:17AM MBS Day Ahead: Markets Waiting to Hear About The Other 2-3 Hikes This Year In 2011-2012, the notion that the Fed would " never " be able to extricate itself from an endless cycle of quantitative easing was not entirely uncommon. Even after tapering began in ... Shift Out of FHA Loans Yet Ginnie Sets New Record; Worst Seller Traits in M&A One Million Homes Back Above Waterline in 2016 Latest Video March rate hike 'as done as it gets': Ian Shepherdson Santelli: Pay attention to yield ranges 50-year bonds: Bad idea? More News from 'Around the Web' www.realtor.com - 4:51PM Forget the Snow: Spring Has Sprung in the Nation's Housing Markets finance.yahoo.com - 4:00PM Credit Reports to Exclude Certain Negative Information, Boosting FICO Scores www.redfin.com - 3:18PM Preliminary Title Report: Why You Need One and What to Look For www.builderonline.com - 3:17PM States with the Highest, Lowest Median Property Taxes CNBC - 1:21PM Prepare for a volatility spike, expert warns Calculated Risk Blog - 1:21PM February Retail Sales and Tax Refunds www.wellsfargo.com - 12:19PM Wells Fargo survey: Small business optimism surges to pre-recession levels eyeonhousing.org - 10:35AM The Average Builder Uses 10 Different Green Products and Practices freddiemac.mwnewsroom.com - 10:34AM Freddie Mac Prices First Whole Loan Securities of the Year Calculated Risk Blog - 10:34AM BLS: Unemployment Rates Stable in 45 states in January, Arkansas and Oregon at New Lows Reuters - 8:34AM Top prosecutor Bharara remains in office after being asked to quit Reuters - 8:32AM At the Fed, spring comes early with return to new 'normal' CNBC - 8:28AM On deck: The Fed, all eyes on the economy, and maybe a look at the Trump budget www.nytimes.com - 8:27AM Economic Trends: The Fed's Era of Easy Money Is Ending Today's Rates Best Execution Rate Change 30 Yr FRM 4.39% +0.04 15 Yr FRM 3.60% +0.03 FHA 30 Year Fixed 4.05% +0.05 Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 4.59% +0.05 5/1 Yr ARM 3.15% +0.02 Current Mortgage Rates » What are best-execution rates? Average Mortgage Rates Rate Points Change FHFA * 15 Yr. Fixed 3.06% 1.30 +0.03 30 Yr. Fixed 3.76% 1.38 +0.03 MBA ** 30 Yr. Fixed 4.41% 0.38 +0.13 15 Yr. Fixed 3.64% 0.34 +0.12 30 Yr. Jumbo 4.36% 0.26 +0.07 30 Yr. FHA 4.15% 0.29 +0.13 5/1 ARM 3.45% 0.26 +0.17 Freddie Mac ** 30 Yr. Fixed 4.21% 0.50 +0.11 15 Yr. Fixed 3.42% 0.50 +0.10 1 Yr. ARM 2.68% 0.20 +0.01 5/1 Yr. ARM 3.23% 0.40 +0.09 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 97.39 -0.38 30YR FNMA 3.5 100.77 -0.34 30YR GNMA 3.0 99.22 -0.44 30YR GNMA 3.5 102.14 -0.41 15YR FNMA 3.0 101.72 +0.06 15YR FNMA 2.5 99.06 -0.27 Treasuries Yield Change 2 YR 1.3760% +0.0206 5 YR 2.1385% +0.0404 10 YR 2.6258% +0.0513 30 YR 3.2122% +0.0500 Prices as of: 3/13/2017 5:05PM 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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