Daily Newsletter: Rates Steady Near 2017 Lows Ahead of Jobs Report; New Jumbo Programs Driving Credit Availability Index

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30 Year Fixed 4.15%   +0.00 15 Year Fixed 3.37%   +0.00 10YR Treasury 2.34%   +0.0018 FNMA 30YR 3.5 102.67   +0.03 FNMA 15YR 2.5 102.77   -0.05 View Today's Rates

Thursday April 6, 2017 Mortgage Rate Watch - 4:45PM Rates Steady Near 2017 Lows Ahead of Jobs Report Mortgage rates remained largely unchanged today, on average. Once again, there was a fair amount of volatility in bond markets (which dictate rates) during the day, but said volatility ... MND NewsWire - 10:09AM New Jumbo Lending Programs Drive Credit Access Higher Access to jumbo mortgage loans rebounded from a loss in February to drive the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA's) Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI) higher in March. The MCAI ... Pipeline Press - 9:36AM Freddie's $1.3 bln Risk Transfer; Lenders' New Channels and Products Want a good statistic to demonstrate how tight the housing market is? 57% of all realtors have been involved in a sale with at least 10 offers on a single property in the past year ... MBS Commentary - 9:17AM MBS Day Ahead: A Lull Before Tomorrow's NFP; Follow The Bouncing Stocks? The day begins with a similar pattern shaping up to that seen in late March when the healthcare bill drama was highest. Said drama translated to the biggest 90 minutes of losses in ... Panel Explores New Credit Scoring Models Purchase Mortgage Applications Continue to Inch Up Latest Video Reducing the Fed's massive balance sheet could lead to higher rates sooner than some expected Real estate CEOs on housing under Trump Larry Fink: 51% chance 10-year bond could go below 2% More News from 'Around the Web' CNBC - 3:11PM Fed's Kashkari says JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon is dead wrong about banks www.realtor.com - 3:11PM Americans Are Taking Out the Largest Mortgages on Record www.census.gov - 1:12PM Survey of Market Absorption of New Multifamily Units Calculated Risk Blog - 1:00PM March Employment Preview: Mixed Signals Bloomberg - 11:43AM Fed's Williams Sees Balance-Sheet Shrinking Taking Five Years Market Watch - 11:42AM The stock and real estate markets will tumble once the ECB follows the Fed eyeonhousing.org - 10:53AM Leverage Ratios Rise in 2016 Google News - 10:53AM Majority of Realtors® Say Clients Interested in Sustainability Reuters - 10:53AM Former LendingClub CEO Renaud Laplanche launches new online lender Calculated Risk Blog - 10:52AM Las Vegas Real Estate in March: Sales up 11.9% YoY, Inventory down Sharply Bloomberg - 9:52AM Draghi Struggles to Shut Down ECB Debate Weidmann Wants to Have Reuters - 9:50AM House Freedom Caucus signals support for healthcare bill with changes Bloomberg - 8:32AM U.S. Stocks Reverse Gains After Fed, Ryan Comments as Bonds Gain CNBC - 8:32AM Goldman Sachs chief economist says Fed's move 'makes sense' ahead of likely Yellen exit CNBC - 8:31AM Fed can start unwinding stimulus this year: Williams Today's Rates Best Execution Rate Change 30 Yr FRM 4.15% +0.00 15 Yr FRM 3.37% +0.00 FHA 30 Year Fixed 3.75% +0.00 Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 4.38% -0.01 5/1 Yr ARM 3.11% +0.01 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 4.10% 0.50 -0.04 15 Yr. Fixed 3.36% 0.50 -0.03 1 Yr. ARM 2.68% 0.20 +0.01 5/1 Yr. ARM 3.19% 0.40 +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 99.56 0.00 30YR FNMA 3.5 102.67 +0.03 30YR GNMA 3.0 101.20 0.00 30YR GNMA 3.5 103.95 +0.19 15YR FNMA 3.0 102.77 -0.05 15YR FNMA 2.5 100.34 -0.02 Treasuries Yield Change 2 YR 1.2420% +0.0040 5 YR 1.8601% +0.0049 10 YR 2.3408% +0.0018 30 YR 2.9864% -0.0016 Prices as of: 4/6/2017 5:06PM 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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