Daily Newsletter: Homebuying Attitudes at Odds With Economic Outlook; Homeownership's Effect on Wealth

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30 Year Fixed 4.56%   +0.01 15 Year Fixed 3.92%   +0.01 10YR Treasury 2.85%   +0.0385 FNMA 30YR 3.5 99.73   -0.14 FNMA 15YR 2.5 99.53   -0.09 View Today's Rates

Monday March 26, 2018 MND NewsWire - 4:57PM Homebuying Attitudes at Odds With Economic Outlook Positive attitudes toward home buying still predominated in the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) most recent Housing Opportunities and Market Experience (HOME) survey, but ... MND NewsWire - 11:13AM How Homeownership Affects Household Wealth It is conventional wisdom that homeownership is key to household wealth , and the National Association of Home Builders makes a convincing argument for that theory in its Eye on Housing ... Mortgage Rate Watch - 4:17PM Mortgage Rates Slightly Higher to Begin Shortened Week Mortgage rates moved sideways to slightly higher today, keeping them in an exceptionally narrow range that's persisted for the entire month of March. As of last Thursday, rates looked ... MBS Commentary - 9:12AM MBS Week Ahead: For Bonds, Spring Break Has Been Happening All Month If bond yields can manage to hold inside their recent range through the end of this week, they'll have gone an entire month with the lowest volatility seen since last November (.144 ... Fraud and Sales Webinars; Bank News incl. Basel Update; Essent Bond Issuance Mortgage Profits Plummeted in Fourth Quarter Latest Video Trade war fears amid reports on US-China talks Top 5 healthiest places to live in the US: Aetna CEO NABE: 2018 GDP forecast up 0.4% to 2.9% More News from 'Around the Web' Calculated Risk Blog - 3:10PM Vehicle Sales Forecast: Sales Under 17 Million SAAR in March Calculated Risk Blog - 1:48PM Black Knight: National Mortgage Delinquency Rate Decreased Slightly in February CNBC - 12:43PM Fed's Dudley pushes to change pay structure for bank execs and wants them held liable for scandals eyeonhousing.org - 12:11PM Black Homeownership Rates by County Calculated Risk Blog - 10:49AM Dallas Fed: "Texas Manufacturing Expansion Continues but at a Slower Pace" Calculated Risk Blog - 9:46AM Chicago Fed "Index points to a pickup in economic growth in February" Reuters - 9:26AM ECB inspectors find 10 billion euro problem in banks' loan book CNBC - 8:18AM California measure could spur more seniors to sell homes, ease state's housing crunch CNBC - 8:14AM US stocks set to jump at the open as trade concerns ease Bloomberg - 8:14AM Bond Traders Face Gut-Check in Record $300 Billion US Auctions Today's Rates Best Execution Rate Change 30 Yr FRM 4.56% +0.01 15 Yr FRM 3.92% +0.01 FHA 30 Year Fixed 4.35% +0.01 Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 4.58% +0.01 5/1 Yr ARM 3.66% +0.01 Current Mortgage Rates » What are best-execution rates? Average Mortgage Rates Rate Points Change FHFA * 15 Yr. Fixed 3.65% 1.14 +0.09 30 Yr. Fixed 4.19% 1.21 +0.02 MBA ** 30 Yr. Fixed 4.68% 0.46 -0.01 15 Yr. Fixed 4.12% 0.51 +0.05 30 Yr. Jumbo 4.55% 0.37 +0.00 30 Yr. FHA 4.69% 0.81 -0.04 5/1 ARM 3.83% 0.68 -0.10 Freddie Mac ** 30 Yr. Fixed 4.45% 0.50 +0.01 15 Yr. Fixed 3.91% 0.50 +0.01 1 Yr. ARM 2.68% 0.20 +0.01 5/1 Yr. ARM 3.68% 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 96.94 -0.16 30YR FNMA 3.5 99.73 -0.14 30YR GNMA 3.0 97.91 -0.08 30YR GNMA 3.5 100.52 -0.06 15YR FNMA 3.0 99.53 -0.09 15YR FNMA 2.5 97.56 -0.06 Treasuries Yield Change 2 YR 2.2746% +0.0167 5 YR 2.6401% +0.0374 10 YR 2.8520% +0.0385 30 YR 3.0859% +0.0235 Prices as of: 3/26/2018 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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