Friday, October 29, 2021

Daily Newsletter: Mortgage Fraud on the Rise, Purchase Applications Vulnerable; Don't Fear The Taper

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30 Year Fixed
3.22%   +0.00
15 Year Fixed
2.62%   +0.01
10YR Treasury
1.56%   -0.0173
Friday October 29, 2021
MND NewsWire - 11:33AM
There was a big jump in the incidence of mortgage fraud over the course of the last year. CoreLogic's annual report for the second quarter of 2021 reports that one in 120 mortgage applications ...
Mortgage Rate Watch - 5:53PM
For anyone following interest rates very closely in 2013, the taper tantrum is not easily forgotten. It describes the bond market's knee-jerk response to the realization that the Federal ...
MBS Commentary - 2:53PM
Nice Recovery as Month-End Trades Roll In Month-end trading isn't always helpful for bonds. Indeed, that's why our knowledge base entry on the topic is titled "month-end positioning ...
MND NewsWire - 11:39AM
The Millennial Generation, adults born between 1981 and 1996, were late bloomers when it came to buying a home. They came of age just in time to be clobbered by the Great Recession ...
Today's Rates
Best Execution
Rate Change
30 Yr FRM 3.22% +0.00
15 Yr FRM 2.62% +0.01
FHA 30 Year Fixed 2.85% +0.03
Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 3.16% +0.01
5/1 Yr ARM 3.09% +0.09
Average Mortgage Rates
MBA **
30 Yr. Fixed 2.99% 0.30 +0.02
15 Yr. Fixed 2.35% 0.25 +0.02
30 Yr. Jumbo 3.15% 0.29 +0.03
30 Yr. FHA 3.06% 0.27 -0.02
5/1 ARM 2.52% 0.15 -0.41
Freddie Mac **
30 Yr. Fixed 3.14% 0.70 +0.05
15 Yr. Fixed 2.37% 0.70 +0.04
1 Yr. ARM 2.68% 0.20 +0.01
5/1 Yr. ARM 2.56% 0.30 +0.02
* 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 UMBS 2.0 99.97 +0.09
30YR UMBS 2.5 102.75 +0.17
30YR GNMA 2.0 101.30 +0.20
30YR GNMA 2.5 102.53 +0.16
15YR UMBS 2.0 102.59 +0.11
15YR UMBS 2.5 103.88 +0.02
Treasuries
Yield Change
2 YR 0.5010% +0.0119
5 YR 1.1848% +0.0017
10 YR 1.5609% -0.0173
30 YR 1.9390% -0.0400
Prices as of: 10/29/2021 5:06PM EST
MBS and Treasury data provided by Thomson Reuters.
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Thursday, October 28, 2021

Daily Newsletter: Pending Sales Decline; Rates Rise; Was August the Turning Point for Home Prices?

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30 Year Fixed
3.22%   +0.04
15 Year Fixed
2.61%   +0.04
10YR Treasury
1.57%   +0.0246
Thursday October 28, 2021
MND NewsWire - 11:17AM
There were further indications in August that home price gains are beginning to slow. The appreciation rate of the Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA's) House Price Survey (HPI ...
MND NewsWire - 11:04AM
The 8.1 percent increase in pending home sales in August, the first gain in three months, didn't start a trend. The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said its Pending Home ...
Mortgage Rate Watch - 4:45PM
Mortgage rates finally ended this week's winning streak today. In light of the general upward trend in rates over the past month, bond yields (which tend to correlate with mortgage ...
MBS Commentary - 4:30PM
Rally Week Finds Its Limit After ECB And Auction Bonds were having a great week by the end of the day on Wednesday. Yields had broken the lower boundary of an upwardly-sloped channel ...
Today's Rates
Best Execution
Rate Change
30 Yr FRM 3.22% +0.04
15 Yr FRM 2.61% +0.04
FHA 30 Year Fixed 2.82% +0.02
Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 3.15% +0.01
5/1 Yr ARM 3.00% +0.12
Average Mortgage Rates
MBA **
30 Yr. Fixed 2.99% 0.30 +0.02
15 Yr. Fixed 2.35% 0.25 +0.02
30 Yr. Jumbo 3.15% 0.29 +0.03
30 Yr. FHA 3.06% 0.27 -0.02
5/1 ARM 2.52% 0.15 -0.41
Freddie Mac **
30 Yr. Fixed 3.14% 0.70 +0.05
15 Yr. Fixed 2.37% 0.70 +0.04
1 Yr. ARM 2.68% 0.20 +0.01
5/1 Yr. ARM 2.56% 0.30 +0.02
* 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 UMBS 2.0 99.86 -0.11
30YR UMBS 2.5 102.58 -0.14
30YR GNMA 2.0 101.06 -0.13
30YR GNMA 2.5 102.41 -0.27
15YR UMBS 2.0 102.52 +0.02
15YR UMBS 2.5 103.84 +0.02
Treasuries
Yield Change
2 YR 0.4891% -0.0138
5 YR 1.1831% +0.0331
10 YR 1.5747% +0.0246
30 YR 1.9777% +0.0181
Prices as of: 10/28/2021 4:52PM EST
MBS and Treasury data provided by Thomson Reuters.
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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Daily Newsletter: Refinancing Still Driving Mortgage Volume; New Home Sales Improve Sharply

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30 Year Fixed
3.25%   -0.02
15 Year Fixed
2.62%   -0.02
10YR Treasury
1.61%   -0.0193
Tuesday October 26, 2021
MND NewsWire - 10:49AM
Freddie Mac reported this week that its total mortgage portfolio increased at an annualized rate of 17.4 percent in September compared to a 23.7 percent gain in August. The portfolio ...
MND NewsWire - 10:48AM
Sales of newly constructed homes surged unexpectedly in September, reaching the highest rate since March . However, a downward revision in the August numbers left sales still significantly ...
Mortgage Rate Watch - 4:08PM
Mortgage rates hit 6 month highs by the end of last week, but they've been cautiously recovering since then. The rebound traces a similar pattern in the bond market, as is typically ...
Today's Rates
Best Execution
Rate Change
30 Yr FRM 3.25% -0.02
15 Yr FRM 2.62% -0.02
FHA 30 Year Fixed 2.85% -0.05
Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 3.18% -0.02
5/1 Yr ARM 3.13% +0.01
Average Mortgage Rates
MBA **
30 Yr. Fixed 2.99% 0.30 +0.02
15 Yr. Fixed 2.35% 0.25 +0.02
30 Yr. Jumbo 3.15% 0.29 +0.03
30 Yr. FHA 3.06% 0.27 -0.02
5/1 ARM 2.52% 0.15 -0.41
Freddie Mac **
30 Yr. Fixed 3.09% 0.70 +0.04
15 Yr. Fixed 2.33% 0.70 +0.03
1 Yr. ARM 2.68% 0.20 +0.01
5/1 Yr. ARM 2.54% 0.30 -0.01
* 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 UMBS 2.0 99.69 +0.09
30YR UMBS 2.5 102.47 +0.08
30YR GNMA 2.0 100.91 +0.09
30YR GNMA 2.5 102.52 +0.23
15YR UMBS 2.0 102.50 +0.02
15YR UMBS 2.5 103.88 -0.02
Treasuries
Yield Change
2 YR 0.4498% +0.0145
5 YR 1.1795% +0.0084
10 YR 1.6132% -0.0193
30 YR 2.0428% -0.0398
Prices as of: 10/26/2021 4:23PM EST
MBS and Treasury data provided by Thomson Reuters.
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