Friday, March 5, 2010

How Did The Employment Report Affect Mortgage Rates?

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36,000 jobs were lost in February according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate held steady at 9.7%. The payrolls number was MUCH... - MBS Commentary
When looking back on the week that was, it seems like mortgage rates went on a wild ride. Lenders repriced for the better and lenders repriced for the... - Mortgage Rate Watch
As proposed in a November 30, 2009, proposed rule (74 FR 62521), HUD is seeking to eliminate FHA approval for loan correspondents. Because this rulemaking... - MND NewsWire
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FNMA 4.5 101-05 -0-08
FNMA 5.0 103-27 -0-05
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5 YR 2.3500 0.0700
10 YR 3.6900 0.0800
30 YR 4.6400 0.0800
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15 Yr FRM 4.31 0.01
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Gus Floropoulos
on 3/5/2010 - read this comment
Our pricing has recouped all losses from the early afternoon, we actually are even paying a bit more on some products.....weird. the only thing i think that has helped was some hedging and delays in passing...
Edgar
on 3/5/2010 - read this comment
I think the market is over reacting to the jobs report. Subtract the census workers (who will be jobless in a few months) the economy lost over 50k jobs. My guess is people think if the snowcanes didn't...
Mark H
on 3/5/2010 - read this comment
Somebody mentioned tightening of underwriting standards. this is inevitable and still much easier then when I started in the business. UW must make sense before investors will view our products as investment...
Michael Gannon
on 3/5/2010 - read this comment
I fail to see how this is good news....its not bad news, but the over enthusiasm is sickening! I heard Chase raised minimum ficos to 640 and max 50 dti on FHA....max 45 dti on cash out over 80 ltv.......

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