Friday, August 9, 2013

Daily Newsletter: New Home Sales Rise 14 percent; Eminent Domain Calls Down The Thunder; HARP Half-Time Report; Rates Lower

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30 Year Fixed
4.42%   -0.01
15 Year Fixed
3.63%   +0.00
10YR Treasury
2.58%   -0.0090
FNMA 30YR 3.5
100.98   -0.14
FNMA 15YR 2.5
102.91   -0.16
Friday August 9, 2013
MND NewsWire - 10:52AM
Approximately 43,000 newly constructed homes were purchased in July, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said today. MBA based its estimate on mortgage applications for new homes ...
MND NewsWire - 1:00PM
When municipalities like San Bernardino County, California, Chicago, Brockton, Massachusetts, and Richmond California first proposed using their power of eminent domain to gain control ...
MND NewsWire - 3:09PM
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has published an assessment of the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) at what is presumed to ...
Mortgage Rate Watch - 3:21PM
Mortgage rates moved lower for a third straight day , ending the week at their best levels. Rates are currently just shy of July 23rd lows. We noted yesterday that financial markets ...
MBS Live Chat - 12:17PM
"3yrs since the date FHA incurred the loss,..."
MBS Live Chat - 12:26PM
"i have one that BOA still hasn't foreclosed on the BK discharged 2.5 years ago. This people are being screwed by boa because i can't start the clock until BOA takes the home back..."
MBS Live Chat - 12:44PM
"Dustin ... depending on the lender and how the UW looks at it ... if the house was part of the BK and the BK was discharged then the debt is no longer theirs. I had one where it got through on that fact alone. But every UW reads the rules different..."
MBS Live Chat - 12:44PM
"DM, I saw another client of BofA, similar story, BK in 2008, left the home, foreclosed on they thought, and deed wasn't recorded until 2012...guess what happened to their FHA deal?..."
MBS Live Chat - 12:45PM
"actually, if they house had an FHA loan, they won't be able to buy with a new FHA loan loan until 3 years after the claim was filed with FHA, which could often be after the deed sale, I have a customer that had their chap 7 discharged in Oct 2011, with an FHA loan included, BOA didn't take it till Oct..."
Today's Rates
Best Execution
Rate Change
30 Yr FRM 4.42% -0.01
15 Yr FRM 3.63% +0.00
FHA 30 Year Fixed 4.25% +0.00
Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 4.46% +0.01
5/1 Yr ARM 3.23% +0.02
Average Mortgage Rates
Rate Points Change
FHFA *
15 Yr. Fixed 2.80% 1.17 -0.23
30 Yr. Fixed 3.58% 1.37 -0.19
MBA **
30 Yr. Fixed 4.61% 0.42 +0.03
15 Yr. Fixed 3.66% 0.43 -0.01
30 Yr. Jumbo 4.64% 0.34 +0.00
30 Yr. FHA 4.33% 0.26 +0.03
5/1 ARM 3.39% 0.37 +0.00
Freddie Mac **
30 Yr. Fixed 4.40% 0.70 +0.01
15 Yr. Fixed 3.43% 0.70 +0.00
1 Yr. ARM 2.62% 0.30 -0.02
5/1 Yr. ARM 3.19% 0.50 +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 FNMA 3.0 97.11 -0.09
30YR FNMA 3.5 100.98 -0.14
30YR GNMA 3.0 98.22 -0.06
30YR GNMA 3.5 102.14 -0.03
15YR FNMA 3.0 102.91 -0.16
15YR FNMA 2.5 99.98 -0.08
Treasuries
Yield Change
2 YR 0.3058% +0.0002
5 YR 1.3538% -0.0033
10 YR 2.5802% -0.0090
30 YR 3.6362% -0.0367
Prices as of: 8/9/2013 4:31PM EST
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