Monday, February 3, 2014

Daily Newsletter: Mortgage Rates Plummet; Judicial States Price Appreciation Slows; Business Moving Toward Small Lenders; Stock Sell-Off Helps Bonds Soar

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30 Year Fixed
4.28%   -0.06
15 Year Fixed
3.32%   -0.05
10YR Treasury
2.57%   -0.0742
FNMA 30YR 3.5
102.05   +0.48
FNMA 15YR 2.5
103.45   +0.20
Monday February 3, 2014
Mortgage Rate Watch - 5:21PM
Mortgage rates fell appreciably today , moving to levels not seen since early November. The bond markets that underlie mortgage rate movements continue to benefit from heavy selling ...
MND NewsWire - 12:23PM
Black Knight Financial Services said today that the rate for mortgage delinquencies of 30 days or more, which does not include loans in foreclosure, rose by a 0.26 percent in December ...
Pipeline Press - 9:14AM
I have decided that I am ready, mentally and physically, to win $1 billion - and it is out there for the taking. Quicken Loans is offering a $1 billion grand prize for completing the ...
MBS Commentary - 5:10PM
We'll be among the first to tell you that stocks and bonds clearly vary in their level of correlation. At times stock prices and bond yields will move in opposite directions on one ...
MBS Commentary - 7:25AM
"Wednesday's ADP and Friday's BLS reports are huge after such a miss last month on BLS and disparity between the two from December (238K on ADP vs. 74K on BLS). I'd encourage caution this week. A strong print on Friday, with a healthy correction to December's numbers would spell worsening rates...quickly..."
MBS Live Chat - 3:57PM
"MG- what's your gut feeling on the 10YR? Does it even out tmrw due to lack of economic news (at least domestically) in preparation of Thur/Fri releases?..."
MBS Live Chat - 4:00PM
"It's almost like Treasuries are "going out for a pass" based on how far they think stocks can sell-off. There's a limit to that eventually, and we're now getting in to the lower range technicals from 2.55 to 2.47. If stocks stop bleeding, we could see a bounce anywhere in this range...."
MBS Live Chat - 4:01PM
"that's what scares me, a stock fueled rally..."
MBS Live Chat - 4:03PM
"weds-fri gonna be a wild ride..."
MBS Live Chat - 4:11PM
"the idea of tapering and lower rates is very counterintuitive but this also tempers inflation expectations as well..."
MBS Live Chat - 4:12PM
"What inflation expectations? Last Fed speak I hear was more concerned about lack of inflation than too much??..."
MBS Live Chat - 4:16PM
"i think it is due to wages...the biggest driver of inflation is wages...and part time jobs don't pay as well, so we have no wage inflation..."
MBS Live Chat - 4:19PM
"MG you seem to be saying that people are hedging against equities with bonds?..."
MBS Live Chat - 4:20PM
"not really SK, just that bond markets aren't fighting the trend...."
MBS Live Chat - 4:24PM
"i am starting to question my ebulliance with these moves, quite frankly, i get your skepticism..."
Today's Rates
Best Execution
Rate Change
30 Yr FRM 4.28% -0.06
15 Yr FRM 3.32% -0.05
FHA 30 Year Fixed 3.75% -0.25
Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 4.19% -0.06
5/1 Yr ARM 3.17% -0.04
Average Mortgage Rates
Rate Points Change
FHFA *
15 Yr. Fixed 3.61% 1.06 -0.10
30 Yr. Fixed 4.48% 1.36 -0.10
MBA **
30 Yr. Fixed 4.52% 0.40 -0.05
15 Yr. Fixed 3.59% 0.26 -0.09
30 Yr. Jumbo 4.47% 0.27 -0.10
30 Yr. FHA 4.18% 0.33 -0.06
5/1 ARM 3.25% 0.33 +0.02
Freddie Mac **
30 Yr. Fixed 4.32% 0.70 -0.07
15 Yr. Fixed 3.40% 0.60 -0.04
1 Yr. ARM 2.55% 0.40 +0.01
5/1 Yr. ARM 3.12% 0.50 -0.03
* 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 97.97 +0.61
30YR FNMA 3.5 102.05 +0.48
30YR GNMA 3.0 99.70 +0.58
30YR GNMA 3.5 103.36 +0.42
15YR FNMA 3.0 103.45 +0.20
15YR FNMA 2.5 100.69 +0.30
Treasuries
Yield Change
2 YR 0.2961% -0.0356
5 YR 1.4332% -0.0586
10 YR 2.5734% -0.0742
30 YR 3.5299% -0.0712
Prices as of: 2/3/2014 4:31PM EST
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