Daily Newsletter: Mortgage Rates Hold Solid Gains; Chase Earnings Miss, Wells Fargo hits Record; 'Hope Now' Nears 7 Million Mods

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30 Year Fixed 4.34%   -0.01 15 Year Fixed 3.36%   -0.01 10YR Treasury 2.62%   -0.0308 FNMA 30YR 3.5 101.44   +0.11 FNMA 15YR 2.5 103.55   +0.05 View Today's Rates

Friday April 11, 2014 Mortgage Rate Watch - 2:18PM Mortgage Rates Hold Solid Gains Mortgage rates managed to hold on to yesterday's big improvements as markets held very steady by comparison today. If there's a slight bias, it's positive for bond markets, resulting ... MND NewsWire - 11:26AM Chase Earnings Miss, but 12 Record Quarters in a Row for Wells Two of the nation's largest banks released their first quarter earnings on Thursday. The results of one outpaced analysts' expectations while the other posted disappointing results ... Pipeline Press - 10:12AM CFPB on Loan Closings; Chase and Wells Mortgage Earnings Reflect the Industry; Lenders Selling Their Only Asset What is the Economic Census ? According to U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker, "the economic census is one of the Commerce Department's most valuable data resources," ya, but ... MND NewsWire - 1:58PM 'Hope Now' Nears 7 Million Modifications HOPE Now, founded in 2007 as an early response to the growing threat of foreclosures, continues to negotiate loan modifications in double-digit numbers for distressed homeowners. The ... Health Care Costs Aren't Rising Fast Enough. Wait, What? MBS RECAP: Steady At Slightly Stronger Levels All Day Latest Video Santelli: Drop off in yields Mortgage rates follow yields lower Cashin says markets bouncing off new lows More News from 'Around the Web' CNBC - 2:09PM Lighting up a room with the wave of your hand CNBC - 1:09PM Mortgage rates fall but big banks do less Calculated Risk Blog - 12:28PM FNC: Residential Property Values increased 9.0% year-over-year in February CNBC - 11:30AM US seizing tax refunds for parent debt? CNBC - 10:31AM US consumer sentiment hits 9-month high in April Market Watch - 10:28AM Bond Report: 30-year Treasury yield hits nine-month low www.attorneygeneral.gov - 10:28AM Consumers warned to be on the lookout for spring home improvement scams Reuters - 9:27AM Wells Fargo profit rises 14 percent as costs fall WSJ - 9:10AM The 'Starter' Jumbo Steps Up WSJ - 9:07AM Bernanke Settles Back Into Research World Washington Post - 9:02AM We really don't need eight banking agencies Bloomberg - 9:02AM Fannie Mae Selling to Investors Backpedals on Homebuyers - Bloomberg Market Watch - 8:44AM J.P. Morgan shares fall 2% on earnings miss CNBC - 8:31AM Wells Fargo earnings top expectations Today's Comments MBS Live Chat - 12:03PM "Wells and Chase did $53 billion in originations Q1, down 68% from a yr ago and 28% from Q4. Thinking maybe just maybe the credit box will start to get a little bigger soon...." MBS Live Chat - 12:03PM "If rates continue to stay low, Wells and Chase need to push for an expansion of HARP...." MBS Live Chat - 12:04PM "not quite sure HARP will right that ship..." MBS Live Chat - 12:04PM "but they are subject to F&F and F&F, so it cant get that big, and then we have the 3% stuff so even if they allow lower FICOs, the rates and points will kill the deal..." MBS Live Chat - 12:05PM "HARP allows them to right their originations ship with no additional risk to them...." MBS Live Chat - 12:11PM "Jamie Dimon on tight mortgage lending: "it's not getting worse. It's just sitting there and holding back a little bit the purchase market."..." MBS Live Chat - 12:12PM "if he said it was getting worse, their stock would be down even more. He gave an answer that basically says that residential lending sucks...." Today's Rates Best Execution Rate Change 30 Yr FRM 4.34% -0.01 15 Yr FRM 3.36% -0.01 FHA 30 Year Fixed 3.75% +0.00 Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 4.11% -0.01 5/1 Yr ARM 3.24% -0.01 Current Mortgage Rates » What are best-execution rates? Average Mortgage Rates Rate Points Change FHFA * 15 Yr. Fixed 3.80% 1.10 +0.13 30 Yr. Fixed 4.67% 1.44 +0.13 MBA ** 30 Yr. Fixed 4.56% 0.33 +0.00 15 Yr. Fixed 3.62% 0.31 +0.00 30 Yr. Jumbo 4.49% 0.14 +0.03 30 Yr. FHA 4.19% 0.16 -0.02 5/1 ARM 3.26% 0.31 +0.01 Freddie Mac ** 30 Yr. Fixed 4.34% 0.70 -0.07 15 Yr. Fixed 3.38% 0.60 -0.09 1 Yr. ARM 2.41% 0.50 -0.04 5/1 Yr. ARM 3.09% 0.50 -0.03 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 97.36 +0.14 30YR FNMA 3.5 101.44 +0.11 30YR GNMA 3.0 99.36 +0.06 30YR GNMA 3.5 102.98 +0.05 15YR FNMA 3.0 103.55 +0.05 15YR FNMA 2.5 100.83 +0.03 Treasuries Yield Change 2 YR 0.3550% -0.0001 5 YR 1.5691% -0.0198 10 YR 2.6175% -0.0308 30 YR 3.4752% -0.0451 Prices as of: 4/11/2014 3:45PM 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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