Daily Newsletter: GDP at 4.0%; Bond Markets Tank; Mortgage Rates at 1-Month Highs; Realtors get Head-Up on Short Sales; Home Ownership at 19yr Low

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30 Year Fixed 4.24%   +0.06 15 Year Fixed 3.36%   +0.04 10YR Treasury 2.56%   +0.0995 FNMA 30YR 3.5 101.91   -0.61 FNMA 15YR 2.5 103.06   -0.34 View Today's Rates

Wednesday July 30, 2014 Mortgage Rate Watch - 5:02PM Mortgage Rates Highest in More Than a Month After GDP For weeks, we've discussed the prospects for increased volatility centered on today's economic calendar. The chances of a bigger move were much higher going into today's GDP data, and ... MND NewsWire - 3:41PM California Realtors get Heads-Up on Short Sale Complications A short sale program for properties serviced by Nationstar, which bills itself as one of the nation's largest independent loan servicers, is the subject of a new member advisory from ... MBS Commentary - 12:46PM MBS MID-DAY: Bond Markets Pummeled by GDP; Bracing for Aftershock from FOMC Bond markets began the day on relatively level ground vs yesterday. It was, and has been up to GDP to cast the first major vote on whether or not bond markets move on to new highs for ... MND NewsWire - 3:37PM Homeownership at 19 Year Low The rate of homeownership in the U.S. continued to slide in the second quarter of 2014, reaching a 19 year low . The Commerce Department said that the seasonally adjusted homeownership ... Slow, Mixed Week for Mortgage Applications The Importance of FinCEN & SARS; Fannie/Freddie Updates; Upcoming Events MBS Day Ahead: Big Potential for Bond Markets, for Better or Worse Differences Between Past and Current FOMC Statements Latest Video 10-Year bond yields around the world Why bond market is at risk Santelli Exchange: GDP & FOMC More News from 'Around the Web' Bloomberg - 5:57PM BofA on Brink of Burying Countrywide Woes as Accord Near - Bloomberg CNBC - 4:01PM Markets could begin to ignore Fed CNBC - 4:00PM Consumers complain most about these 10 things WSJ - 3:59PM Second-Quarter GDP Impresses, But Watch Out for Revisions Bloomberg - 1:46PM Bank of America's Countrywide Ordered to Pay $1.3 Billion - Bloomberg WSJ - 12:26PM Hilsenrath: Modest Growth Beneath the Surface Keeps Fed on Track CNBC - 11:01AM Strong second quarter sparks rate hike talk CNBC - 11:00AM Not feeling like a 4% economy: Aetna CEO Market Watch - 10:58AM MarketWatch First Take: How much did subprime loans fuel the GDP boom? Bloomberg - 10:54AM Banks' Slowdown on Mortgage Aid Hurts Borrowers, Audit Says - Bloomberg CNBC - 8:57AM Private sector payrolls come in weak in July rss.nytimes.com - 8:57AM U.S. Economy Grew 4% in Second Quarter Today's Comments MBS Live Chat - 12:28PM "Been out all AM....boy, I'm glad I locked up everything Monday. Tuesday was a fakeout making me second guess myself......." MBS Live Chat - 12:25PM "Love this site. All locked up and very relieved..." MBS Live Chat - 4:43PM "In general, you'll find ample discussion on pros/cons with respect to relevant considerations affecting rates in the near future, but ultimately a vocal recommendation to arrive at your own lock/float conclusions with clients. In general (again), I think lock/float recommendations beyond the scope of..." MND NewsWire - 11:52AM "Home owners and real estate investors should take heart in these statistics. If if is reasonable to draw price comparisons with past data, the goal should not be to in some way recover "bubble"-driven prices. It is clear the 2006-2007 bubble was driven by something akin to 17th century Tulip Mania, an..." Today's Rates Best Execution Rate Change 30 Yr FRM 4.24% +0.06 15 Yr FRM 3.36% +0.04 FHA 30 Year Fixed 3.75% +0.00 Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 4.08% +0.06 5/1 Yr ARM 3.25% +0.03 Current Mortgage Rates » What are best-execution rates? Average Mortgage Rates Rate Points Change FHFA * 15 Yr. Fixed 3.56% 1.13 -0.10 30 Yr. Fixed 4.37% 1.39 -0.16 MBA ** 30 Yr. Fixed 4.32% 0.16 +0.04 15 Yr. Fixed 3.40% 0.22 -0.02 30 Yr. Jumbo 4.24% 0.16 -0.02 30 Yr. FHA 4.02% -0.03 +0.03 5/1 ARM 3.40% 0.22 -0.02 Freddie Mac ** 30 Yr. Fixed 4.13% 0.60 +0.00 15 Yr. Fixed 3.26% 0.60 +0.03 1 Yr. ARM 2.39% 0.40 +0.00 5/1 Yr. ARM 2.99% 0.50 +0.02 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 98.03 -0.69 30YR FNMA 3.5 101.91 -0.61 30YR GNMA 3.0 100.05 -0.63 30YR GNMA 3.5 102.91 -0.58 15YR FNMA 3.0 103.06 -0.34 15YR FNMA 2.5 100.66 -0.42 Treasuries Yield Change 2 YR 0.5590% +0.0118 5 YR 1.7709% +0.0828 10 YR 2.5596% +0.0995 30 YR 3.3110% +0.0846 Prices as of: 7/30/2014 4:32PM 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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