Daily Newsletter: Mortgage Rates Inch to Another 3-Week Low; Builders Credit Consumers for Increased Optimism

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30 Year Fixed 3.98%   -0.01 15 Year Fixed 3.18%   -0.01 10YR Treasury 2.32%   -0.0177 FNMA 30YR 3.5 103.52   +0.09 FNMA 15YR 2.5 103.86   +0.02 View Today's Rates

Tuesday November 18, 2014 Mortgage Rate Watch - 3:40PM Mortgage Rates Inch to Another 3-Week Low Mortgage rates barely budged today, but moved in the right direction on average. Several lenders were actually slightly higher in rate, but most lenders improved. This technically brings ... MND NewsWire - 10:48AM Builders Credit Consumers for Increased Optimism New home builders regained some of the confidence in the market they had displayed in September after wavering significantly in October. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB ... Pipeline Press - 10:42AM Supreme Court & 2nd Mortgages; ARM Index News; What do FHA Numbers Mean? Recently the commentary noted, "Maybe we should start at the grade school level and teach kids about money . How to make a budget, manage debt, save for retirement. Most kids only know ... MBS Commentary - 7:32AM MBS Day Ahead: As FOMC Minutes Approach, What Else Merits Attention? I haven't seen much fuss made over tomorrow's FOMC Minutes yet, and that mostly makes sense. After all, asset purchases were ended at that meeting, and there wasn't likely much debate ... Good News for Housing and Consumers From FHA 2015: Economic Growth will Drive Household Formation and Housing Activity Latest Video Santelli: Where's the big rate rise? Long-term turnaround at Beazer: Pro Santelli: 'Tight' closing Treasury ranges More News from 'Around the Web' Reuters - 4:38PM U.S., Wells Fargo not as 'optimistic' about lawsuit settlement: lawyer Bloomberg - 4:38PM U.S. Posts Record Inflow of Portfolio Investments in September - Bloomberg WSJ - 4:38PM Economists Call October Inflation Measure 'Distorted,' a 'Statistical Quirk' Market Watch - 3:05PM Home Depot CFO ‘very encouraged' by regulators' mortgage-reform work Washington Post - 3:04PM Why schools matter when you're buying a homeâ€"even if you don't have children WSJ - 2:14PM Fed's Kocherlakota Repeats 2015 Rate Hike Would Be Mistake CFPB - 2:13PM Social Security disability income shouldn't mean you don't qualify for a mortgage NAHB - 1:22PM Statement from NAHB Chairman Kevin Kelly on ICC Ruling on Cost Estimates CNBC - 12:10PM Pimco is pulling down rest of the bond market Bloomberg - 12:10PM Bonds Backed by Homeowner Energy-Efficiency Loans Seen Expanding - Bloomberg CNBC - 11:23AM Risk of triple-dip in euro zone: S&P Market Watch - 11:23AM Capitol Report: Warren wants watchdog appointed to Fed board Google News - 11:21AM Three trends that signal hard times for renters in 2015 CNBC - 10:16AM Home builder confidence jumps 4 points in November www.gallup.com - 9:03AM U.S. Economic Confidence Index Continues Climb, Reaches -6 CNBC - 9:01AM Surprise: Services lift US producer prices in Oct Reuters - 8:57AM Home Depot quarterly profit rises 14 percent CNBC - 8:54AM Shifting gears on reverse mortgages transunion.mwnewsroom.com - 8:53AM TransUnion: Miami and San Francisco Help Lead National Mortgage Delinquency Rate to 11th Consecutive Decline Bloomberg - 8:53AM U.S. Said to Pursue Charges Against More Mortgage Traders - Bloomberg Today's Comments MND NewsWire - 12:03AM "the 'regulatory scheme' is only hi-liting the lack of leadership and a lack of confidence and conviction that housing is really on the mend. One week foreclosures are down. Next week they are up. One week values are up. The next week they are down. Lenders are asked to meet certain homeownership goals..." Today's Rates Best Execution Rate Change 30 Yr FRM 3.98% -0.01 15 Yr FRM 3.18% -0.01 FHA 30 Year Fixed 3.50% +0.00 Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 3.83% -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 3.47% 1.11 +0.02 30 Yr. Fixed 4.33% 1.33 -0.01 MBA ** 30 Yr. Fixed 4.19% 0.26 +0.02 15 Yr. Fixed 3.38% 0.22 +0.00 30 Yr. Jumbo 4.13% 0.15 +0.00 30 Yr. FHA 3.90% 0.14 +0.06 5/1 ARM 3.05% 0.32 -0.03 Freddie Mac ** 30 Yr. Fixed 4.01% 0.50 -0.01 15 Yr. Fixed 3.20% 0.50 -0.01 1 Yr. ARM 2.43% 0.40 -0.02 5/1 Yr. ARM 3.02% 0.50 +0.05 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 3.0 100.16 +0.13 30YR FNMA 3.5 103.52 +0.09 30YR GNMA 3.0 102.20 +0.11 30YR GNMA 3.5 104.58 +0.05 15YR FNMA 3.0 103.86 +0.02 15YR FNMA 2.5 101.58 +0.05 Treasuries Yield Change 2 YR 0.5082% -0.0038 5 YR 1.6104% -0.0149 10 YR 2.3204% -0.0177 30 YR 3.0447% -0.0177 Prices as of: 11/18/2014 4:30PM 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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