Daily Newsletter: Mortgage Rates Hold High 3's; Real Estate Investors Profit From Hidden Markets; FDIC Study on Higher Rates

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30 Year Fixed 3.86%   -0.02 15 Year Fixed 3.12%   -0.02 10YR Treasury 2.16%   -0.0510 FNMA 30YR 3.5 104.19   +0.19 FNMA 15YR 2.5 103.89   +0.09 View Today's Rates

Friday December 19, 2014 Mortgage Rate Watch - 4:27PM Mortgage Rates Hold the High 3's Mortgage rates found their footing today, moving slightly lower after spending the past two days rising at the quickest pace in months. Most lenders had seen enough strength in the ... MND NewsWire - 1:43PM Real Estate Investors Profit From Hidden Markets RealtyTrac devotes the bulk of its most recent edition of HousingNewsReport , its monthly web magazine to detailing some r eal estate investment strategies . The lead article by Octavio ... Pipeline Press - 10:54AM FDIC's Study on Higher Rates' Impact; Servicing Continues to Trade; Energy Efficient MBS My brain can't keep track of all the statistics coming out of lending. But you won't find many people who will argue that real estate & credit have not rebounded. Zelman and Associates ... MBS Commentary - 12:42PM MBS MID-DAY: Us Bond Markets Grounded by Europe; Erasing Some Losses The past two days saw a decisive bounce in Treasuries precipitated by what might have been a decisive bounce in European bond markets. As of this the wee hours of this morning, Europe ... MBS RECAP: Bonds Hold Gains in Afternoon; Slow, Inconsequential Session MBS Day Ahead: Grains of Salt, No Duh, and Bearish Divergences Latest Video Low gas boosts home purchase power US government exits Ally Financial Santelli: Fed meeting makes a difference More News from 'Around the Web' Calculated Risk Blog - 4:07PM Lawler Update: Read on November Existing Home Sales, Distressed Sales and Cash buyers for Selected Cities WSJ - 4:07PM Fed's Plosser Explains Dissent Vote, Says Policy Language Still Calendar-based WSJ - 2:41PM U.S. Home Values Continue to Rebound But at Slower Pace Google News - 2:41PM Should you rent or buy? What to consider in housing decisions CNBC - 2:41PM How low gas prices fuel housing Bloomberg - 12:52PM Zombie Credits Rise From Dead And That's Good for Stocks - Bloomberg WSJ - 12:48PM Fed's Williams: No Rate Increase Likely For a Couple of Meetings WSJ - 11:36AM Consensus Builds Against Eurozone's 'Hardball' Strategy WSJ - 11:24AM The Next Challenge For Mortgage Lending? CNN - 11:24AM U.S. ends TARP with $15.3 billion profit WSJ - 10:42AM Fed's Kocherlakota: Fed Policy Creating Downside Risks For Inflation Calculated Risk Blog - 10:41AM BLS: Forty-one States had Unemployment Rate Decreases in November OCC - 10:27AM OCC Reports Mortgage Performance Improvement Continues CNBC - 9:43AM Homeowners get equity bonus Reuters - 8:50AM Exclusive: ECB considers making weaker euro zone states bear more quantitative easing risk - sources Bloomberg - 8:42AM Widest Spread Since 1999 Shows Reading on Fed: Chart of the Day - Bloomberg Today's Rates Best Execution Rate Change 30 Yr FRM 3.86% -0.02 15 Yr FRM 3.12% -0.02 FHA 30 Year Fixed 3.35% +0.00 Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 3.73% -0.02 5/1 Yr ARM 3.25% +0.00 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 4.18% 0.24 -0.01 15 Yr. Fixed 3.38% 0.27 +0.00 30 Yr. Jumbo 4.10% 0.16 -0.03 30 Yr. FHA 3.85% 0.18 -0.05 5/1 ARM 3.09% 0.34 +0.04 Freddie Mac ** 30 Yr. Fixed 3.80% 0.60 -0.13 15 Yr. Fixed 3.09% 0.60 -0.11 1 Yr. ARM 2.38% 0.40 -0.02 5/1 Yr. ARM 2.95% 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 3.0 101.16 +0.30 30YR FNMA 3.5 104.19 +0.19 30YR GNMA 3.0 102.34 +0.22 30YR GNMA 3.5 104.91 +0.19 15YR FNMA 3.0 103.89 +0.09 15YR FNMA 2.5 101.78 +0.13 Treasuries Yield Change 2 YR 0.6461% +0.0127 5 YR 1.6454% -0.0180 10 YR 2.1583% -0.0510 30 YR 2.7519% -0.0686 Prices as of: 12/19/2014 4:31PM 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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