Daily Newsletter: Construction Industry Optimism at 20-year High; Pending Home Sales Rise; Rates end Bad Month on Good Note

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30 Year Fixed 3.77%   -0.02 15 Year Fixed 3.08%   -0.01 10YR Treasury 2.00%   -0.0383 FNMA 30YR 3.5 104.81   +0.27 FNMA 15YR 2.5 104.70   +0.20 View Today's Rates

Friday February 27, 2015 MND NewsWire - 2:39PM Construction Industry Optimism at 20-year High While its ultimate focus is the future of the construction equipment business, Wells Fargo's Equipment Finance division has some predictions for residential construction as well. The ... MND NewsWire - 11:27AM Homebuyers were Busy in January; Pending Sales Rise Even though sales of existing homes dropped by 4.9 percent in January buyers were apparently out shopping and seriously so. The National Association of Realtors® said that its Pending ... Mortgage Rate Watch - 5:09PM Mortgage Rates End Bad Month on Good Note Mortgage rates managed to scrape together modest gains for today's month-end session. In terms of the financial markets that dictate mortgage rates, the last day of the month can be ... Community Commentary - 3:04PM Lessons for Europe from the US Housing Recovery In our highly interconnected financial world, what happens in Europe, Greece, and Germany greatly affects our own bond and MBS markets . There has been much discussion back and forth ... MBS RECAP: Slow, Steady Gains for Bond Markets Note on VA Loans in Super Lien States; More on Oil's Impact on the Economy MBS Day Ahead: Today Probably Won't Decide the Permanent Fate of Rates in the US Latest Video Fed's Fischer: Rate hike high probability in 2015 Clashes in streets of Athens Santelli: 10-year Treasury yield on the move More News from 'Around the Web' Market Watch - 4:20PM Fed won't be predictable after lifting rates, Fischer says Bloomberg - 4:19PM Blackstone Seeks Up to $15 Billion for Real Estate Fund WSJ - 4:18PM ECB's Constancio Sees Stock of €4 Trillion Eligible for QE Purchases Reuters - 2:11PM Jobs report may test market's complacency Calculated Risk Blog - 1:56PM Fed's Fischer: "Conducting Monetary Policy with a Large Balance Sheet" CNBC - 12:35PM Hell no, we won't go! Homeowners who wouldn't budge Bloomberg - 12:28PM Ocwen Tumbles After Mortgage Servicer Gets Fired From Bond Deals Calculated Risk Blog - 11:31AM Catching Up: Final February Consumer Sentiment at 95.4, Chicago PMI declines Sharply Reuters - 10:28AM U.S. pending home sales hit one-and-a-half-year high in January WSJ - 10:27AM Economists React to the Fourth-Quarter GDP Report: 'The Underlying Picture Remains Good' WSJ - 10:27AM Fed's Dudley: Markets May Force a More Aggressive Rate Hike Cycle CNBC - 9:05AM US Q4 growth rate revised down to 2.2% Today's Rates Best Execution Rate Change 30 Yr FRM 3.77% -0.02 15 Yr FRM 3.08% -0.01 FHA 30 Year Fixed 3.50% +0.00 Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 3.77% -0.01 5/1 Yr ARM 3.12% -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 3.93% 0.35 +0.09 15 Yr. Fixed 3.24% 0.35 +0.09 30 Yr. Jumbo 3.92% 0.28 +0.02 30 Yr. FHA 3.73% 0.12 +0.01 5/1 ARM 3.09% 0.47 +0.02 Freddie Mac ** 30 Yr. Fixed 3.80% 0.60 +0.00 15 Yr. Fixed 3.07% 0.60 +0.00 1 Yr. ARM 2.44% 0.40 +0.00 5/1 Yr. ARM 2.99% 0.50 +0.00 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 3.0 101.86 +0.27 30YR FNMA 3.5 104.81 +0.27 30YR GNMA 3.0 102.69 +0.28 30YR GNMA 3.5 105.02 +0.34 15YR FNMA 3.0 104.70 +0.20 15YR FNMA 2.5 102.42 +0.20 Treasuries Yield Change 2 YR 0.6263% -0.0277 5 YR 1.5005% -0.0409 10 YR 1.9965% -0.0383 30 YR 2.5964% -0.0338 Prices as of: 2/27/2015 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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