Daily Newsletter: Highest Mortgage Rates Since July ; Trends in Rentals; New Home Sales Miss Estimate; Applications Advance

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30 Year Fixed 4.10%   +0.05 15 Year Fixed 3.30%   +0.04 10YR Treasury 2.26%   +0.0230 FNMA 30YR 3.5 102.88   -0.06 FNMA 15YR 2.5 102.94   -0.05 View Today's Rates

Wednesday December 23, 2015 Mortgage Rate Watch - 5:37PM Highest Mortgage Rates Since July Mortgage rates moved up for the second consecutive day, but in an uncommon way. Mortgage-backed-securities (MBS) are the financial instruments that mortgages ultimately 'become' when ... Pipeline Press - 11:22AM U.S. Renting Trends Helping LOs, Realtors, and Builders It is the holiday season. Some of us abstain from drinking alcohol, some of us don't. And among those that don't abstain, some drink a little and some drink a little too much, which ... MND NewsWire - 10:51AM November New Home Gain Overshadowed by October Revision Newly constructed single-family homes continued to sell well in November however October's earlier robust report was scaled down dramatically . The Census Bureau and the Department ... MND NewsWire - 10:49AM Purchase, Refi Apps Both up Ahead of Holiday Season There was, as expected only a minimal immediate impact on either mortgage rates or mortgage application volume in the few days following the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC's ... MBS RECAP: Whatever it Takes to Stay Sideways! MBS Day Ahead: Bond Markets Likely to Remain Tuned Out Latest Video Miss on new home sales in Nov. Mortgage applications on the rise Fed hiked rates for all the wrong reasons: Pro More News from 'Around the Web' Calculated Risk Blog - 4:47PM Quintessential Tanta: Reflections on Alt-A (with a Donald Trump mention) webfeeds.brookings.edu - 2:58PM Productivity crucial to U.S. economy Calculated Risk Blog - 2:58PM Comments on November New Home Sales Bloomberg - 1:44PM Wall Street Cop Uses Algos to See Billions in Errant Bond Trades CNBC - 11:28AM Consumer sentiment 92.6 vs. 92 expected Bloomberg - 8:43AM Draghi's Less-Than-Super Stimulus Pushes Bonds to Monthly Loss Calculated Risk Blog - 8:41AM Personal Income increased 0.3% in November, Spending increased 0.3% CNBC - 8:41AM US core capital goods orders fall in November CNBC - 1:49AM US personal consumption up 0.3% in Nov Today's Rates Best Execution Rate Change 30 Yr FRM 4.10% +0.05 15 Yr FRM 3.30% +0.04 FHA 30 Year Fixed 3.75% +0.00 Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 3.93% +0.06 5/1 Yr ARM 3.00% +0.02 Current Mortgage Rates » What are best-execution rates? Average Mortgage Rates Rate Points Change FHFA * 15 Yr. Fixed 3.45% 1.20 -0.01 30 Yr. Fixed 4.12% 1.43 -0.05 MBA ** 30 Yr. Fixed 4.14% 0.45 +0.00 15 Yr. Fixed 3.39% 0.35 +0.00 30 Yr. Jumbo 4.01% 0.30 -0.01 30 Yr. FHA 3.90% 0.31 -0.01 5/1 ARM 3.25% 0.36 +0.02 Freddie Mac ** 30 Yr. Fixed 3.97% 0.60 +0.02 15 Yr. Fixed 3.22% 0.50 +0.03 1 Yr. ARM 2.67% 0.20 +0.03 5/1 Yr. ARM 3.03% 0.40 +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 99.73 -0.08 30YR FNMA 3.5 102.88 -0.06 30YR GNMA 3.0 101.08 -0.11 30YR GNMA 3.5 103.94 0.00 15YR FNMA 3.0 102.94 -0.05 15YR FNMA 2.5 100.66 -0.11 Treasuries Yield Change 2 YR 0.9894% +0.0124 5 YR 1.7244% +0.0183 10 YR 2.2605% +0.0230 30 YR 2.9904% +0.0316 Prices as of: 12/23/2015 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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