Daily Newsletter: Best Month of 2018 For Rates; Origination Slump Hits Lender Profits; Freddie Portfolio Up 3.5%

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30 Year Fixed 4.86%   +0.02 15 Year Fixed 4.37%   +0.02 10YR Treasury 3.01%   -0.0256 FNMA 30YR 3.5 98.05   +0.09 FNMA 15YR 2.5 98.66   +0.05 View Today's Rates

Friday November 30, 2018 Mortgage Rate Watch - 3:02PM November Was a Great Month For Mortgage Rates Mortgage rates may have ebbed slightly higher today, but that only erased a fraction of the improvement seen over the past 2 days. Combined with the even stronger showing 2 weeks ago ... MND NewsWire - 9:40AM Decline in Originations Hurting Lender Profit Financial concerns continued for independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks as they reported, on average, declining profit margins in the third quarter ... MND NewsWire - 11:17AM Freddie Mac Portfolio Grows 3.5 Percent, Delinquencies Decrease Freddie Mac reported this week that its total mortgage portfolio increased at an annualized rate of 4.7 percent in October, up from 2.3 percent the previous month. The portfolio balance ... Pipeline Press - 8:58AM Paper on Fraud; FDIC and Non-Bank Lending; The Fed to Start Watching OBFR Instead of Fed Funds? As one Native American said, “Only a white man would cut two inches from the top of a blanket, sew it to the bottom, and think he has now has a longer blanket.” (Feel free ... MBS Day Ahead: Last Day of Bonds' Best Month in 2018 Mortgage Rates Surge Lower Latest Video NY Fed President: Neutral rate low for foreseeable future We'll get a hike in December, but also a dovish outlook, says Raymond James's Kevin Giddis Minneapolis Fed president says he's worried to raise rates prematurely More News from 'Around the Web' Calculated Risk Blog - 1:56PM Zillow Case-Shiller Forecast: Slower House Price Gains in October Bloomberg - 1:31PM One Section of the US Yield Curve May Invert as Soon as Today www.consumerfinancemonitor.com - 12:57PM One Week Extension of Flood Insurance Program CNBC - 12:44PM Fed adds its voice to rising fears about retirement investor core bond holdings eyeonhousing.org - 12:16PM Multifamily Construction Remains a Built-for-Rent Market Calculated Risk Blog - 11:09AM Chicago PMI Increased in November CNBC - 10:26AM Powell shouldn't follow Greenspan's example at Fed, veteran economist says Reuters - 8:26AM Canada, Mexico, U.S. sign new trade deal CNBC - 8:06AM US Treasury yields lower amid dovish Fed comments; G-20 summit in focus Bloomberg - 8:05AM How Far to Fed Neutral? Today's Rates Best Execution Rate Change 30 Yr FRM 4.86% +0.02 15 Yr FRM 4.37% +0.02 FHA 30 Year Fixed 4.37% +0.00 Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 4.54% +0.02 5/1 Yr ARM 4.75% +0.00 Current Mortgage Rates » What are best-execution rates? Average Mortgage Rates Rate Points Change FHFA * 15 Yr. Fixed 4.15% 1.16 -0.02 30 Yr. Fixed 4.78% 1.15 +0.01 MBA ** 30 Yr. Fixed 4.96% 0.49 -0.01 15 Yr. Fixed 4.39% 0.50 +0.01 30 Yr. Jumbo 4.93% 0.31 +0.01 30 Yr. FHA 4.95% 0.80 +0.01 5/1 ARM 4.24% 0.48 +0.02 Freddie Mac ** 30 Yr. Fixed 4.81% 0.50 -0.13 15 Yr. Fixed 4.25% 0.40 -0.11 1 Yr. ARM 2.68% 0.20 +0.01 5/1 Yr. ARM 4.12% 0.30 -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 95.33 +0.14 30YR FNMA 3.5 98.05 +0.09 30YR GNMA 3.0 96.27 +0.02 30YR GNMA 3.5 98.80 +0.09 15YR FNMA 3.0 98.66 +0.05 15YR FNMA 2.5 96.41 +0.03 Treasuries Yield Change 2 YR 2.8048% -0.0039 5 YR 2.8378% -0.0102 10 YR 3.0060% -0.0256 30 YR 3.3031% -0.0238 Prices as of: 11/30/2018 3:35PM 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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