Monday, August 4, 2014

Daily Newsletter: Large Banks Report Lower QM Effects; Rates Hold Steady Over Weekend; Disproportionate Foreclosure Distribution; Appraiser Numbers Dwindling

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30 Year Fixed
4.21%   +0.00
15 Year Fixed
3.32%   +0.00
10YR Treasury
2.49%   -0.0127
FNMA 30YR 3.5
102.34   +0.08
FNMA 15YR 2.5
103.45   +0.09
Monday August 4, 2014
MND NewsWire - 4:03PM
The Federal Reserve's July Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices showed a continued easing of lending standards and terms for many types of loan categories amid ...
Mortgage Rate Watch - 4:11PM
Mortgage rates held their ground over the weekend, with most lenders offering the exact same rates and costs as Friday afternoon. There were no significant events or headlines that ...
MND NewsWire - 12:28PM
As it indicated in its "first look" at June mortgage performance data released last month, Black Knight Financial Services said today that the nation's foreclosure inventory - those ...
Pipeline Press - 10:44AM
Are you an appraiser ? Maybe you should be honored: there are fewer and fewer of you every year, and your ranks are down to 80,500 nationwide . There are fewer now than at the start ...
MBS Live Chat - 10:28AM
"I don't think the jobs numbers were that bad; fairly good actually. With revisions to previous months, we barely missed the forecast, and as Vic pointed out, it was the first time since the 90's that payrolls were over 200k for 6 consecutive months...."
MBS Live Chat - 10:45AM
"Agreed MG on your last 2 comments and VB's point too. But, this recovery still does not "feel" like a recovery ( s ) of past cycles / past years. Can't really just point to one thing but it has been a very slow , mixed econ data, at best. Bond market is sensing this too. Just my opinion on this comment..."
MBS Live Chat - 10:46AM
"I think you can point to one thing...wages..."
MBS Live Chat - 10:48AM
"I think this was such a deep downturn in 2008-2009, that is has changed the "psychy" of most consumers and business to be more conservative and pull back, and be in more cash transactions than ever before...."
MBS Live Chat - 10:51AM
"Speaking from my own personal point of view. I have pulled back myself from what I used to spend, or invest etc in years past. Our industry has slowed down too, so that is a part of it, but in the back of my mind, I am a lot more frugal,conservative thinking with my finances than ever before in the past..."
MBS Live Chat - 1:01PM
"are you guys getting better results with a high DTI through Freddie or Fannie's AU? plenty assets..."
MBS Live Chat - 1:02PM
"I've seen freddie take less assets, but both at 49.9 with 6 months piti..."
MBS Live Chat - 1:42PM
"seems like stock lever might be more in play this week..."
MBS Live Chat - 1:44PM
"sure seems like it Sung..."
Today's Rates
Best Execution
Rate Change
30 Yr FRM 4.21% +0.00
15 Yr FRM 3.32% +0.00
FHA 30 Year Fixed 3.75% +0.00
Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 4.04% +0.00
5/1 Yr ARM 3.24% -0.01
Average Mortgage Rates
Rate Points Change
FHFA *
15 Yr. Fixed 3.56% 1.13 -0.10
30 Yr. Fixed 4.37% 1.39 -0.16
MBA **
30 Yr. Fixed 4.32% 0.16 +0.04
15 Yr. Fixed 3.40% 0.22 -0.02
30 Yr. Jumbo 4.24% 0.16 -0.02
30 Yr. FHA 4.02% -0.03 +0.03
5/1 ARM 3.40% 0.22 -0.02
Freddie Mac **
30 Yr. Fixed 4.12% 0.60 -0.01
15 Yr. Fixed 3.23% 0.70 -0.03
1 Yr. ARM 2.38% 0.40 -0.01
5/1 Yr. ARM 3.01% 0.50 +0.02
* 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 98.48 +0.09
30YR FNMA 3.5 102.34 +0.08
30YR GNMA 3.0 100.53 +0.13
30YR GNMA 3.5 103.42 +0.08
15YR FNMA 3.0 103.45 +0.09
15YR FNMA 2.5 100.98 +0.11
Treasuries
Yield Change
2 YR 0.4683% -0.0080
5 YR 1.6512% -0.0164
10 YR 2.4853% -0.0127
30 YR 3.2913% +0.0074
Prices as of: 8/4/2014 4:32PM EST
MBS and Treasury data provided by Thomson Reuters.
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Friday, August 1, 2014

Daily Newsletter: Mortgage Rates Recover After Jobs Data; Construction Spending Down, but Improves Year-Over-Year; Housing Implications of Adult Children Living With Parents

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30 Year Fixed
4.21%   -0.04
15 Year Fixed
3.32%   -0.05
10YR Treasury
2.50%   -0.0653
FNMA 30YR 3.5
102.27   +0.44
FNMA 15YR 2.5
103.36   +0.31
Friday August 1, 2014
Mortgage Rate Watch - 3:20PM
Mortgage rates were able to recover some of the ground lost this week after the important Employment Situation Report showed slightly less job creation than expected. Had the report ...
MND NewsWire - 12:31PM
Construction spending in June fell slightly below that in May the Census Bureau said today. Overall construction put in place during the month was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate ...
MND NewsWire - 2:48PM
Since the start of the housing crisis the experts have noted the tendency young adults to continue to live in their childhood homes . This they say is contributing to the diminished ...
Pipeline Press - 11:28AM
People need to use their heads once in a while. Circulating in the e-mail world is a claim: "This is the only time in your life you will see this phenomenon: August, this year, will ...
MBS Live Chat - 12:24PM
"The connection between the currency moves and headlines is clear, and it's also clear that Treasuries were marching to the beat of their own drum way before Argentina-related moves..."
MBS Live Chat - 12:24PM
"but again... you will certainly hear mainstream financial media giving this a lot of dark-horse credit today...."
MBS Live Chat - 12:31PM
"Hard to believe we are 3 tics better than where we opened on Monday on the 3.5...."
MBS Live Chat - 12:41PM
"right where we were last Friday...."
MBS Live Chat - 2:17PM
"cnbc mentioned euro troubles as it relates to russian sanctions..."
MBS Live Chat - 2:17PM
"dax down 2%+..."
MBS Live Chat - 2:17PM
"EU definitely in play for bond markets today..."
MBS Live Chat - 2:20PM
"EU probably in play for TSY's the rest of the year MG in my opinion. EU not getting any better soon..."
MBS Live Chat - 2:20PM
"http://mndne.ws/WRHdtI..."
Today's Rates
Best Execution
Rate Change
30 Yr FRM 4.21% -0.04
15 Yr FRM 3.32% -0.05
FHA 30 Year Fixed 3.75% +0.00
Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 4.04% -0.05
5/1 Yr ARM 3.25% +0.00
Average Mortgage Rates
Rate Points Change
FHFA *
15 Yr. Fixed 3.56% 1.13 -0.10
30 Yr. Fixed 4.37% 1.39 -0.16
MBA **
30 Yr. Fixed 4.32% 0.16 +0.04
15 Yr. Fixed 3.40% 0.22 -0.02
30 Yr. Jumbo 4.24% 0.16 -0.02
30 Yr. FHA 4.02% -0.03 +0.03
5/1 ARM 3.40% 0.22 -0.02
Freddie Mac **
30 Yr. Fixed 4.12% 0.60 -0.01
15 Yr. Fixed 3.23% 0.70 -0.03
1 Yr. ARM 2.38% 0.40 -0.01
5/1 Yr. ARM 3.01% 0.50 +0.02
* 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 98.38 +0.47
30YR FNMA 3.5 102.27 +0.44
30YR GNMA 3.0 100.41 +0.41
30YR GNMA 3.5 103.36 +0.44
15YR FNMA 3.0 103.36 +0.31
15YR FNMA 2.5 100.88 +0.28
Treasuries
Yield Change
2 YR 0.4763% -0.0591
5 YR 1.6676% -0.0919
10 YR 2.4980% -0.0653
30 YR 3.2839% -0.0378
Prices as of: 8/1/2014 4:29PM EST
MBS and Treasury data provided by Thomson Reuters.
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