New Home Sales Much Worse than Forecast in January. Wintry Weather Adds Weakness

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Home Today's Headlines ATW Forums Q&A Mortgage Rates   Top Stories       New Home Sales Much Worse than Forecast in January. Wintry Weather Adds Weakness The annual pace of New Home Sales fell to a new record low in January. This was the fourth consecutive month New Home Sales slid and the largest monthly... - MND NewsWire NAR Recommends Revamp of GSEs. Treasury Says Not Until Next Year The National Association of Realtors has suggested a total reorganization of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, turning them into two non-profit government-chartered... - MND NewsWire Loan Demand Falls Again. Mortgage Rates Unchanged Today I have been saying all year that mortgage rates will need some sort of major shift in economic outlooks if they are to fall below 4.75% again. A surprise... - Mortgage Rate Watch Freddie Mac: Losses Narrowed in... - MND NewsWire Mortgage Brokers Still Making a Living; Printing Money to Escape a Deficit: Inflation and Debt Service Mortgage Insurance Pricing; Radian... - Pipeline Press MBS AFTERNOON: Out Of Danger, But... - MBS Commentary MBS ALERT: Important Support Being... - MBS Commentary MBS LUNCH: 5yr Auction Fails To... - MBS Commentary MBS MORNING: Recap and Reaction... - MBS Commentary MBS OPEN: Yield Curve Crushed in... - MBS Commentary »View more top stories jeffer90576 Profile View Edit Member Toolbox -MBS/Treasury Quotes -Mortgage Rates -Write an Article -Mobile MND -News / Rate Widgets -Manage Email Alerts -Update Profile -Not a Premium Member Yet? Upgrade Here. MBS Quotes FNMA 4.0 97-25 -0-02 FNMA 4.5 100-24 -0-01 FNMA 5.0 103-16 0-00 FNMA 5.5 105-11 -0-03 FNMA 6.0 106-02 -0-09 Updated: 2/24/10 4:31 PM Treasuries 3 MO 0.1095 -0.0105 2 YR 0.8592 -0.0108 5 YR 2.3511 -0.0189 10 YR 3.6909 0.0009 30 YR 4.6356 0.0056 Updated: 2/24/10 5:10 PM Mortgage Rates 30 Yr FRM 4.98 -0.01 15 Yr FRM 4.35 0.02 FHA 30 Year 5.19 0.00 Jumbo 30 Year 6.46 -0.02 5/1 Yr ARM 4.24 -0.02 Updated: 2/24/10 4:38 PM Latest Video       View:All Videos Economist Reacts to Bernanke Testimony 2/24/2010 Ed McKelvey, a senior economist at Goldman Sachs, shares his reaction to the Fed chairman's Congressional testimony about monetary policy and the economy... Toll Brothers 1Q Loss Narrows 2/24/2010 02/24/10 The slow recovery of the housing market has helped luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers (TOL) post a narrower fiscal 1Q loss. The Problems Of Paying Down Debt 2/24/2010 You can deal with debt three ways. Either you pay it back, you default or, if you're a government, you can inflate it away. In the US, default seems... Around The Web       Freddie Mac: "Potential Large Wave of Foreclosures" Shiller Is Worried About Gov't Involvement In Housing Bernanke Discusses Fed Support for Housing Market Analyst: Pressure Will Build on Fed To Extend Mortgage Program Chase and Other Servicers Leave Many in Loan Mod Limbo; Treasury Threatens Penalties New IMF Report Advises on Stimulus Exit Strategies Nuggets From Builders Looking Toward The Future Bernanke Says 'Nascent' Recovery Still Requires Low Rates Construction Industry Continues to Lose Jobs as all States Report Decreases in 2009 The Mortgage Walkaway Number »View All Recent Articles JOIN THE CONVERSATION Recent Comments Marty Sonke on 2/24/2010 - read this comment I think the Fed's unemployment number is way too optimistic. I hope they are right but I don't see how they can be. We need 150K jobs per month just to absorb the people coming out of college.... Bryan/Mortgage Finance Group, Inc. on 2/24/2010 - read this comment Had a lender already re-price higher, after not changing pricing since last Friday. I feel like I'm on the wrong end of "Heads I win, tails you lose". Susan Kahler on 2/24/2010 - read this comment We're especially "nascent" here in the SF Bay Area jobs market with established companies like Cisco and upstarts like (Dave Duffield's) Workday hiring. Mortgage brokers seems catch on... Adam Quinones on 2/24/2010 - read this comment New York is about to get a snow hurricane: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-24/-snow-hurricane-approaches-new-york-pennsylvania-update2-.html Questions What information is required to be submitted to the mortgage... Can a realtor lower their commission to close a deal? To do a short sell does the home payment have to be in the rears... What factors determine 'livable space' for single family... Answers How can I subdivide a plot of land? Can you renegociate the price of the house after inspection? I need a letter from my real estate agent to give to my bank... What drives changes in mortgage rates? Forum Discussions Getting a Mortgage After a Short Sale Loan Scenario: MN, 136836,300,000, 793, 43% LTV, Cash Out Refinance Do you Need Private Capital Funding, Direct Lender Can a realtor ask for a 10 percent emd? Selling a Property in India? Loan Scenarios Post | View All   State Date Amount Loan Type MN 2/24/2010 1,300,000.00 Cash Out Refinance TX 2/23/2010 235,000.00 Purchase CA 2/22/2010 735,000.00 Refinance (Rate and Term) GA 2/22/2010 192,903.00 Purchase NY 2/22/2010 251,250.00 Purchase GA 2/19/2010 192,903.00 Purchase Mortgage News Daily

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Seasonal Adjustments Support Home Prices. Threats to the Health of Housing

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Home Today's Headlines ATW Forums Q&A Mortgage Rates   Top Stories       Seasonal Adjustments Support Home Prices. Threats to the Health of Housing On a seasonally unadjusted basis, home prices in 20 U.S. cities fell 0.2% in December. Home prices are down 3.1% since last December. This met economist... - MND NewsWire HUD Secretary Requests $41.6 Billion 2011 Budget. Five Goals in Focus Stating that the nation's housing market has made significant progress toward stability during the past year, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development... - MND NewsWire Mortgage Rates Fall After Surprise Dip in Consumer Confidence Yesterday was the first day in awhile that I advised floating overnight. It paid off today. If you are being offered 4.75% costing 1 discount point, I... - Mortgage Rate Watch Revisiting Revenue Leakage. Time to Call in a Mortgage Plumber Optimistic Mortgage Studies; February... - Pipeline Press MBS CLOSE: One Day, Three Rallies - MBS Commentary MBS AFTERNOON: Already Strong Rally... - MBS Commentary MBS LUNCH: 2 Year Note Auction... - MBS Commentary MBS MORNING: Consumer Confidence... - MBS Commentary MBS OPEN: Bonds Improve Overnight... - MBS Commentary Short Term Lock/Float Bias and... - Mortgage Rate Watch »View more top stories jeffer90576 Profile View Edit Member Toolbox -MBS/Treasury Quotes -Mortgage Rates -Write an Article -Mobile MND -News / Rate Widgets -Manage Email Alerts -Update Profile -Not a Premium Member Yet? Upgrade Here. MBS Quotes FNMA 4.0 97-28 0-20 FNMA 4.5 100-27 0-16 FNMA 5.0 103-15 0-06 FNMA 5.5 105-13 0-06 FNMA 6.0 106-12 0-06 Updated: 2/23/10 4:31 PM Treasuries 3 MO 0.1200 0.0358 2 YR 0.8700 -0.0131 5 YR 2.3700 -0.0725 10 YR 3.6900 -0.1055 30 YR 4.6300 -0.0969 Updated: 2/23/10 5:42 PM Mortgage Rates 30 Yr FRM 4.99 -0.03 15 Yr FRM 4.33 -0.02 FHA 30 Year 5.19 -0.03 Jumbo 30 Year 6.48 -0.01 5/1 Yr ARM 4.26 -0.05 Updated: 2/23/10 6:28 PM Latest Video       View:All Videos Job Fears Drag Economic Indicators 2/23/2010 Job jitters are weighing down on the latest economic data, with CNBC's Rick Santelli. Housing's Bumpy Road to Recovery 2/23/2010 Discussing the future of housing, with Howard Glaser, mortgage industry consultant and Michael Menatian, Sanborn Mortgage Corp. Commercial Real Estate Bottoming? 2/23/2010 Moody's Commercial Property Index showed an uptick of 4.1 percent in December. Neal Elkin, of Real Estate Analytics, and Harvey Green, of Marcus &... Around The Web       Mass Layoffs Increase in January Another Fed Maneuver to Digest Nearly One in Four Borrowers Underwater on Mortgage Highlights from Home Builder 'Survivor Conference' Case-Shiller Adds to Confusion on Housing Market Shadow Rental Market Pushing down Rents Poll: Most of Unemployed Don't Expect to Find Work Credit Suisse Asks: Why Rent? Home Prices Stabilize as Panic Subsides Fannie Mae launches 136581 billion small lender plan »View All Recent Articles JOIN THE CONVERSATION Recent Comments Mark H on 2/23/2010 - read this comment With all the discussion about housing and the numbers today, has anyone read Andrew Caplin, Professor of Econ at NYU. He makes some very compelling arguments on the true state of housing and the lack of... Larry Gray on 2/23/2010 - read this comment More people I know have simplified their lives economically by reevaluating what their true needs are and spending much less. I don't know that it necessarily helps our economy they way it is set up... Adam Quinones on 2/23/2010 - read this comment WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The massive stimulus package passed last year to blunt the impact of the worst U.S. recession in 70 years created up to 2.1 million jobs in the last three months of 2009... David Haines on 2/23/2010 - read this comment I can say I saw this coming. The folks I deal with are really struggling right now. Realtors, Advisors, friends are all telling me how bad it is out there. My business has dried up since first of the year... Questions What information is required to be submitted to the mortgage... Can a realtor lower their commission to close a deal? To do a short sell does the home payment have to be in the rears... What factors determine 'livable space' for single family... Answers How can I subdivide a plot of land? Can you renegociate the price of the house after inspection? I need a letter from my real estate agent to give to my bank... What drives changes in mortgage rates? Forum Discussions Is this Realtor fee legal? Short Sale Reliability of Ally Bank Contact info for SunTrust CEMA's Virginia Divorce Transfer of Home Ownership Loan Scenarios Post | View All   State Date Amount Loan Type CA 2/22/2010 735,000.00 Refinance (Rate and Term) GA 2/22/2010 192,903.00 Purchase NY 2/22/2010 251,250.00 Purchase GA 2/19/2010 192,903.00 Purchase IL 2/17/2010 1,800,000.00 Refinance (Rate and Term) IL 2/17/2010 1,040,000.00 Purchase Mortgage News Daily

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