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THE FED RATE CUT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MORTGAGE RATES
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Matthew Graham
on March 03 2020, 12:42 PM
The Fed announced an emergency rate cut of 50bps today (0.50%). Great! So your mortgage rate could be 0.5% lower, right? WRONG! And to be clear, that's not one of those all-caps, bold lettered internet claims made by some guy with an agenda who may or...
DU REFI PLUS - No Media Coverage
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on March 06 2009, 1:38 PM
You can download the full 'DU Refi Plus' document in pdf format here . If you would like to link to this document, please link to http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/du-refi-plus.pdf DU Refi Plus TM BORROWERS YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GO TO YOUR SERVICER...
Who Broke The Mortgage Market And When Will It Be Fixed?
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Matthew Graham
on March 26 2020, 5:17 PM
I will do my best to speak to both consumer and mortgage industry people on this topic. It affects everyone. With that in mind, the following is a list of questions that loan originators have been asking. Consumers might not be familiar with all the terms...
Surprise Announcement From FHFA Just Made Your Refi Much More Expensive
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Matthew Graham
on August 12 2020, 8:47 PM
In what can only be described as a cash grab, Fannie and Freddie's regulator just announced a new tax on refinances. Granted, it's not technically a tax, and it wasn't probably even intended to hit the pocketbooks of the American homeowner...
Brief Discussion on Treasury Auction Jargon and Significance
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Matthew Graham
on January 11 2012, 2:50 PM
Earlier today on MBS Live, after briefly discussing the results of today's 10yr Auction, a question came up basically asking if I could explain what I was talking about in English. Although I'm not sure if it's much of an improvement from the original...
MND Special Report on MBS "Black Wednesday:" Among The Worst Day Of Losses.... Ever....
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Matthew Graham
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Damage Report 5/27/09 The dust is finally settling and ashes finally floating away, at least for today. We are left with one of the most grotesque images to come out of the MBS marketplace in years: the visual representation of the deservedly named "Black...
How Crazy Is This Move in Rates and Refis?
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I was surprised to open up shop this morning and find yields and MBS right about where we left them yesterday afternoon. I was also surprised yesterday afternoon when yields were able to hold under 1% by the end of the day. In other words, this bond rally...
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Hit the comment section if we're missing anything and we'll get it updated to keep this as an up-to-date list of COVID-related changes to underwriting guidelines, forbearances, etc. The changes come at the direction of FHFA and are thus substantially...
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H.R. 3044 : To impose an 18-month moratorium on the Home Valuation Code of Conduct ...from NAMB McLean, VA - June 26, 2009 - Last night, Representatives Childers (D-MS) and Miller (R-CA) introduced legislation calling for an 18 month moratorium on the...
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Press Release Release Date: December 30, 2008 For immediate release The Federal Reserve on Tuesday announced that it expects to begin operations in early January under the previously announced program to purchase mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and that...
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When the yield curve steepens, it implies interest rates will be higher in the future. If interest rates are expected to increase in the next 10 years, then the borrowers who are refinancing at current market interest rates will be less likely to refinance...
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2013 draws to a close today and it will officially break a 20 year trend in bond markets. Since 1993, 10yr yields have returned to the same boundary of the same linear trend channel precisely every 5 years, but 2013 didn't come close (see the chart...
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