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Mortgage rates moved just a bit lower today, bringing them to their best levels in exactly 1 week. Most borrowers will see little-to-no difference between yesterday and today's loan quotes with the exception, perhaps, of a modest reduction in upfront costs. That means 4.25% remains intact as the most prevalent conventional 30yr fixed rate on top tier scenarios. Bond markets (and thus, rates) responded favorably today to a series of weaker economic reports. In general, weaker economic data tends to help bonds and hurt stocks. Some of the positivity was also motivated by the calendar as certain traders are required to hold a certain mix of bonds by the end of any given month. In other words, some investors were buying bonds because they wanted to and other were buying because they had to. From
Mortgage Rate Watch
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Mortgage rates moved just a bit lower today, bringing them to their best levels in exactly 1 week. Most borrowers will see little-to-no difference between yesterday and today's loan quotes with the exception, perhaps, of a modest reduction in upfront... (read more)
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Housing News
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The Urban Institute releases a regular report, Housing Finance at a Glance , a "chartbook" loaded with charts and commentary on mortgage activity. The current edition is primarily for the period ending with the third quarter of 2016. Much of the mate... (read more)
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Housing News
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The headline of the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices press release for the last three months has been exactly the same: NATIONAL INDEX HITS NEW PEAK AS HOME PRICE GAINS CONTINUE. The actual numbers haven't changed much either. The newest result... (read more)
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Rob Chrisman
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As the old adage goes, “Women spend more time wondering what men are thinking than men spend thinking.” But certainly women spend a good deal of time thinking about other things, like…thinking about the global economy. Federal Rese... (read more)
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MBS Commentary
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Yesterday was a bit of a puzzler for bond markets. Volumes were decent, but movement was contained in a very narrow range (seen in the chart below). On one hand, that could be seen as a victory considering bond markets absorbed a huge cor... (read more)
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MBS Commentary
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It was an uneventful day for bond markets from most points of view. After opening slightly stronger in Asia, Treasuries sold-off modestly during the first part of the European session. The key consideration at the time was stronger Germ... (read more)
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