Daily Newsletter: Friday February 15, 2013

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30 Year Fixed

                                                                3.62%
                                                                  
                                                                +0.01

15 Year Fixed

                                                                2.94%
                                                                  
                                                                +0.01

10YR Treasury

                                                                2.01%
                                                                  
                                                                +0.0138

FNMA 30YR 3.5

                                                                105-07
                                                                  
                                                                -0-02

FNMA 15YR 2.5

                                                                104-30
                                                                  
                                                                +0-01

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Friday February 15, 2013

Pipeline Press - 10:43AM

REITs Roar; Wells Moving Out of Joint Ventures, into Europe; Two Industry Questions Worth Pondering

Anyone buying huge swaths of houses had better make sure they know what they're buying. (Meth labs? 84,000? 5%?) Here you go . Showing my age, I grew up celebrating both Lincoln's and ...

Mortgage Rate Watch - 1:36PM

Mortgage Rates Unchanged To Slightly Higher Heading Into 3-Day Weekend

Mortgage rates moved modestly higher for some lenders today, while others remained closer to unchanged territory. Following Wednesday's swing to 6-month highs, this leaves the average ...

MND NewsWire - 10:04AM

Senators Push for QRM Matching Dodd-Frank Intent

Three of the senators who helped frame parts of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in 2010 have again written to financial regulators asking them to respect ...

MND NewsWire - 4:30PM

Housing Seen as Emerging Bright Spot by Freddie Mac Economists

Even with the unexpected decline in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the fourth quarter of 2012, Freddie Mac's chief economist Frank E. Nothaft , and deputy chief Leonard Kiefer ...

Latest Video

Santelli's Morning Bond Update

Power House: Las Vegas' Housing Market

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More News from 'Around the Web'

CFPB - 1:06PM
CFPB: Qualified mortgages explained
Reuters - 12:10PM
Awaiting proof of the "Great Rotation"
DataQuick - 8:53AM
DataQuick: January California Home Sales Report
www.usnews.com - 8:52AM
Where Have All the Foreclosures Gone?
The Huffington Post - 8:51AM
Elizabeth Warren Embarrasses Bank Regulators
WSJ - 8:51AM
Regulators Open to Lending-Rule Changes
The Huffington Post - 8:49AM
Financial Crisis Cost Is Staggering, Government Report Finds
NAFCU - 8:48AM
Cordray details mortgage rule implementation
Bloomberg - 8:26AM
Krugman Says Fed Low Rates Key to Housing Recovery
www.federalregister.gov - 8:25AM
Mortgage Servicing Rules Under the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z)

Today's Comments

	MND NewsWire - 3:22PM "You only have to look at the National Association of Realtors to see the benefits of self-policing. NAR has installed a standard of ethics and duties for its members and created a strong enough lobby in Congress that they may be frequently attacked, but rarely lose a battle. The diligence with which..."
	MBS Live Chat - 11:40AM "filing toward the exits in mostly orderly fashion ahead of 3-day weekend. That's ALL I'm seeing so far... It happens to be bond-market-negative today, but that was the highest probability scenario if you believe in the increasingly compressed range heading into next week's FOMC. Just staying between..."
	MBS Live Chat - 9:54AM "RTRS - FED'S PIANALTO SAYS REDUCING ASSET PURCHASES FROM CURRENT LEVEL 'WOULD BE ALL THE MORE ATTRACTIVE' IF ECONOMIC OUTLOOK CONTINUES TO IUMPROVE, AS SHE EXPECTS..."
	MBS Live Chat - 9:55AM "THOMSON REUTERS/U. OF MICH US CONSUMER SENTIMENT PRELIMINARY FEBRUARY 76.3 (CONSENSUS 74.8) VS FINAL JANUARY 73.8..."
	MBS Live Chat - 9:53AM "RTRS - FED'S PIANALTO SAYS BENEFITS OF FED ASSET PURCHASES MAY BE DIMINISHING OVER TIME..."

Today's Rates

Best Execution

Rate

Change

30 Yr FRM

3.62%

+0.01

15 Yr FRM

2.94%

+0.01

FHA 30 Year Fixed

3.33%

+0.01

Jumbo 30 Year Fixed

3.80%

+0.00

5/1 Yr ARM

3.02%

-0.01

Current Mortgage Rates »

What are best-execution rates?

Average Mortgage Rates

Rate

Points

Change

FHFA *

15 Yr. Fixed

2.70%

1.16

-0.11

30 Yr. Fixed

3.47%

1.29

-0.07

MBA **

30 Yr. Fixed

3.75%

0.43

+0.02

15 Yr. Fixed

3.01%

0.28

+0.01

30 Yr. Jumbo

3.98%

0.36

+0.02

30 Yr. FHA

3.53%

0.39

+0.00

5/1 ARM

2.66%

0.31

-0.06

Freddie Mac **

30 Yr. Fixed

3.53%

0.80

+0.00

15 Yr. Fixed

2.77%

0.80

+0.00

1 Yr. ARM

2.61%

0.30

+0.08

5/1 Yr. ARM

2.64%

0.60

+0.01

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

102-27

-0-04

30YR FNMA 3.5

105-07

-0-02

30YR GNMA 3.0

104-01

-0-04

30YR GNMA 3.5

107-06

-0-03

15YR FNMA 3.0

104-30

+0-01

15YR FNMA 2.5

103-15

-0-01

Treasuries

Yield

Change

2 YR

0.2701%

+0.0041

5 YR

0.8685%

+0.0145

10 YR

2.0121%

+0.0138

30 YR

3.1859%

+0.0085

Prices as of: 2/15/2013 3:44PM EST

Current MBS / Treasury Prices »

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