Daily Newsletter: Monday March 25, 2013

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30 Year Fixed

                                                                3.63%
                                                                  
                                                                -0.01

15 Year Fixed

                                                                2.95%
                                                                  
                                                                +0.00

10YR Treasury

                                                                1.92%
                                                                  
                                                                -0.0104

FNMA 30YR 3.5

                                                                105-14
                                                                  
                                                                +0-02

FNMA 15YR 2.5

                                                                105-03
                                                                  
                                                                0-00

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Monday March 25, 2013

MND NewsWire - 1:05PM

Study Suggests Mortgage Market Insiders Just as Oblivious to Housing Crash as Rest of Wall Street

Were mid-level managers who essentially ran mortgage securitization during the housing boom aware of the systemic risks occurring in subprime portion of that market? Three researchers ...

MND NewsWire - 3:40PM

Distressed Sales Drop to Less than One-Third of California Home Market

Equity sales , that is sales of non-distressed properties, now constitute two-thirds of all home sales in California compared to less than one-half only one year ago. A report from ...

Pipeline Press - 11:02AM

What's up with Blackstone and the Overall Supply and Demand Picture? HUD App for Complaints

If you're like me, and believe the internet is lacking in places to anonymously voice your concerns, or if you have ever wanted to complain but just didn't have the time to pull over ...

Mortgage Rate Watch - 3:38PM

Mortgage Rates Flat To Slightly Lower To Begin Shortened Week

Mortgage rates were, once again, unchanged in many cases today, though some lenders were slightly lower in cost than Friday's latest offerings. Trading levels in MBS (the mortgage-backed ...

Latest Video

Quicken CEO Emerson on Housing, Ally Agreement

Retirement Housing Boom

Santelli & Liesman Tangle Over Big Ben's Policies

More News from 'Around the Web'

The Big Picture - 3:23PM
Sheila Bair Takes on the Banks
House Oversight - 2:37PM
Warren and Cummings to Meet with Fed and OCC on Foreclosure Abuses
CFPB - 2:36PM
CFPB: Our progress on financial education
Federal Reserve - 1:57PM
Bernanke: Monetary Policy and the Global Economy
NY Fed - 3:44PM
Geographical Reallocation and Unemployment during the Great Recession: The Role of the Housing Bust
Bloomberg - 10:42AM
Nationstar in Settlement Talks in Lawsuit Over Loan Auctions
CNBC - 10:41AM
'We Feel Like Crying': Cypriots Lament 'Terrible' Deal
www.nytimes.com - 11:17PM
Fair Game: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Same Old Song
Reuters - 11:17PM
UBS in settlement talks with SEC over mortgage bond deal: WSJ
CNBC - 11:12PM
Housing Could Withstand 4% Mortgages: Ex-FHA Head

Today's Comments

	MBS Live Chat - 3:56PM "REPRICE : 3:56 PM - Suntrust Better..."
	MBS Live Chat - 3:07PM "REPRICE : 3:07 PM - Franklin American Better..."
	MBS Live Chat - 3:06PM "REPRICE : 3:06 PM - Sierra Pacific Better..."
	MBS Live Chat - 2:22PM "REPRICE : 2:22 PM - Flagstar Better..."
	MBS Live Chat - 2:03PM "Note the bounce for equities and Treasuries concides roughly with EU markets 5pm close. One decent guess is that the strong risk-off movement during European hours simply has less of a bid now that they're closed...."
	MBS Commentary - 2:38AM "Information and delivery of info has been outstanding. Saw some chat about CPFB interviewing employees about knowledgebase--I wonder when MND will become required course material...."

Today's Rates

Best Execution

Rate

Change

30 Yr FRM

3.63%

-0.01

15 Yr FRM

2.95%

+0.00

FHA 30 Year Fixed

3.34%

-0.01

Jumbo 30 Year Fixed

3.73%

-0.01

5/1 Yr ARM

3.00%

-0.02

Current Mortgage Rates »

What are best-execution rates?

Average Mortgage Rates

Rate

Points

Change

FHFA *

15 Yr. Fixed

2.78%

0.76

+0.08

30 Yr. Fixed

3.53%

1.11

+0.06

MBA **

30 Yr. Fixed

3.82%

0.38

+0.01

15 Yr. Fixed

3.02%

0.36

+0.01

30 Yr. Jumbo

3.95%

0.36

+0.05

30 Yr. FHA

3.53%

0.31

+0.00

5/1 ARM

3.02%

0.36

+0.01

Freddie Mac **

30 Yr. Fixed

3.54%

0.80

-0.09

15 Yr. Fixed

2.72%

0.70

-0.07

1 Yr. ARM

2.63%

0.40

-0.01

5/1 Yr. ARM

2.61%

0.60

+0.00

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

102-29

+0-01

30YR FNMA 3.5

105-14

+0-02

30YR GNMA 3.0

104-10

+0-04

30YR GNMA 3.5

107-14

+0-04

15YR FNMA 3.0

105-03

0-00

15YR FNMA 2.5

103-19

+0-01

Treasuries

Yield

Change

2 YR

0.2459%

-0.0081

5 YR

0.7872%

-0.0130

10 YR

1.9181%

-0.0104

30 YR

3.1443%

-0.0065

Prices as of: 3/25/2013 4:30PM EST

Current MBS / Treasury Prices »

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