Daily Newsletter: Tuesday April 23, 2013

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30 Year Fixed

                                                                3.46%
                                                                  
                                                                -0.01

15 Year Fixed

                                                                2.78%
                                                                  
                                                                -0.01

10YR Treasury

                                                                1.71%
                                                                  
                                                                +0.0119

FNMA 30YR 3.5

                                                                106-10
                                                                  
                                                                0-00

FNMA 15YR 2.5

                                                                105-16
                                                                  
                                                                +0-00

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Tuesday April 23, 2013

MND NewsWire - 9:50AM

National Home Price Recovery Strong; Regions Mixed

U.S. house prices rose 0.7 percent from January to February according to data released this morning by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). FHFA said this was the fifth consecutive ...

MND NewsWire - 11:08AM

New Home Sales Rise Slightly Less Than Expected, Inventory Stable

New home sales increased to 417,000 units on a seasonally adjusted annual basis in March. This was a 1.5 percent increase from the revised estimate of 411,000 units in February and ...

MND NewsWire - 9:40AM

Cordray Is Not The Real CFPB Director According To Committee Chair

Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee announced yesterday that the committee would not be accepting testimony from Richard Cordray, Director of the ...

MBS Commentary - 6:48PM

MBS RECAP: Slightly More Volatility, Some of it was Even Real

MBS Live : MBS Afternoon Market Summary Today's trading range turned out to be fairly similar to Monday's, with a notable exception. In both cases, the wider part of the range was seen ...

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`Not Too Late' to Buy Homebuilders, Wetenhall Says

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More News from 'Around the Web'

CNBC - 1:42PM
False Rumor of Explosion at White House Causes Stocks to Briefly Plunge; AP Confirms Its Twitter Feed Was Hacked
www.lpsvcs.com - 10:16AM
LPS' "First Look" Mortgage Report: March Month-End Data Shows Continued Decline in Delinquency Rate, Slight Drop in Foreclosure Inventory
WSJ - 3:16PM
The Housing Market: Not Your Analyst's Oldsmobile?
Reuters - 10:23AM
New home sales rise, housing recovery still on track
CNBC - 10:15AM
Pro: Why I'm Buying Bonds
WSJ - 8:24AM
Bad Mortgages Hit Lowest Level Since 2008
Bloomberg - 11:39AM
Treasury Yields Won't Rise Until Year-End, Standish Mellon Says - Bloomberg
The Huffington Post - 3:16PM
Brad Reid: The Unclean Hands Doctrine Prevents Foreclosure Challenges
DataQuick - 3:03PM
1Q2013 California Foreclosures Press Release
WSJ - 2:04PM
Republicans Say Fed Willfully' Withholding Documents
Washington Post - 12:46PM
As economy recovers, the richest get richer, study shows
Reuters - 3:03PM
Italy's president to name new premier Wednesday: center left official
media.ally.com - 3:18PM
Ally Financial Schedules Release of First Quarter 2013 Financial Results
www.aei-ideas.org - 2:00PM
The most important economic chart in Western civilization and how it happened

Today's Comments

	MBS Live Chat - 1:12PM "AP hacked?..."
	MBS Live Chat - 1:12PM "not sure, either happened or ap was hacked..."
	MBS Live Chat - 1:13PM "but apparently traders believed it for a moment..."
	MBS Live Chat - 1:14PM "totally explain the spike..."
	MBS Live Chat - 1:14PM "Sam Hananel ‏@SamHananelAP 3m Please Ignore AP Tweet on explosions, we've been hacked...."
	MBS Live Chat - 1:14PM "clearly linked to the spike. craziness..."
	MBS Live Chat - 1:26PM "Can you have any late payments within the last 12 months for HARP or Open Access?..."
	MBS Live Chat - 1:27PM "I believe 1 x 30 in the last 12 months...."
	MBS Live Chat - 1:27PM "OA - with AUS approval, no M lates 0-6 months, 1x 30 months 7-12..."
	MBS Live Chat - 1:28PM "just researched it yesterday..."
	MND NewsWire - 11:06AM "Finally, someone in congress has a spine and stands up to unconstitutional activity of the executive branch...."

Today's Rates

Best Execution

Rate

Change

30 Yr FRM

3.46%

-0.01

15 Yr FRM

2.78%

-0.01

FHA 30 Year Fixed

3.25%

+0.00

Jumbo 30 Year Fixed

3.56%

-0.01

5/1 Yr ARM

3.01%

+0.01

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

3.67%

0.50

-0.01

15 Yr. Fixed

2.91%

0.34

-0.01

30 Yr. Jumbo

3.77%

0.27

-0.02

30 Yr. FHA

3.37%

0.55

-0.06

5/1 ARM

2.57%

0.29

-0.01

Freddie Mac **

30 Yr. Fixed

3.41%

0.70

-0.02

15 Yr. Fixed

2.64%

0.70

-0.01

1 Yr. ARM

2.63%

0.40

+0.01

5/1 Yr. ARM

2.60%

0.50

-0.02

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

104-07

-0-01

30YR FNMA 3.5

106-10

0-00

30YR GNMA 3.0

105-30

-0-04

30YR GNMA 3.5

108-23

-0-02

15YR FNMA 3.0

105-16

+0-00

15YR FNMA 2.5

104-09

0-00

Treasuries

Yield

Change

2 YR

0.2297%

+0.0040

5 YR

0.6967%

+0.0064

10 YR

1.7065%

+0.0119

30 YR

2.9015%

+0.0229

Prices as of: 4/23/2013 4:32PM EST

Current MBS / Treasury Prices »

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