Daily Newsletter: Tuesday February 17, 2015

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30 Year Fixed

                                                                3.87%
                                                                  
                                                                +0.11

15 Year Fixed

                                                                3.14%
                                                                  
                                                                +0.09

10YR Treasury

                                                                2.15%
                                                                  
                                                                +0.1068

FNMA 30YR 3.5

                                                                104-02
                                                                  
                                                                -0-16

FNMA 15YR 2.5

                                                                104-06
                                                                  
                                                                -0-19

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Tuesday February 17, 2015

Mortgage Rate Watch - 4:02PM

Worst Day for Rates in More Than a Year

Mortgage rates got hit hard today , rising at the fastest day-over-day pace since November 8th 2013. As of today, this also makes February the worst month for rates since May 2013, ...

MBS Commentary - 1:45PM

MBS MID-DAY: February Now Worst Bounce for Bonds Since 2009; What's up with Today?

On days like today, a majority of my time is devoted to staying on top of alerts and analysis for MBS Live . As such, this will be one of the few mid-day articles where I'll leave the ...

MND NewsWire - 10:59AM

Builder Confidence Still Fairly Solid Despite Catching Cold

Bad weather appears to be taking a toll on otherwise solid builder confidence. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) said its Housing Market Index (HMI), a measure of builder ...

Pipeline Press - 10:16AM

State-Level Lending Changes; Video on Mortgage Servicing; Ugly Zombie House Legislation; Compensation Survey

Here's the riddle of the day. What is "165"? Answer: it is the number of business days until August 1, when the RESPA-TILA rules go into place . If a lender is relying on vendors to ...

Latest Video

Santelli: Yields on the move

Mortgage rates moving higher

Greece is the word: Pro

More News from 'Around the Web'

WSJ - 5:22PM
Strength in January New-Home Sales Bodes Well for Spring
Reuters - 5:21PM
U.S. identifying people to target for role in mortgage crisis
www.cfpbmonitor.com - 5:21PM
CFPB takes action on misleading advertisements
info.trulia.com - 5:21PM
Zillow Completes Acquisition of Trulia for $2.5 Billion in Stock; Forms "Zillow Group" Family of Brands
www.realtor.com - 3:22PM
Home Automation Comes of Age
DataQuick - 3:22PM
January Southland Home Sales Press Release
WSJ - 3:17PM
Snow Weighs on Home-Builder Confidence, But It's No Polar Vortex
CNBC - 3:16PM
Mortgage crisis investigation deadline
CNBC - 1:19PM
Greece seeks bailout extension: Report
Realtor.Org - 11:48AM
Understand the Aug. 1 Changes to HUD-1, Closing Process
CNBC - 11:48AM
Millennials join house hunt
NY Fed - 11:47AM
Household Debt Continues Upward Climb While Student Loan Delinquencies Worsen
Bloomberg - 10:18AM
Greece Is Using Its Emergency Liquidity Allowance Fast
CNBC - 10:05AM
Builder sentiment chills in Feb.: Down 2 points
CNBC - 8:45AM
El-Erian: Grexit would not be a major catastrophe
www.gallup.com - 8:45AM
U.S. Economic Confidence at +3 for Third Straight Week
newsroom.bankofamerica.com - 8:43AM
BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey Finds Investors Exuberantly Bullish on Europe After Promise of ECB Action
CNBC - 8:43AM
Bond strategist to CNBC: 'Get out of bonds'
WSJ - 6:51PM
Cleveland Fed President Mester: June Rate Increase Is Viable Option'

Today's Rates

Best Execution

Rate

Change

30 Yr FRM

3.87%

+0.11

15 Yr FRM

3.14%

+0.09

FHA 30 Year Fixed

3.50%

+0.15

Jumbo 30 Year Fixed

3.85%

+0.05

5/1 Yr ARM

3.16%

+0.03

Current Mortgage Rates »

What are best-execution rates?

Average Mortgage Rates

Rate

Points

Change

FHFA *

15 Yr. Fixed

3.47%

1.11

+0.02

30 Yr. Fixed

4.33%

1.33

-0.01

MBA **

30 Yr. Fixed

3.80%

0.29

-0.09

15 Yr. Fixed

3.10%

0.29

-0.06

30 Yr. Jumbo

3.86%

0.23

-0.02

30 Yr. FHA

3.66%

0.15

-0.05

5/1 ARM

2.87%

0.41

-0.07

Freddie Mac **

30 Yr. Fixed

3.69%

0.60

+0.10

15 Yr. Fixed

2.99%

0.60

+0.07

1 Yr. ARM

2.42%

0.40

+0.03

5/1 Yr. ARM

2.97%

0.50

+0.15

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

100-30

-0-20

30YR FNMA 3.5

104-02

-0-16

30YR GNMA 3.0

102-03

-0-11

30YR GNMA 3.5

104-16

-0-12

15YR FNMA 3.0

104-06

-0-19

15YR FNMA 2.5

101-27

-0-22

Treasuries

Yield

Change

2 YR

0.6656%

+0.0205

5 YR

1.6126%

+0.0815

10 YR

2.1502%

+0.1068

30 YR

2.7370%

+0.0915

Prices as of: 2/17/2015 4:30PM EST

Current MBS / Treasury Prices »

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