Daily Newsletter: Thursday March 5, 2015

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30 Year Fixed

                                                                3.85%
                                                                  
                                                                +0.00

15 Year Fixed

                                                                3.15%
                                                                  
                                                                +0.00

10YR Treasury

                                                                2.12%
                                                                  
                                                                -0.0035

FNMA 30YR 3.5

                                                                104-16
                                                                  
                                                                +0-02

FNMA 15YR 2.5

                                                                104-19
                                                                  
                                                                +0-03

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Thursday March 5, 2015

MND NewsWire - 4:38PM

Single Fannie/Freddie Security Details Coming Soon - FHFA

In a speech on Thursday the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) emphasized one of the three familiar goals of his agency's 2015 scorecard for the conservatorship of ...

Mortgage Rate Watch - 3:38PM

Mortgage Rates Flat for 2nd Day; Jobs Report Looms Large

Mortgage rates held almost perfectly flat for the 2nd day in a row, despite market volatility caused by overseas events. The European Central Bank (ECB) announced details of it's quantitative ...

MND NewsWire - 10:56AM

Mortgage Credit Availability Boosted by Jumbos and 97LTV

Even though implementation of the Freddie Mac portion of the new 97 percent conventional loan program is still weeks away the program appears to be having an impact on credit availability ...

Pipeline Press - 10:49AM

Basel III Update; Training and Events; M&A Continues; Lending Standards and Credit Risk in 2015

At this time of year mortgage bankers everywhere are asking the same critical question: "Is it acceptable to make an entire lunch out of Girl Scout Cookies?" (The answer, of course ...

Latest Video

ECB's bond-buying to begin March 9th

Santelli on ECB: Traders still in the dark

The new personal loan

More News from 'Around the Web'

WSJ - 4:33PM
5 Things to Watch in the February Jobs Report
www.cfpbmonitor.com - 3:28PM
House Republicans introduce another bill to create commission to run CFPB
Calculated Risk Blog - 3:28PM
Hints of real Wage Increases
www.realtor.com - 3:27PM
Ah, Google's Mortgage Calculator Was a Setup for Another Mortgage Tool
FHFA - 1:55PM
Prepared Remarks of Melvin L. Watt Director FHFA at the Goldman Sachs Housing Finance Conference
Reuters - 1:52PM
BofA's $8.5 billion mortgage settlement upheld by appeals court
Bloomberg - 12:23PM
BofA Sees Bond Traders Making Big Mistake in Underestimating Fed
Calculated Risk Blog - 12:23PM
Goldman February Payrolls Preview
Bloomberg - 12:21PM
Fannie-Freddie Profit Sweep Defended as Treasury Seeks Wind Down
CNBC - 10:54AM
Fed shifts power away from New York
CNBC - 10:54AM
US factory orders fall again in Jan.
Bloomberg - 10:52AM
Draghi's ECB News Conference - 2 Minute Video Recap
freddiemac.mwnewsroom.com - 10:51AM
Mortgage Rates Move Lower
Reuters - 9:23AM
Greece cannot rely on ECB to dodge funding crunch
Market Watch - 9:23AM
ECB slashes 2015 inflation outlook to 0%
Reuters - 9:23AM
U.S. jobless claims rise; fourth-quarter productivity revised down
CNBC - 9:13AM
Home equity loans face new risk
CNBC - 9:12AM
Boston housing in a deep freeze; Don't blame snow
Bloomberg - 9:05AM
ECB Ready to Buy Bonds as Draghi Signals Inflation Goal in Reach - Bloomberg

Today's Rates

Best Execution

Rate

Change

30 Yr FRM

3.85%

+0.00

15 Yr FRM

3.15%

+0.00

FHA 30 Year Fixed

3.50%

+0.00

Jumbo 30 Year Fixed

3.82%

+0.00

5/1 Yr ARM

3.15%

+0.00

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

3.96%

0.30

-0.03

15 Yr. Fixed

3.27%

0.30

-0.01

30 Yr. Jumbo

3.95%

0.27

-0.14

30 Yr. FHA

3.76%

0.21

-0.06

5/1 ARM

3.05%

0.50

-0.23

Freddie Mac **

30 Yr. Fixed

3.75%

0.60

-0.05

15 Yr. Fixed

3.03%

0.60

-0.04

1 Yr. ARM

2.44%

0.40

+0.00

5/1 Yr. ARM

2.96%

0.50

-0.03

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

101-14

+0-02

30YR FNMA 3.5

104-16

+0-02

30YR GNMA 3.0

102-12

+0-03

30YR GNMA 3.5

104-26

+0-04

15YR FNMA 3.0

104-19

+0-03

15YR FNMA 2.5

102-07

+0-03

Treasuries

Yield

Change

2 YR

0.6469%

-0.0117

5 YR

1.5746%

-0.0163

10 YR

2.1154%

-0.0035

30 YR

2.7246%

+0.0071

Prices as of: 3/5/2015 4:30PM EST

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