Daily Newsletter: Monday March 14, 2016

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30 Year Fixed

                                                                3.82%
                                                                  
                                                                -0.01

15 Year Fixed

                                                                3.08%
                                                                  
                                                                -0.01

10YR Treasury

                                                                1.96%
                                                                  
                                                                -0.0194

FNMA 30YR 3.5

                                                                104-04
                                                                  
                                                                +0-03

FNMA 15YR 2.5

                                                                104-04
                                                                  
                                                                +0-05

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Monday March 14, 2016

Mortgage Rate Watch - 4:20PM

Mortgage Rates Remain Near Recent Highs

Mortgage rates moved slightly lower today, for the second time in March. Unfortunately, the improvement did little to erase the recent weakness, which, as of Friday, had carried rates ...

MND NewsWire - 2:19PM

Should Millennials Be Camping-Out at Open Houses?

A lot has been written over the past few weeks about the Millennial generation and what it is and is not doing in the housing market. CoreLogic recently completed a two-part series ...

Pipeline Press - 9:43AM

Upcoming Events; USDA Changes, and Impact of Agricultural Land Valuations

Americans have regained most of the wealth lost when the real estate bubble burst. Homeowners' equity has more or less doubled since the lows of 2009. Since 2013, real estate has outperformed ...

MBS Commentary - 9:03AM

MBS Week Ahead: How Much of a Cushion Does The Long Term Rally Have?

Seeing as how March would end up being the worst month for bond markets since the taper tantrum if the current pace of selling continues, and whereas key events are coming up this week ...

Latest Video

Millennials moving to the burbs

Expect fed fund rate higher by year's end: Economist

Tale of two housing markets

More News from 'Around the Web'

Calculated Risk Blog - 4:08PM
FOMC Preview and Review of Projections
CNBC - 4:08PM
Mortgages grew at fastest pace since 1993
CNBC - 4:06PM
Expert: Bonds are a screaming buy'
Market Watch - 12:19PM
Bonds backed by car loans made to subprime borrowers are showing cracks
CNN - 12:19PM
Trump Mortgage...in 2 minutes
www.aia.org - 12:19PM
Residential Construction Activity on the Rise in all Regions
eyeonhousing.org - 12:19PM
Households' Aggregate Home Equity Rose Over the Year
Realtor.Org - 9:37AM
Real Estate to Benefit as Internet Access Taxes End
www.freddiemac.com - 9:35AM
Growing Sales to First-Time Homebuyers this Spring
www.realtor.com - 8:06AM
How Much More Does a Home by a Superstar Architect Really Cost?
Bloomberg - 7:59AM
Bond Traders Can't Sleep as Fed Policy Becomes a Foreign Affair
CNBC - 7:58AM
US bonds bounce back as attention shifts to Fed
Bloomberg - 7:58AM
Morgan Stanley Says Bonds Set to Surge in 2016 Year of the Bull

Today's Rates

Best Execution

Rate

Change

30 Yr FRM

3.82%

-0.01

15 Yr FRM

3.08%

-0.01

FHA 30 Year Fixed

3.35%

+0.00

Jumbo 30 Year Fixed

3.64%

-0.01

5/1 Yr ARM

3.05%

-0.01

Current Mortgage Rates »

What are best-execution rates?

Average Mortgage Rates

Rate

Points

Change

FHFA *

15 Yr. Fixed

3.45%

1.20

-0.01

30 Yr. Fixed

4.12%

1.43

-0.05

MBA **

30 Yr. Fixed

3.89%

0.38

+0.06

15 Yr. Fixed

3.14%

0.41

+0.01

30 Yr. Jumbo

3.81%

0.31

+0.06

30 Yr. FHA

3.71%

0.37

+0.04

5/1 ARM

3.20%

0.32

+0.18

Freddie Mac **

30 Yr. Fixed

3.68%

0.50

+0.04

15 Yr. Fixed

2.96%

0.50

+0.02

1 Yr. ARM

2.68%

0.20

+0.01

5/1 Yr. ARM

2.92%

0.40

+0.08

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

101-16

+0-03

30YR FNMA 3.5

104-04

+0-03

30YR GNMA 3.0

102-23

+0-05

30YR GNMA 3.5

105-01

+0-05

15YR FNMA 3.0

104-04

+0-05

15YR FNMA 2.5

102-03

+0-02

Treasuries

Yield

Change

2 YR

0.9597%

+0.0002

5 YR

1.4824%

-0.0048

10 YR

1.9627%

-0.0194

30 YR

2.7310%

-0.0198

Prices as of: 3/14/2016 4:31PM EST

Current MBS / Treasury Prices »

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