Mortgage Rates Higher, Volatility Looms; GSE Reform vs Housing Finance Reform

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30 Year Fixed

                                                                4.02%
                                                                  
                                                                +0.03

15 Year Fixed

                                                                3.28%
                                                                  
                                                                +0.03

10YR Treasury

                                                                2.23%
                                                                  
                                                                +0.0069

FNMA 30YR 3.5

                                                                103.02
                                                                  
                                                                -0.06

FNMA 15YR 2.5

                                                                102.92
                                                                  
                                                                -0.05

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Friday May 19, 2017

Mortgage Rate Watch - 3:00PM

Mortgage Rates Higher, Volatility Looms

Mortgage rates continued higher for the 2nd straight day after hitting the lowest levels in more than 7 months earlier this week. Wednesday's big move lower was a direct result of political ...

Pipeline Press - 9:33AM

Wells and Freddie Team Up; Bank and CU News; What is Chase doing?

For me this week included time in Salt Lake City, Columbus, Milwaukee, San Francisco, and Raleigh. (The mood is good as individuals continue to share best practices in an effort to ...

MBS Commentary - 9:11AM

MBS Day Ahead: Levels to Watch; Hoping For Calm

If bonds hadn't undergone their highest volume move of the year on Wednesday and Thursday, we would have expected this week to be relatively dead in terms of market movement potential ...

MND NewsWire - 8:46AM

Watt Says GSE Reform Differs from Housing Finance Reform

The status of the GSE's (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac), as well as the topic of housing finance reform continue to be "hot," according to Melvin L. Watt, Director of the GSE's conservator ...

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Custom Home Building Market Growth Slows

Today's Rates

Best Execution

Rate

Change

30 Yr FRM

4.02%

+0.03

15 Yr FRM

3.28%

+0.03

FHA 30 Year Fixed

3.75%

+0.00

Jumbo 30 Year Fixed

4.31%

+0.03

5/1 Yr ARM

3.09%

+0.02

Current Mortgage Rates »

What are best-execution rates?

Average Mortgage Rates

Rate

Points

Change

FHFA *

15 Yr. Fixed

3.06%

1.30

+0.03

30 Yr. Fixed

3.76%

1.38

+0.03

MBA **

30 Yr. Fixed

4.41%

0.38

+0.13

15 Yr. Fixed

3.64%

0.34

+0.12

30 Yr. Jumbo

4.36%

0.26

+0.07

30 Yr. FHA

4.15%

0.29

+0.13

5/1 ARM

3.45%

0.26

+0.17

Freddie Mac **

30 Yr. Fixed

4.02%

0.50

-0.03

15 Yr. Fixed

3.27%

0.50

-0.02

1 Yr. ARM

2.68%

0.20

+0.01

5/1 Yr. ARM

3.13%

0.50

-0.01

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

100.17

-0.05

30YR FNMA 3.5

103.02

-0.06

30YR GNMA 3.0

101.61

-0.08

30YR GNMA 3.5

104.03

-0.09

15YR FNMA 3.0

102.92

-0.05

15YR FNMA 2.5

100.72

-0.02

Treasuries

Yield

Change

2 YR

1.2744%

+0.0041

5 YR

1.7803%

+0.0097

10 YR

2.2346%

+0.0069

30 YR

2.8966%

-0.0031

Prices as of: 5/19/2017 5:06PM EST

Current MBS / Treasury Prices »

MBS and Treasury data provided by Thomson Reuters.

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