One Region Rules Realtor Survey; Rates Lowest Since August; A Positive Housing Report?!

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30 Year Fixed

                                                                4.69%
                                                                  
                                                                -0.03

15 Year Fixed

                                                                4.23%
                                                                  
                                                                -0.04

10YR Treasury

                                                                2.82%
                                                                  
                                                                -0.0360

FNMA 30YR 3.5

                                                                99.33
                                                                  
                                                                +0.38

FNMA 15YR 2.5

                                                                99.17
                                                                  
                                                                +0.13

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Tuesday December 18, 2018

MND NewsWire - 3:47PM

One Region Accounts For Majority of Economic Optimism -NAR Survey

Only about one third of Americans told the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) in a recent survey that they thought it was a good time to buy a home. Respondents to NAR's fourth ...

Mortgage Rate Watch - 4:01PM

Mortgage Rates Lowest Since August Ahead of Fed

Mortgage rates fell today as lenders got caught up with the friendly move in the bond market that we noted yesterday. Incidentally, today's bond market movement was also friendly (i ...

MBS Commentary - 9:58AM

MBS Day Ahead: Bonds Running Into Same Rate Floor Ahead of Fed

Fed day tomorrow! We'll finally get to see what's what with respect to recent speculation and a factual shift in tone from several Fed members (including Powell). But we have a day ...

MND NewsWire - 10:27AM

A Positive Housing Report? November Residential Construction Changes Course

Residential construction performed an abrupt and unexpected about face in October. Permits, housing starts, and completions all improved on a month-over-month basis and, except for ...

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CNBC - 11:00AM
Single-family home construction tumbles and a top analyst says housing is in a correction
CNBC - 8:41AM
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Bloomberg - 8:23AM
A $361 Billion Fund Is Buying Treasuries on Bets Yields Peaking
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These Are the Neighborhoods Attracting America's Richest
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Today's Rates

Best Execution

Rate

Change

30 Yr FRM

4.69%

-0.03

15 Yr FRM

4.23%

-0.04

FHA 30 Year Fixed

4.25%

+0.00

Jumbo 30 Year Fixed

4.42%

-0.04

5/1 Yr ARM

4.63%

-0.05

Current Mortgage Rates »

What are best-execution rates?

Average Mortgage Rates

Rate

Points

Change

FHFA *

15 Yr. Fixed

4.15%

1.16

-0.02

30 Yr. Fixed

4.78%

1.15

+0.01

MBA **

30 Yr. Fixed

4.96%

0.49

-0.01

15 Yr. Fixed

4.39%

0.50

+0.01

30 Yr. Jumbo

4.93%

0.31

+0.01

30 Yr. FHA

4.95%

0.80

+0.01

5/1 ARM

4.24%

0.48

+0.02

Freddie Mac **

30 Yr. Fixed

4.63%

0.50

-0.12

15 Yr. Fixed

4.07%

0.50

-0.14

1 Yr. ARM

2.68%

0.20

+0.01

5/1 Yr. ARM

4.04%

0.30

-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

96.78

+0.44

30YR FNMA 3.5

99.33

+0.38

30YR GNMA 3.0

97.80

+0.31

30YR GNMA 3.5

100.05

+0.22

15YR FNMA 3.0

99.17

+0.13

15YR FNMA 2.5

97.02

+0.08

Treasuries

Yield

Change

2 YR

2.6460%

-0.0497

5 YR

2.6510%

-0.0406

10 YR

2.8210%

-0.0360

30 YR

3.0685%

-0.0450

Prices as of: 12/18/2018 5:00PM EST

Current MBS / Treasury Prices »

MBS and Treasury data provided by Thomson Reuters.

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