A small group of VA approved issuers have been warned that the speed at which their loans are being prepaid makes it appear they are participating in "churning." Ginnie Mae said on Thursday that the issuers who have been notified are expected to deliver a corrective action plan that identifies immediate strategies to bring prepayment speeds in line with those of loans issued by their peers. In January, a Ginnie Mae official testified before hearing of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs about loan churning. He told committee members that, starting in early 2016, the agency, as well as investors in its mortgage backed securities (MBS), began to note that loan prepayment rates and serial refinancings were occurring with unusual frequency among VA mortgages. Some of the prepayments were at

February 9, 2018 Download our Mobile App: Download our Mobile App: 30 Yr. Fixed 6.28% -0.01%   6.11% 7.26% 15 Yr. Fixed 5.65% +0.05%   5.54% 6.59% 30 Yr. Jumbo 6.25% +0.00%   6.25% 7.45% Compare Mortgage Rates from Local Lenders for Feb 9, 2018 Mortgage Rates Higher Still; Intraday Volatility Increasing Thu, Feb 8, 2018 5:22PM Mortgage rates continued higher today, bringing the average 30yr fixed rate to another new multi-year high. That said, rates may vary quite a bit from lender to lender for several reasons. First, intraday volatility is back with a vengeance. For much of 2017, lenders were less likely to change rates in the middle of the day than to simply leave the morning rate sheet intact through all the little ups and downs in bond markets. Now that those ups and downs are getting bigger, lenders are much more willing to reissue rate sheets--sometimes several times a day. In today's case, rates began at the... (read more) Mortgage News Daily Rate Change Points 30 Yr. Fixed 6.28% -0.01 0.00 15 Yr. Fixed 5.65% +0.05 0.00 30 Yr. FHA 5.94% -0.01 0.00 30 Yr. Jumbo 6.25% 0.00 0.00 7/6 SOFR ARM 5.62% +0.03 0.00 30 Yr. VA 5.95% -0.02 0.00 Updates Daily - Last Update: 9/8 Freddie Mac Rate Change Points 30 Yr. Fixed 6.50% -0.06 0.00 15 Yr. Fixed 5.60% -0.09 0.00 Updates Weekly - Last Update: 9/4 Mortgage Bankers Assoc. 30 Yr. Fixed 6.64% -0.05 0.59 15 Yr. Fixed 5.84% -0.19 0.84 30 Yr. Jumbo 6.58% -0.09 0.39 Updates Weekly - Last Update: 9/3 UMBS 30YR 5.5 101.22 -0.06   97.47 101.61 UMBS 30YR 6.0 102.47 -0.07   99.66 102.50 10 YR Treasury 4.065 +0.026   3.621 4.780 MBS Live Day Ahead: How Much Would Bonds Need to Rally to Suggest a Broader Bounce? Fri, Feb 9, 2018 9:36AM The short answer is "to 10yr yields below 2.66% and ideally below 2.49%."  Those are the levels we'd need to see in order to suggest a more substantial move lower in rates.  Unfortunately , the more germane questions involve rates on the... (read more) MBS Live Recap: How To Win Friends By Humiliating Them Publicly Thu, Feb 8, 2018 5:42PM Everyone likes an intellectual bully, right?  Well, not really, but everyone likes the person that knows what's up and isn't shy about articulating facts in a calm but confident manner--especially when those facts run contrary to pervasive group mentality, right?  OK, so maybe people don't always like that person either, but odds are far better t... (read more) MBS Price Change UMBS 5.0 99.70 -0.08 UMBS 5.5 101.24 -0.04 UMBS 6.0 102.48 -0.06 GNMA 5.0 100.02 -0.05 GNMA 5.5 101.19 +0.00 GNMA 6.0 102.13 -0.05 Pricing as of: 9/9 7:02AM EST US Treasury Yield Change 2 YR Treasury 3.499 +0.011 5 YR Treasury 3.576 +0.014 7 YR Treasury 3.784 +0.016 10 YR Treasury 4.061 +0.022 30 YR Treasury 4.719 +0.029 Pricing as of: 9/9 7:02AM EST Other News Issuers Warned to Keep Prepayment Speeds in Line or Risk Sanctions Fri, Feb 9, 2018 11:29AM A small group of VA approved issuers have been warned that the speed at which their loans are being prepaid makes it appear they are participating in "churning." Ginnie Mae said on Thursday that the issuers who have been notified are expected to deliver a corrective action plan that identifies immediate strategies to bring prepayment speeds in line with thos... (read more) Delinquencies Up for All Loan Types; FHA Loans Hardest Hit Thu, Feb 8, 2018 12:27PM The National Delinquency Survey (NDS), a quarterly measure of mortgage performance from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), found delinquencies in the fourth quarter of 2017 had increased both quarter over quarter and year-over-year . The NDS findings echo those from Black Knight which were released earlier in the week, reflecting significant impact from... (read more) Mortgage Cryptocurrency; Lender and Agency FHA, VA changes; Ginnie Names Names Fri, Feb 9, 2018 9:14AM Here’s a riddle for tonight’s Happy Hour for snowed-in Chicagoans: What do New Day Financial, Nations Lending Corp., Freedom Mortgage Corp, LoanDepot.com LLC and Flagstar Bank have in common? Answer: they were singled out by Ginnie Mae as being "outliers" in terms of their prepayment speed profiles in multi-issuer pools, and not in a good way. An... 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