The chant throughout 2018 from housing industry sources was inventory, inventory, inventory - or lack of same. It was blamed first for rising home prices and then for the slow growth in home sales . Fannie Mae's fourth quarter Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey found that most lenders agree that this was the case. Mark Palim, Fannie Mae's Vice President and Deputy Chief Economist, writes in the company's Perspectives blog that nearly half of lenders responding to the survey named a n insufficient supply of homes available for sale as the top reason behind the slow growth in sales last year. Twice as many cited inventory as mentioned the next most popular reason, rising interest rates. The third factor frequently mentioned was high home prices. Only small numbers of lenders attributed the weak

January 31, 2019 Download our Mobile App: Download our Mobile App: 30 Yr. Fixed 6.27% -0.04%   6.13% 7.26% 15 Yr. Fixed 5.82% -0.01%   5.6% 6.59% 30 Yr. Jumbo 6.00% -0.22%   6% 7.45% Compare Mortgage Rates from Local Lenders for Jan 31, 2019 Mortgage Rates Fall to 3-Week Lows After Fed Wed, Jan 30, 2019 4:15PM Mortgage rates fell moderately today, largely in response to the Federal Reserve's policy announcement. The Fed is in charge of setting a key short-term rate that impacts the entire financial market by varying degrees. The Fed does NOT set fixed mortgage rates, but in general, the friendlier the Fed with its monetary policy, the better it is for the entire spectrum of rates. The Fed was quite simply friendlier than expected today. Investors were already planning on some sort of adjustment in the verbiage promising ongoing rate hikes and decreases in the amount of bonds purchased directly by th... (read more) Mortgage News Daily Rate Change Points 30 Yr. 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(read more) MBS Live Recap: The Most Exciting Mid-Sized Bond Rally Ever! Wed, Jan 30, 2019 4:45PM Today's Fed Announcement was the first scheduled big-ticket market mover of the year since the NFP report on January 4th.  With the government shutdown depriving us of data, and several other factors contributing to a sideways grind over the past few weeks, it was all the more hotly anticipated.  By now, you know that it resulted in a 2-3bp ga... (read more) MBS Price Change UMBS 4.5 97.65 -0.04 UMBS 5.0 99.63 -0.04 UMBS 5.5 101.06 -0.03 GNMA 4.5 97.73 +0.03 GNMA 5.0 99.79 -0.04 GNMA 5.5 100.86 -0.04 Pricing as of: 10/15 3:17PM EST US Treasury Yield Change 2 YR Treasury 3.505 +0.022 5 YR Treasury 3.629 +0.024 7 YR Treasury 3.815 +0.017 10 YR Treasury 4.045 +0.016 30 YR Treasury 4.642 +0.012 Pricing as of: 10/15 3:17PM EST Other News Fannie Mae VP: Lenders Need More Inventory! Thu, Jan 31, 2019 11:51AM The chant throughout 2018 from housing industry sources was inventory, inventory, inventory - or lack of same. It was blamed first for rising home prices and then for the slow growth in home sales . Fannie Mae's fourth quarter Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey found that most lenders agree that this was the case. Mark Palim, Fannie Mae's Vice President and De... (read more) November New Home Sales - Worth the Wait Thu, Jan 31, 2019 10:49AM New home sales exploded in November, rising 16.9 percent from October's dismal performance to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 657,000 units. The report from the U.S Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, delayed by over a month by the partial government shutdown, was in sharp contrast to the 8.9 percent decline from September... (read more) Ginnie, Freedom, and loanDepot; Digital Trends Report; Rule 4210 Delayed Again Thu, Jan 31, 2019 8:55AM Rumors of a cancelled President’s Club award event in a mortgage division of a bank in the Northwest have tongues wagging about acquisition rumors by a larger bank. Certainly 2018 was a year filled with rumors, and 2019 is beginning the same way whether it is with depositories or top 10 wholesalers. Hopefully significant job cuts are behind us as an in... (read more) Latest Video 2018 new home sales end weaker The Fed won't raise rates for at least the next six months, says expert Investors wonder if the Fed is done with rate hikes or simply pausing Around the Web CNBC The Fed is on hold for now, but some in the market are still bracing for more hikes Reuters Trump wants 'very big' U.S.-China trade deal, hints at delays CNBC The 15 most difficult places to buy a home in the US NAHB Eye on Housing Student Loans Crowding Out Home Purchases Calculated Risk Blog A few Comments on November New Home Sales consumerfinancemonitor.com CFPB publishes final rules on civil penalty adjustments and allowable charges for FCRA disclosures NAHB Eye on Housing 55+ Housing Market Ends Fourth Quarter on a Positive Note CNBC Ex-Atlanta Fed chief throws cold water on the notion central bankers won't hike rates this year Brookings Institution Nuggets from the Fed's new Financial Stability and Supervision & Regulation reports Calculated Risk Blog Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increased to 253,000 Bloomberg Fed's Dovish Pivot Flattens Remaining Rate-Hike Expectations NAR - Realtor.com You Won't Believe How Much Home Sellers Pocketed in 2018 CNBC US Treasury yields move lower as Federal Reserve turns more cautious

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