Rates Drop to New 14-Month Lows; More Equity, More Likely to Pay; Single MBS Release Date Set

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30 Year Fixed

                                                                4.41%
                                                                  
                                                                -0.04

15 Year Fixed

                                                                4.00%
                                                                  
                                                                -0.04

10YR Treasury

                                                                2.60%
                                                                  
                                                                -0.0414

FNMA 30YR 3.5

                                                                100.61
                                                                  
                                                                +0.20

FNMA 15YR 2.5

                                                                100.17
                                                                  
                                                                +0.13

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Tuesday March 12, 2019

Mortgage Rate Watch - 3:52PM

Mortgage Rates Drop to New 14-Month Lows

Mortgage rates dropped convincingly today, bringing them to new long-term lows. The average lender hasn't offered anything lower for more than a year (January 2018). The improvement ...

MND NewsWire - 1:32PM

Homeowners With Equity to Lose More Likely to Pay on Time

Increasing home prices have the additional benefit of reducing mortgage foreclosures according to CoreLogic. The company's Loan Performance Insights report for December notes the 30 ...

MND NewsWire - 10:33AM

Single GSE Security Release Date Set

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs) have each issued birth announcements for their long-anticipated Uniform Mortgage-Backed Securities (UMBS). The two companies will begin issuing ...

Pipeline Press - 8:41AM

Non-QM, Investor, DPA Products; VA, FHA, USDA Ginnie News; UMBS News

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Today's Rates

Best Execution

Rate

Change

30 Yr FRM

4.41%

-0.04

15 Yr FRM

4.00%

-0.04

FHA 30 Year Fixed

4.08%

-0.04

Jumbo 30 Year Fixed

4.22%

-0.03

5/1 Yr ARM

4.30%

-0.05

Current Mortgage Rates »

What are best-execution rates?

Average Mortgage Rates

Rate

Points

Change

FHFA *

15 Yr. Fixed

4.22%

1.43

-0.12

30 Yr. Fixed

4.78%

1.18

-0.20

MBA **

30 Yr. Fixed

4.67%

0.00

+0.02

15 Yr. Fixed

0.00%

0.00

-4.00

30 Yr. Jumbo

0.00%

0.00

-4.40

30 Yr. FHA

0.00%

0.00

-4.64

5/1 ARM

0.00%

0.00

-3.95

Freddie Mac **

30 Yr. Fixed

4.41%

0.50

+0.06

15 Yr. Fixed

3.83%

0.40

+0.06

1 Yr. ARM

2.68%

0.20

+0.01

5/1 Yr. ARM

3.87%

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

98.42

+0.23

30YR FNMA 3.5

100.61

+0.20

30YR GNMA 3.0

99.48

+0.25

30YR GNMA 3.5

101.41

+0.17

15YR FNMA 3.0

100.17

+0.13

15YR FNMA 2.5

98.53

+0.19

Treasuries

Yield

Change

2 YR

2.4526%

-0.0267

5 YR

2.4068%

-0.0370

10 YR

2.5997%

-0.0414

30 YR

2.9880%

-0.0398

Prices as of: 3/12/2019 4:18PM EST

Current MBS / Treasury Prices »

MBS and Treasury data provided by Thomson Reuters.

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This information is not an advertisement to extend consumer credit as defined by Section 226.2 of Regulation Z. This is not an offer to enter into an agreement regarding interest rates. The rates quoted do not include discount points, origination points, or loan level risk based price adjustments. Rates and terms are subject to change without notice.

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