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30 Year Fixed

                                                                4.40%
                                                                  
                                                                +0.00

15 Year Fixed

                                                                3.98%
                                                                  
                                                                +0.00

10YR Treasury

                                                                2.61%
                                                                  
                                                                +0.0089

FNMA 30YR 3.5

                                                                100.58
                                                                  
                                                                -0.03

FNMA 15YR 2.5

                                                                100.20
                                                                  
                                                                -0.02

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Tuesday March 19, 2019

Mortgage Rate Watch - 3:48PM

Rates Unchanged for 4th Straight Day. That Should Change Tomorrow

Mortgage rates were flat for the 4th day in a row today in a sign that investors have largely taken their seats for tomorrow's big show. The Fed will release its new policy statement ...

MND NewsWire - 11:59AM

Once Considered Inferior, Automated Appraisals Are Helping Stem Default Risk

Although lacking in popularity, it appears that automated appraisals have obtained the their intended results. Urban Institute (UI) researchers Laurie Goodman and Jun Zhu found the ...

MBS Commentary - 9:36AM

MBS Day Ahead: Looks Like We Made It

Rates staged an impressive rally in November and December before bottoming out on the first trading day of 2019. The bounce was fairly abrupt at the time and it roughly coincided with ...

Pipeline Press - 8:51AM

Sales, Marketing Products; Lender Training; MBS Platform Updates

At roughly $8,500 per loan and continuing to defy gravity, scholars disagree on whether vendors lower the cost of originating a residential loan. But then again, scholars disagree on ...

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Today's Rates

Best Execution

Rate

Change

30 Yr FRM

4.40%

+0.00

15 Yr FRM

3.98%

+0.00

FHA 30 Year Fixed

4.06%

+0.00

Jumbo 30 Year Fixed

4.20%

+0.00

5/1 Yr ARM

4.24%

-0.01

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

4.31%

0.40

-0.10

15 Yr. Fixed

3.76%

0.40

-0.07

1 Yr. ARM

2.68%

0.20

+0.01

5/1 Yr. ARM

3.84%

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

98.48

-0.03

30YR FNMA 3.5

100.58

-0.03

30YR GNMA 3.0

99.61

-0.03

30YR GNMA 3.5

101.38

0.00

15YR FNMA 3.0

100.20

-0.02

15YR FNMA 2.5

98.52

-0.02

Treasuries

Yield

Change

2 YR

2.4727%

+0.0185

5 YR

2.4271%

+0.0118

10 YR

2.6140%

+0.0089

30 YR

3.0246%

+0.0072

Prices as of: 3/19/2019 4:18PM EST

Current MBS / Treasury Prices »

MBS and Treasury data provided by Thomson Reuters.

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