Tue, Aug 21 2012, 8:00 AM
The week began with another sideways session for bond markets. Although MBS have outperformed somewhat in the last two session, 10yr yields have gone...
Tue, Aug 21 2012, 4:17 PM
MBS Live : MBS Afternoon Market Summary
Things were much weaker and perhaps even a little scarier this morning as bond markets failed to br...
Tue, Aug 21 2012, 3:48 PM
The Federal Housing Finance Agency
( FHFA ) announced today that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (the GSEs) are revising
their short sale guidelines...
Tue, Aug 21 2012, 3:35 PM
Mortgage Rates moved higher today, falling back in line with Friday's levels, continuing a recent trend of smaller sideways movements around the n...
Mon, Aug 20 2012, 11:25 AM
If you have some spare change sitting around, a $1.7 billion portfolio of
non-performing, federally insured home loans will be offered for sale at
a...
Mon, Aug 20 2012, 11:20 AM
MBS Live : MBS Morning Market Summary
After Starting in weaker territory vs Friday's levels, MBS and Treasuries rallied back into positive ...
Mon, Aug 20 2012, 7:53 AM
If markets weren't so busy trying to convince us that interest rates hit their final iteration of all-time lows in late July, the week ahead would be ...
Mon, Aug 20 2012, 4:24 PM
MBS Live : MBS Afternoon Market Summary
After several weeks without European headlines to sink our teeth into, today's overnight session b...
Mon, Aug 20 2012, 2:12 PM
Mortgage Rates managed to maintain stability seen on Friday, holding steady to very slightly lower today. It was a quiet day for rates markets duri...
Fri, Aug 17 2012, 11:53 AM
Yes, the mortgage volume pie is shrinking , but rest assured that the
pieces are growing larger for the remaining originators.
Psssst! Want a coo...
Fri, Aug 17 2012, 11:38 AM
In
a move that virtually ends any hope that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae will return
to viability, the Department of the Treasury and the Federal ...
Fri, Aug 17 2012, 11:21 AM
MBS Live : MBS Morning Market Summary
At the risk of jinxing today's positive momentum, we still felt compelled to let you know that MBS an...
Fri, Aug 17 2012, 10:30 AM
The number of companies and mortgage
loan originators (MLOs) licensed through the National Mortgage Licensing System
(NMLS) increased by 6 percen...
Fri, Aug 17 2012, 10:09 AM
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ( FinCen )
issued an advisory aimed at helping residential mortgage loan originators
(RMLO) and non-bank ...
Fri, Aug 17 2012, 7:32 AM
No bones about it, markets have been buying hype. How many times since Greece became an everyday conversation piece in US Financial markets have we s...
Fri, Aug 17 2012, 7:02 PM
New regulations were introduced today by
the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
( CFPB ) intended to bring greater accountability to the mortgag...
Fri, Aug 17 2012, 4:13 PM
MBS Live : MBS Afternoon Market Summary
Today was probably the most unequivocally tame and slightly positive day for bond markets of the pas...
Fri, Aug 17 2012, 2:41 PM
Mortgage Rates finally caught a break today as rates held steady to marginally improved after rising rapidly earlier in the week. While this doesn'...
Thu, Aug 16 2012, 11:21 AM
MBS Live : MBS Morning Market Summary
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Thu, Aug 16 2012, 10:55 AM
Who doesn't like to have a little exercise when they travel? But this
might make some nervous .
This morning we had the weekly Initial Jobless ...
Thu, Aug 16 2012, 10:39 AM
Overall, residential construction
continued to improve in July, although the component numbers on permits,
starts, and completions continue to more ...
Thu, Aug 16 2012, 8:00 AM
We had hoped to see 1.74% hold up as a supportive ceiling in 10yr yields during yesterday's session, but noted that the next major pivot would be arou...
Thu, Aug 16 2012, 4:22 PM
MBS Live : MBS Afternoon Market Summary
To be sure, MBS made new lows today and scary ones at that. The 102-02 level for Fannie 3.0's was/is a...
Thu, Aug 16 2012, 3:06 PM
Mortgage Rates moved slightly higher again today as the secondary mortgage market experienced one of its most volatile sessions since early June. ...
Thu, Aug 16 2012, 1:20 PM
An agency set up by county officials in
San Bernardino County, California were scheduled to meet Thursday morning to
determine whether the county ...
Thu, Aug 16 2012, 1:13 PM
Permits for remodeling were down six
percent in June from one month earlier BuildFax said this morning. Remodels authorized by permit in the U.S.
...
Wed, Aug 15 2012, 12:30 PM
Fifty-eight
percent of mortgages that closed in July were loans for the purpose of
refinancing , up from 54 percent in June according to Ellie Mae'...
Wed, Aug 15 2012, 11:46 AM
MBS Live : MBS Morning Market Summary
Another day, another chance to ratchet to the next higher technical pivot point for Treasury yields a...
Wed, Aug 15 2012, 11:44 AM
Builder confidence as measured by the National
Association of Home Builders ( NAHB )/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index ( HMI )
increased for the fou...
Wed, Aug 15 2012, 10:56 AM
Yesterday afternoon, per the Census Bureau, the U.S. population reached a
milestone that is very meaningful to mathematicians: 314,159,265 residents,...
Wed, Aug 15 2012, 10:20 AM
The volume of mortgage applications for
both purchasing and refinancing fell last week according to the Mortgage
Bankers Association's (MBA) Weekl...
Wed, Aug 15 2012, 8:26 AM
Bond markets tried very hard on Tuesday to convince us that "something" is happening. We've been more defensive than usual for over a week now and no...
Wed, Aug 15 2012, 4:10 PM
MBS Live : MBS Afternoon Market Summary
Another day in August and another sell-off for bond markets. This one was particularly large, high-vo...
Wed, Aug 15 2012, 3:14 PM
Mortgage Rates made an abrupt move higher today, leaving most lenders at their worst levels since early June. Recent momentum has carried rates in ...
Wed, Aug 15 2012, 2:23 PM
Six principal regulators of banks and credit unions have issued proposed rules
to establish a new appraisal requirement for "higher-risk mortgage lo...
Tue, Aug 14 2012, 12:54 PM
The Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) has just charged that during an eight month period in 2007 a subsidiary
of Wells Fargo and one of its...
Tue, Aug 14 2012, 12:48 PM
Housing affordability dipped slightly
during the second quarter according to the National Association of Home
Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing O...
Tue, Aug 14 2012, 11:55 AM
HOPE NOW facilitated mortgage
modifications now total over 5.6 million since the program began in 2007
according to information released by the p...
Tue, Aug 14 2012, 11:33 AM
Ninety-five percent of homeowners who
refinanced through Freddie Mac in the second quarter of 2012 chose a fixed rate
mortgage (FRM) according t...
Tue, Aug 14 2012, 11:20 AM
MBS Live : MBS Morning Market Summary
Mondays and Fridays continued their recent tradition of appallingly low volume (8/6, 8/10, 8/13). Vo...
Tue, Aug 14 2012, 10:32 AM
Americans opened new credit card
accounts at an increased rate during the second quarter of 2012. The balances on those cards however remained near
...
Tue, Aug 14 2012, 10:27 AM
A new face-to-face counseling
requirement for seniors seeking a reverse mortgage loan is no longer operative in
Massachusetts after surviving on...
Tue, Aug 14 2012, 7:50 AM
Monday proved to be every bit as slow as expected in terms of volume but unfortunately also as volatile as such low-volume sessions can be. This isn'...
Tue, Aug 14 2012, 4:21 PM
MBS Live : MBS Afternoon Market Summary
Whereas yesterday was one of the lowest volume trading sessions since April, today's was closer to...
Tue, Aug 14 2012, 2:37 PM
Mortgage Rates moved higher today continuing a broader trend of weakness that began in late July. Throughout that trend, the actual interest rates ...
Mon, Aug 13 2012, 11:21 AM
MBS Live : MBS Morning Market Summary
MBS began the day in line with Friday's closing levels, just over 103-00 in the "production coupon" F...
Mon, Aug 13 2012, 10:25 AM
I love it when regulators and politicians become upset about the
environment which they've helped create - unintended consequences. One
suggestion l...
Mon, Aug 13 2012, 8:02 AM
The week gets off to a slow start today with essentially nothing on tap for the domestic or European calendars save for a relatively inconsequential r...
Mon, Aug 13 2012, 5:28 PM
Both Fitch Ratings and the Mortgage
Bankers Association have reacted to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB)
proposed rules for mortga...
Mon, Aug 13 2012, 4:16 PM
MBS Live : MBS Afternoon Market Summary
It's not so much that low volume CAUSED MBS to fall, but rather, it provided an environment in whic...
