Fri, Mar 23 2012, 4:16 PM
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Fri, Mar 23 2012, 2:15 PM
Money came into both sides of the market today. Stocks are set to end the day with gain, as are Treasuries and MBS, the Mortgage-Backed-Securities th...
Fri, Mar 23 2012, 1:37 PM
As seen in the recap of live alerts below, this morning's gains for MBS and Treasuries arrive on the heels of data that normally can't be counted on f...
Thu, Mar 22 2012, 12:43 PM
Dear Fellow Mortgage Industry Professionals, I know that the industry is in a fit over what to do with the HARP 2.0 program , but I would submit to ...
Thu, Mar 22 2012, 11:29 AM
The passing of the Fed's scheduled Twist buying in the 2022-2030 maturity range did little to nudge Treasuries and MBS from their recent grind near ...
Thu, Mar 22 2012, 9:51 AM
This is the second of three evaluation
reports released by the Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA) Office of
Inspector General (OIG) regarding t...
Thu, Mar 22 2012, 9:50 AM
Do you do
business i n a "Sand State" or a "HARP State" ? Perhaps they're
the same. Yesterday's MBA numbers showed, as a percentage of overall
appl...
Thu, Mar 22 2012, 9:28 AM
This is the third of three evaluation
reports released today by the Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA) Office of
Inspector General (OIG) regard...
Thu, Mar 22 2012, 4:21 PM
After a generally calm and generally positive day, MBS have traipsed lower in a similarly calm fashion. We want to emphasize that even though the p...
Thu, Mar 22 2012, 4:05 PM
The rate of decline in housing prices has slowed recently according
to the RPX Composite Index released today by RadarLogic, but the bottom for
pr...
Thu, Mar 22 2012, 3:47 PM
On Thursday the Federal Housing Finance
Agency (FHFA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released the results of three
evaluations of FHFA's oversigh...
Thu, Mar 22 2012, 3:44 PM
Mortgages Rates enjoyed a second day of doing something other than frantically rising or merely holding sideways. Rate offerings at most lenders ...
Thu, Mar 22 2012, 2:14 AM
Yesterday's rally was well-met. Although Monday was technically a positive day for bond markets, it sure didn't feel like it given
the fact tha...
Wed, Mar 21 2012, 12:43 PM
A report released this morning by
CoreLogic shows that the shadow inventory , composed of homes that are either in
bank owned real estate (REO), in...
Wed, Mar 21 2012, 11:28 AM
Sales of
existing homes fell 0.9 percent in February to a seasonally adjusted annual
rate of 4.59 million homes according to data released this mor...
Wed, Mar 21 2012, 11:21 AM
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Wed, Mar 21 2012, 10:39 AM
Yesterday
the commentary discussed rotary phones and mobile phone banking . And last week
the Federal Reserve Board launched its Twitter channel, @...
Wed, Mar 21 2012, 9:33 AM
Interest
rates rose to the highest levels since December during the week ended March 16
and, driven largely by refinancing, mortgage applications ...
Wed, Mar 21 2012, 9:26 AM
Bloomberg
News is reporting that Ally Financial is in talks with Fortress Investment
Group to sell some assets from Ally's mortgage unit. Accor...
Wed, Mar 21 2012, 8:16 AM
It was an average overnight session in terms of volume an volatility, ultimately resulting in 10yr yields hitting 2.3828 around 6am before cascading d...
Wed, Mar 21 2012, 4:21 PM
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Wed, Mar 21 2012, 3:57 PM
Mortgages Rates finally caught a break today, after spending the last several days either rising abruptly or simply not improving. The gains were ...
Wed, Mar 21 2012, 3:47 PM
The title insurance industry generated
$9.47 billion in premiums in 2011 , down 1.5 percent from its production in
2010. Fourth quarter activity t...
Wed, Mar 21 2012, 3:46 PM
Lender processing Services (LPS)
reported that there was a 5 percent reduction in the national delinquency rate
in February compared to January fi...
Wed, Mar 21 2012, 2:37 PM
Even if the "need" being satisfied were purely psychological, today's rally is a welcome sight. Unlike instances of positive price action in the rece...
Tue, Mar 20 2012, 11:16 AM
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Tue, Mar 20 2012, 10:09 AM
In the old
days, when rotary dial telephones roamed the earth, and it took more time to
dial a 8 or 9 or 0 than it did a 1 or 2 or 3, area codes wer...
Tue, Mar 20 2012, 9:59 AM
There was some good news in the New
Residential Construction Report Housing released by the Census Bureau and the
Department of Housing and Urban De...
Tue, Mar 20 2012, 8:10 AM
Bond markets are slightly stronger after one of the least traumatic overnight sessions in recent memory, both in terms of volume and volatility. Chin...
Tue, Mar 20 2012, 4:16 PM
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Tue, Mar 20 2012, 4:16 PM
A former executive of Taylor, Bean and Whitaker Mortgage Corporation (TBW) is facing a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison after pleading guilty T...
Tue, Mar 20 2012, 4:12 PM
Mortgages Rates , continued pushing into their highest levels of the year today after yet another volatile session for bond markets. Most lenders i...
Tue, Mar 20 2012, 3:02 PM
For the third day in a row, MBS prices pushed into new lows for the year and 10yr Treasuries came as close to testing 3.40 as they have since last...
Tue, Mar 20 2012, 2:11 PM
The Federal Reserve Banks reported net income in 2011 of $78.54 billion
compared to $81.735 billion in 2010.
Total comprehensive income, after adju...
Mon, Mar 19 2012, 11:16 AM
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Mon, Mar 19 2012, 10:27 AM
In this
environment, not only are many mortgage lenders making good returns, but the
Treasury is as well. The Treasury Department may announce today...
Mon, Mar 19 2012, 4:16 PM
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Mon, Mar 19 2012, 4:06 PM
Fourth quarter statistics on the
activities of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (the GSEs) in assisting homeowners to stay
in their homes were released ...
Mon, Mar 19 2012, 3:38 PM
With the new week comes new pain for Mortgages Rates , which rose to their highest levels of the year today. Lenders have been adjusting their rat...
Mon, Mar 19 2012, 2:12 PM
Fannie 3.5 MBS are in line with Friday morning's worst levels which marked the lowest prices of the year. The theme so far today has been decidedly ...
Mon, Mar 19 2012, 1:30 PM
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market
Index (HMI) held steady in March, consolidating five straight months of...
Mon, Mar 19 2012, 1:29 PM
Legislation and regulations that delay foreclosures
in various states came in for sharp criticism from a Federal Housing Finance
Agency (FHFA) off...
Mon, Mar 19 2012, 1:27 AM
The week just passed was horribly epic--fraught with significant
economic data (both at home and abroad), important Treasury auctions, an
FOMC Ann...
Fri, Mar 16 2012, 11:20 AM
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Fri, Mar 16 2012, 10:41 AM
In a
unique combination of "Babe" and "Now Comes Miller Time",
if you only watch one video today, make it this one .
Mortgage
bankers and broke...
Fri, Mar 16 2012, 8:06 AM
" As we look ahead to the current week's calendar of events, we're
starting to think that last week may have only been a diversion for ...
Fri, Mar 16 2012, 4:20 PM
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Fri, Mar 16 2012, 3:47 PM
Mortgages Rates managed to hold mostly steady today, ending a week that saw the sharpest 2 day increase in nearly 6 months. Best-Execution for 30-...
Fri, Mar 16 2012, 1:54 PM
The biggest bouts of volatility were seen this morning in terms of MBS and Treasury movement. Each were deposited on the other side of the noon hour ...
Thu, Mar 15 2012, 12:48 PM
The Center for Responsible Lending (CRL)
has published a summary of the National Mortgage Settlement Agreement which
makes it easy to review the d...
