Mon, Mar 7 2011, 11:38 AM
Late in 2010, mortgage bankers
seemed to be scrambling for warehouse lines. Now that things have quieted down
need-wise, how is the warehouse biz do...
Mon, Mar 7 2011, 11:16 AM
MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY
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FNMA 3.5
94-05 : -0-02
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Mon, Mar 7 2011, 11:15 AM
In
speaking to various groups, one question that always comes up is whether or
not 30-yr mortgages are going away . After all, most other countries...
Mon, Mar 7 2011, 10:47 AM
Oil prices are up. Stock indexes are up. Treasury yields are up. MBS prices are not...
OVERNIGHT NEWS...
Fed Unlikely to Remove Its Economic...
Mon, Mar 7 2011, 9:25 AM
The economic data calendar thins out a bit but market watchers still
have plenty of news and events to absorb in the days ahead. MND expects
inves...
Mon, Mar 7 2011, 4:18 PM
CURRENT MARKET : The "Best Execution" conventional 30 year
fixed mortgage rate is 4.875%. For
those looking to buy down their rate to 4.75%, this q...
Mon, Mar 7 2011, 4:16 PM
MBSonMND : MBS RECAP
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FNMA 3.5
93-30 : -0-10
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Mon, Mar 7 2011, 2:06 PM
A comment from the MBSonMND Dashboard :
(3/7/11 -- 1:17pm): FNCL 4.5's aren't merely holding near some of the highest prices in a
month--102-...
Fri, Mar 4 2011, 11:46 AM
Last
week Fannie Mae announced the Servicer Total Achievement and Rewards Program or
"STAR" which is intended to measure and evaluate the perfor...
Fri, Mar 4 2011, 11:10 AM
My computer is back up and
operational. It turns out that running two virus security systems
simultaneously pretty much shuts down your computer - I...
Fri, Mar 4 2011, 10:01 AM
Plain and Simple: When viewed on the spot, this was a strong
monthly jobs report. The headline NFP print was close to consensus. The
unemploymen...
Fri, Mar 4 2011, 8:17 AM
Interest rates moved mostly sideways in light overnight trading
volumes. The same thing goes for stocks, totally sideways in a quiet
marketplace....
Fri, Mar 4 2011, 6:00 PM
It was a volatile week for mortgage rates.
Monday and Tuesday saw
rates near their best levels in nearly a month. Consumer borrowing
costs the...
Fri, Mar 4 2011, 4:16 PM
MBSonMND : MBS RECAP
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FNMA 3.5
94-09 : +0-22
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Fri, Mar 4 2011, 2:17 PM
After some harrying high volatility moments in the immediate wake of
the Employment Situation Report, benchmark 10's have dug in at their
best lev...
Fri, Mar 4 2011, 2:16 PM
MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY
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FNMA 3.5
94-03 : +0-16
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Thu, Mar 3 2011, 12:37 PM
Where to begin where to begin.... The obvious observation is
interest rates are higher today. The directional move began yesterday
after the Bei...
Thu, Mar 3 2011, 11:16 AM
MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY
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FNMA 3.5
93-22 : -0-12
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Thu, Mar 3 2011, 10:12 AM
The
Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Treasury released their Monthly
Housing Scorecard for February on Wednesday afternoon...
Thu, Mar 3 2011, 8:29 AM
Interest rates have yet to recover from the
sell-off that played out following the release of the Fed's Beige Book
yesterday afternoon. Stocks on ...
Thu, Mar 3 2011, 5:41 PM
The bond market has effectively been rallying since the 10th of
February. There are two ways to look at that rally, as either
CORRECTIVELY BEARISH...
Thu, Mar 3 2011, 5:28 PM
The Best Execution conventional 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose today.
UPDATED CURRENT MARKET :
The "Best Execution" conventional 30-y...
Thu, Mar 3 2011, 4:16 PM
MBSonMND : MBS RECAP
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FNMA 3.5
93-18 : -0-17
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Thu, Mar 3 2011, 4:10 PM
"Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon" - Milton Friedman Milton
Friedman's statement theorizes that the source of all inflatio...
Thu, Mar 3 2011, 2:10 PM
On days like today directional debates run rampant over "what's
happening" and "what's going to happen" in the bond market. AQ saved me quite a
b...
Wed, Mar 2 2011, 11:44 AM
Merrill Lynch/BofA's analysts
took a look at HARP, and whether or not it should be extended. The FHFA
has a number of choices regarding HARP. "We se...
Wed, Mar 2 2011, 11:19 AM
MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY
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FNMA 3.5
94-13 : -0-04
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Wed, Mar 2 2011, 10:40 AM
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today
released its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week
ending February 25, 2011. The results...
Wed, Mar 2 2011, 10:03 AM
In his prepared remarks on the Dapartment of Housing and Urban Development's fiscal year 2012 budget, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan
yesterday tol...
Wed, Mar 2 2011, 8:12 AM
Production MBS coupons and benchmark Treasuries benefited from a
continued flight to safety yesterday. Sparked by short covering in the
interest r...
Wed, Mar 2 2011, 5:23 PM
It was another volatile day in the mortgage market. Don't let that
distort your perspective of reality though. When looking at the behavior
of mo...
Wed, Mar 2 2011, 4:20 PM
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...
Wed, Mar 2 2011, 3:19 PM
Following the 2pm release of the Fed's Beige Book, bonds are weaker
and stocks are near their highs of the day, which really isn't all that
high. ...
Wed, Mar 2 2011, 2:47 PM
The
Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced $50 million in
capacity building grants to three national groups that support
affor...
Tue, Mar 1 2011, 12:59 PM
From yesterday's 5pm going out marks at 101-29, FNCL 4.5's fell as low as 101-18
this morning. But after two decent showings of support, theyv'e gai...
Tue, Mar 1 2011, 12:49 PM
The Census Bureau and Commerce Department have released Construction Spending data for January 2011.
Residential construction spending in...
Tue, Mar 1 2011, 11:19 AM
MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY
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FNMA 3.5
94-07 : -0-09
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Tue, Mar 1 2011, 9:49 AM
These 13 pages should
help in answering some of the compensation questions out there: MBAQ&A
The Q&A document noted above was
published by ...
Tue, Mar 1 2011, 8:22 AM
Stocks rallied around the globe in overnight trading and interest rates suffered in the process.
The
NIKKEI closed 1.22% higher. The Shanghai C...
Tue, Mar 1 2011, 5:02 PM
It was an exciting day in the
bond market.
Early in the trading session, the environment looked unfriendly for
mortgage rates. Stocks were rall...
Tue, Mar 1 2011, 4:19 PM
MBSonMND : MBS RECAP
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FNMA 3.5
94-19 : +0-04
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Tue, Mar 1 2011, 1:41 PM
Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner told the
House Committee on Financial Services today that Congress must tackle reforming
Freddie Mac and ...
Mon, Feb 28 2011, 11:19 AM
MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY
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FNMA 3.5
94-16 : +0-01
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Mon, Feb 28 2011, 10:21 AM
"Qualified Residential Mortgages" is not an everyday topic of conversation but perhaps should be .
Who is going to have "skin in the game"? Here is ...
Mon, Feb 28 2011, 8:57 AM
The joint Treasury/HUD report to Congress released this month was a
major disappointment to market participants looking for a timely
resolution to...
Mon, Feb 28 2011, 8:24 AM
It's a busy week in terms of new economic data and events. Fed Chairman
Bernanke will share his semi-annual update on the status of the economy
an...
Mon, Feb 28 2011, 4:19 PM
MBSonMND : MBS RECAP
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FNMA 3.5
94-15 : -0-01
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Mon, Feb 28 2011, 4:00 PM
This week begins with mortgage rates holding onto recent improvements. Last week, we discussed how a "flight to
quality" helped drive up investor de...
Mon, Feb 28 2011, 3:08 PM
The National Association of Realtors today released the Pending Home Sales Index for January. The Pending Home Sales
index measures housing...
Mon, Feb 28 2011, 1:17 PM
Fannie Mae's latest National Housing Survey shows that
Americans have markedly changed their perception of homeownership.
The most recent su...
