Tue, Jul 5 2011, 12:46 PM
The June edition of the Obama Administration's
Housing Scorecard released on Friday showed that housing prices turned slightly
upward while mortgage...
Tue, Jul 5 2011, 11:24 AM
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Tue, Jul 5 2011, 10:28 AM
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basis, and my access to e-mail is sporadic and not timely. In my place are
daily commentaries from a series ...
Tue, Jul 5 2011, 9:01 AM
Most folks would scoff at us if we said mortgages gave a strong
performance last week. It doesn't seem possible when the Fannie Mae 4.0
MBS coupon...
Tue, Jul 5 2011, 4:15 PM
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Tue, Jul 5 2011, 4:08 PM
After failing on repeated occasions to extend a two-month rally, mortgage rates took the path of least resistance last week: UP. The BestEx levee b...
Mon, Jul 4 2011, 1:43 PM
On this day in 1776,
the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress. Who
has time to read a darned commentary on mortgages...
Fri, Jul 1 2011, 12:53 PM
After failing on repeated occasions to extend a two-month rally, mortgage rates took the path of least resistance this week: UP
The BestEx levee...
Fri, Jul 1 2011, 12:22 PM
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Fri, Jul 1 2011, 11:58 AM
According to the Department of Housing
and Urban Development's (HUD) research publication, Evidence Matters , the U.S. has not examined its nati...
Fri, Jul 1 2011, 11:24 AM
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Fri, Jul 1 2011, 8:47 AM
Markets have yet to find direction on the first day of the third quarter. Treasuries are unchanged from Thursday's close. The two-year yield is 0.47%...
Fri, Jul 1 2011, 4:24 PM
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Thu, Jun 30 2011, 12:15 PM
Foreclosure
sales have not regained the momentum they had before numerous lender moratoria
brought the process to a virtual halt last Fall.
Acco...
Thu, Jun 30 2011, 11:16 AM
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Thu, Jun 30 2011, 9:18 AM
Originally published in the July 2011 issue of Asset Securitization Report
The regulatory agencies charged with implementing the risk-retentio...
Thu, Jun 30 2011, 8:33 AM
It's the last day of the 2nd quarter and the Fed's 2nd Quantitative Easing program. And stocks and bonds are both off to a positive start as the Greek...
Thu, Jun 30 2011, 4:15 PM
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Thu, Jun 30 2011, 3:58 PM
Volatility attacked on Tuesday and attacked again today.
For the second time this week, home loan
borrowing costs have risen about as much as they...
Wed, Jun 29 2011, 11:22 AM
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Wed, Jun 29 2011, 10:05 AM
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today released its Weekly Mortgage
Applications Survey* for the week ending June 24, 2011.
After seeing a m...
Wed, Jun 29 2011, 9:26 AM
Bonds got beat up yesterday as a combination of overbought technicals, quarter-end debt auction supply, and a rally in the stock market all pressured ...
Wed, Jun 29 2011, 4:21 PM
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Wed, Jun 29 2011, 3:45 PM
Volatility attacks!
Home loan borrowing costs rose about as much as they could yesterday
without having it negatively impact CURRENT MARKET Best ...
Wed, Jun 29 2011, 2:44 PM
Transparency is critical and today much of the paperwork associated with a mortgage is far too confusing.
Recent government regulations have made ...
Wed, Jun 29 2011, 2:14 PM
There's some positive news on the future of home
sales.
The Pending Home Sales Index rose sharply in May, indicating an upbeat
outlook for the ...
Tue, Jun 28 2011, 12:57 PM
Woohoo! The April S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices showed a monthly increase * in home prices for the first time in eight months today.
On...
Tue, Jun 28 2011, 11:16 AM
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Tue, Jun 28 2011, 8:27 AM
The start of a new week brought with it a reversal of positive price
action yesterday.
After rallying as far as 2.85% late last week, the
10yr...
Tue, Jun 28 2011, 5:56 PM
Home loan borrowing costs rose about as much as they could today
without having it negatively impact CURRENT MARKET Best-Execution
Mortgage Rate q...
Tue, Jun 28 2011, 4:16 PM
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Tue, Jun 28 2011, 2:52 PM
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Mon, Jun 27 2011, 11:16 AM
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Mon, Jun 27 2011, 11:16 AM
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Mon, Jun 27 2011, 11:05 AM
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Mon, Jun 27 2011, 8:48 AM
The week begins at a brisk pace wi th Personal Income and Spending right
off the bat at 8:30AM on Monday morning. Soon after that we'll be
prepar...
Mon, Jun 27 2011, 4:33 PM
We're back to and maybe even setting new year-to-date mortgage rate lows right now. These positive developments follow a short period of stagnation wh...
Mon, Jun 27 2011, 2:50 PM
While they
aren't a new concept, the second issue of the HUD publication Evidence Matters highlights the growing
importance of multibank efforts...
Fri, Jun 24 2011, 11:16 AM
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Fri, Jun 24 2011, 9:52 AM
WANNA TALK ABOUT HEADLINE EXHAUSTION....
This is just the last 24 hours.
EU leaders issued their own vote of confidence that Greece would fi...
Fri, Jun 24 2011, 4:25 PM
We're back to and maybe even setting new year-to-date mortgage rate lows right now.
These positive developments follow a short period of stagnation...
Fri, Jun 24 2011, 4:16 PM
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Fri, Jun 24 2011, 2:31 PM
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sporadic and not timely. In my place are daily commentaries from a series of
very knowledgeable mortga...
Thu, Jun 23 2011, 11:20 AM
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Thu, Jun 23 2011, 10:13 AM
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sporadic and not timely. In my place are daily commentaries from a series of
very knowledgeable mortga...
Thu, Jun 23 2011, 8:26 AM
The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield briefly moved above 3% after Fed chairman Ben Bernanke's press conference on Wednesday, but it's now is four ...
Thu, Jun 23 2011, 4:20 PM
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Thu, Jun 23 2011, 3:57 PM
Some stored energy was released today.
Loan pricing improved.
And now we're back to the best mortgage rate levels of the year.
These positi...
Thu, Jun 23 2011, 2:11 PM
The Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development have
released New
Residential Sales data for May 2011.
New Residential Sal...
Thu, Jun 23 2011, 1:31 PM
Independent mortgage banks and
subsidiaries saw a huge dip in profitability as the average they made on each
loan originated dropped from $1,082 per...
