Thu, Sep 1 2011, 5:54 PM
After a scary morning threatened to send Mortgage
Rates even higher, things turned around in the Secondary Mortgage
Market. Although there wasn't...
Thu, Sep 1 2011, 4:22 PM
MBSonMND : MBS RECAP
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FNMA 3.5
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Wed, Aug 31 2011, 11:21 AM
MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY
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FNMA 3.5
100-31 : +0-00
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Wed, Aug 31 2011, 8:24 AM
One of the most volatile months in the history of the bond and equity markets looks to end softly.
Treasuries are steady from Tuesday's closing yie...
Wed, Aug 31 2011, 7:21 PM
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FNMA 3.5
100-18 : -0-13
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Wed, Aug 31 2011, 4:45 PM
As folks returned from holidays overseas and got their power turned back on
after Irene, participation picked up in the markets and Mortgage
Rate...
Wed, Aug 31 2011, 3:08 PM
Very much a burning question this afternoon, but there are no profoundly alarming answers. Some are short term and ethereal, dealing with things like...
Tue, Aug 30 2011, 11:16 AM
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Tue, Aug 30 2011, 8:34 AM
Treasuries are rebounding from Monday's losses and the equity rally looks a bit overdone, at least until investors have a chance to look at this morni...
Tue, Aug 30 2011, 4:34 PM
We spoke of yesterday
as "the first time in a long time that a short term float strategy seems to
make any sort of sense" saying that "due to
the...
Tue, Aug 30 2011, 4:21 PM
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Mon, Aug 29 2011, 11:16 AM
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Mon, Aug 29 2011, 8:54 AM
Lots of important data on the calendar will inform the direction of this week's financial markets.
The highlight is Friday's employment report for...
Mon, Aug 29 2011, 4:18 PM
After a brief but sizeable rebound on Friday, Mortgage Rates experienced an
equally sizeable rebound back higher, though we hope it will be equally...
Mon, Aug 29 2011, 4:16 PM
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Fri, Aug 26 2011, 11:16 AM
MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY
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FNMA 3.5
101-05 : +0-11
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Fri, Aug 26 2011, 8:22 AM
Today's the day traders have been waiting for all week: Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke speaks at the annual Economic Symposium at Jackson H...
Fri, Aug 26 2011, 5:13 PM
After setting new lows last Thursday, mortgage rates drifted higher this week...that is until today when consumer borrowing costs improved sharply. T...
Fri, Aug 26 2011, 4:16 PM
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FNMA 3.5
101-00 : +0-07
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Thu, Aug 25 2011, 11:16 AM
MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY
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FNMA 3.5
100-18 : +0-04
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Thu, Aug 25 2011, 8:28 AM
Treasuries are firmer in early trading Thursday while U.S. equity futures are mixed after three straight sessions of gains this week.
The two-year ...
Thu, Aug 25 2011, 4:22 PM
Yesterday, a recent losing streak for loan pricing boiled over and Mortgage
Rates rose across the board. Today offered a slight reprieve to yes...
Thu, Aug 25 2011, 4:16 PM
MBSonMND : MBS RECAP
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FNMA 3.5
100-29 : +0-15
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Wed, Aug 24 2011, 11:15 AM
MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY
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FNMA 3.5
100-29 : +0-03
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Wed, Aug 24 2011, 8:28 AM
A weak session in Asia following Moody's one-notch downgrade of Japan's credit rating to Aa3 has markets looking cautious ahead of Friday's speech fro...
Wed, Aug 24 2011, 4:34 PM
Yesterday, we noted pressure building on BestExecution rates. Today, things boiled over unfavorably and the loan pricing losing streak extended int...
Wed, Aug 24 2011, 4:16 PM
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FNMA 3.5
100-08 : -0-19
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Wed, Aug 24 2011, 1:29 PM
There's about 30 minutes left before another hourly mark is plotted on the following chart of 10yr yields. Yes, of course 10yr yields don't dictate m...
Tue, Aug 23 2011, 11:24 AM
MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY
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FNMA 3.5
101-09 : +0-07
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Tue, Aug 23 2011, 8:43 AM
Global investor sentiment is a little more buoyant Tuesday despite some less than stellar economic data and news, including UBS announcing it will cut...
Tue, Aug 23 2011, 4:20 PM
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Tue, Aug 23 2011, 4:17 PM
The title of the post makes things sound more serious than they are. In fact, other than continuing to operate near all-time levels, things aren't th...
Tue, Aug 23 2011, 3:30 PM
Consumer borrowing costs rose marginally today, marking the third consecutive session where mortgage rates have ticked slightly higher. Although we'r...
Mon, Aug 22 2011, 11:24 AM
MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY
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FNMA 3.5
101-03 : -0-12
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Mon, Aug 22 2011, 9:33 AM
A "risk-off" environment helped bonds rally last week and led mortgage rates back into record low territory. Weak economic data around the world and ...
Mon, Aug 22 2011, 4:24 PM
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FNMA 3.5
101-10 : -0-04
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Mon, Aug 22 2011, 4:05 PM
Despite a volatile back-drop, mortgage rates
continue to hover near all-time lows.
Monday's offerings are little
changed from Friday (in some ...
Mon, Aug 22 2011, 3:32 PM
Today has been exceedingly boring and sideways for MBS and Treasuries alike. But to an even greater extent than their benchmark big brothers, MBS hav...
Fri, Aug 19 2011, 11:24 AM
MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY
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FNMA 3.5
101-14 : -0-10
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Fri, Aug 19 2011, 9:05 AM
Another sickly day in Europe has the U.S. stock market ready to open more than 1% lower Friday, and even Treasury yields are backing up a bit.
"Eur...
Fri, Aug 19 2011, 4:19 PM
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FNMA 4.0 104-06 : -0-11
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Fri, Aug 19 2011, 3:36 PM
More than a few of you have asked for a chart of the relative performance of MBS versus Treasuries. Here a couple quickies that I think really illust...
Fri, Aug 19 2011, 2:22 PM
Despite a volatile back-drop, mortgage rates continue to hover near all-time lows.
The reason we bring up volatility again is, although many len...
Thu, Aug 18 2011, 11:17 AM
MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY
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FNMA 3.5
101-28 : +0-11
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Thu, Aug 18 2011, 8:26 AM
Treasury prices are soaring and equity futures are tumbling and as a major equity sell-off in Europe has crossed the Atlantic, triggered by renewed co...
Thu, Aug 18 2011, 4:17 PM
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FNMA 3.5
101-20 : +0-02
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Thu, Aug 18 2011, 4:11 PM
Today is one of those days where the importance of NOT paying attention to
the Treasury market for mortgage rate indications is strikingly clear. Al...
Thu, Aug 18 2011, 3:51 PM
Lots to cover so we'll dig right into it. First of all, it's hard to miss the fact that 10yr notes dipped below 2% today . 10's are still nearly a ...
Wed, Aug 17 2011, 11:17 AM
MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY
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FNMA 3.5
101-10 : -0-01
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Wed, Aug 17 2011, 8:29 AM
Treasuries are steady and equities are rising Wednesday morning as investors shift focus from European debt problems to macroeconomic data and corpora...