Wed, Aug 17 2011, 4:17 PM
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FNMA 3.5
101-20 : +0-10
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Wed, Aug 17 2011, 4:02 PM
Borrowing costs improved once again today. Mortgage rates are hovering near all-time lows.
Though many lenders have greatly improved their cons...
Tue, Aug 16 2011, 11:21 AM
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FNMA 3.5
100-25 : -0-01
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Tue, Aug 16 2011, 8:02 AM
Benchmark Treasury yields ticked higher yesterday in a quiet trading environment as stocks rallied for the third straight session. The 10-year note w...
Tue, Aug 16 2011, 4:54 PM
Borrowing costs improved today and rates remain in all-time best
territory. Mortgage rates were perhaps slightly
better last Wednesday, but eithe...
Tue, Aug 16 2011, 4:21 PM
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FNMA 3.5
101-10 : +0-17
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Mon, Aug 15 2011, 11:27 AM
Rates are bouncing around near record lows set last October and consumers are looking to seize the opportunity. There's always a rush by consumers and...
Mon, Aug 15 2011, 11:16 AM
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100-31 : -0-01
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Mon, Aug 15 2011, 8:37 AM
Is the volatility over? Only a fool would say yes for certain, but so far, markets are calm.
Treasury movements are relatively modest. The two-year...
Mon, Aug 15 2011, 4:16 PM
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FNMA 3.5
100-25 : -0-07
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Mon, Aug 15 2011, 3:36 PM
Mortgage rates re-entered record-low territory last week, one-day
after the Federal Reserve announced it would continue lending cash to
banks at a...
Fri, Aug 12 2011, 11:16 AM
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FNMA 3.5
101-11 : +0-27
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Fri, Aug 12 2011, 8:25 AM
Fixed income and equities are each improving Friday morning with the stock market rising nearly half a percentage point while Treasuries are picking t...
Fri, Aug 12 2011, 4:16 PM
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Thu, Aug 11 2011, 11:15 AM
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FNMA 3.5
101-18 : -0-07
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Thu, Aug 11 2011, 8:29 AM
Every morning is a whole new world in the markets this week. Today the themes are mixed price action in Treasuries and a continued sell-off in equiti...
Thu, Aug 11 2011, 4:40 PM
Consumer borrowing costs ticked higher today in another volatile trading session (multiple reprices experienced). Mortgage rates are still in record ...
Thu, Aug 11 2011, 4:15 PM
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FNMA 3.5
100-25 : -0-31
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Wed, Aug 10 2011, 11:15 AM
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FNMA 3.5
101-23 : +0-25
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Wed, Aug 10 2011, 8:55 AM
Equity markets soared in the final 110 minutes of trading on Tuesday, but optimism appears to have petered out overnight.
After the Federal Reserve...
Wed, Aug 10 2011, 6:40 PM
We experienced some wild price swings today but consumer borrowing costs improved in the end. In many cases those improvements were significant.
C...
Wed, Aug 10 2011, 4:15 PM
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FNMA 3.5
102-07 : +1-09
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Tue, Aug 9 2011, 11:16 AM
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Tue, Aug 9 2011, 8:19 AM
An early read from morning markets suggests the equity unraveling might be over, but much depends on the monetary policy announcement from the Federal...
Tue, Aug 9 2011, 4:57 PM
We've used the word "nuts" in the past to describe extra volatile movements in the mortgage market, but today takes the cake. Many market records wer...
Tue, Aug 9 2011, 4:16 PM
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FNMA 3.5
100-20 : +0-23
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Mon, Aug 8 2011, 9:48 AM
Rise and Shine. S&P cut the U.S. credit rating and the world is not imploding!
This is what MG wrote this AM for our MBSonMND community. It's a g...
Mon, Aug 8 2011, 7:23 PM
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Mon, Aug 8 2011, 6:23 AM
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Mon, Aug 8 2011, 4:15 PM
Last week the intense rally in bond markets helped mortgage rates reach
their best levels of the year, but the rally came to an end on Friday. Then ...
Sun, Aug 7 2011, 8:32 PM
By now you've likely heard the news. The childish behavior of our nation's political "leadership" has led to the first ever downgrade of the U.S. cred...
Fri, Aug 5 2011, 11:22 AM
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FNMA 3.5
99-19 : -0-29
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Fri, Aug 5 2011, 11:17 AM
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released the July Employment Situation Report (after a 30 minute delay).
Total nonfarm payroll
employment ...
Fri, Aug 5 2011, 8:26 AM
The risk of a double-dip recession is on the markets' mind this morning after Thursday's violent sell-off. The early morning employment report will b...
Fri, Aug 5 2011, 4:17 PM
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Fri, Aug 5 2011, 3:32 PM
To put it bluntly, not good...
Home loan borrowing costs moved higher after a better than expected jobs report this morning. The one-week winning s...
Thu, Aug 4 2011, 11:23 AM
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FNMA 3.5
99-30 : +0-20
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Thu, Aug 4 2011, 8:29 AM
Wednesday's fast-trading volatile session ended with some respite as Treasuries finished where they began and equities turned slightly upwards, but th...
Thu, Aug 4 2011, 4:44 PM
The craziness continues...
Mortgage rates and most things related to bonds have
ventured back into record setting territory. Stock markets are at ...
Thu, Aug 4 2011, 4:17 PM
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FNMA 3.5
100-16 : +1-05
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Thu, Aug 4 2011, 3:04 PM
Short covering has played a pivotal role in the surprisingly strong rates rally we've enjoyed over the past 5 sessions.
"Short covering" is when...
Wed, Aug 3 2011, 11:18 AM
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FNMA 3.5
99-18 : +0-15
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Wed, Aug 3 2011, 8:50 AM
Markets are calm in early trading following a massive flight to quality and equity sell-off on Tuesday. Treasuries weakened modestly overnight before ...
Wed, Aug 3 2011, 4:18 PM
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FNMA 3.5
99-09 : +0-07
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Wed, Aug 3 2011, 4:18 PM
Mortgage rates rallied again today and consumer borrowing costs drifted a little lower.
Deciding whether or not to lock a loan between now and the ...
Wed, Aug 3 2011, 3:51 PM
We've been waiting for this moment for almost 9 months. It has finally come. Beware, there's gonna be some "horn tootin" in this commentary...
From...
Tue, Aug 2 2011, 11:18 AM
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FNMA 3.5
98-23 : +0-17
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Tue, Aug 2 2011, 8:31 AM
A bearish growth outlook remains the dominant theme even as the Senate prepares to vote on a bill, already passed by the House, to raise the debt ceil...
Tue, Aug 2 2011, 4:18 PM
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FNMA 3.5
99-03 : +0-29
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Tue, Aug 2 2011, 2:58 PM
Mortgage rates rallied again today, extending their winning streak to four straight sessions. Positive progress has not been modest either. Improvemen...