Thu, May 26 2011, 2:02 PM
Treasury just finished its final auction of the week with a $29 billion 7-year note offering.The fundraising process went smoothly, completing the...
Wed, May 25 2011, 12:23 PM
Shortly after rates hit their best levels of the day around 10:20am, which prompted us to issue a positive reprice alert, profit takers rang the regis...
Wed, May 25 2011, 11:16 AM
MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY
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96-06 : +0-01
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Wed, May 25 2011, 8:28 AM
Treasuries are modestly weaker across the curve in early morning trading while equities too look for a softer open. "Worries over Greece's fate and ...
Wed, May 25 2011, 5:06 PM
Home
loan borrowing costs are still hovering near six-month lows but forward
progress continues to be challenging. We've described the recent behavi...
Wed, May 25 2011, 4:16 PM
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96-05 : -0-01
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Wed, May 25 2011, 1:51 PM
Treasury just auctioned $35 billion 5-yr notes.
Demand metrics were strong on all fronts. The bid-to-cover ratio came in at 3.20 bids submitted f...
Tue, May 24 2011, 11:16 AM
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95-27 : -0-03
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Tue, May 24 2011, 8:47 AM
Loan pricing is set to weaken this morning as "rate sheet influential" MBS coupons are following benchmark Treasury prices lower after once again fail...
Tue, May 24 2011, 4:16 PM
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96-04 : +0-06
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Tue, May 24 2011, 4:00 PM
Nothing new to report. Afternoon loan pricing weakness yesterday was recovered today. Home loan borrowing costs continue to hover near six month lows....
Mon, May 23 2011, 11:16 AM
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Mon, May 23 2011, 9:23 AM
Treasury yields have rallied close to calendar year lows Monday morning as euro zone debt concern weigh on investor sentiment. Fitch Ratings cut its...
Mon, May 23 2011, 4:16 PM
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95-30 : -0-01
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Mon, May 23 2011, 4:09 PM
Home loan borrowing costs continue to hover near six month lows.
Continued improvements have however been hard to come by since the
recent rally h...
Fri, May 20 2011, 11:16 AM
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Fri, May 20 2011, 9:00 AM
Treasuries are strengthening Friday morning on the back of uncertain global markets. The benchmark 10-year yield is at 3.15% in early trading, a firm...
Fri, May 20 2011, 4:52 PM
Home loan borrowing costs improved slightly today but remain well
within the recent range.
CURRENT MARKET : The "Best Execution" conventional 30...
Fri, May 20 2011, 4:16 PM
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FNMA 3.5
95-30 : +0-02
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Thu, May 19 2011, 11:22 AM
MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY
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95-24 : -0-05
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Thu, May 19 2011, 8:29 AM
Treasuries continue to back up as investors bet on equities making a rebound. The benchmark 10-year Treasury is yielding 3.19% in early trading, vers...
Thu, May 19 2011, 5:23 PM
Although borrowing costs rose today, the newly updated Best-Execution
mortgage rate offering we discussed on Wednesday
remains unchanged. ...
Thu, May 19 2011, 4:18 PM
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FNMA 3.5
95-28 : +0-00
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Wed, May 18 2011, 11:22 AM
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96-04 : -0-09
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Wed, May 18 2011, 10:29 AM
"Rate sheet influential" MBS coupons have fallen to new intraday lows as stocks have risen to new intraday highs.
This is poor timing as many lock...
Wed, May 18 2011, 8:57 AM
Treasuries are trading near fresh calendar year highs this morning. Little data comes out today until the FOMC minutes are released in the mid-afterno...
Wed, May 18 2011, 4:50 PM
Although borrowing costs rose today, the newly updated Best-Execution mortgage rate offering we discussed yesterday remains unchanged. Unfortunat...
Wed, May 18 2011, 4:22 PM
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Wed, May 18 2011, 4:01 PM
The main observation we take away from the FOMC Minutes : UNCERTAINTY OVER THE IMPACT OF RISING ENERGY PRICES
Here is a brief recap of the int...
Tue, May 17 2011, 11:17 AM
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96-19 : +0-09
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Tue, May 17 2011, 8:26 AM
Rates are mostly unchanged amid light trading volume as investors await new housing and industrial production figures. Debt concerns in Europe are s...
Tue, May 17 2011, 4:28 PM
The mortgage rate "wall" is beginning to crack.
Unlike previous sessions where borrowing costs didn't rally enough to affect the position of the ...
Tue, May 17 2011, 4:17 PM
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FNMA 3.5
96-13 : +0-04
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Mon, May 16 2011, 11:17 AM
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95-32 : -0-06
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Mon, May 16 2011, 9:05 AM
Both fixed income and equity markets are worse off to start the week.
The cause of uncertainty is a strange one - IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kah...
Mon, May 16 2011, 4:17 PM
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Mon, May 16 2011, 3:49 PM
Mortgage rates failed to improve last week and home loan borrowing costs moved mostly sideways. On Friday we said rates had hit a wall . Today tha...
Mon, May 16 2011, 1:35 PM
It's been a slow session but MBS prices have reversed course and gone green. Recalls and reprices for the better are possible.
Here is a progressi...
Fri, May 13 2011, 11:17 AM
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Fri, May 13 2011, 11:04 AM
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Consumer Price Index for March 2011 this morning. The Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) program produces mo...
Fri, May 13 2011, 8:29 AM
The Treasury market is mixed this morning as broader sentiment picked up following stronger-than-anticipated Euro area GDP results. The two-year Trea...
Fri, May 13 2011, 4:51 PM
Home loan borrowing costs have hit a wall.
Since reaching the best
levels of the year on Friday of last week, rates have been unable to
improve ...
Fri, May 13 2011, 4:17 PM
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FNMA 3.5
96-05 : +0-08
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Thu, May 12 2011, 11:17 AM
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96-03 : +0-00
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Thu, May 12 2011, 10:34 AM
President Obama was on CBS
this morning discussing the state of the
U.S. economy. In the Q&A session Obama cited a weak housing
market and ...
Thu, May 12 2011, 8:27 AM
Interest rates continue to wait in limbo as risk markets weigh the
economic impact of expensive food & energy costs in an
environment that offers ...
Thu, May 12 2011, 4:17 PM
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Thu, May 12 2011, 4:10 PM
Best-Execution mortgage rates are unchanged vs. yesterday's offerings.The closing costs tied to those
rates actually moved marginally lower today. Th...
Thu, May 12 2011, 1:49 PM
Treasury just auctioned $16bn 30 year bonds. Things didn't go well. Rates are on the rise. Quickly...
Benchmark just broke overhead support and
...
Wed, May 11 2011, 12:01 PM
After rallying consistently for two weeks bonds have reached overbought status, making upcoming debt auctions and economic events that much more impor...
