Fri, Mar 25 2011, 11:16 AM
MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY
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94-11 : +0-01
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Fri, Mar 25 2011, 8:30 AM
Equities rose and Treasuries backed up yesterday despite a backdrop of
weak housing data, poor durable goods orders, the likelihood of another
Eur...
Fri, Mar 25 2011, 5:52 PM
Home loan borrowing costs moved incrementally higher this week. There is reason to be concerned about this directional drift....
Although today's ...
Fri, Mar 25 2011, 5:36 PM
"DURATION DRIFT IN THE NEW YEAR"
That was the first thing I posted on my FB page as the clock ticked past midnight on 1.1.11.
What it means is...
Fri, Mar 25 2011, 4:16 PM
MBSonMND : MBS RECAP
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Thu, Mar 24 2011, 11:16 AM
MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY
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94-17 : -0-07
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Thu, Mar 24 2011, 10:44 AM
After testing 3.40% earlier this morning, we think now is the perfect time to remind readers of the pending
shift in the bond market's directional b...
Thu, Mar 24 2011, 8:30 AM
Treasuries traded from a defensive position overnight amid slightly
above average volume. The benchmark 10-year note moved in a range of
between 3...
Thu, Mar 24 2011, 5:46 PM
From where you sit
there appears to be little volatility in mortgage rates. Today was the FIFTH
consecutive session where loan pricing either rem...
Thu, Mar 24 2011, 4:16 PM
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FNMA 3.5
94-09 : -0-15
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Wed, Mar 23 2011, 11:16 AM
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Wed, Mar 23 2011, 9:12 AM
Bonds benefited from a modest flight to safety bid in relatively light
overnight trading flows. The 10-year Treasury traded within a range of
3.33...
Wed, Mar 23 2011, 7:30 PM
After looking like they might improve this morning, home loan
borrowing costs ended the day unchanged, making today the FIFTH
consecutive session w...
Wed, Mar 23 2011, 4:16 PM
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94-20 : -0-09
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Tue, Mar 22 2011, 11:51 AM
On March 11th we wrote, "Lots of headlines to digest lately. What
region is the market focused on again? North Africa, the Middle East,
Spain, Por...
Tue, Mar 22 2011, 11:16 AM
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94-30 : -0-02
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Tue, Mar 22 2011, 8:48 AM
Despite persistent turmoil in the Middle-East and Northern Africa,
global markets appear stable Tuesday morning as external power has been
reconne...
Tue, Mar 22 2011, 4:51 PM
Home loan borrowing costs moved slightly higher today. This is the
fourth consecutive session where loan pricing has worsened by a thin
margin. Be...
Tue, Mar 22 2011, 4:16 PM
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94-28 : -0-03
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Tue, Mar 22 2011, 2:03 PM
Headline news and crisis scenarios have been the market's primary directional motivation for most of March.
With
exception to the Fed's procl...
Mon, Mar 21 2011, 12:45 PM
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced
that it will begin the orderly wind down of its remaining portfolio of
$142 billion in ag...
Mon, Mar 21 2011, 11:16 AM
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94-27 : -0-15
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Mon, Mar 21 2011, 9:07 AM
While mostly overlooking a dense economic calendar last week, investors
were forced to base their trading behavior on breaking news headlines
and ...
Mon, Mar 21 2011, 5:23 PM
Home loan borrowing costs got slightly more expensive today. Best-execution mortgage rates were unchanged.
News today that Treasury would begin s...
Mon, Mar 21 2011, 4:16 PM
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FNMA 3.5
94-31 : -0-12
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Fri, Mar 18 2011, 11:16 AM
MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY
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95-08 : -0-03
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Fri, Mar 18 2011, 8:45 AM
An agreement among the G7 group of finance ministers and central
bankers to intervene against the rising yen helped calm global markets
last night...
Fri, Mar 18 2011, 4:16 PM
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Fri, Mar 18 2011, 4:07 PM
Mortgage rates got slightly more expensive today. Best-execution rates were unchanged.
It was a quiet session overall. Little movement was seen in ...
Thu, Mar 17 2011, 11:16 AM
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94-29 : -0-16
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Thu, Mar 17 2011, 10:57 AM
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released the Consumer Price Index for February 2011.
The CPI is the most widely relied upon measure of infl...
Thu, Mar 17 2011, 8:20 AM
Equity futures are rebounding modestly this morning after substantial
losses earlier in the week erased all of 2011's gains. Bonds are
backing up...
Thu, Mar 17 2011, 4:16 PM
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Thu, Mar 17 2011, 3:56 PM
Mortgage rates worsened today.
The
level of panic lessened overnight in Japan, and despite several somewhat
alarming headlines, the overall pan...
Wed, Mar 16 2011, 11:20 AM
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94-32 : +0-13
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Wed, Mar 16 2011, 8:32 AM
U.S. equity futures are relatively
stable this morning as stocks in Japan rebounded 5.7% after crashing 10.6%
Monday. Uncertainty remains key and is...
Wed, Mar 16 2011, 6:31 PM
Mortgage rates improved today as the situation in Japan deteriorated and a feeling of panic poured through global markets, spurring on another flight ...
Wed, Mar 16 2011, 4:16 PM
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FNMA 3.5
95-12 : +0-25
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Wed, Mar 16 2011, 3:14 PM
While it's impossible to know exactly how markets would be behaving
given alternate realities, it's easy to see that the EXTENT and PACE of
the st...
Tue, Mar 15 2011, 11:20 AM
MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY
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FNMA 3.5
94-31 : +0-18
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Tue, Mar 15 2011, 8:30 AM
Another explosion at a nuclear power station in Japan triggered a 10.55%
sell-off in Japanese stocks last night and initiated a massive global
fli...
Tue, Mar 15 2011, 6:13 PM
CURRENT MARKET : The "Best
Execution" conventional 30 year
fixed mortgage rate is still 4.875%. For those looking to permanently
buy
down thei...
Tue, Mar 15 2011, 5:45 PM
All hell seemed to break loose in global markets today.
Stocks plummeted around the world. Commodities tanked to the tune of
2-5%. And a flight ...
Tue, Mar 15 2011, 4:20 PM
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FNMA 3.5
94-19 : +0-06
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Tue, Mar 15 2011, 3:36 PM
The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee has released the March FOMC Statement .
On the whole the Fed hinted at an upgrade in economic conditi...
Mon, Mar 14 2011, 11:20 AM
MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY
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FNMA 3.5
94-18 : +0-16
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Mon, Mar 14 2011, 9:17 AM
The progressively more tragic consequences of the Japanese earthquake
remind us that reality can change in an instant. What we initially
received ...
Mon, Mar 14 2011, 4:44 PM
Home loan borrowing costs improved slightly today, though Best-Execution rates remained the same.
Nervous
tensions surrounding the potential econ...
Mon, Mar 14 2011, 4:20 PM
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Mon, Mar 14 2011, 2:24 PM
Rate sheet influential MBS coupons hit new one-month highs today.
REPRICES FOR THE BETTER HAVE BEEN REPORTED
Following reprices for the bette...
