Daily Newsletter: Wednesday February 13, 2013

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30 Year Fixed

                                                                3.63%
                                                                  
                                                                +0.06

15 Year Fixed

                                                                2.95%
                                                                  
                                                                +0.05

10YR Treasury

                                                                2.03%
                                                                  
                                                                +0.0507

FNMA 30YR 3.5

                                                                105-01
                                                                  
                                                                -0-04

FNMA 15YR 2.5

                                                                104-25
                                                                  
                                                                -0-02

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Wednesday February 13, 2013

MND NewsWire - 3:43PM

FHA's Galante Asks Congress For Increased Authority To Hold Lenders Accountable

On Wednesday the House Financial Services Committee held a second in a scheduled series of hearings to look into the financial condition of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) ...

Mortgage Rate Watch - 4:13PM

Mortgage Rates Jump To Highest Levels Of The Year

Mortgage rates surged higher at their quickest pace since late January on Wednesday eclipsing the previous highs of the year seen around the same time. For many lenders--and for the ...

MND NewsWire - 3:18PM

CPFB Announces Implementation Plan to Help Lenders Comply

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ( CFPB ) today announced five steps it will take to assist the mortgage industry to comply with new consumer protection rules going into effect ...

MND NewsWire - 2:43PM

FHFA Ruling on Forced Placed Insurance Criticized by Consumer Groups

A consortium of consumer advocates is criticizing a recent decision by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) regarding Fannie Mae's attempt to reform its forced-placed insurance ...

Latest Video

U.S. Housing in `Cyclical Expansion,' Hatzius Says

Zell on State of Housing Recovery

Senate: Jack Lew Questioned About Citi

More News from 'Around the Web'

Bloomberg - 2:32PM
OCC's Curry Defends $9 Billion Foreclosure Deal With Servicers
Realtor.Org - 12:48PM
NAR: Tax Reform, Fixing Mortgage Rules High on 2013 Obama Agenda
CRL - 12:48PM
CRL: FHFA action harms homeowners
House Financial Services - 12:47PM
Chairman Hensarling: "Grave Fears" that FHA is an Impediment a Sustainable Housing Finance System
WSJ - 12:07PM
Obama: Let's Streamline the Process' on Lending
CNBC - 12:00PM
Mortgage Mess Still Mires Housing Recovery
WSJ - 8:41AM
Mortgage Burden Grows, but Federal Role Is Shrinking
CNBC - 8:40AM
Banks Told To Review Their Own Foreclosures
DataQuick - 2:47PM
Southern California Begin 2013 With Home Sales and Price Gains Vs. Year Earlier
CNBC - 12:18AM
Plosser: Fed Too Vague With Guidance

Today's Comments

	MND NewsWire - 3:56PM "Let's see, FHA is $16,000,000,000 in the hole. Our best and brightest's solution: Raise rates for both refinances and purchases, giving borrowers ample motivation to drop their FHA loans. That should really help that cash flow issue...."
	MBS Live Chat - 3:23PM "Quick informal poll for those who have been paying attention to the FHA MMI drama beginning in November. On a scale of 1-10, how true do you feel this statement is: "FHA is placing and inordinate amount of attention on raising costs and lender review capabilities compared to toughening underwriting standards..."
	MBS Live Chat - 3:24PM "7. if 10 = true and 1 false...."
	MBS Live Chat - 3:25PM "8/10. Raisng MIP and making it permanent will only reduce their portfolio and revenues. Doesn;t do much good to raise the rates and have revenues go down!..."
	MBS Live Chat - 3:25PM "I don't know about the u/w getting tougher in the last 6 months but the increase in costs is definitely an issue. Pushing deals to other products, obviously their intent, or juts making the deal not a deal. So I'd say an 8...."
	MBS Live Chat - 3:26PM "9....They are will only attract those that don't qualify on 97% FNMA. Lower scores and those that can't be done conventionally...."

Today's Rates

Best Execution

Rate

Change

30 Yr FRM

3.63%

+0.06

15 Yr FRM

2.95%

+0.05

FHA 30 Year Fixed

3.35%

+0.06

Jumbo 30 Year Fixed

3.81%

+0.04

5/1 Yr ARM

3.04%

+0.03

Current Mortgage Rates »

What are best-execution rates?

Average Mortgage Rates

Rate

Points

Change

FHFA *

15 Yr. Fixed

2.70%

1.16

-0.11

30 Yr. Fixed

3.47%

1.29

-0.07

MBA **

30 Yr. Fixed

3.75%

0.43

+0.02

15 Yr. Fixed

3.01%

0.28

+0.01

30 Yr. Jumbo

3.98%

0.36

+0.02

30 Yr. FHA

3.53%

0.39

+0.00

5/1 ARM

2.66%

0.31

-0.06

Freddie Mac **

30 Yr. Fixed

3.53%

0.80

+0.00

15 Yr. Fixed

2.77%

0.70

-0.04

1 Yr. ARM

2.53%

0.40

-0.06

5/1 Yr. ARM

2.63%

0.60

-0.07

Current Mortgage Rates »

* FHFA averages are updated monthly.
** Mortgage Bankers Association (each Wednesday) and Freddie Mac (each Thursday) averages are updated weekly.

Secondary Markets

MBS

Price

Change

30YR FNMA 3.0

102-21

-0-09

30YR FNMA 3.5

105-01

-0-04

30YR GNMA 3.0

103-25

-0-10

30YR GNMA 3.5

107-03

-0-05

15YR FNMA 3.0

104-25

-0-02

15YR FNMA 2.5

103-12

-0-06

Treasuries

Yield

Change

2 YR

0.2780%

+0.0080

5 YR

0.9073%

+0.0420

10 YR

2.0277%

+0.0507

30 YR

3.2330%

+0.0453

Prices as of: 2/13/2013 4:30PM EST

Current MBS / Treasury Prices »

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