Daily Newsletter: Tuesday March 26, 2013

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30 Year Fixed

                                                                3.64%
                                                                  
                                                                +0.01

15 Year Fixed

                                                                2.96%
                                                                  
                                                                +0.01

10YR Treasury

                                                                1.91%
                                                                  
                                                                -0.0070

FNMA 30YR 3.5

                                                                105-11
                                                                  
                                                                -0-03

FNMA 15YR 2.5

                                                                105-02
                                                                  
                                                                -0-01

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Tuesday March 26, 2013

MND NewsWire - 10:39AM

Home Prices Accelerate in January, Posting Highest Yearly Increase Since 2006

Average home prices increased in all 20 of the cities tracked by the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices over the 12 months ended in January. Each of Case-Shiller's city indices ...

MND NewsWire - 9:07AM

OIG Finds GSEs, FHFA Lax in Oversight of Counterparty Compliance

Another report, the third in a week, has been issued by the Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA) Office of Inspector General (OIG). The latest report is an assessment of FHFA's oversight ...

MND NewsWire - 10:18AM

Shadow Inventory Continues Rapid Decline, Down 28% from Peak

The so-called shadow inventory continues to shrink and is now down 28 percent from its high point in January 2010. According to the January 2013 shadow inventory report from CoreLogic ...

Pipeline Press - 11:08AM

Wells Trims Use of Outside Legal Counsel; USDA Update; Various State Originator Websites and Possible Law Changes; HARP Shortcomings

Remember in the "old days" when we didn't have government-sponsored refi programs like HARP? I seem to remember the rule of thumb being, "If you could save the borrower .5%, or a couple ...

Latest Video

All America Survey: Hot Housing Here to Stay?

Shiller: Housing Looks Like a Mini Bubble

Wells Fargo's Website Attacked By Hackers

More News from 'Around the Web'

CNBC - 4:15PM
Senate Wages Fresh War Against Big Banks
CNBC - 4:14PM
Don't Get Taken by Rising Home Prices, Shiller Warns
The Basis Point - 3:12PM
Which Home Price Reports Matter & Why: Trulia Chief Economist Jed Kolko Explains
Business Week - 2:38PM
The FHFA's Home Insurance 'Crackdown' Is Late to the Game
Reuters - 1:00PM
Federal Reserve orders Citigroup to improve money laundering checks
Reuters - 12:54PM
Cyprus capital controls to be "loose" but island-wide
CNBC - 9:09AM
Cap, Don't Kill, the Mortgage Deduction: Pro
NAFCU - 9:57PM
Webcast digs deep into CFPB mortgage rules
The Big Picture - 3:23PM
Sheila Bair Takes on the Banks

Today's Comments

	MBS Live Chat - 12:39PM "REPRICE : 12:39 PM - Sun West Mortgage Better..."
	MBS Live Chat - 12:42PM "REPRICE : 12:42 PM - Franklin American Better..."
	MBS Live Chat - 12:46PM "REPRICE : 12:46 PM - Plaza Better..."
	MBS Live Chat - 1:02PM "RTRS - IMF SAYS PRELIMINARY STRESS TESTS SUGGEST CAPITAL BUFFERS BUILT BY ITALIAN BANKS WOULD OFFSET MOST LOSSES GENERATED BY AN ADVERSE MACROECONOMIC SCENARIO..."
	MBS Live Chat - 12:18PM "RTRS - ITALY CENTRE-RIGHT OFFICIAL SAYS STILL WIDE DIFFERENCES WITH CENTRE-LEFT, IF NOT RESOLVED WILL HAVE TO BACK TO ELECTIONS..."
	MBS Live Chat - 12:06PM "So who can we line up to run their mouth in Europe tomorrow? Can we get a set schedule set up?..."

Today's Rates

Best Execution

Rate

Change

30 Yr FRM

3.64%

+0.01

15 Yr FRM

2.96%

+0.01

FHA 30 Year Fixed

3.35%

+0.01

Jumbo 30 Year Fixed

3.74%

+0.01

5/1 Yr ARM

3.00%

+0.00

Current Mortgage Rates »

What are best-execution rates?

Average Mortgage Rates

Rate

Points

Change

FHFA *

15 Yr. Fixed

2.78%

0.76

+0.08

30 Yr. Fixed

3.53%

1.11

+0.06

MBA **

30 Yr. Fixed

3.82%

0.38

+0.01

15 Yr. Fixed

3.02%

0.36

+0.01

30 Yr. Jumbo

3.95%

0.36

+0.05

30 Yr. FHA

3.53%

0.31

+0.00

5/1 ARM

3.02%

0.36

+0.01

Freddie Mac **

30 Yr. Fixed

3.54%

0.80

-0.09

15 Yr. Fixed

2.72%

0.70

-0.07

1 Yr. ARM

2.63%

0.40

-0.01

5/1 Yr. ARM

2.61%

0.60

+0.00

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

102-27

-0-02

30YR FNMA 3.5

105-11

-0-03

30YR GNMA 3.0

104-08

-0-02

30YR GNMA 3.5

107-11

-0-03

15YR FNMA 3.0

105-02

-0-01

15YR FNMA 2.5

103-18

-0-01

Treasuries

Yield

Change

2 YR

0.2500%

+0.0041

5 YR

0.7759%

-0.0113

10 YR

1.9111%

-0.0070

30 YR

3.1411%

-0.0032

Prices as of: 3/26/2013 4:30PM EST

Current MBS / Treasury Prices »

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