Daily Newsletter: Thursday March 12, 2015

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30 Year Fixed

                                                                3.86%
                                                                  
                                                                -0.01

15 Year Fixed

                                                                3.13%
                                                                  
                                                                -0.02

10YR Treasury

                                                                2.11%
                                                                  
                                                                +0.0053

FNMA 30YR 3.5

                                                                104-06
                                                                  
                                                                -0-02

FNMA 15YR 2.5

                                                                104-15
                                                                  
                                                                -0-00

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Thursday March 12, 2015

MND NewsWire - 3:16PM

2015 Could be Best Year for Home Sales Since 2007 - Freddie Mac

Freddie Mac's economists restated their February forecast in their Economic and Housing Outlook just released for March, that 2015 could be the best year for home sales and new home ...

Mortgage Rate Watch - 3:56PM

Mortgage Rates Steady Near March Lows

Mortgage rates were mixed today depending on the lender, but moved just slightly lower on average. This wasn't the case this morning as essentially all lenders came out with noticeably ...

MND NewsWire - 10:48AM

January, February Data Point to Strong 2015 New Home Sales

Applications for mortgages to purchase newly constructed homes jumped significantly in February the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said today. Data from MBA's Builder Application ...

MBS Commentary - 12:55PM

MBS MID-DAY: In Positive Territory, but Off The Highs Ahead of 30yr Auction

It's been a mostly good morning for bond markets. The overnight session saw modest gains during European hours, and Treasuries even managed to hold those gains while European bonds ...

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Treasury bonds are back in business

What weak retail sales mean for the Fed

LL impact on the builders

More News from 'Around the Web'

CNBC - 4:32PM
Fed 'dramatically' inflated these sectors: Expert
Bloomberg - 4:28PM
Treasuries Lure Global Buyers Even After Demand Wanes at Auction
Bloomberg - 3:35PM
HSBC Analysts Who Predicted Treasury Rally Now Say It's Over
Bloomberg - 2:28PM
Budget Deficit in U.S. Narrows in February as Hiring Strengthens
WSJ - 1:54PM
Spending at Gas Stations Rises for the First Time Since May
rss.nytimes.com - 1:54PM
Common Sense: Still Reading the Fed's Tea Leaves, Word by Word
Calculated Risk Blog - 12:36PM
Fed's Q4 Flow of Funds: Household Net Worth at Record High
CNBC - 12:35PM
Seattle housing sees spring surge
CNBC - 10:49AM
Builders offer assurance after Lumber Liquidators scare
Bloomberg - 10:23AM
ECB QE Has Barely Just Begun, and We've Already Seen Massive Moves
Market Watch - 10:23AM
ECB raises emergency liquidity to Greek banks: Reuters
Bloomberg - 8:49AM
Retail Sales in U.S. Unexpectedly Fall for Third Straight Month
Reuters - 8:48AM
U.S. jobless claims fall, unwind prior weeks' increases
CNBC - 8:48AM
US import prices rise
CNBC - 12:01AM
It's hard to fire government slackers
CNBC - 12:01AM
Dollar fever could dominate trading

Today's Rates

Best Execution

Rate

Change

30 Yr FRM

3.86%

-0.01

15 Yr FRM

3.13%

-0.02

FHA 30 Year Fixed

3.50%

+0.00

Jumbo 30 Year Fixed

3.75%

+0.00

5/1 Yr ARM

3.16%

-0.01

Current Mortgage Rates »

What are best-execution rates?

Average Mortgage Rates

Rate

Points

Change

FHFA *

15 Yr. Fixed

3.47%

1.11

+0.02

30 Yr. Fixed

4.33%

1.33

-0.01

MBA **

30 Yr. Fixed

4.01%

0.39

+0.05

15 Yr. Fixed

3.29%

0.30

+0.02

30 Yr. Jumbo

4.02%

0.27

+0.07

30 Yr. FHA

3.80%

0.20

+0.04

5/1 ARM

3.18%

0.40

+0.13

Freddie Mac **

30 Yr. Fixed

3.86%

0.60

+0.11

15 Yr. Fixed

3.10%

0.60

+0.07

1 Yr. ARM

2.46%

0.40

+0.02

5/1 Yr. ARM

3.01%

0.50

+0.05

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

101-04

-0-03

30YR FNMA 3.5

104-06

-0-02

30YR GNMA 3.0

102-10

-0-03

30YR GNMA 3.5

104-20

-0-01

15YR FNMA 3.0

104-15

-0-00

15YR FNMA 2.5

102-01

-0-01

Treasuries

Yield

Change

2 YR

0.6644%

-0.0198

5 YR

1.5918%

-0.0098

10 YR

2.1121%

+0.0053

30 YR

2.6963%

+0.0141

Prices as of: 3/12/2015 4:32PM EST

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