Daily Newsletter: Friday March 20, 2015

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30 Year Fixed

                                                                3.74%
                                                                  
                                                                -0.01

15 Year Fixed

                                                                3.03%
                                                                  
                                                                -0.01

10YR Treasury

                                                                1.93%
                                                                  
                                                                -0.0435

FNMA 30YR 3.5

                                                                104-29
                                                                  
                                                                +0-06

FNMA 15YR 2.5

                                                                104-19
                                                                  
                                                                +0-04

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Friday March 20, 2015

MND NewsWire - 2:25PM

Conservative Appraisals Increasingly Mentioned in 2015; Did Something Change?

A few weeks ago there were a flurry of comments on MBS Live from members expressing concern about a sudden increase in appraisals reflecting market values well below what had been expected ...

Mortgage Rate Watch - 4:58PM

Mortgage Rates End Week at March Lows

Mortgage rates moved modestly lower on average today after doing an admirable job of holding their ground amid weaker market conditions yesterday. That weakness was largely the result ...

MND NewsWire - 3:47PM

Reform Bill Would Wind Down GSEs, Boost Ginnie Mae Role

The 114th Congress's first attempt at housing financial reform legislation hit the House hopper on Thursday. The bill, H.R. 1491 establishes an insurance program through Ginnie Mae ...

MBS Commentary - 4:58PM

MBS RECAP: Volatility a No Show; Heading Out Near Best Levels

It was a calm and light trading day right from the outset today. Without options expirations, volume would have been the lowest of the year in bond markets. Volume is neither here nor ...

Latest Video

Fed's Evans: Rate hike in 2016 more likely

Lockhart comments on rate hike 'lift-off'

Billionaire: Inequality 'off the charts'

More News from 'Around the Web'

blogs.wsj.com - 4:44PM
Persistent Low Inflation Hurts Fed Credibility, Evans Says
Reuters - 4:43PM
AIG investors' $970.5 million settlement wins approval
Bloomberg - 3:27PM
Homebuilders Rally After KB Home Reports Strong Orders
Calculated Risk Blog - 3:27PM
Zillow: Negative Equity Rate unchanged in Q4 2014
Bloomberg - 3:26PM
Freddie Mac Selling $1 Billion of Loans in Largest Deal
WSJ - 12:18PM
Report Says "False Equity is on the Rise" in Housing Market
Washington Post - 12:17PM
The cities where houses are suddenly going underwater
Calculated Risk Blog - 12:17PM
Campbell Survey: "Strong spring home buying season"
www.cfpbmonitor.com - 10:59AM
CFPB adopts plan to publicly disclose consumer complaint narratives
Reuters - 10:58AM
Fed's Lockhart says U.S. should step up shadow bank monitoring
Federal Reserve - 10:58AM
2015-015: Consumers' Attitudes and Their Inflation Expectations
Calculated Risk Blog - 10:22AM
DataQuick: California Bay Area February Home Sales Decline
Market Watch - 8:48AM
More Americans paying for home-improvement projects with credit cards and loans
CNBC - 8:47AM
Tips to sell your house this spring
Bloomberg - 8:43AM
America's Biggest Private Creditor Sees Bonds Weathering the Fed
www.wsj.com - 1:34AM
The Race to the $100 Million Spec House
CNBC - 1:33AM
Bond traders' new rate rise playbook
www.wsj.com - 1:31AM
Borrowing After Bankruptcy

Today's Rates

Best Execution

Rate

Change

30 Yr FRM

3.74%

-0.01

15 Yr FRM

3.03%

-0.01

FHA 30 Year Fixed

3.30%

-0.05

Jumbo 30 Year Fixed

3.64%

-0.01

5/1 Yr ARM

3.10%

+0.00

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

3.78%

0.60

-0.08

15 Yr. Fixed

3.06%

0.60

-0.04

1 Yr. ARM

2.46%

0.40

+0.00

5/1 Yr. ARM

2.97%

0.50

-0.04

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

102-05

+0-07

30YR FNMA 3.5

104-29

+0-06

30YR GNMA 3.0

102-26

-0-01

30YR GNMA 3.5

105-00

-0-02

15YR FNMA 3.0

104-19

+0-04

15YR FNMA 2.5

102-16

+0-07

Treasuries

Yield

Change

2 YR

0.5812%

-0.0361

5 YR

1.4111%

-0.0641

10 YR

1.9268%

-0.0435

30 YR

2.5022%

-0.0262

Prices as of: 3/20/2015 4:30PM EST

Current MBS / Treasury Prices »

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