Daily Newsletter: Friday August 21, 2015

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30 Year Fixed

                                                                3.94%
                                                                  
                                                                -0.02

15 Year Fixed

                                                                3.20%
                                                                  
                                                                -0.01

10YR Treasury

                                                                2.05%
                                                                  
                                                                -0.0226

FNMA 30YR 3.5

                                                                104-02
                                                                  
                                                                +0-00

FNMA 15YR 2.5

                                                                103-30
                                                                  
                                                                +0-01

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Friday August 21, 2015

Mortgage Rate Watch - 5:12PM

Mortgage Rates on Year's Longest Winning Streak

Mortgage rates moved moderately lower yet again. This extends a winning streak that began on July 14th, making it the longest positive trend in 2015. If this seems paradoxical in light ...

MND NewsWire - 10:58AM

CFPB Faces Dual Lone-Star Threats

The eyes of Texas are upon the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - and not in a kindly way. Two different actions out of Texas are challenging the very existence of the agency. The ...

MBS Commentary - 5:12PM

MBS RECAP: Massive Stock Selling Results in Modest Bond Market Gains

About 10 days into July's bond market rally, I posed the question: What if 2015 doesn't turn out to be the big bounce ? It started out with the following thought: What if it's all not ...

MND NewsWire - 10:47AM

A First Look at July Performance Data

Black Knight Financial Services released its "First Look" at its July loan level performance data which continues to show a decline in most measures of mortgage distress . Delinquencies ...

Latest Video

Legendary short seller: China worse than you think

The week ahead: Jackson Hole Fed gathering

Fed's 'free lunch' is over: Peter Fischer

More News from 'Around the Web'

Market Watch - 4:49PM
Dow suffers biggest weekly point drop since the worst week of the financial crisis
Market Watch - 2:56PM
Fed's Bullard still wants to raise rates off zero
CNBC - 1:34PM
Fear gauge soars to 2015 high
Reuters - 1:33PM
Oil sinks to $40, logs longest weekly losing streak in 29 years
Market Watch - 1:30PM
Treasury's Lew warns China that U.S. is watching China currency regime 'closely'
Market Watch - 11:47AM
The Fed: September Fed-hike bets dropping like a stone
Reuters - 11:47AM
Factory activity slows in August: Markit
Reuters - 11:46AM
China fears and global growth doubts grip markets
PR Newswire - 9:12AM
Black Knight Financial Services' First Look at July Mortgage Data: Foreclosure Inventory Down 24 Percent Year-Over-Year; Lowest Level Since 2007
CNBC - 9:12AM
America's most expensive homes for sale
CNBC - 9:12AM
Are all millennials scared to own a home?
Bloomberg - 9:08AM
Traders Sound Fed Policy-Error Alarm as Inflation Outlook Dives
Reuters - 9:07AM
Feels like 1986: Oil on track for longest weekly losing streak in 29 years

Today's Rates

Best Execution

Rate

Change

30 Yr FRM

3.94%

-0.02

15 Yr FRM

3.20%

-0.01

FHA 30 Year Fixed

3.60%

-0.05

Jumbo 30 Year Fixed

3.73%

-0.02

5/1 Yr ARM

2.96%

-0.01

Current Mortgage Rates »

What are best-execution rates?

Average Mortgage Rates

Rate

Points

Change

FHFA *

15 Yr. Fixed

3.26%

1.25

-0.06

30 Yr. Fixed

3.90%

1.28

-0.03

MBA **

30 Yr. Fixed

4.11%

0.37

-0.02

15 Yr. Fixed

3.37%

0.36

-0.02

30 Yr. Jumbo

4.03%

0.29

-0.05

30 Yr. FHA

3.88%

0.17

-0.06

5/1 ARM

2.98%

0.40

-0.13

Freddie Mac **

30 Yr. Fixed

3.93%

0.60

-0.01

15 Yr. Fixed

3.15%

0.60

-0.02

1 Yr. ARM

2.62%

0.30

+0.00

5/1 Yr. ARM

2.94%

0.50

+0.01

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

101-01

+0-02

30YR FNMA 3.5

104-02

+0-00

30YR GNMA 3.0

101-25

+0-04

30YR GNMA 3.5

104-09

-0-01

15YR FNMA 3.0

103-30

+0-01

15YR FNMA 2.5

101-24

+0-02

Treasuries

Yield

Change

2 YR

0.6250%

-0.0284

5 YR

1.4340%

-0.0364

10 YR

2.0487%

-0.0226

30 YR

2.7391%

-0.0046

Prices as of: 8/21/2015 4:30PM EST

Current MBS / Treasury Prices »

MBS and Treasury data provided by Thomson Reuters.

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