Daily Newsletter: Thursday March 27, 2014

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30 Year Fixed

                                                                4.46%
                                                                  
                                                                -0.02

15 Year Fixed

                                                                3.49%
                                                                  
                                                                -0.01

10YR Treasury

                                                                2.69%
                                                                  
                                                                -0.0036

FNMA 30YR 3.5

                                                                100-26
                                                                  
                                                                -0-00

FNMA 15YR 2.5

                                                                102-27
                                                                  
                                                                +0-01

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Thursday March 27, 2014

Mortgage Rate Watch - 4:07PM

Mortgage Rates Continue to Lows of the Week

Mortgage rates moved moderately lower today, further improving on what has generally been a slow-paced week of gains. The yard-stick measuring that progress is the rate environment ...

MND NewsWire - 10:43AM

Pending Home Sales Weaker Again, but May be Stabilizing

The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) for February added more confirmation of a slowing home housing market. The PHSI, released this morning ...

Pipeline Press - 9:50AM

Maxine Water's Plan for Fannie and Freddie; Lenders Only Making $150 per Loan With All That Liability?

Bill Rogers writes, " Could this be a trend for Generation Y and how they achieve homeownership and tackle mounting student loan debt?" (And regarding the old residential lending advice ...

MND NewsWire - 10:23AM

Former BofA CEO Kenneth Lewis Banned from Wall Street

The former top executive of Bank of America (the Bank) was a named party in a settlement between the bank and the State of New York announced on Wednesday. Kenneth D. Lewis, who was ...

Latest Video

Big investors leaking market moving data?

Bill Miller: Housing a great investment

February pending home sales down 0.8%

More News from 'Around the Web'

CNN - 4:55PM
6 ways to improve your credit
Market Watch - 3:49PM
The economy is weaker than we think
Washington Post - 3:49PM
Metropolitan areas are now fueling virtually all of America's population growth
Bloomberg - 3:48PM
Dudley Says Fed Must Be Mindful of Impact on Emerging Markets - Bloomberg
www.aei.org - 3:05PM
Housing risk high in spite of Qualified Mortgage rule
Fannie Mae - 3:05PM
News Release - Fannie Mae Extends Incentive Program For ...
NAHB - 3:05PM
NAHB Reveals Most Popular Features Found in New Homes
Bloomberg - 2:07PM
Freddie Mac Said to Plan Risk-Sharing Bonds After Debt Soars - Bloomberg
OCC - 2:06PM
OCC Reports on Mortgage Performance for Fourth Quarter of 2013
CNBC - 1:07PM
Student loan debt widens US wealth gap
CNBC - 1:03PM
Hey first-time buyers, here are the best housing markets
Reuters - 12:10PM
Lehman payout tops $80 billion, creditors get another $17.9 billion
WSJ - 11:27AM
Fed's Pianalto: Still Falling Short on Fed's Job, Inflation Goals
Reuters - 10:09AM
Pending home sales fall to lowest level since October 2011
CNBC - 10:09AM
Home sales fall for 8th-straight month in February
freddiemac.mwnewsroom.com - 10:09AM
Freddie Mac: Fixed Mortgage Rates Move Up
S&P/Case Shiller - 9:11AM
Sales Volume Slips in February, Institutional Buyers Pull Back, Distressed Sales Fall
CNBC - 9:10AM
'Still falling short': Cleveland Fed chief
Market Watch - 9:10AM
U.S. to get Ally Financial IPO started
Reuters - 9:10AM
Jobless claims fall to near four-month low

Today's Comments

	MBS Live Chat - 2:05PM "Someone just told me that LP does not care about disputed items. Is that true at all?..."
	MBS Live Chat - 2:06PM "LP used to not care. They've cared recently..."
	MBS Live Chat - 2:40PM "MBS are still well behind treasuries, right?..."
	MBS Live Chat - 2:41PM "Treasuries seem to be rallying rather stong...."
	MBS Live Chat - 2:41PM "really lagging !..."
	MBS Live Chat - 2:44PM "rates were better last time we saw 2.6 i thnk..."
	MBS Live Chat - 2:55PM "i am seeing conventional rates worse or the same as post FOMC bloodshed, so weird..."
	MBS Live Chat - 3:14PM "how difficult or easy is the UST?..."
	MBS Live Chat - 3:16PM "I thought EZ Andy but if you have not taken a lot of state test a review is a must..."
	MBS Live Chat - 3:19PM "UST is extremely easy. All common sense. Finished the test in 6 mins and missed one question...."

Today's Rates

Best Execution

Rate

Change

30 Yr FRM

4.46%

-0.02

15 Yr FRM

3.49%

-0.01

FHA 30 Year Fixed

4.00%

+0.00

Jumbo 30 Year Fixed

4.25%

-0.02

5/1 Yr ARM

3.23%

-0.01

Current Mortgage Rates »

What are best-execution rates?

Average Mortgage Rates

Rate

Points

Change

FHFA *

15 Yr. Fixed

3.80%

1.10

+0.13

30 Yr. Fixed

4.67%

1.44

+0.13

MBA **

30 Yr. Fixed

4.56%

0.29

+0.06

15 Yr. Fixed

3.62%

0.24

+0.10

30 Yr. Jumbo

4.45%

0.27

+0.06

30 Yr. FHA

4.16%

0.23

+0.03

5/1 ARM

3.22%

0.32

+0.13

Freddie Mac **

30 Yr. Fixed

4.40%

0.60

+0.08

15 Yr. Fixed

3.42%

0.60

+0.10

1 Yr. ARM

2.44%

0.40

-0.05

5/1 Yr. ARM

3.10%

0.50

+0.08

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

96-22

-0-01

30YR FNMA 3.5

100-26

-0-00

30YR GNMA 3.0

98-15

-0-01

30YR GNMA 3.5

102-06

+0-00

15YR FNMA 3.0

102-27

+0-01

15YR FNMA 2.5

99-31

-0-02

Treasuries

Yield

Change

2 YR

0.4496%

+0.0078

5 YR

1.7200%

+0.0476

10 YR

2.6883%

-0.0036

30 YR

3.5288%

-0.0126

Prices as of: 3/27/2014 4:31PM EST

Current MBS / Treasury Prices »

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