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As the current issue of Black Knight's Mortgage Monitor was going to "press" mortgage rates dropped under 4.0 percent for the first time in more than a year. Black Knight spokesperson Mitch Cohen says the decline to 3.99 percent sent what the company considered the refinanceable population of homeowners up by 2 million in just a month and a total of 3 million in two months. Black Knight considers refinanceable homeowners as those who can both qualify for refinancing and would save at least 75 basis points by doing so. The company now counts 5.9 million potential refinancing candidates in that pool, the largest group in nearly three years. The figure below shows the distribution of potential refinance candidates across origination vintages as of mid-May, prior to the most recent pullback in
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As the current issue of Black Knight's Mortgage Monitor was going to "press" mortgage rates dropped under 4.0 percent for the first time in more than a year. Black Knight spokesperson Mitch Cohen says the decline to 3.99 percent sent what the company... (read more)
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Rob Chrisman
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If you had $85 million you could buy 85 $1 million homes in as many countries, or one apartment in Manhattan’s West Side that includes two Rolls-Royces, a Lamborghini, a house in the Hamptons for a summer, a yacht, Brooklyn Nets season tickets ... (read more)
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MBS Commentary
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Trading weeks don't get much more action-packed that this. Bonds are coming off a surprisingly stellar week. After Trump turned his trade war comments toward Mexico on Thursday night, Treasuries and MBS surged well into the best levels ... (read more)
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Mortgage Rate Watch
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Mortgage rates were decisively lower today, following a massive market movement on news of new tariffs to be imposed on Mexico. In general, trade wars are economically negative. They hurt stocks and help bonds. When bonds are improving, it means bond... (read more)
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Toll Brothers is embarking on a new business model that may, depending on your outlook, increase the rental stock, provide new opportunities for home builders, or further diminish new home sale inventories. The company has committed to invest $60 mil... (read more)
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Housing News
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The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is introducing the latest in a series of indices it has employed to measure housing within a broader context of the economy. The first in our memory was the Improving Markets Index (IMI), introduced ea... (read more)
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consumerfinancemonitor.com
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