This one might smart a bit. There were big hopes for home sales in April, with interest rates continuing at unexpectedly low levels, unemployment at a 50-year low, and the spring market supposedly in full swing. Analysts polled by Econoday expected that the existing home sales number would jump from the annual rate of 5.210 million sales in March to a consensus of 5.350 million, with some forecasting as high as a 5.400 million rate. Instead, the National Association of Realtors® said existing home sales ticked down even further, adding to the 4.9 percent month-over-month decline in March. Pre-owned single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums, and cooperative apartments sold at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.19 million in April, down 0.4 percent from March. The year-over-year gap

May 21, 2019 Download our Mobile App: Download our Mobile App: Housing News Home Sales Stall; Sellers Need to be Realistic This one might smart a bit. There were big hopes for home sales in April, with interest rates continuing at unexpectedly low levels, unemployment at a 50-year low, and the spring market supposedly in full swing. Analysts polled by Econoday expected t... (read more) Housing News Fueled by Low Rates, Prepayment Rate Continues to Rise With interest rates remaining at 2019 lows and spring market home sales kicking in, the rate of prepayments continues to rise. Black Knight, in its "first look" at April mortgage performance data, says the rate is up 17.54 percent from March and 17.6... (read more) Rob Chrisman Budgeting, Comp Products; Sales, Government Investigation Webinars What’s the banter, and in the unverified rumor mill, at the MBA’s Secondary Conference? Fannie, Freddie, and FHA are all concerned about being adversely selected against by lenders, and F&F are rumored to be ending pilot programs unde... (read more) Housing News New Data Prompts Freddie Mac to Upgrade Their Forecast Freddie Mac's May Forecast continues to look for a downward trending interest on the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. The company's economists are project an average rate of 4.3 percent this year with a small increase to 4.5 percent in 2020. Coupled with... (read more) MBS Commentary MBS Live Day Ahead: Without Help, Bonds Face Uphill Battle In the day just past, bonds weakened moderately amid the lightest volume in more than 3 weeks and a relative absence of market moving data/events.  The losses are somewhat logical in the sense that momentum measurements have increasingly sugge... (read more) Mortgage Rate Watch Mortgage Rates Bounce Back Mortgage rates had a fairly decent day yesterday as far as most lenders are concerned. A few lenders saw fit to bump rates up in the afternoon following a day of weakness in the bond market (which directly affects the rates lenders can offer). Becaus... (read more) Mortgage Rates 30 Yr. Fixed Rate 6.89% -0.02% Rate Change Points Mortgage News Daily 30 Yr. Fixed 6.89% -0.02 0.00 15 Yr. Fixed 6.21% -0.01 0.00 30 Yr. FHA 6.25% -0.04 0.00 30 Yr. Jumbo 7.00% -0.02 0.00 7/6 SOFR ARM 6.50% +0.05 0.00 30 Yr. VA 6.25% -0.05 0.00 Updates Daily - Last Update: 5/9 15 Yr. Fixed Rate 6.21% -0.01% Rate Change Points Freddie Mac 30 Yr. Fixed 6.76% 0.00 0.00 15 Yr. Fixed 5.89% -0.03 0.00 Updates Weekly - Last Update: 5/8 Rate Change Points Mortgage Bankers Assoc. 30 Yr. Fixed 6.84% -0.05 0.68 15 Yr. Fixed 6.17% 0.00 0.65 30 Yr. Jumbo 6.86% -0.02 0.46 Updates Weekly - Last Update: 5/7 MBS / Treasuries UMBS 30YR 5.5 99.12 +0.01 Price / Yield Change MBS UMBS 5.5 99.12 +0.01 UMBS 6.0 100.94 -0.03 GNMA 5.5 99.40 +0.02 GNMA 6.0 100.69 -0.11 Pricing as of: 5/11 3:57AM EST 10 Year US Treasury 4.3848 +0.0078 Price / Yield Change US Treasury 2 YR Treasury 3.901 +0.028 5 YR Treasury 3.997 +0.011 7 YR Treasury 4.183 +0.001 10 YR Treasury 4.385 +0.008 30 YR Treasury 4.838 +0.005 Pricing as of: 5/11 3:57AM EST Latest Video January new home sales drop nearly 7% Bank of America CEO: Loan demand showing consistent growth UK parliament votes on options to delay Brexit January new home sales fall short of expectations, down 6.9 percent Around the Web Reuters Fed officials see past misses as trouble for any new inflation approach Bloomberg May's Desperate Gamble on a Second Brexit Referendum Falls Flat Calculated Risk Blog Comments on April Existing Home Sales Reuters Home Depot same-store sales disappoint, warns of tariff impact Reuters May to ask lawmakers to vote on a second Brexit referendum Reuters U.S. existing home sales unexpectedly fall in April NAHB Eye on Housing New Single-Family Home Size: First Quarter 2019 Data CNBC Millennials had been good at staying out of bad credit card debt. Not anymore CNBC As the stock market makes a comeback, the bond market flashes a 'dire' warning about the economy CNBC Here's how to build a hurricane-resistant house and here's how much it costs Bloomberg Powell Says Leveraged Lending Isn't Posing a Crash Threat CNBC Business debt rising but not posing threat to system, Fed Chair Powell says Reuters Tight U.S. job market not attracting new people to the labor force: paper

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