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Mortgage rates were mixed today, depending on the lender, as well as the time of day. Earlier this morning, most lenders were quoting slightly higher rates compared to last Friday. As the day progressed, bond markets worked through some of the events that had been causing anxiety and trading levels improved. That paved the way for several lenders to offer mid-day improvements on rate sheets. This brought the average lender back to 'unchanged' by mid-day, and just barely lower by the end of the day. 4.25% remains the most prevalently-quoted conventional 30yr fixed rate on top tier scenarios, but 4.125% is nearly as common. Bond market anxiety remains over the next 2 days, which could serve to limit the potential for a big bounce back. There is widespread agreement that the Fed will hike its
Mortgage Rate Watch
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Mortgage rates were mixed today, depending on the lender, as well as the time of day. Earlier this morning, most lenders were quoting slightly higher rates compared to last Friday. As the day progressed, bond markets worked through some of the events... (read more)
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Housing News
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Multi-family housing, in the words of a Freddie Mac executive vice president, is on a roll . David Brickman says his company is on track to purchase approximately $55 billion in multifamily loans this year and to securitize over $50 billion of them. ... (read more)
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Housing News
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Another in a series of articles from Corelogic Senior Product Manager, MaiClaire Bolton, about assessing earthquake risk from a mortgage and insurance perspective focuses on the Pacific Northwest. While the region is not generally high on the list, a... (read more)
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MBS Commentary
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Fed policy is one of the biggest, most consistent market movers for bonds. With such a high likelihood of a hike, bond markets surely must be focused on this Wednesday's Fed Announcement, right?
Yes and no. Sure, if you read th... (read more)
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Rob Chrisman
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“The Mile High City” has seen solid appreciation, but NAR expects that to slow in 2017. (Chicago is expected to put in the worst performance of the top 100 metro areas in 2017.) While we’re on “The Mile High City (puns still a... (read more)
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MBS Commentary
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We were hoping to see some traction for bond markets after today's Treasury auctions, and we got it! Unfortunately, the overnight session pushed yields to the highest levels in more than 2 years before the domestic session began. In oth... (read more)
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