Wednesday February 21, 2018 MND NewsWire - 11:16AM Existing Home Sales Decline, Inventory Still a Big Issue Sales of existing homes fell again in January, the second consecutive month-over-month decline. Sales of pre-owned single-family homes, townhomes, condos, and cooperative apartments ... Mortgage Rate Watch - 5:35PM Mortgage Rates Hit New 4-Year Highs Mortgage rates continued higher today following the release of the Minutes from the Federal Reserve's (aka "The Fed") most recent policy meeting. The Fed was slightly more upbeat than ... MND NewsWire - 8:24AM Mortgage Apps Finally Feeling Effects of Higher Rates Mortgage application volumes suffered their worst losses of 2018 last week. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said both purchase mortgages and applications for refinancing were ... Pipeline Press - 9:12AM Flagstar's Expansion; News Regarding Freddie and Fannie Why couldn’t the sesame seed leave the gambling casino? Because he was on a roll. In an admittedly weak segue, rolls are made in kitchens, and LOs may want to pass this link along ... MBS Day Ahead: Markets Expecting a Challenging Auction and Hawkish Fed Minutes MBS Week Ahead: Positions Part 2: Making Better Sense of Early 2018 Latest Video More News from 'Around the Web' CNBC - 5:26PM Here's how traders talked themselves into a sell-off Calculated Risk Blog - 5:24PM House Prices and Inventory www.nytimes.com - 3:34PM Fed Officials Say Economy Is Ready for Higher Rates www.consumerfinancemonitor.com - 3:28PM New HMDA Guide Issued by the FFIEC Federal Reserve - 2:10PM Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, January 30-31, 2018 CNBC - 2:10PM Fed minutes: All signs pointing to more rate hikes ahead CNBC - 1:58PM JP Morgan's Âbranch warfare' to beat up on Wells, support 19% stock surge: Morgan Stanley www.realtor.com - 12:31PM Lack of Homes on the Market Takes a Toll on First-Time Buyers CNBC - 11:28AM Homeownership is increasingly for the wealthy Calculated Risk Blog - 11:28AM AIA: "Architecture billings continue growth into 2018" CNBC - 11:01AM Fed should raise rates gradually this year, Kaplan says CNBC - 10:46AM Market awaits first Fed report after Yellen's hand-off to Powell CNBC - 10:36AM Fed's Harker expects two US rate hikes this year Bloomberg - 10:24AM Yen Surge Ends $353 Billion Insurer's Wait to Buy US Bonds Reuters - 9:42AM U.S. Treasury recommends preserving Dodd-Frank bank resolution regime CNBC - 9:19AM US Treasury yields slip ahead of Fed minutes CNBC - 8:19AM After 11th-hour tax reforms passed, advisors rushed to prevent big errors by panicky investors CNBC - 8:14AM Why this week's Fed minutes could hold the key to the market's next move Washington Post - 8:14AM New budget law includes last-minute tax relief for millions of homeowners | Today's Rates Average Mortgage Rates 15 Yr. Fixed | 3.45% | 1.22 | -0.02 | 30 Yr. Fixed | 4.14% | 1.32 | -0.01 |
30 Yr. Fixed | 4.06% | 0.38 | -0.05 | 15 Yr. Fixed | 3.34% | 0.38 | -0.02 | 30 Yr. Jumbo | 3.96% | 0.20 | -0.04 | 30 Yr. FHA | 3.98% | 0.35 | -0.04 | 5/1 ARM | 3.14% | 0.31 | -0.12 |
30 Yr. Fixed | 4.38% | 0.60 | +0.06 | 15 Yr. Fixed | 3.84% | 0.50 | +0.07 | 1 Yr. ARM | 2.68% | 0.20 | +0.01 | 5/1 Yr. ARM | 3.63% | 0.40 | +0.06 | Current Mortgage Rates »* FHFA averages are updated monthly. ** Mortgage Bankers Association (each Wednesday) and Freddie Mac (each Thursday) averages are updated weekly. | Secondary Markets 30YR FNMA 3.0 | 96.30 | -0.34 | 30YR FNMA 3.5 | 99.33 | -0.45 | 30YR GNMA 3.0 | 97.75 | -0.02 | 30YR GNMA 3.5 | 100.50 | -0.06 | 15YR FNMA 3.0 | 99.38 | -0.23 | 15YR FNMA 2.5 | 97.23 | -0.30 |
2 YR | 2.2701% | +0.0472 | 5 YR | 2.6858% | +0.0395 | 10 YR | 2.9519% | +0.0605 | 30 YR | 3.2280% | +0.0725 | Prices as of: 2/21/2018 5:06PM EST | Current MBS / Treasury Prices »MBS and Treasury data provided by Thomson Reuters.Mortgage News Daily and MBS Live! are exclusive re-distributors of Real Time Thomson Reuters Mortgage Information.Secondary Marketing Managers: If you are interested in gaining access to the most accurate real-time back-month TBA indications from Thomson Reuters and Tradeweb. Request More Information | |