Thursday March 21, 2019 Mortgage Rate Watch - 5:13PM Mortgage Rates Move Deeper Into Long-Term Lows Granted, we're not back to the sub-4% mortgage rates that dominated much of the past 8 years, but breaking into the high 3% range is a valid consideration after the past few days. Yesterday ... MND NewsWire - 8:11AM Homebuying Attitude Perked Up in Q1 Consumer attitudes about buying a home seem to be slowly swinging back to positive . The National Association of Realtors ® , in its Housing Opportunities and Market Experience ... MND NewsWire - 10:47AM Both Closing Times and Pull Through Rates Improved in February Ellie Mae's Origination Insight Report for February is headlined by both a decrease in closing times and, more significantly, further declines in mortgage interest rates. The company ... Pipeline Press - 10:33AM Vendor Management, Appraisal, and Compliance Products; FHA Changes Turning Heads Want a growth industry? How about aging? PulteGroup's Del Webb 55+ brand will build 10 new Del Webb communities , planned to open over the next 18 months. Boomers welcome! Another growth ... MBS Day Ahead: Anything Other Than a Crushing Defeat is a Big Victory Delinquencies Increase, But Still Down on the Year Latest Video More News from 'Around the Web' The Basis Point - 6:02PM Uh, did Facebook just say it's competing with Zillow? Reuters - 6:02PM EU wrestles with short Brexit delay as 'no deal' looms Calculated Risk Blog - 3:55PM Black Knight: National Mortgage Delinquency Rate Increased in February Reuters - 2:38PM The Fed is prodding Americans to buy more on credit www.realtor.com - 2:37PM As the Housing Market Shifts to Favor Buyers, This Remains the Biggest Hurdle Calculated Risk Blog - 1:07PM Existing Home Sales for February: Upside Surprise (Surprise for others) Reuters - 1:04PM Beneath Fed's positive spin, an embrace of a tepid future Reuters - 11:54AM IMF supports U.S. Fed's 'patient' halt to rate hikes CNBC - 11:04AM Mortgage rates just tanked  and they could go even lower Calculated Risk Blog - 9:50AM Philly Fed Mfg "Improved" in March Bloomberg - 9:20AM Scared of Stocks? Buy a House Instead Calculated Risk Blog - 8:49AM Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decreased to 221,000 CNBC - 8:05AM Bank of England holds interest rates steady amid Brexit chaos Reuters - 8:02AM Global stocks wilt as Fed shift sparks stampede into bonds Reuters - 8:02AM Inside the Fed's balance sheet in four charts | Today's Rates Average Mortgage Rates 15 Yr. Fixed | 4.22% | 1.43 | -0.12 | 30 Yr. Fixed | 4.78% | 1.18 | -0.20 |
30 Yr. Fixed | 4.67% | 0.00 | +0.02 | 15 Yr. Fixed | 0.00% | 0.00 | -4.00 | 30 Yr. Jumbo | 0.00% | 0.00 | -4.40 | 30 Yr. FHA | 0.00% | 0.00 | -4.64 | 5/1 ARM | 0.00% | 0.00 | -3.95 |
30 Yr. Fixed | 4.28% | 0.40 | -0.03 | 15 Yr. Fixed | 3.71% | 0.40 | -0.05 | 1 Yr. ARM | 2.68% | 0.20 | +0.01 | 5/1 Yr. ARM | 3.84% | 0.30 | +0.00 | 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 | 99.02 | +0.03 | 30YR FNMA 3.5 | 100.98 | +0.02 | 30YR GNMA 3.0 | 100.06 | +0.03 | 30YR GNMA 3.5 | 101.80 | +0.11 | 15YR FNMA 3.0 | 100.48 | +0.02 | 15YR FNMA 2.5 | 98.81 | -0.05 |
2 YR | 2.4104% | +0.0122 | 5 YR | 2.3412% | +0.0151 | 10 YR | 2.5387% | +0.0142 | 30 YR | 2.9651% | -0.0047 | Prices as of: 3/21/2019 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 | |