Wednesday December 20, 2017 Mortgage Rate Watch - 2:26PM Mortgage Rates Highest Since Late October Mortgage rates continued higher today, largely due to momentum in bond markets (which dictate rates) carrying over from yesterday. Trading was far less active today and the movement ... MND NewsWire - 11:04AM Existing Home Sales Post Largest Gains Since 2015 Existing home sales pulled off a hat trick in November, and the third successive monthly increase was a substantial one. The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) says sales rose ... Pipeline Press - 9:36AM Politics and The Tax Bill's Impact on Fannie/Freddie; Inflation and Housing “Look, if a man says he will fix it, he will. There’s no need to remind him every six months.” Humor aside, it seems that Facebook is fixing things so that, in the ... MND NewsWire - 9:23AM Rising Credit Risk Remains in Normal Bounds Mortgage credit risk has edged up over the last year, but CoreLogic says that it remains well within an acceptable range , comparable to that of loans issued in the early 2000s. The ... MBS Day Ahead: Bond Selling Acting Like "Real Deal." Any Hope on The Horizon? Mortgage Applications Stumble, Refi's Remain Strong Latest Video More News from 'Around the Web' CNBC - 4:07PM The bond market hasn't behaved this way for a long time www.realtor.com - 2:00PM Apartment Landlords Dodge Tax Bullet NMHC - 1:59PM Congress Urges Action on Disparate Impact CNBC - 12:59PM House has enough votes to send tax bill to Trump's desk www.realtor.com - 12:21PM Buyers Act Fast: Existing Homes Are Selling Quickly Calculated Risk Blog - 11:50AM AIA: Architecture Billings Index Increases in November NMHC - 11:17AM Harvard's 2017 Rental Housing Report eyeonhousing.org - 10:14AM Most States Saw Permits Growth Over October YTD Bloomberg - 8:51AM Congress Dives Into Shutdown Drama Hours After GOP Win on Taxes Reuters - 8:51AM House to vote again on tax bill; Trump on verge of win Bloomberg - 8:45AM Bond Market Breaks Out, but in a Bad Way CNBC - 8:43AM Strange 'disconnect' in the market is raising a red flag for one market watcher | 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 | 3.93% | 0.50 | -0.01 | 15 Yr. Fixed | 3.36% | 0.50 | +0.00 | 1 Yr. ARM | 2.68% | 0.20 | +0.01 | 5/1 Yr. ARM | 3.36% | 0.30 | +0.01 | 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 | 99.36 | -0.23 | 30YR FNMA 3.5 | 102.16 | -0.19 | 30YR GNMA 3.0 | 100.56 | -0.36 | 30YR GNMA 3.5 | 103.20 | -0.25 | 15YR FNMA 3.0 | 101.53 | -0.05 | 15YR FNMA 2.5 | 99.44 | -0.11 |
2 YR | 1.8608% | +0.0083 | 5 YR | 2.2399% | +0.0204 | 10 YR | 2.5007% | +0.0417 | 30 YR | 2.8783% | +0.0639 | Prices as of: 12/20/2017 4:16PM 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 | |