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| MBS RECAP: Volatility Inside a Range; Still Waiting For "Something" | ||
| 1/23/2019 2:29 PM | ||
| Posted To: MBS CommentaryThere are several "somethings" that could prove inspirational for bond markets at the moment. The biggest among those continues to be any major shift in the stock market. Specifically, if stocks move to threaten recent lows or challenge Oct/Nov highs, bonds would almost c...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Up to New Highs For 2019 | ||
| 1/23/2019 2:06 PM | ||
| Posted To: Mortgage Rate WatchMortgage rates jumped a bit today, as lenders got caught up with the bond market movements from last Friday. It"s fair to wonder why they wouldn"t have done this yesterday. The reason has to do with the timing of market movement and the threshold for lenders to make mid-day rate sh...Read More | ||
| FHFA Home Prices See No Slowdown | ||
| 1/23/2019 9:56 AM | ||
| Posted To: MND NewsWireThe Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) said its November Housing Price Index recorded an 0.4 percent gain compared to October. The October increase, previously reported at 0.3 percent, was revised to 0.4 percent as well. FHFA numbers, which are calculated from sales price information for homes f...Read More | ||
| Sales Products and Webinars; Freedom Joins FHA/VA Pricing Competition | ||
| 1/23/2019 9:03 AM | ||
| Posted To: Pipeline PressThe wholesale pricing wars continue, the latest salvo from Freedom Mortgage in the FHA & VA stadium (see below). Fans of FHA lending, who tend to bristle at the suggestion that the program is “subprime redux,” pay careful attention to what is going on...Read More | ||
| MBS Day Ahead: Unfriendly Trends in Stocks and Bonds, But For How Long? | ||
| 1/23/2019 8:01 AM | ||
| Posted To: MBS CommentaryBond yields and stock prices are beginning the day in moderately higher territory than yesterday. This keeps a negative trend intact for bonds (both in terms of the higher bond yields themselves as well as the higher stock prices that have gone hand in hand with January's corre...Read More | ||
| Prolonged Shutdown Could be Trouble for Housing | ||
| 1/23/2019 7:27 AM | ||
| Posted To: MND NewsWireFannie Mae does not expect a lasting impact from the current partial government shutdown, at least if it is over soon. In its January Economic Developments report, the company"s Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Macroeconomic Forecast Team again predicts a slowing in economic growth, down from ...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Applications Settle Back into Winter Norms | ||
| 1/23/2019 7:15 AM | ||
| Posted To: MND NewsWireMortgage applications returned to more normal levels during the week ended January 18 after two rather post-holiday periods. Both purchasing and refinancing were down from double digit levels and the Mortgage Bankers Association"s (MBA) Market Composite Index gave back a small portion of the 37 per...Read More | ||
| MBS RECAP: Bonds Pull Out Come-From-Behind Victory Thanks to Stocks | ||
| 1/22/2019 3:39 PM | ||
| Posted To: MBS CommentaryFor those who pay any sort of attention to technicals or simply to "key levels" in the bond market, Friday was the gloomiest day we've had in a while. It was the first time that a major overhead ceiling had been broken in more than 2 weeks of mostly sideways momentum....Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Dodging Some Risk For Now | ||
| 1/22/2019 3:06 PM | ||
| Posted To: Mortgage Rate WatchMortgage rates were higher heading into the end of the previous week. To make matters worse, as of Friday afternoon, it didn"t look like the average lender had fully accounted for the losses in the bond market. Bonds dictate interest rate movement. When it comes to mortgages, lende...Read More | ||
| Big Changes at Fannie/Freddie, Is Conservatorship Nearing an End? | ||
| 1/22/2019 10:46 AM | ||
| Posted To: MND NewsWireMarketWatch is reporting that Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) along with Treasury and other parts of the administration are about to reveal a plan to end the 10-year plus conservatorship of the two GSEs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Joseph Otting, who is keeping the FHFA director"s seat warm un...Read More | ||