Wednesday August 16, 2017 Mortgage Rate Watch - 5:05PM Mortgage Rates Back to 2017 Lows on Trump Tweet Mortgage rates dropped today after news broke (first rumors, then confirmation via Twitter) that President Trump was disbanding his councils of CEOs. The move apparently came in response ... MND NewsWire - 10:57AM Pitiful Housing Supply Slighted Dampened Q2 Home Sales Headstrong is a rather interesting word, but the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) chose it to describe the continuing imbalance between supply and demand in the housing market ... MND NewsWire - 9:54AM Construction Indicators Slide, Housing Starts Suffer After posting unexpectedly high numbers in June, all three residential construction indicators lost ground in July , and one, housing starts, is now running below its year-ago rate ... Pipeline Press - 8:33AM More and More eClosings; Credit Score Trends: 850 FICO a Goal? I’ve only been in this business since the mid-80s, and as a capital markets person always find it amusing when an owner says, “If it wasn’t for TBA pair off costs ... MBS Day Ahead: How Much Might Today's Fed Minutes Matter? Purchases Drag Down Mortgage Application Volume Latest Video More News from 'Around the Web' Reuters - 3:57PM Fed's Mester says U.S. rate hikes should continue despite weak inflation Calculated Risk Blog - 3:55PM NY Fed: "Household Borrowing Grows Modestly; Credit Card Delinquencies Rise" Federal Reserve - 2:16PM Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, July 25-26, 2017 Reuters - 2:15PM Fed policymakers grow more worried about weak inflation: minutes Reuters - 1:59PM Trump says ending two CEO advisory panels: tweet eyeonhousing.org - 1:57PM New Single-Family Home Size Trends Lower www.realtor.com - 12:26PM Every Region of U.S. Sees Fewer New Homes Hitting the MarketÂExcept One Market Watch - 12:26PM Fed's Fischer calls Trump-led rollback of Wall Street regulations âÂÂmind-boggling' Calculated Risk Blog - 12:26PM Comments on July Housing Starts Google News - 12:26PM Home Prices Jump 6.2 Percent in Second Quarter; Eclipse 2016 High www.consumerfinancemonitor.com - 10:42AM CFPB warns consumers about debt relief/settlement companies; Ballard to hold Nov. 9 webinar CNBC - 9:35AM US stocks open higher as Wall Street braces for the release of Fed meeting summary CNBC - 8:47AM US housing starts, permits fall unexpectedly in July CNBC - 8:22AM Great Recession so deep that people don't trust long-term investments, Atlanta Fed president says Bloomberg - 8:20AM Texas Is a Homebuilding Machine. And the Rest of the US? | Today's Rates Average Mortgage Rates 15 Yr. Fixed | 3.06% | 1.30 | +0.03 | 30 Yr. Fixed | 3.76% | 1.38 | +0.03 |
30 Yr. Fixed | 4.13% | 0.32 | +0.00 | 15 Yr. Fixed | 3.39% | 0.33 | -0.01 | 30 Yr. Jumbo | 4.09% | 0.20 | +0.01 | 30 Yr. FHA | 4.02% | 0.41 | -0.02 | 5/1 ARM | 3.31% | 0.25 | +0.05 |
30 Yr. Fixed | 3.90% | 0.50 | -0.03 | 15 Yr. Fixed | 3.18% | 0.50 | +0.00 | 1 Yr. ARM | 2.68% | 0.20 | +0.01 | 5/1 Yr. ARM | 3.14% | 0.50 | -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 | 100.41 | +0.09 | 30YR FNMA 3.5 | 103.11 | +0.08 | 30YR GNMA 3.0 | 101.48 | -0.06 | 30YR GNMA 3.5 | 104.02 | -0.02 | 15YR FNMA 3.0 | 102.94 | +0.08 | 15YR FNMA 2.5 | 100.92 | +0.08 |
2 YR | 1.3464% | -0.0041 | 5 YR | 1.8103% | -0.0150 | 10 YR | 2.2535% | -0.0193 | 30 YR | 2.8284% | -0.0189 | Prices as of: 8/16/2017 1:11PM 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 | |