Wednesday April 18, 2018 MND NewsWire - 12:01PM UI Says Underwriters Should Consider Rent History Access to credit remains tight and the Urban Institute (UI) blames in part that lenders are not measuring the credit risk of borrowers appropriately. Laurie Goodman and Jun Zhu, writing ... MND NewsWire - 10:36AM Freddie Mac: Shop Smart, Save Big They aren't suggesting you shop 'til you drop, but Freddie Mac says neither should borrowers buy the first mortgage they see. Doug McManus and Elias Yannopoulos, members of the company ... MND NewsWire - 8:31AM Mortgage Application Activity Surges The pace of mortgage applications picked up during the week ended April 13, ending a two-week slide. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported its indices for both purchase mortgages ... Mortgage Rate Watch - 3:25PM Mortgage Rates Inch Higher as Bonds Suggest More Trouble Ahead Mortgage rates moved higher today as bond markets continued a mildly weaker trend for the month of April. Bonds (which underlie rates) are under pressure for a variety of reasons. The ... MBS Day Ahead: Bonds At Mercy of Earnings Ramp-Up, But Curve Could Help TPO and Warehouse Products; Training Events; MBA Shows Decrease in Volume, Profits Latest Video More News from 'Around the Web' CNBC - 3:16PM U.S. Senate favors undoing consumer bureau's auto guidance CNBC - 2:14PM Fed: Steel prices rising due to tariffs; economic outlook remains positive CNBC - 12:52PM The top 10 most expensive places to buy a home in the US freddiemac.mwnewsroom.com - 11:22AM Freddie Mac Prices New $2.5 Billion Two-Year Reference Notes Security Calculated Risk Blog - 11:01AM AIA: "Architecture billings remain positive in March" PR Newswire - 10:14AM NAR, realtor.com® Report Housing Supply and Affordability Are at Odds in Markets Across U.S. CNBC - 8:36AM Wall Street is set to open higher after blockbuster earnings www.nytimes.com - 8:34AM California Lawmakers Kill Housing Bill After Fierce Debate www.freddiemac.mwnewsroom.com - 8:31AM Freddie Mac April 2018 Insight | Today's Rates Average Mortgage Rates 15 Yr. Fixed | 3.65% | 1.14 | +0.09 | 30 Yr. Fixed | 4.19% | 1.21 | +0.02 |
30 Yr. Fixed | 4.68% | 0.46 | -0.01 | 15 Yr. Fixed | 4.12% | 0.51 | +0.05 | 30 Yr. Jumbo | 4.55% | 0.37 | +0.00 | 30 Yr. FHA | 4.69% | 0.81 | -0.04 | 5/1 ARM | 3.83% | 0.68 | -0.10 |
30 Yr. Fixed | 4.42% | 0.40 | +0.02 | 15 Yr. Fixed | 3.87% | 0.40 | +0.00 | 1 Yr. ARM | 2.68% | 0.20 | +0.01 | 5/1 Yr. ARM | 3.61% | 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 | 96.81 | -0.28 | 30YR FNMA 3.5 | 99.63 | -0.22 | 30YR GNMA 3.0 | 98.14 | -0.14 | 30YR GNMA 3.5 | 100.67 | -0.19 | 15YR FNMA 3.0 | 99.34 | -0.14 | 15YR FNMA 2.5 | 97.36 | -0.19 |
2 YR | 2.4314% | +0.0374 | 5 YR | 2.7326% | +0.0428 | 10 YR | 2.8746% | +0.0442 | 30 YR | 3.0601% | +0.0435 | Prices as of: 4/18/2018 4:19PM 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 | |