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Mortgage rates gave back yesterday's gains this morning following a stronger-than-expected employment report from ADP. While this is not the week's biggest jobs report, investors view it as one of several early indicators of the official Employment Situation (the big jobs report that comes out tomorrow morning). In general, stronger economic data (i.e. more job growth) tends to push rates higher and vice versa. In the bigger picture, today's move higher in rates will scarcely be detectable for most borrowers. In nearly every case , today's rate quote would be the same as yesterday's with the possible exception of slightly higher upfront costs today. When it comes to "note rates" (the actual interest rate applied to your mortgage balance, without regard for the upfront costs), we're still sideways
Mortgage Rate Watch
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Mortgage rates gave back yesterday's gains this morning following a stronger-than-expected employment report from ADP. While this is not the week's biggest jobs report, investors view it as one of several early indicators of the official Employment S... (read more)
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Housing News
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Fannie Mae said on Wednesday that its Book of Business increased at a compounded annual rate of 1.3 percent in April to a value of $3.164 trillion. The Book has increased by 1.9 percent year-to-date in 2017 and gained 1.4 percent for all of 2016. The... (read more)
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Housing News
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The total amount of construction put in place nationally fell in April, but continues at a pace higher than at the same point in 2016. The U.S. Census Bureau puts the seasonally adjusted annual rate of spending on all types of construction during the... (read more)
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Rob Chrisman
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Some may have the perception that no MI company has ever paid a claim, which isn’t true. USMI, the trade group for the majority of MIs, states that MI companies have paid over $50 billion since Fannie & Freddie entered conservatorship, havi... (read more)
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MBS Commentary
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Bond markets had been in a clearly-delineated positive trend from mid-March through mid-April followed by a clearly-delineated negative trend though mid-May. After breaking out of that uptrend--something that was only confirmed on May 17th,--bo... (read more)
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MBS Commentary
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Bond markets lost ground today, but less than you might expect given several of the typical inputs. In terms of economic data, this morning's ADP Employment Report made a fairly strong case for weakness in bonds , coming in at 253k vs a median... (read more)
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consumerfinancemonitor.com
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