Fri, Mar 9 2012, 11:33 AM
The Federal Housing Finance Agency,
conservator of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae has produced a scorecard for the two
government sponsored enterprises ...
Fri, Mar 9 2012, 11:22 AM
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Fri, Mar 9 2012, 9:21 AM
"Hey
Rob, just a hunch here but figured it probably plays into the equation. FHA is
requiring that we pull case numbers on or after June 11 on this ...
Fri, Mar 9 2012, 8:01 AM
Yesterday's Jobless Claims report--the day's only piece of domestic economic data--proved to be a non-event, with markets instead focusing on trading ...
Fri, Mar 9 2012, 4:22 PM
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Fri, Mar 9 2012, 2:53 PM
Today's headline is a bit of a play on Yesterday's: Mortgage Rates Completely Flat Ahead of Tomorrow's Jobs Data . The monthly Employment Situation ...
Fri, Mar 9 2012, 1:45 PM
Today had such good potential as far as market-movers go... Not only did we have The Employment Situation Report-- always the most important piece...
Fri, Mar 9 2012, 1:00 PM
Freddie Mac announced that it has posted
a net income of 619 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 and total
comprehensive income of 1....
Thu, Mar 8 2012, 11:15 AM
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Thu, Mar 8 2012, 9:51 AM
Here's a
walk down Memory Lane. "From my point of view, if 80% of the sub-prime
borrowers are managing to make ends meet and make the mortgage payme...
Thu, Mar 8 2012, 8:02 AM
Bond markets open today slightly weaker after an overnight session characterized by linear, uneventful selling within a range and extremely light volu...
Thu, Mar 8 2012, 4:37 PM
As capital market consultants, we spend a lot of time talking and thinking about servicing-what it is, how it is valued, and how it can be expected to...
Thu, Mar 8 2012, 4:15 PM
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Thu, Mar 8 2012, 2:32 PM
Yesterday, we noted that Mortgages Rates were essentially unchanged. By comparison, today is even more unchanged! Certainly, Best-Execution of...
Thu, Mar 8 2012, 2:05 PM
CoreLogic's March edition of The Market Pulse , produced in a magazine
format, has two articles that caught our attention. The first, "Keep on Tr...
Thu, Mar 8 2012, 1:50 PM
Late this afternoon, it's time once again to retire the current month's crop of Fannie and Freddie 30yr Fixed MBS. While the drop in prices between M...
Wed, Mar 7 2012, 12:36 AM
The chips are increasingly hitting the table in the poker match between Greece and its private sector bond-holders. Some higher profile banks have ac...
Wed, Mar 7 2012, 11:15 AM
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Wed, Mar 7 2012, 10:36 AM
The ink is barely dry on the $25 billion
dollar mortgage settlement with banks that is meant, in part, to compensate homebuyers
hurt by fraudule...
Wed, Mar 7 2012, 10:28 AM
There are
some darned clever folks out there. Although this has nothing to do with
mortgages, making a Mercedes "invisible" is noteworthy (scroll do...
Wed, Mar 7 2012, 9:52 AM
Although MBS and Treasuries have recovered from their weaker levels of the morning, both sides of the market have had a tough time trying to rally b...
Wed, Mar 7 2012, 8:28 AM
Mortgage
applications were down 1.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis during the
week ended March 2 but rose 10.2 percent on an unadjusted ba...
Wed, Mar 7 2012, 8:23 AM
The Office of the Inspector General
( OIG ) for the Federal Housing Finance Agency ( FHFA ) has completed an audit to
assess whether FHFA has an e...
Wed, Mar 7 2012, 4:15 PM
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Wed, Mar 7 2012, 2:50 PM
Two companies released home price data
on Wednesday. CoreLogic released its
Home Price Index (HPI) for the month of January while Lender Process...
Wed, Mar 7 2012, 2:33 PM
Consumer attitudes about the economy
have risen considerably over the past few months while their confidence in
their own financial situations have ...
Wed, Mar 7 2012, 1:49 PM
Mortgages Rates were essentially unchanged today. Several lenders showed small improvements and at least as many, moderate deterioration, with one...
Tue, Mar 6 2012, 11:24 AM
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Tue, Mar 6 2012, 11:08 AM
As has
been said, there is plenty of blame to go around. Sometimes the press even
notices that not all borrowers are above culpability .
Texas i...
Tue, Mar 6 2012, 10:05 AM
Today President Barack Obama will announce plans
to allow homeowners with FHA insured loans refinance at lower rates and will
also detail an agreeme...
Tue, Mar 6 2012, 8:06 AM
Bond markets are modestly improved overnight as 10yr yields returned to their February midpoint near 1.98 after rumors circulated that the deadline fo...
Tue, Mar 6 2012, 4:24 PM
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Tue, Mar 6 2012, 2:44 PM
Mortgages Rates improved slightly today after rumors circulated regarding Greece's private bond swap efforts. Today's improvements tip the scales ...
Tue, Mar 6 2012, 2:32 PM
As MND reported earlier this
morning, President Obama is set to announce changes in fees charged to
FHA-insured borrowers who wish to refinance in...
Tue, Mar 6 2012, 2:21 PM
Both foreclosure starts and foreclosure
sales jumped significantly in January according to data released today by
Lender Processing Services (LP...
Tue, Mar 6 2012, 1:06 PM
MBS and Treasuries continue to trade in positive territory in reasonably strong volume on what has turned out to be a good example of a "risk-off" day...
Mon, Mar 5 2012, 11:24 AM
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Mon, Mar 5 2012, 9:39 AM
Investors,
those left, have been somewhat busy recently, adjusting
underwriting and documentation guidelines to continue to make current
production...
Mon, Mar 5 2012, 9:36 AM
n the interesting
side, per the FDIC, there were no new banks created in the US in 2011, making
it the first year since at least 1984 that the count...
Mon, Mar 5 2012, 7:56 AM
Bond markets experienced almost the full spectrum of February's range last week, with 10yr yields moving from the lows of the range, to the highs, and...
Mon, Mar 5 2012, 4:24 PM
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Mon, Mar 5 2012, 3:44 PM
As is sometimes the case on Monday's, market movements and changes in Mortgages Rates are fairly subdued to begin the week. Mortgage rates are so...
Mon, Mar 5 2012, 1:32 PM
HOPE NOW , the voluntary foreclosure
prevention program put together by a private sector group of mortgage
servicers, investors, mortgage insurers, ...
Mon, Mar 5 2012, 1:01 PM
MBS opened today just over the well-travelled 103-10 pivot point and moved higher to hold a sideways range around 103-16 since 10am. Volume has been ...
Fri, Mar 2 2012, 11:19 AM
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Fri, Mar 2 2012, 10:05 AM
It's been a good morning so far for production MBS as Fannie 3.5's are back above price levels from Wednesday afternoon. Improving the situation is s...
Fri, Mar 2 2012, 9:55 AM
March is
National Women's History Month. Contrary to what some believe, it is not in
honor of this "classic" 30 second clip . (Sometimes I crack my...
Fri, Mar 2 2012, 7:43 AM
Bond markets spent most of the day yesterday defending recent ranges as MBS and 10yr yields were both backed up against recent technical support. Thi...
Fri, Mar 2 2012, 5:23 PM
The February edition of the Housing
Scorecard was released by the Departments of Treasury and Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) on Friday. In w...
Fri, Mar 2 2012, 4:24 PM
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