Mon, Jun 20 2011, 12:13 PM
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Reader feedback on current industry trends, borrower...
Mon, Jun 20 2011, 11:15 AM
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96-22 : -0-02
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Mon, Jun 20 2011, 9:01 AM
Indecisive investor attitudes carry over into the week ahead where two major events are seen shaping outlooks.
The
U.S. Federal Reserve will conc...
Mon, Jun 20 2011, 4:15 PM
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Mon, Jun 20 2011, 4:02 PM
At the second anniversary of the current
economic expansion, housing remains stuck in a rut according to Fannie Mae's
Economic Outlook for June ...
Mon, Jun 20 2011, 3:31 PM
Home loan borrowing costs are hovering near the best levels we've seen all year. Volatility has however picked up in the bond market. Just last T...
Fri, Jun 17 2011, 11:23 AM
"Mama just hung her head and said,
'Papa was a rolling stone. Wherever he laid his hat was his
home...'"
The U.S. Census Bureau announced that a...
Fri, Jun 17 2011, 11:18 AM
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FNMA 3.5
96-25 : +0-01
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Fri, Jun 17 2011, 8:46 AM
Treasury yields are backing up as the stock market seeks to avoid a seventh consecutive week of declines.
Here is the short and sweet explanation.....
Fri, Jun 17 2011, 4:25 PM
A scary setback early in the week had us on the edge of our seats but home loan
borrowing costs managed to recover thanks to a "flight to safety" in...
Fri, Jun 17 2011, 4:18 PM
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96-27 : +0-03
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Thu, Jun 16 2011, 12:10 PM
The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development
have released New Residential Construction statistics for May 2011.
...
Thu, Jun 16 2011, 11:20 AM
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96-30 : +0-10
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Thu, Jun 16 2011, 10:48 AM
Could the end be near? There finally appears to be a developing
trend of good news on the foreclosure front as filings of all types declined by
two...
Thu, Jun 16 2011, 9:46 AM
The idea of Father's Day was conceived
slightly more than a century ago, not by Hallmark Card or Weber Grills, but by
Sonora Dodd of Spokane, Wash...
Thu, Jun 16 2011, 8:39 AM
The Eurodebt crisis continued to create chaos in overnight trading. Here's the headlines that moved the needle...
(Reuters) - ECB's Wellink ca...
Thu, Jun 16 2011, 6:17 PM
The benchmark 10-year note finished the day +14/32 at 101-23 yielding 2.926% (-4.9bps) and the 2s/10s yield curve bull flattened another 5 basis point...
Thu, Jun 16 2011, 4:52 PM
After experiencing a scary setback earlier in the week, home loan borrowing costs improved again today as a "flight to safety" continued to benefit bo...
Thu, Jun 16 2011, 4:20 PM
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Wed, Jun 15 2011, 12:46 PM
s California goes,
so goes the nation? If that is still mostly true, here is a shift in housing
demand that may be worth noting: UrbanRentals ...
Wed, Jun 15 2011, 11:39 AM
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today released its Weekly Mortgage
Applications Survey* for the week ending June 7, 2011.
The Refinance Ind...
Wed, Jun 15 2011, 11:17 AM
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Wed, Jun 15 2011, 8:23 AM
Bonds got crushed yesterday as equities took desperate measures to avoid an all out collapse. The 10yr note yield rose almost 12 basis points to 3.101...
Wed, Jun 15 2011, 5:36 PM
Rate sheet influential MBS prices took took a beating yesterday. The bond market's
behavior was so unfriendly that Best Execution mortgage rates nea...
Wed, Jun 15 2011, 4:22 PM
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FNMA 3.5
96-23 : +0-26
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Wed, Jun 15 2011, 3:54 PM
Home loan borrowing costs took a beating yesterday. The bond market's behavior was so unfriendly that Best Execution mortgage rates nearly shifted hig...
Wed, Jun 15 2011, 1:57 PM
The National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) today reported
that its Housing Market Index (HMI) fell
to 13 after standing at 16 for six out ...
Wed, Jun 15 2011, 1:01 PM
Despite the severe economic downturn,
persistent unemployment, and thousands of foreclosures, Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD) Shaun...
Tue, Jun 14 2011, 11:24 AM
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Tue, Jun 14 2011, 10:01 AM
The parent of Marie
Callender's restaurants (around since 1964), who also owns Perkins
Restaurants & Bakeries, has filed for bankruptcy protection a...
Tue, Jun 14 2011, 8:23 AM
Benchmark interest rates are once again under pressure as equities attempt another recovery bounce .
The 10-year Treasury note yield is three basi...
Tue, Jun 14 2011, 5:35 PM
The trend of increasing home loan borrowing costs that began last Thursday continued
today. Best-Execution mortgage rates are on the verge of shiftin...
Tue, Jun 14 2011, 5:06 PM
After stagnating for six straight sessions, benchmark interest rates finally broke technical support today and erased a chunk of positive progress.
...
Tue, Jun 14 2011, 4:19 PM
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Mon, Jun 13 2011, 12:39 PM
Rate sheet influential MBS coupons are venturing into positive territory as stocks shed modest gains and benchmark Treasuries recover from early sessi...
Mon, Jun 13 2011, 11:19 AM
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FNMA 3.5
96-21 : -0-03
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Mon, Jun 13 2011, 9:53 AM
"The evening news is where they begin
with 'Good Evening,' and then proceed to tell you why it isn't." So I
won't say "Good morning."
As Wells Fa...
Mon, Jun 13 2011, 9:08 AM
Investors this week will be given key data on second-quarter industrial production, retail sales, inflation, the housing market, consumer sentiment, a...
Mon, Jun 13 2011, 4:23 PM
After finally managing to topple " The Wall ", the mortgage rate rally stalled and went sideways last week.
We'd describe this pause as mortgage...
Mon, Jun 13 2011, 4:19 PM
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Mon, Jun 13 2011, 3:54 PM
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation Chair Sheila Bair recently took issue with the " Qualified Residential Mortgage " rule in a wide rangin...
Fri, Jun 10 2011, 11:19 AM
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97-00 : +0-13
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Fri, Jun 10 2011, 10:04 AM
The Departments of Housing and Urban
Development and Treasury issued their joint Housing Scorecard for May on
Thursday. The big news is that the...
Fri, Jun 10 2011, 8:22 AM
Is the flight to quality back on? Ten-year Treasury yields are 3.5 basis points lower in early trading at 2.96% and the Fannie Mae 4.0 MBS coupon is ...
Fri, Jun 10 2011, 4:19 PM
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Fri, Jun 10 2011, 3:38 PM
After tearing down "The Wall" last Friday, the mortgage rate rally stalled and went sideways this week.
We'd describe this pause as mortgage rates...
Fri, Jun 10 2011, 1:07 PM
If someone
"about scares you half to death" twice, what happens? What home
builder economists lower their predictions twice, what happens? HomeBui...
Thu, Jun 9 2011, 11:20 AM
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FNMA 3.5
97-08 : -0-06
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Thu, Jun 9 2011, 10:30 AM
"I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not so
sure." But one thing that I am sure of is transparency. Sterne Agee
released prepayment information, impo...
Thu, Jun 9 2011, 8:23 AM
Benchmark Treasuries traded a bit weaker in the overnight session but are gaining strength ahead of U.S. econ data and a 30-year bond auction. The 1...
