Wed, Apr 13 2011, 1:50 PM
Treasury just sold $21 billion reopened 10-year notes. Demand could be described as "apathetic" as investors seemed to scoff at higher prices/lowe...
Tue, Apr 12 2011, 12:17 PM
At a summit held in
Charlotte, North Carolina on Monday, the new Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau (CFPB) and the Presidential Initiative Working...
Tue, Apr 12 2011, 11:17 AM
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Tue, Apr 12 2011, 10:12 AM
I continue to receive input from
the origination "trenches. "'Safe Harbor' against the steering
provisions in the new LO Compensation regulation is ...
Tue, Apr 12 2011, 8:27 AM
Good Morning.
We begin the day with benchmark 10s +14/32 at 100-24 yielding 3.532%, 5.5bps lower vs. yesterday's going out marks, and the yield cu...
Tue, Apr 12 2011, 4:33 PM
Home loan borrowing costs declined significantly today, leading to an
improvement in the conventional 30-year fixed Best-Execution mortgage rate.
...
Tue, Apr 12 2011, 4:17 PM
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Tue, Apr 12 2011, 3:58 PM
Risk trades were peeled off today and the bond market rallied. The directional move was more than welcome by bond bulls as it served to stave off an a...
Mon, Apr 11 2011, 11:35 AM
Western Springs National Bank and
Trust (IL) was closed Friday by the OCC, which in turn appointed the FDIC as
receiver, which, in turn, entered int...
Mon, Apr 11 2011, 11:19 AM
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Mon, Apr 11 2011, 10:24 AM
The week ahead holds a wide variety of data and events.
The
bond market is focused on inflation reports and Treasury auctions while
stock inve...
Mon, Apr 11 2011, 4:50 PM
After being stuck in the same spot for over a month, home loan borrowing costs shot higher last Wednesday at their most violent pace since early Febru...
Mon, Apr 11 2011, 4:19 PM
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Mon, Apr 11 2011, 3:25 PM
April Fannie and Freddie 30 year fixed MBS coupon have begun the
settlement process and it will soon look like MBS prices just plummeted.
WHY??...
Fri, Apr 8 2011, 12:45 PM
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) has what it calls
"strong reservations" about the short timetable set out by the Departments
of Treasury, Hou...
Fri, Apr 8 2011, 11:17 AM
We're watching CSPAN, waiting to see how the shutdown plays out. We think it goes into the weekend. Either way, finger pointing and bickering has hit ...
Fri, Apr 8 2011, 10:51 AM
Rain or shine, whether or not the
US government is closed or open, the US Treasury will be open next week to
auction off $32 billion in 3-yr notes, ...
Fri, Apr 8 2011, 8:43 AM
Not
much economic data is on the calendar today. Investors are focusing on whether Republicans and Democrats can find a last-minute
compromise on ...
Fri, Apr 8 2011, 4:17 PM
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Fri, Apr 8 2011, 4:10 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher this week following a RELEASE
OF STORED ENERGY.
The chart below graphs the average origination closing costs tie...
Thu, Apr 7 2011, 11:17 AM
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Thu, Apr 7 2011, 10:36 AM
Did the
Texas owner of the company "America's Best Mortgage and Creative
Solutions" in St. Martinville, LA get a little too "creative"?
She is accu...
Thu, Apr 7 2011, 8:30 AM
Interest rates are still trending higher and equities are catching a bid this morning after the European Central Bank announced a hawkish shift in mon...
Thu, Apr 7 2011, 4:17 PM
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Thu, Apr 7 2011, 3:33 PM
Following yesterday's abrupt move higher, home loan borrowing costs spent the day feeling
out their new range. Best-Execution mortgage
rates and ...
Thu, Apr 7 2011, 1:57 PM
There are cuter couples out there, but if today's stock lever performance is used as
a benchmark, none are more closely joined.
Far from holy
...
Thu, Apr 7 2011, 1:43 PM
REIS
Inc, an impartial source of commercial real estate data, has confirmed
Mortgage News Daily's prediction earlier this year that renters coul...
Thu, Apr 7 2011, 1:16 PM
Maryann F. Hunter, Deputy Director, Division
of Banking Supervision and Regulation, Federal Reserve Bank told the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Financi...
Wed, Apr 6 2011, 12:21 PM
The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume,
decreased 2.0 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier...
Wed, Apr 6 2011, 11:22 AM
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Wed, Apr 6 2011, 10:34 AM
BAD NEWS: A decision has been made. The loan originator compensation delay has been dissolved. New compensation plans are now in effect.
From the...
Wed, Apr 6 2011, 9:43 AM
Under the just-made-up category
of "If you can't build 'em, join 'em," Beazer Homes USA is
officially entering the rental business , as the home bu...
Wed, Apr 6 2011, 8:43 AM
Treasuries weakened across the yield curve Tuesday as bond investors expressed their nervous sentiments over a few increasingly vocal inflation hawks ...
Wed, Apr 6 2011, 4:38 PM
After being stuck in the same spot for over a month, home loan borrowing costs shot higher today at their most violent pace
since early February. Bes...
Wed, Apr 6 2011, 4:21 PM
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Wed, Apr 6 2011, 3:54 PM
On March 11th we wrote , "Lots of headlines to digest lately. What region is the market focused on again? North Africa, the Middle East, Spain, Portu...
Wed, Apr 6 2011, 3:20 PM
There have been six major banking crises in developing countries since the mid-1970s, all were associated with housing booms followed by busts accordi...
Wed, Apr 6 2011, 2:32 PM
Congress needs to pass a "Continuing Resolution" by midnight on Friday, April 8th to avoid a government shutdown.
From Wikipedia : A continuing ...
Tue, Apr 5 2011, 11:22 AM
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Tue, Apr 5 2011, 10:46 AM
This column originally appeared in the April 2011 issue of Asset Securitization Report (www.sourcemedia.com). The outcome of the negotiations betwee...
Tue, Apr 5 2011, 9:37 AM
Mark
Twain wrote, "The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is
that the taxidermist leaves the skin."
It is "tax time" for many
...
Tue, Apr 5 2011, 8:30 AM
The European debt crisis is back in focus today.
Interest rates are mostly unchanged while equity futures are being
pressured lower this morning ...
Tue, Apr 5 2011, 4:23 PM
Just in case you've missed any of these developments or just needed a refresher, here is the latest on originator compensation reform.
On Friday, ...
Tue, Apr 5 2011, 4:22 PM
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Tue, Apr 5 2011, 4:10 PM
Home loan borrowing costs inched modestly higher today. Best-Execution mortgage rates didn't budge.
As noted on several occasions, the broader bond...
Tue, Apr 5 2011, 2:00 PM
The March edition of the Obama Administration's
Housing Scorecard again remarks on the fragility of the U.S. housing market and
the need to cont...
Tue, Apr 5 2011, 1:25 PM
After coming in the door slightly better than yesterday, bond markets
took a relatively abrupt turn for the worse--one open to a bit of
speculatio...
Mon, Apr 4 2011, 11:17 AM
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Mon, Apr 4 2011, 10:04 AM
The executive who became the first
Risk Manager of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will now, at least temporarily
head the agency.
Robe...
Mon, Apr 4 2011, 9:55 AM
Buffalo
Springfield wrote, "There's something happening here, what it is ain't
exactly clear..." But there is one movement that appears to be cleare...
