Thu, Apr 22 2010, 1:42 PM
The NAR's comments sum up the month best: “The home buyer tax credit has been a resounding success as these underlying trends point to a broad stabili...
Thu, Apr 22 2010, 1:32 PM
f you already locked, you're good. If you haven't, and HAVE seen a reprice for the worse today, you can afford to wait and hope for a not-as-likely t...
Wed, Apr 21 2010, 10:25 AM
Besides the pool of potential homebuyers who might be waiting for the tax credit to expire (in hopes of home prices falling further as a portion of de...
Wed, Apr 21 2010, 10:19 AM
FHA Issues Final Rule on Lender Approval Process; No Guarantee Tax Credit Loan Close By June 30; Several Investor Updates
Wed, Apr 21 2010, 9:18 AM
* MBS opened up as high as 100-10 before 9am, trends still developing
* The 10yr took a nice "baby bounce" off yesterday's low yield as a MAJOR p...
Wed, Apr 21 2010, 8:09 AM
Ahead of earnings statements from Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley, equity futures are soft this morning while commodity prices are modestly higher.
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Wed, Apr 21 2010, 6:03 PM
Not sure and we really don't want to look too much into this market's "feelings" at the moment. The empty economics calendar, constant babble about Go...
Wed, Apr 21 2010, 5:30 PM
Mortgage rates did improve today, but the Treasury Department will announce the terms of next week's government debt auctions at 11am tomorrow. The Tr...
Wed, Apr 21 2010, 3:38 PM
The "rate sheet influential" FN 4.5 MBS coupon is just off its highest prices/lowest yields of the day and one major lender just repriced for the bett...
Wed, Apr 21 2010, 3:37 PM
Jonathan Spurr, a like-minded colleague of mine and a wholesale account rep for 18 years came up with this idea which we just pitched to the Arizona D...
Wed, Apr 21 2010, 1:48 PM
Best possibility remains reprices for the better. Take note of how aggressive the pricing is (or isn't). And if you're looking at something that's a...
Tue, Apr 20 2010, 12:20 PM
Fannie Mae: "We believe that the recent pickup in mortgage rates will not be sustained. Our view on mortgage rates is little changed from the previous...
Tue, Apr 20 2010, 11:39 AM
Anything New in Warehouse Lending?; Long Term Locks and RESPA; DO/DU Version 8.1 Release Notes; Earnings News
Tue, Apr 20 2010, 10:38 AM
Activity seems subdued. If I were looking for a reason to believe that chopatility might trigger the above offered reprice targets, I might say a lack...
Tue, Apr 20 2010, 10:22 AM
We need regulation, but we need it to be implemented with careful consideration from the people who operate in the real life environment. We need ope...
Tue, Apr 20 2010, 8:17 AM
Equity futures are pointing higher this morning after Goldman Sachs clobbered earnings expectations for the first quarter. The controversial Wall Stre...
Tue, Apr 20 2010, 5:41 PM
Tue, Apr 20 2010, 4:02 PM
Despite mortgage rates bumping a few basis points higher, I continue to favor locking. Stocks seem like an unstoppable force moving higher plus we hav...
Tue, Apr 20 2010, 3:14 PM
Tue, Apr 20 2010, 3:11 PM
This last Saturday I paddled something new. I’ve had a habit of kayaking 2-3 places and not exploring something new. There are many great bays and l...
Mon, Apr 19 2010, 12:32 PM
Recently lenders have been offering an option of ‘no origination fee’ on the HECM fixed rate reverse mortgage program. This sounds good on the surfac...
Mon, Apr 19 2010, 11:31 AM
Robert E. Story, Jr., Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) told Congress last week that servicers administering government foreclosure p...
Mon, Apr 19 2010, 10:59 AM
Flood Insurance Extension; Citi earnings; More Discussion on Goldman Sachs News; Updates from BofA, Flagstar, Pinnacle, GMAC, AmTrust, USB
Mon, Apr 19 2010, 10:13 AM
The obvious leading candidate for the market's strategic motivation will be CDO contagion and continued stories of misrepresentation and market manipu...
Mon, Apr 19 2010, 8:36 AM
With little economic data released until Thursday this week, investor attention should remain focused on first-quarter earnings releases, plus continu...
Mon, Apr 19 2010, 7:11 PM
The moral of the story is that we've been feeling the liklihood for slightly higher rates at some point this week and the mild movement today from 3.7...
Mon, Apr 19 2010, 3:54 PM
It was a very slow day on Wall Street as most market participants are still trying to figure out if the Goldman Sachs news is going to spread around t...
Mon, Apr 19 2010, 3:30 PM
Mortgages have hit a new intraday price low. Even as MBS and Treasuries have worsened further in recent minutes, they are not showing a clear disposit...
Mon, Apr 19 2010, 1:25 PM
Like big brother TSYs, trading of production MBS coupons has been slow to start the week. For the most part, we are playing "follow the leader" with b...
Fri, Apr 16 2010, 12:23 PM
The SEC caught us all off-guard this morning by announcing they were filing civil charges on Goldman Sachs for material misrepresentation.A knee jerk ...
Fri, Apr 16 2010, 11:09 AM
Goldman Sachs built a mortgage-backed security that was designed to implode in a manner that Paulson & Co. (Not Hank Paulson) could profit from by sh...
Fri, Apr 16 2010, 11:06 AM
"Reform is coming," according to a Treasury Department official who spoke this week to the National Policy Conference 2010 held by the Mortgage Banker...
Fri, Apr 16 2010, 10:39 AM
Top Ranked Mortgage Originators; Important Appraisal Updates; BofA Q1 Results; Loan Mod Progress; Reform
Fri, Apr 16 2010, 9:31 AM
Fri, Apr 16 2010, 8:22 AM
US equities have been rising for the past six trading days, but even though first-quarter earnings continue to roll in with positive results, the futu...
Fri, Apr 16 2010, 5:13 PM
We had a choppy start to the day. Mortgage rates opened up marginally better vs, yesterday but mostly the same. However, in the lunch hour, breaking n...
Fri, Apr 16 2010, 4:46 PM
You'll notice that AQ and I tend to ramp up our fervor with respect to locking your loans around market peaks. We could ponder why that is, but more ...
Fri, Apr 16 2010, 1:29 PM
Building permits are on the rise from record low levels, but builders are not using them, housing starts are essentially stagnant.Isn't that a good th...
Thu, Apr 15 2010, 12:45 PM
Over the past two days we have been favoring a lock bias. This bias was based more on lender strategies than price action in the bond market. While we...
Thu, Apr 15 2010, 10:59 AM
Bank representatives speaking to the House Financial Services Committee addressed the problem of second mortgages and boasted of the efforts their ins...
Thu, Apr 15 2010, 10:43 AM
Fannie Mae Reduces "Waiting Period" for Re-Established Credit; Ginnie to Allow Securitization of Single Loans; More Foreclosures; RESPA Updates
Thu, Apr 15 2010, 10:08 AM
Considering CPI data confirmed inflation is well contained and Ben Bernanke continues to provide low rate rhetoric..I have to say I am baffled by the...
Thu, Apr 15 2010, 8:21 AM
After hitting fresh 52-week highs across the board yesterday, US equities are looking to open slightly lower this morning ahead of a packed schedule. ...
Thu, Apr 15 2010, 4:29 PM
Benchmark Treasury yields rose and mortgage-backed security prices fell after the market received mostly positive economic data on the manufacturing s...
Thu, Apr 15 2010, 3:45 PM
It's a bit too soon to call that for today and likely of small significance compared to whatever tomorrow holds. From a bearish stance, we've caught ...
Thu, Apr 15 2010, 3:02 PM
RealtyTrac is reporting that foreclosure rates for both the first quarter of 2010 and for March were up significantly. However, the increase came in ...
Thu, Apr 15 2010, 2:44 PM
During our visits to mortgage companies, we often get asked: Does it make sense to retain servicing? And, if it does, when should be it considered?
Thu, Apr 15 2010, 2:31 PM
Permanent loan modifications through the Making Home Affordable Program increased by over 60,000 in March even as the rate of new entries into the pro...
Wed, Apr 14 2010, 11:32 AM
Representatives of four of the nation's largest mortgage lenders and servicers testified before the House Financial Services Committee yesterday on "S...
Wed, Apr 14 2010, 10:42 AM
How FICO Scores Are Calculated; Chatter from the Trenches; JP Morgan Chase Earnings; Updates: Wells, Freddie, Provident, Citi, USB
