Tuesday February 6, 2018 Mortgage Rate Watch - 4:39PM Mortgage Rates Head Back Toward Recent Highs Mortgage rates were mixed today, with most lenders offering slightly better terms this morning compared to yesterday's mid-day levels. Things took a turn for the worse in the afternoon ... MND NewsWire - 11:48AM After a Tight December, Credit Standards Loosen Mortgage credit availability increased significantly in January. The Mortgage Bankers Association said its Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI) rose 2.1 percent in January, more ... MBS Commentary - 5:02PM MBS RECAP: Nice While It Lasted Yesterday's massive stock market rout was enough to coax reluctant bond yields to the lowest levels since the end of January. Given that the end of January occurred a week ago today ... MND NewsWire - 10:21AM Home Price Appreciation Still Strong, but Slowing at Year's End CoreLogic's Home Price Index (HPI) finished up 2017 a little lower than when the year started but showing some additional slowing from later in the year. The index in January 2017 was ... Construction, Vendor and Recruiting Products; Compliance and Dodd-Frank Notes MBS Day Ahead: Be Really Careful Today Latest Video More News from 'Around the Web' Reuters - 4:36PM BlackRock says it sees opportunity to take on more market risk CNBC - 4:36PM Central banks will continue to 'feed the beast': Yale's Stephen Roach Calculated Risk Blog - 3:57PM Prime Working-Age Population At New Peak, First Time Since 2007 Bloomberg - 3:45PM Mnuchin Says $1 Trillion US Debt Plan Isn't Affecting Markets www.npr.org - 2:28PM House Prepares Another Spending Punt www.nytimes.com - 2:27PM Ignore the Stock Market. The Economy Looks Fine. www.realtor.com - 2:27PM Most Home-Equity Loan Borrowers Don't Understand How Trump's Tax Code Affects Them Bloomberg - 2:27PM Trump Ready to Release Infrastructure Plan Monday, Official Says eyeonhousing.org - 12:28PM Construction Job Openings Fall in December Market Watch - 11:13AM Treasury yields mostly lower as stocks stumble CNN - 10:38AM Jerome Powell's big test: Raise rates and avoid a recession Calculated Risk Blog - 10:13AM BLS: Job Openings "Little changed" in December Bloomberg - 9:55AM Toronto Home Sales Plunge Under New Lending Rules Calculated Risk Blog - 9:17AM Trade Deficit at $53.1 Billion in December www.redfin.com - 9:17AM Redfin Survey: 15% of Respondents Sold Their Home or Did Not Buy Last Year Because of Worry Over Immigration Policies www.corelogic.com - 8:19AM CoreLogic Reports December Home Prices Up More Than 6 Percent Year-Over-Year for Fifth Consecutive Month Bloomberg - 8:18AM A Driverless Future Threatens the Laws of Real Estate Reuters - 8:17AM Market volatility spurs some funds to look again at currency hedging CNBC - 8:17AM Should you pay off that mortgage before heading into retirement? | Today's Rates Average Mortgage Rates 15 Yr. Fixed | 3.45% | 1.22 | -0.02 | 30 Yr. Fixed | 4.14% | 1.32 | -0.01 |
30 Yr. Fixed | 4.06% | 0.38 | -0.05 | 15 Yr. Fixed | 3.34% | 0.38 | -0.02 | 30 Yr. Jumbo | 3.96% | 0.20 | -0.04 | 30 Yr. FHA | 3.98% | 0.35 | -0.04 | 5/1 ARM | 3.14% | 0.31 | -0.12 |
30 Yr. Fixed | 4.22% | 0.50 | +0.07 | 15 Yr. Fixed | 3.68% | 0.50 | +0.06 | 1 Yr. ARM | 2.68% | 0.20 | +0.01 | 5/1 Yr. ARM | 3.53% | 0.40 | +0.01 | Current Mortgage Rates »* FHFA averages are updated monthly. ** Mortgage Bankers Association (each Wednesday) and Freddie Mac (each Thursday) averages are updated weekly. | Secondary Markets 30YR FNMA 3.0 | 97.47 | -0.55 | 30YR FNMA 3.5 | 100.44 | -0.45 | 30YR GNMA 3.0 | 98.53 | -0.53 | 30YR GNMA 3.5 | 101.22 | -0.56 | 15YR FNMA 3.0 | 100.25 | -0.30 | 15YR FNMA 2.5 | 98.20 | -0.30 |
2 YR | 2.1092% | +0.1416 | 5 YR | 2.5429% | +0.1562 | 10 YR | 2.8054% | +0.1521 | 30 YR | 3.0667% | +0.0706 | Prices as of: 2/6/2018 5:05PM EST | Current MBS / Treasury Prices »MBS and Treasury data provided by Thomson Reuters.Mortgage News Daily and MBS Live! are exclusive re-distributors of Real Time Thomson Reuters Mortgage Information.Secondary Marketing Managers: If you are interested in gaining access to the most accurate real-time back-month TBA indications from Thomson Reuters and Tradeweb. Request More Information | |