Wednesday September 20, 2017 Mortgage Rate Watch - 5:12PM Mortgage Rates Highest in More Than a Month After Fed Mortgage rates rose today following the announcement and--more importantly--the Fed's updated economic projections . The Fed holds 8 meetings a year. They release an official policy ... MBS Commentary - 2:04PM Differences Between Current and Previous FOMC Statements (Additions underlined, deletions struck through) Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in June July indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen ... MND NewsWire - 10:53AM Existing Home Sales Distorted by Harvey August was yet another disappointing month for existing home sales. The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) says those sales were down for the fourth time in five months, retreating ... MND NewsWire - 8:52AM Mortgage Apps Tanked Last Week. Was it Rates' Fault? Overall mortgage application activity diminished significantly during the week ended September 15, but refinancing continued to hold its own, representing more than half of the mortgage ... Uniform Closing Dataset (UCD) Info; FINRA; Fed Announcement MBS Day Ahead: Bonds Ready to Move Either Direction After The Fed Latest Video More News from 'Around the Web' Market Watch - 4:45PM Wells Fargo may be facing Fed penalty, Yellen says CNBC - 3:41PM Janet Yellen dodges question about her future as Fed chair CNBC - 3:14PM The Fed won't stop cutting back on stimulus unless economy hits another big downturn, Yellen says CNBC - 2:07PM Fed approves October reversal of historic stimulus, leaves rates unchanged www.realtor.com - 1:47PM Why It's a Better Time for Buyers on a Budget to Purchase a Home www.consumerfinancemonitor.com - 12:11PM CFPB Provides Some Clarity on Alternative-Data Models Through No-Action Letter Reuters - 11:40AM Fed conflicted by weak U.S. inflation, global economic rebound CNBC - 11:11AM Here's what BlackRock says will happen after the Fed announcement Calculated Risk Blog - 10:24AM NAR: "Existing-Home Sales Subside 1.7 Percent in August " Calculated Risk Blog - 9:35AM AIA: Architecture Billings Index "growth streak" continues in August PR Newswire - 9:18AM FAU Buy vs. Rent Index Shows U.S. Homeowners Still Coming Out Ahead of Renters, But Just Barely CNBC - 8:15AM Real estate investment trust sees business booming post-Hurricane Harvey info.trulia.com - 8:09AM TRULIA: Starter Homebuyers Should Start House Hunting Now Bloomberg - 8:08AM Seasonal Trends May Favor Bonds Over Stocks for the Rest of September CNBC - 8:07AM Fed is taking a major step away from its Great Recession policy | 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 | 3.78% | 0.50 | +0.00 | 15 Yr. Fixed | 3.08% | 0.50 | +0.00 | 1 Yr. ARM | 2.68% | 0.20 | +0.01 | 5/1 Yr. ARM | 3.13% | 0.40 | -0.02 | 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 | 100.42 | -0.11 | 30YR FNMA 3.5 | 103.09 | -0.11 | 30YR GNMA 3.0 | 101.48 | -0.25 | 30YR GNMA 3.5 | 104.05 | -0.34 | 15YR FNMA 3.0 | 102.80 | -0.13 | 15YR FNMA 2.5 | 100.80 | -0.13 |
2 YR | 1.4423% | +0.0371 | 5 YR | 1.8793% | +0.0436 | 10 YR | 2.2729% | +0.0266 | 30 YR | 2.8112% | -0.0039 | Prices as of: 9/20/2017 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 | |