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30 Yr. Fixed | 4.64% | 0.61 | +0.07 | 15 Yr. Fixed | 4.02% | 0.66 | +0.02 | 30 Yr. Jumbo | 4.62% | 0.50 | +0.07 | 30 Yr. FHA | 4.58% | 0.71 | +0.04 | 5/1 ARM | 3.72% | 0.39 | -0.02 |
30 Yr. Fixed | 4.46% | 0.50 | +0.03 | 15 Yr. Fixed | 3.94% | 0.50 | +0.04 | 1 Yr. ARM | 2.68% | 0.20 | +0.01 | 5/1 Yr. ARM | 3.63% | 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 | 96.98 | +0.31 | 30YR FNMA 3.5 | 99.86 | +0.25 | 30YR GNMA 3.0 | 97.64 | +0.03 | 30YR GNMA 3.5 | 100.66 | +0.31 | 15YR FNMA 3.0 | 99.75 | +0.19 | 15YR FNMA 2.5 | 97.66 | +0.19 |
2 YR | 2.2498% | -0.0041 | 5 YR | 2.6283% | -0.0202 | 10 YR | 2.8571% | -0.0237 | 30 YR | 3.1226% | -0.0272 | Prices as of: 3/8/2018 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 | |