Today was a surprise day for Mortgage Backed Securities; many prognosticators thought for sure we would see MBS plummet and start pushing Mortgage Rates towards 6% , with the signing of Obama’s Economic Stimulus. The MBS (FNMA 30 YR 4.5%) acted in contrarian nature and posted a whopping 50pb...
The week started out in a positive manner with rates improving both Monday and Tuesday, only to stall out on Wednesday and give back the majority of the gains Thursday and Friday. Mortgage Backed Securities ended the week with only a slight 3bp gain over last week. Friday we saw MBS give up -28bp (FNMA 30...
February 10, 2009 was another positive day for Mortgage Rates. Treasuries and MBS welcomed Geithner’s plan for Financial Stability. Mortgage Backed Securities (FNMA 30 YR 4.5%) posted a 16pb gain. This positive move helped silently bring down Mortgage Rates for consumers. The details of...
What a way to start the week! Mortgage Rates improved slightly today, look for even better pricing tomorrow, after MBS (FNMA 30 YR 4.5%) posted a healthy 38pb improvement. Check Real time Mortgage Rates. For the technical’s Friday looked to be Morning DoJo, this could be the starting point for...
The first week of February brought us another sobering week of increased Mortgage Rates. The FNMA 30 YR MBS (the vehicle Mortgage Rates are based off of) gave up .35bp. This in return pushed Mortgage Rates higher across the board.
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