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Today’s Market Indicators – Are you Ready?
Strong Market Starts Next Week Will Tell if this Gets Even More Exciting - Stay Tuned! Matthew Graham, CEO of Mortgage News Daily, compares the similarities of the 2013 bond sell off to today's market patterns and makes the case for a Bounce. Read the full article here at Mortgage Daily News! https://bit.ly/2pG0i
MBS RECAP: Curse Broken? Bonds Waiting on Data to Confirm
Bond markets found their first green day since June 27th today and for no particular reason apart from today being the first full trading day in July. That assertion comes courtesy of the volume and volatility seen during the various opening and closing times for stocks and bonds. First up, we had the
Home Sales in Bloom – Home sales were strong, while GDP was a disappointment.
New Home Sales blossomed in March reaching their highest level in nearly a year, the Commerce Department reported. Sales were up 5.8 percent from February and nearly 16 percent from a year ago. New home inventories edged lower to a 5.2-month supply in March. A six-month supply is considered "normal" inventory. Ex
MBS RECAP: Bonds Build Case for Support After Yellen
"Support" and "resistance" are two terms often thrown around in market analysis. They loosely refer to ceilings and floors respectively (as far as rates are concerned), but it's slightly more complicated than that (as covered in our primer on MBS Live). The gist is that ceilings and floors can st
FHFA Calls For Big Changes to Fannie/Freddie Conservatorship
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mel Watt had three messages for the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on Thursday: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs) are not the companies they were before they were put in conservatorship Congress needs to act urgently on housing fina
Job Growth Soars in June
"Let's work, be proud. Stand tall, touch the clouds." Mick Jagger. More Americans were headed to work, but take-home pay stayed about the same. Employers added 222,000 new jobs in June, well above expectations, the Labor Department reported. April was revised up from 174,000 to 207,000, and May was revised u
Creative Loan Financing Options
Call us today to review any of these creative loan offerings and requirements for each! 1. Agency Near Misses(Use Agency Plus for conventional and jumbo loans that don’t quite fit agency guidelines) 2. RE Investors(use DSCR to qualify - No personal income, no tax returns needed) 3. Self Employed(No W2,
Retail Sales Weak. Inflation Tame.
Last Week in Review: "Just shopping. Not buying anything." The Dramatics. Consumers are spending more than last year, but sales from month to month don't register consistently. June Retail Sales fell 0.2 percent from May, the second monthly decrease in a row, though they were 2.8 percent above June 2016 per
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Housing Highs, Spending Lows May Existing Home Sales rose from April to an annual rate of 5.62 million units, above the 5.52 million expected, and up 2.7 percent from May 2016. While New Homes Sales fared even better (see What to Watch below), the National Association of REALTORS® chief economist, Lawrence Yu
Mortgage Planning for Complex Scenarios
Mortgage planning for a complex scenario starts with the facts that affect your own transaction: the property, occupancy, income, assets, credit history, existing obligations, and the documents available for review. A useful conversation identifies the questions that need evidence instead of assuming that one pro
Loan Limits for Conventional Mortgages
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) publishes annual conforming loan limits that apply to all conventional mortgages delivered to Fannie Mae, including general loan limits and the high-cost area loan limits. High-cost area loan limits vary by geographic location. General Loan Limits for 2017 The general loa