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MBS CLOSE: Uneventful End To Uneventful Day -

Posted To: MBS Commentary

Though MBS were not quite as thinly traded as treasuries (lowest volume since the first trading day of 2010), the picture wasn't much better. At least that which is at risk on low volume days--volatility due to the trading that actually happens comprising a larger portion of the total--was not present. Quite the opposite in fact, as the the same trend that began to emerge early this afternoon remained intact through the close. In MBS, the 101-07 to 101-10 range covered almost everything since 1030 AM. That's a quiet, boring day. I move a lower trendline down to 3.57 on the 10yr yield to show that we're going out today at an even lower yield level than Friday. So don't let the entire day of slightly worse readings fool you... The net effect for both markets was FLAT. And in the...(read more)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:15:00 GMT

Housing Needs Job Creation. What Sort of Jobs Though? -

Posted To: Voice of Housing

Mr. O’Reilly (December 01, 2009) claims that the “new” root cause of the housing crisis is the (lack of) “jobs, jobs, jobs.” So the solution to the crisis must be (the creation of) “jobs, jobs, jobs.” I agree. But the next question is this: What sort of jobs? Consider a proposal for two, complementary jobs programs. The first is called the “Litter Scattering Brigades.” Workers are paid to strew trash along the nation’s highways. The second jobs program is called the “Litter Gathering Brigades.” Workers are paid to collect the trash strewn on the nation’s highways. The workers of the Scattering Brigade have jobs, and thus can afford a home. The workers of the Gathering Brigade have jobs, and thus can afford a home...(read more)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:03:34 GMT

Centralized Lock Desks Serve as a Gate Keeper. Source of Revenue -

Posted To: The Garrett Watts Report

This was the half time scene in Miami last night at Super Bowl XLIV... I am sure many watchers were thinking: Why The Who? Maybe some of us in our 60s and 70s need to be “put out to pasture” or start “whittling wood” on the front porch. However, as a boomer, I was inspired to see these guys still rocking and rolling. I enjoyed the music and hope they keep playing. Peter Townsend will go down as one of most brilliant musical writers of all time. That’s enough about The Who and dating myself. Lets’ talk about secondary market and locking loans. One of the areas we review during our FOCIS-plus Studies is whether a company has a centralized lock process. Centralizing the lock function means all lock requests and confirmations are managed by a “gate keeper”...(read more)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:54:00 GMT

MBS AFTERNOON: Narrow And Stable Heading Into The Close -

Posted To: MBS Commentary

The market is duller than a Colts victory parade at the moment. We're dealing with a fairly standard issue "calm before the storm" that we often see on a data-limited Monday when the rest of the week contains the more significant events. The supportive trends we began to note in the last post have continued to foster a narrow range of prices with almost perfectly flat directional movement. In other words, the simple existence of a "narrow range" doesn't always mean prices aren't moving. We can see narrow ranges while still moving DIRECTIONALLY. For instance, even on a 16 tick rally, if the subsequent highs and lows are only a tick or two higher than their previous marks, the line on the chart would be fairly smooth yet still be very much higher at the end of...(read more)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:32:00 GMT

MBS LUNCH: Well Off Friday's Highs, But Holding Ground -

Posted To: MBS Commentary

As AQ pointed out this morning, today's slightly downward trend in MBS price began in the final hours of Friday's trading. Both MBS and Treasuries put in their best marks of the day just before 2pm, and have moved steadily downward ever since. You may notice, however, that both markets appear to be losing that negative steam near current levels. For Treasuries, that looks to be around 3.60 and for MBS, around 101-08. At the moment, the Fannie 4.5 is a tick higher than that at 101-09, but is still 5 ticks lower from Friday's closing prices. All that being said, the more important trends to watch pertain to the generally supportive range for MBS that emerged even before Friday's boomy rally. AQ pointed this out as well, and it remains pertinent at the moment. You can see on Thursday...(read more)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:06:00 GMT

Short Term Direction of Mortgage Rates Dependent Upon Auctions and Stocks -

Posted To: Mortgage Rate Watch

Who Dat!!!! Congratulations to New Orleans on a well played and exciting Super Bowl victory. Mortgage rate moved a few basis points lower on Friday following the Employment Situation Report . While we have seen scattered day over day streaks of improvements, mortgages rates have failed to fall lower than 4.75% in 2010. To remind readers, as mortgage-backed securities prices move higher in price lenders are able to pass along better rates. After what seemed like a steady flow of important economic data and market moving headline news last week, the data schedule slows down in the days ahead, but headline news is always a possibility. In terms of scheduled events, no economic reports are being released today or tomorrow. On Tuesday we have the first of three mortgage rate influential Treasury...(read more)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:43:26 GMT

MBS MORNING: Testing the Staying Power of Friday's FTQ Rally -

Posted To: MBS Commentary

DID I MENTION THUNDER SNOW ! By the look of the charts, it doesnt appear that we should be expecting any noticeable improvements in positive price momentum today. We are extending the downtrend that began midday Friday. The FN 4.0 is -0-08 at 98-08 yielding 4.169% and the FN 4.5 is -0-05 at 101-08 yielding 4.375%. The secondary market current coupon is 2bps higher on the day at 4.313%. The current coupon yield is 72.4 bps over the 10yr TSY note yield and 62.6 bps over the 10yr swap rate. MBS yields are moderately tighter vs. benchmark yields this morning. The 3.375 coupon bearing 10 year TSY note is -0-06 at 98-06 yielding 3.594% (+2.3 bps from 5pm marks on Friday). The 2s/10s curve is unchanged at the 280bp pivot. The dollar index is weaker vs. a basket of currencies....-0.37% at 80.145. The...(read more)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:38:00 GMT

MBA Takes Loss on Headquarters; CRA Loans; HAMP Servicer Updates; Prepay Speeds; Updates: GMAC, FAMC -

Posted To: Pipeline Press

I thought about taking today off from the commentary to celebrate, since yesterday I won all 4 quarters of my office's Super Bowl pool! And then I remembered that I was the only one in the pool, don't really have an office, and that the net effect of my $50 a square winnings was about the same as the US Government buying back their own securities. Oh well. Those dues that you pay to the Mortgage Bankers Association - where does the money go? Education, lobbying, etc., but some probably went into buying the MBAA its $90 million headquarters in downtown Washington which it sold last week for $41 million after 3 years. Ouch! CoStar Group, who is moving its headquarters from Maryland to DC, also received a $6 million property tax break - hats off to them. Not only did the MBAA's interest...(read more)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:11:52 GMT

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