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The Day Ahead: Digesting Greek Headlines and Week's Last Auction
Posted To: MBS Commentary Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE As it turns out, the reason we’d heard about the meeting of Greek officials and the troika starting earlier in the day yestersday while never hearing anything else before domestic markets closed, was that the closed door meeting was going on the entire time. Even though the portion of the meeting with the heads of Greece’s political parties concluded shortly after 5pm (EDT), Prime Minister Lucas Papademos said that additional issues needed to be worked on immediately so a deal could be reached ahead of Thursdays Eurogroup meeting. EU/IMF Officials weren’t seen emerging from his office until 10:50pm, almost 6 hours later. Here are a few of the relevant Reuters wires ranging from 5pm-11pm: · RTRS - GREEK PARTY CHIEFS' MEETING...(read more)
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MBS RECAP: 2/8/2012
Posted To: MBS Commentary MBS Live : MBS RECAP Open MBS Live Dashboard FNMA 3.5 103-28 : +0-04 FNMA 4.0 105-21 : +0-02 FNMA 4.5 106-25 : +0-01 FNMA 5.0 108-01 : +0-01 GNMA 3.5 105-08 : +0-02 GNMA 4.0 107-32 : +0-03 GNMA 4.5 109-09 : +0-03 GNMA 5.0 110-31 : +0-02 FHLMC 3.5 103-18 : +0-05 FHLMC 4.0 105-07 : +0-01 FHLMC 4.5 106-08 : +0-02 FHLMC 5.0 107-24 : +0-03 Pricing as of 4:04 PM EST Afternoon Market Updates A recap of MBS Market Updates provided by MND Analysts and streamed live to the MBS Live Dashboard . 1:28PM : ALERT: Limited Reaction to Good-But-Not-Great 10yr Auction Bond markets have reacted in a generally positive way to today's 10yr note auction. The high-yield awarded was 1.1 bps lower than "when-issued" yields just before the release (this is bond-market friendly as it means that yields were...(read more)
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Mortgage Rates Flat to Slightly Improved After Auction, Greece News
Posted To: Mortgage Rate Watch For several sessions in a row, Mortgages Rates have moved in the opposite direction from the previous session, although even the bigger examples of these movements haven't been enough to nudge 3.875% out of the "best-execution" position. The same back-and-forth movement continued today as rates improved ever so slightly after rising slightly yesterday. Keep in mind, that the term "rates" in this context refers to the combination of the interest rate itself and the closing/borrowing costs required to obtain that rate. We explain more about Best-Execution calculations in THIS POST . Also in the same vein as yesterday, today's market movement began in reaction to headlines surrounding Greece's ongoing negotiations with creditors (the 3 official creditors, the ECB, IMF, and European Commission...(read more)
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Mortgage Rates Flat to Slightly Improved After Auction, Greece News
Posted To: MBS Commentary For several sessions in a row, Mortgages Rates have moved in the opposite direction from the previous session, although even the bigger examples of these movements haven't been enough to nudge 3.875% out of the "best-execution" position. The same back-and-forth movement continued today as rates improved ever so slightly after rising slightly yesterday. Keep in mind, that the term "rates" in this context refers to the combination of the interest rate itself and the closing/borrowing costs required to obtain that rate. We explain more about Best-Execution calculations in THIS POST . Also in the same vein as yesterday, today's market movement began in reaction to headlines surrounding Greece's ongoing negotiations with creditors (the 3 official creditors, the ECB, IMF, and European Commission...(read more)
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Ally said to be Shopping Mortgage Unit
Posted To: MND NewsWire One of the financial institutions that are party to the reported settlement agreement with the attorneys general of the majority of the states is reportedly on the auction block. According to Bloomberg News, Ally Financial is talking with private equity firms about selling its mortgage unit, Residential Capital LCC , through a pre-package bankruptcy. Any sale of the company would be complicated by its recent financial history. The company was founded as General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC) in 1919 by General Motors as an intermediary to provide financing for the purchase of its autos. Over the years it expanded into other types of lending and into real estate brokerage and adopted the acronym as its brand name. GMAC was hard hit by the housing crash and was one of the beneficiaries...(read more)
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