Posts about Mortgage Market Report as of August 3, 2009

One of the objections that I and others have made about Keynesian spending plans is the crowding out effect. This effect refers to any reduction in private investment or spending that occurs because of the increase in government spending. The Keynesians assure us that this isn’t a problem because the private sector is not willing to borrow and spend right now. That may be true, but it is damn hard to prove. One thing we do know now is that banks are increasing their holdings of US Treasury securities: Aug.

The U.S. Bureau of the Census along with HUD released new residential sales data for June 2009. Sales of new one-family houses rose 11 percent in June, well above the rise of 2.3 percent expected by private-sector analysts. Read on for the National Association of Homebuilders’ response to the results. (7/30/2009) Sales of new one-family houses rose 11 percent in June, well above the rise of 2.3 percent expected by private-sector analysts, according to new residential sales data for June released jointly by the U.S.

  To Our Clients, Colleagues and Friends, We did an analysis recently that showed Rickey Henderson’s stolen-bases totals being a remarkable 50% better than the #2 person, and we commented that no one is 50% better than the next runner up, not in anything.  It just occurred to us that Microsoft has maybe 80-90% more market share than #2 Apple, and Google must have 60-70% market share compared to whoever is #2 in search engines.  Of course, we’re not certain this means a darn thing.

Mortgage markets improved last week despite a series of volatile trading sessions. A combination of weaker-than-expected economic data and massive-sized Treasury auctions kept investors guessing and mortgage rates moving. Weak data nudged rates lower Treasury auctions pushed rates up By Friday, however, momentum was in favor of lower rates and that’s how the week finished up — slightly more favorable overall. It’s the second consecutive week in which rates fell.

Market CommentMortgage bond prices rallied Friday pushing mortgage interest rates lower. Bond friendly Core PCE inflation data came in lower than expected. The Fed’s most recent estimates call for an increase in this figure by the end of the year. The fact that the data showed lower inflation helped mortgage bonds rally. Consumer confidence came in at a weaker than expected 46.6 mark. Analysts were looking for a reading of 48.7. The Treasury auctions were mixed.

Mortgage markets improved last week despite a series of volatile trading sessions.A combination of weaker-than-expected economic data and massive-sized Treasury auctions kept investors guessing and mortgage rates moving. Weak data nudged rates lower Treasury auctions pushed rates up By Friday, however, momentum was in favor of lower rates and that’s how the week finished up — slightly more favorable overall. It’s the second consecutive week in which rates fell.

by Dan Fullmer If you are starting to look for a mortgage,it is important that you first understand how mortgage rates are compiled. Before you even take a look at someone’s advertise mortgage rate, you have to make sure that you understand the difference between the advertising and the actual rate. When companies advertise their mortgage interest rate, it makes sense that they are going to advertise the lowest possible rate that you could ever get, without showing you what it is going to cost you to get into that low interest rate.

Amazon.de Widgets Do lenders issue a mortgage refinance to people with no job? Many people have already lost their jobs because of the recession. Some companies are reducing their workforce and some are reducing the wages. Is a home refinance possible for the unemployed people? I would say ‘No’ because the lenders are not ready to take risks. Most of the major lenders were giving the mortgage refinance earlier but since people have defaulted on the mortgage, they have stopped giving the refinance to people with no job.

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Mortgage markets improved last week despite a series of volatile trading sessions. A combination of weaker-than-expected economic data and massive-sized Treasury auctions kept investors guessing and mortgage rates moving. Weak data nudged rates lower Treasury auctions pushed rates up By Friday, however, momentum was in favor of lower rates and that’s how the week finished up — slightly more favorable overall. It’s the second consecutive week in which rates fell.

The pick-a-pay adjustable rate mortgages, which allowed homeowners to choose from a variety of insufficient payments, continue to blow up in biblical proportions. These mortgages typically grew larger each month as homeowners continued to borrow more with each payment because they weren’t keeping up with the interest being charged for the loans. These were always considered to be the riskiest of the mortgage categories because, in reality, the only way the mortgages could work would be if they were refinanced or if the underlying property was sold.

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Overseas Data Helping Gains in Early Action Stocks are higher in morning action as some upbeat economic and earnings data overseas is lifting sentiment on Wall Street, with traders gearing up for key reports on manufacturing and construction to kick off what seems to be a major week for economic data. With the economic calendar likely commanding the lion’s share of the Street’s attention this week, there are still some 2Q earnings reports that are trickling in, with Humana topping analyst expectations on both the top and bottom lines, while Loews Corp missed the Street’s profit projections on losses at a commercial lending subsidiary.

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Bob Chapman | The International Forecaster On Wednesday the Treasury’s five-year auction yield was 2.69% with 21.15% allotted at the high and bid to cover was 1.92 to 1. The average of the past ten auctions has been 2.20%. Indirect, central bank participation was 35.7% versus an average of 36.8%. Overall that was weak demand. Do not forget the Treasury has to raise $2 trillion by 9/30/09. The result of these mediocre to poor auctions has to be more pressure on the dollar, as budget deficits continue to widen.

Bob Diamond, president of Barclays and head of BarCap, said that the record revenues in the first six month of the year were sustainable A doubling in investment banking profits allowed Barclays to report an 8% rise in first half profits, to £3bn – despite a dramatic jump in the charge to cover bad debts. The surge in profits in the Barclays Capital investment banking arm to £1bn indicates that the 21,000 staff are in line for big bonuses this year after taking a 40% cut to payouts last year.

With all the current turmoil in the mortgage business choosing a reputable, knowledgeable mortgage broker can be one of your best defenses against paying outlandish monthly rates or even losing your home. A mortgage broker is an intermediary who sells loans in behalf of a business or an individual. Though this job has traditionally been one that banks have handled themselves, with the growing competition in the mortgage market working through brokers has become more popular.

by HouseHunter on August 3, 2009in Banks The figures, which come from a new report released by market research firm CoreData, show that of the $35.6 billion in new home loans made during the last quarter, Westpac and CBA, coupled with their recent acquisitions of Bankwest and St George respectively, wrote 85.2 percent of all home loans or $30.3 billion.The report showed that the merged entity of Westpac/St George marginally achieved the fastest growth in its mortgage book writing $15.2 billion

by John Davies Are you looking for some inside information on unsecured high risk loans? Here’s an up-to-date report from loan experts who should know. High risk loans were called bad credit loans, bad credit mortgage loans, or loans for people with bad credit and were usually subject to high interest rates and lenders frequently asked for larger down payments. Traditionally, it was always what was called the finance company that would make those high risk loans.

There is probably no one who would not hear about Barack Obama Home stimulus plan. At last the USA have a plan that will give people with average salary a possibility to buy a house. If you have recently become an owner of a house but you have problems with paying out the premiums, than this program fits you the best. It will help you to avoid foreclosure or bankruptcy. The program is designed to give financial help for those who are n trouble and cannot par out their mortgage.

August 2, 2009 A mortgage loan is no unimportant thing. It is a long period commitment that usually stays with you 15 to 30 years of your life. Due to this, so many vital things have to be thought and planned about and so many factors will be decided whether you will get a mortgage loan or not. These factors can be divided into two. The primary one would be those that you need to think about before taking in a mortgage loan and the second would be the factors about you that lenders have to consider before approving your mortgage loan.Let us first think about you.

In all main purchases and undertakings we make, quotes are crucial to see if we can afford a certain program or project and if we are able to get the greatest deal from among the many deals various companies are offering to address what we need and want. This is besides true if we have plans of getting a mortgage. A mortgage quote is an estimate or offer made by lending companies to probable borrowers for a home mortgage.

One of the largest banks in the USA Washington Mutual has assured its customers that despite merging with the JP Morgan Chase their accounts will not be affected. As was reported earlier JP Morgan Chase has recently acquired Washington Mutual. It is one of the first banks that supported the President Obama’s home stimulus program “Make Home Affordable” which is aimed at giving an opportunity to people to take mortgage and pay lower interest rates.

  Must Read: Warehouse Lending:  BARRY EPSTEIN AND THE WAREHOUSE BANKING DILEMMA – BY PHIL HALL -  One of the more challenging aspects of today’s mortgage banking industry is the precarious state of the warehouse lending sector. This week, MortgageOrb speaks with Barry Epstein, an independent warehouse banking consultant and a former senior vice president of Ocwen Financial Services, on where the sector stands today and what the near future holds – Mortgage Orb ———— Unemployment spreads distress in U.S.

At first blush, one would not think that Barney Frank and Stephen Hawking would have anything in common.  The first is the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, and is currently conducting hearings on the regulatory reform of the financial markets.  The second is the noted University of Cambridge professor of theoretical physics and the author of the best selling book A Brief History of Time .

The attempt by the remnants of the collapsed Icelandic Bank Kaupthing to keep a lid on information about all the loan activity that lead up to the collapse belie their corporate fascist colors.  They are attempting to supress information critical to informed public debate in that country regarding the bailout.  Sound familar?  It appears, surprise, surprise that there were a whole bunch of insider sweetheart loan deals.  They are all out there now, after being posted on wikileaks.  So the bank, learning that there was going to be a broadcast news story about this, served the TV station with an injunction, preventing them from covering any of the details.

“ History matters because we all feel the same given similar situations . And most of our actions are dictated by our feelings. Investors oscillate between a fear of losing and a fear of being left out.”  ( Minyanville ) The ins and outs of high frequency trading and a HFT blog post round-up.  ( WSJ , SMB Capital ) “ Liquidity is certainly good for markets , but we recently learned from painful experience that it is also possible to have too much of it.”  ( WashingtonPost ) On

President Barack Obama and GE Chairman Jeffrey Immelt A “Negotiated Settlement” of the Olbermann-O’Reilly Media War Yesterday Dakinikat wrote a post on the “negotiated settlement” in which Keith Olbermann of MSNBC and Bill O’Reilly of Fox News were silenced by their respective corporate masters, General Electric and News Corp. Here’s a little refresher.

Zero Hedge More on GDP: GDP Report is just plain wrong ( Chris Martenson ) Wacky waving inflatable arm-flailing GDP report ( Melting Pot Project ) Been down long long it looks like up ( Econbrowser , h/t Paul) Falling Imports versus falling Exports ( Ritholtz ) The next brewing scandal: Chase serves itself first in mortgage mods; MBS bond holders up in ARMs ( DebtWire , h/t Paul) – “You have Barney Frank and the government raising all this noise about hedge funds and investors, and you have Chase … taking half the borrowers’ interest payment each month” Who is Capco?

For the first time since 2006 I’m able to report that home prices in the Case Shiller 20-city index have improved month over month.  Yes, you’ve read that correctly.  In addition to the increased home sales for June , increases in the median home price , also this past June, Case Shiller now tells us that pricing may be stabilizing. According to the Wall Street Journal “most Wall Street economists who discussed the survey focused on the April-to-May rise, saying it represents a significant change in direction.

The Federal Reserve released a report recently that showed among other things that many people are paying too much for their loan because of inexperience in the process, inadequate competition amongst products, and race. The sub prime market has increased almost 20 fold in the last ten years. Instead of being denied a loan customers just get a higher rate.