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2019
The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index was essentially unchanged in December just below record highs at 104.4. The NFIB said that unfilled jobs and the lack of skilled qualified applicants continue to be the primary driver of the frothy index, with job openings setting a record high and job creat...
01/08/2019
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Mortgage backed securities (MBS) closed down 16 basis points today at 101.84 having closed 49 points above support offered by the 200 day moving average. The conforming rate is at 4.50% day. My jumbo pricing is now sizzling! The 30 year jumbo for $1 million was at 4.50%. Whether in New England,...
01/08/2019
Online real estate company Zillow reports that the total value of the U.S. housing market rose $1.9 trillion in 2018 to $33.3 trillion, a 6.2% increase. That is up $10.9 billion since the market bottom in 2012, a third of the gains seen in California. New York comes in number one with the highest...
01/07/2019
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Mortgage backed securities (MBS) closed down 9 basis points today at 101.97 having closed 62 points above support offered by the 200 day moving average. The conforming rate is at 4.50% day. My jumbo pricing is now sizzling! The 30 year jumbo for $1 million was at 4.50%. Whether in New England, ...
01/07/2019
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The Labor Department reported on Friday that 312,000 new workers were added in December, well above the 180,000 expected, and brings the three-month average to a frothy 254,000K! The 312,000 was the largest increase since February 2018's 324,000 while October and November were revised higher by a...
01/04/2019
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Mortgage backed securities (MBS) closed down 38 basis points today at 102.06 having closed 71 points above support offered by the 200 day moving average. The conforming rate is at 4.50% day. My jumbo pricing is now sizzling! The 30 year jumbo for $1 million was at 4.50%. Whether in New England,...
01/04/2019
Mortgage rates continued to decline this week due in part to U.S. Stocks melting down, which pushed Bond prices higher and rates lower. Freddie Mac reports that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell four basis points to 4.51% with an average 0.50 in points and fees. Freddie Mac said, "Low mortgage...
01/03/2019
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Mortgage backed securities (MBS) closed up 38 basis points today at 102.44 having closed 107 points above support offered by the 200 day moving average. The conforming rate is at 4.50% day. My jumbo pricing is now sizzling! The 30 year jumbo for $1 million was at 4.50%. Whether in New England, ...
01/03/2019
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CoreLogic reports that home prices, including distressed sales, rose 5.1% from November 2017 to November 2018, just below the 5.4% gain seen in October. That is down from the 7% gain seen year-over-year in March of this year. On a month-over-month basis, prices rose 0.4% from to October 2018 to N...
01/02/2019
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Mortgage backed securities (MBS) closed up 6 basis points today at 102.03 having closed 68 points above support offered by the 200 day moving average. The conforming rate is at 4.625% day. My jumbo pricing is now sizzling! The 30 year jumbo for $1 million was at 4.50%. Whether in New England, t...
01/02/2019