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Delaware Mortgage Rates Weekly Update for September 23, 2013

John Thomas September 22, 2013 Tags: , , , , ,
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Delaware Mortgage Rates weekly market update for the week of September 23, 2013, by John R. Thomas with Primary Residential Mortgage in Newark, Delaware. John Thomas is the Newark, Delaware Mortgage Branch Manager and the author of the book, Your Guide to Buying Your First Home in Delaware. Call 302-703-0727 to get a free mortgage planning consultation or APPLY ONLINE for Delaware mortgage loan

Delaware Mortgage Rates dropped lower by about 0.25% after the Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday that they would not start tapering their asset purchase program called QE3. The mortgage bond market surged higher on the news and caused home loan rates to drop back lower by about 0.25%. If you look at the mortgage bond chart below you can see the big green candle on Wednesday which was the biggest one day gain since August 2011. We are recommending LOCKING your Delaware Mortgage Rate to start the week as mortgage bonds are up against a tough layer of resistance to move any higher. Keep Reading...

Delaware Mortgage Rates Weekly Mortgage Market Update for September 16, 2013

John Thomas September 15, 2013 Tags: , , , , ,
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Delaware Mortgage Rates weekly market update for the week of September 16, 2013, by John R. Thomas with Primary Residential Mortgage in Newark, Delaware. John Thomas is the Newark, Delaware Mortgage Branch Manager and the author of the book, Your Guide to Buying Your First Home in Delaware. Call 302-703-0727 to get a free mortgage planning consultation or APPLY ONLINE for Delaware mortgage loan

Delaware Mortgage Rates moved lower from the previous week as mortgage bonds built on the momentum from a poor jobs report for August. If look at the mortgage bond chart below you can see mortgage bonds jumped higher on Monday and then traded in a tight range for the rest of the week ending the week almost on Monday’s high. We are recommending FLOATING your Delaware Mortgage Rate to start the week to see if bonds can continue to rally on the poor economic reports that came out on Friday but the big event this week to watch is the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on September 18th. Keep Reading...

Delaware Mortgage Rates Weekly Update for September 9, 2013

John Thomas September 8, 2013 Tags: , , , , , ,

Delaware Mortgage Rates weekly market update for the week of September 9, 2013, by John R. Thomas with Primary Residential Mortgage in Newark, Delaware. John Thomas is the Newark, Delaware Mortgage Branch Manager and the author of the book, Your Guide to Buying Your First Home in Delaware. Call 302-703-0727 to get a mortgage planning consultation or APPLY ONLINE for Delaware mortgage loan

Delaware mortgage rates hit a 2-year high last week as mortgage bonds sold off in response to good economic reports and anticipation of better than expected jobs report. If you look at the mortgage bond chart below for the last 6-month view, you can see mortgage bonds have been trending lower since May 2013 and have been setting new record lows. This has been the long term trend for mortgage rates since May and the trend will continue as you can see there is nothing in the chart to indicate that mortgage bonds can mount a rally that would alter the trend. The second mortgage bond chart below is last 30-day view of bonds which shows in more detail how the bond has sold off starting on Monday and hit another 2 year low on Thursday. This moved Delaware home loan rates to a 2 year high. Friday we did see a recovery and a bounce higher after the August Jobs Report came out worse than expected. We are recommending LOCKING your Delaware mortgage rate if closing in the next 2 weeks as the market will be extremely volatile but if closing in 30 days or more then you can FLOAT to see if mortgage bonds can bounce higher from this level. Keep Reading...

Fannie Mae New Rules for Delaware Home Buyers January 2014

John Thomas September 8, 2013 Tags: , , , ,
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Fannie Mae New Rules for Delaware Home Buyers Effective January 2014

Fannie Mae released an update to its Selling Guide SEL-2013-06 which will be effective January 10, 2014 with the update to automated underwriting system DU version 9.1. The update makes the following changes to conventional mortgage loans sold to Fannie Mae:

  • No longer accept mortgages with terms greater than 30 years (So no more 40-year mortgages)
  • No longer accept mortgages with an interest only option
  • Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs) that are 7 years fixed or 10 years fixed will need to be qualified at higher of note rate or fully indexed rate whichever is higher
  • No longer allow Loan-to-Value (LTV) over 95% (So no more 97% LTV Loans!!!)
  • Will force Lenders to purchase back loans that can be proved to fail the ATR (Ability to Repay) test

The 97% Loan that is no longer eligible includes the My Community Mortgage programs and the HFA programs. The ATR test is the biggest change that most people will not directly see as it will affect how lenders underwrite loans after January 10, 2014. The new rule says that if a loan defaults at any time during the 30-year term of the loan, Fannie Mae can review the loan and if determines the lender failed to adequately document the borrower’s ability to repay then the lender must indemnify Fannie Mae for the complete loss. The big problem is Fannie Mae has not clearly defined what a lender is supposed to do in order to document the borrower’s Ability to Repay a loan. This means Fannie Mae can subjectively decide if a lender passes the ATR test when a loan goes bad. Keep Reading...

Delaware Mortgage Rates Weekly Mortgage Market Update for September 2, 2013

John Thomas September 3, 2013 Tags: , , , , ,
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Delaware Mortgage Rates weekly market update for the week of September 2, 2013, by John R. Thomas with Primary Residential Mortgage in Newark, Delaware. John Thomas is the Newark, Delaware Mortgage Branch Manager and the author of the book, Your Guide to Buying Your First Home in Delaware. Call 302-703-0727 to get a mortgage planning consultation or APPLY ONLINE for Delaware mortgage loan

Delaware mortgage rates rallied at the beginning of the week and moved lower but the rally faded to end the week as mortgage bonds met tough resistance at the 25-day moving average and a falling trend line.  If you look at the mortgage bond chart below you can see there was a big rally on Monday in the bond market as the threat of military action in Syria loomed. The instability in the Middle East caused money to move out of the stock market into the bond market during the week but a better than expected reading on GDP caused the bond market to lose steam and sell off to end the week.  With the 25 moving average as a tough ceiling of resistance for mortgage bonds, we are recommending LOCKING your Delaware mortgage rate to start the week. If you are not closing for 60 to 180 days then you can FLOAT to see how the market plays out. Keep Reading...

Delaware Mortgage Rates Weekly Update for August 26, 2013

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Delaware Mortgage Rates weekly market update for the week of August 26, 2013, by John R. Thomas with Primary Residential Mortgage in Newark, Delaware. John Thomas is the Newark, Delaware Mortgage Branch Manager and the author of the book, Your Guide to Buying Your First Home in Delaware. Call 302-703-0727 to get a mortgage planning consultation or APPLY ONLINE for Delaware mortgage loan

Delaware mortgage rates ended the week about where they ended the previous week after a roller coaster ride. If you look at the Mortgage Bond Chart below you can see mortgage bonds sold off on Monday to start the week which caused home loan rates to jump higher. The bond recovered on Tuesday but then sold off again on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve Minutes were released. Opened again lower on Thursday but was able to recover some after Weekly Initial Jobless Claims were released on Thursday which showed a 13,000 increase in Jobless Claims to 336,000 claims. The mortgage bond followed through on Friday with a Big Rally to end the week back where we ended the previous week. We are recommending FLOATING your Delaware Mortgage Rate to start the week to see if mortgage bond can build on the momentum from Friday’s rally. Keep Reading...

Delaware Mortgage Rates Weekly Market Update for August 19, 2013

John Thomas August 18, 2013 Tags: , , , , , ,
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Delaware Mortgage Rates weekly market update for the week of August 19, 2013, by John R. Thomas with Primary Residential Mortgage in Newark, Delaware. John is the Newark, Delaware Mortgage Branch Manager and the author of the book, Your Guide to Buying Your First Home in Delaware. Call 302-703-0727 to get a mortgage planning consultation or APPLY ONLINE for Delaware mortgage loan

Delaware mortgage rates jumped higher to end the week last week after a slew of positive economic reports. If you look at the mortgage bond chart below you can see mortgage bonds dropped lower every day and sold off on Friday to end the week so mortgage rates moved higher all week. Monday started the sell-off in bonds when the bond couldn’t close above the falling blue trend line. The same pattern repeated itself again last week which was bonds hitting the falling blue trend line and then being turned lower in a big sell-off.  Bonds appear to have hit a bottom so we are going to recommend FLOATING your Delaware mortgage rate to see if the bond market can bounce higher but be on guard if selling continues bond could move significantly lower and mortgage rates could continue to move higher. Keep Reading...

Delaware Mortgage Rates Weekly Mortgage Market Update for July 15, 2013

John Thomas July 14, 2013 Tags: , , , , ,
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Delaware mortgage rates weekly market update for the week of July 15, 2013, by John R. Thomas with Primary Residential Mortgage in Newark, Delaware. John is the Newark, Delaware Mortgage Branch Manager and the author of the book, Your Guide to Buying Your First Home in Delaware. Call 302-703-0727 to get a free mortgage planning consultation or APPLY ONLINE for Delaware mortgage loan

Delaware mortgage rates were finally able to move lower after spiking higher the past two weeks. If you look at the mortgage bond chart below you can see that mortgage bonds were able to rebound on Monday after the big sell-off on Friday, July 5th which is the big red candle down on the bond chart below. The big green candle on Monday shows the bond market rebounding and then moved higher the rest of the week. The short term trend is now for mortgage bonds to move higher and rates to move lower so we are recommending FLOATING your Delaware mortgage rate to start the week. Keep Reading...