Yields on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage securities that guide U.S. home-loan rates climbed to the highest in more than five months relative to Treasuries as Europe’s worsening government finances led investors to shun all but the safest assets. » Read more…
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Mortgage Bond Spreads at Widest in Five Months: Credit Markets
Posted by MORTGAGE BLOG NEWS on March 4, 2011
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Uncle Sam tempts foreigners back to U.S. mortgage assets
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Having shunned U.S. mortgage-related assets for 1-1/2 years, foreign investors are returning to the market now the U.S. government has a key stake. » Read more…
Fed to sell some of mortgage-backed portfolio-WSJ
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U.S. Federal Reserve officials have agreed to sell some of the central bank’s $1.1 trillion portfolio of mortgage-backed securities, but many are undecided on how soon or how aggressively to do so, the Wall Street Journal said, citing several people familiar with the matter. » Read more…
Ignoring the Elephant in the Bailout
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IF you blinked, you might have missed the ugly first-quarter report last week from Freddie Mac, the mortgage finance giant that, along with its sister Fannie Mae, soldiers on as one of the financial world’s biggest wards of the state. » Read more…
Mortgage-Bond Spreads Widen to Seven-Month High on More Supply
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Yields on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage securities that guide U.S. home-loan rates widened to a seven-month high relative to Treasuries as borrowing costs near record lows led to speculation that issuance will increase. » Read more…