| MORTGAGE DATA | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-yr. Fixed | 15-yr. Fixed | 5-yr Treasury | 1-yr Treasury- | MBA Refi | Home Purchase | |||||||||
| Rate Mortgage | Rate Mortgage | Indexed ARMs | Indexed ARMs | Index | Index | |||||||||
| Week ending 01/07/08 | 5.01% | 4.62% | 5.49% | 4.95% | 5904.5 | 344.2 | ||||||||
| Week ending 12/31/08 | 5.10% | 4.83% | 5.57% | 4.85% | 6733.8 | 320.9 | ||||||||
| One Year Ago | 5.87% | 5.43% | 5.63% | 5.37% |
Refinancings made up 79.8% of the total volume of mortgage loan applications, decreasing from 82.9% last week. Base period for indexes 3/16/90 = 100
The Philadelphia-based bank's parent company, Republic First Bancshares, had been roiled by a yearslong proxy battle involving activist investors groups and its former CEO.
Known for subprime financing, the sponsor has been making inroads lending to near-prime customers in the last couple of years.
Spreads ranging from 16-18 basis points over the three-month, interpolated yield curve on the P1 (Moody's) and F1+ (Fitch) notes, to 160 to 170 over the benchmark on the class D notes.
Mortgage rates rose 7 basis points this week, Freddie Mac said, and more increases are likely following a weaker than expected gross domestic product report.
Broken down by product type, the agency's NJCLASS Standard Fixed product should account for a large majority of the loans, 75.4%. NJCLASS Consolidation will account for the next-largest group, 14.1%.
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