| Last | Change | Percent | |
| S&P Futures | 2068.6 | 27.4 | 1.34% |
| Eurostoxx Index | 3531.2 | 111.2 | 3.25% |
| Oil (WTI) | 52.8 | 0.0 | 0.04% |
| LIBOR | 0.283 | 0.000 | 0.07% |
| US Dollar Index (DXY) | 95.61 | -0.992 | -1.03% |
| 10 Year Govt Bond Yield | 2.38% | 0.05% | |
| Current Coupon Ginnie Mae TBA | 103.7 | -0.6 | |
| Current Coupon Fannie Mae TBA | 103 | -0.7 | |
| BankRate 30 Year Fixed Rate Mortgage | 4.12 |
Markets are higher as Greece proposed a new package of spending cuts, reform, and tax increases in exchange for a new bailout. Chinese stocks rose overnight for the biggest 2-day gain since 2008. Bonds and MBS are down.
It looks like we are close to a deal to give Greece another bailout. Greece has proposed to more or less adopt the creditors' proposals on sales and corporate tax rates. Pensions also got trimmed and the savings are more or less in line with that the creditors have wanted all along. Greece has capitulated and it looks like they will stay in the EU.
Janet Yellen will be speaking at 12:30 EST. Traders will be listening for comments regarding China and whether the melt-down there will cause the Fed to hold off raising rates.
Everywhere it seems like there is a shortage of real estate for sale. The exception is the uber-high end, especially in NYC suburbs like Greenwich, CT. At the current pace of sales, it would take 4.9 years to absorb the current inventory. Compare this to the NAR's estimate of about 5 months nationally. IMO, there is an additional factor here - Wall Street salaries have been eroded over time as hedge funds consolidate, sales and trading jobs vanish and proprietary trading goes away. If the Chinese government orders their rich to repatriate their assets to support domestic markets, we could see more inventory in the big cities. Even if their government does not order them to repatriate, there is almost no doubt that the slowdown will affect their appetite for new properties.
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