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It was a fairly boring day on what has turned out to be a fairly boring week so far for mortgage rates.  After Friday's ...
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How About Tomorrow? After a slightly bumpy start for reasons that remain unknown, the bond market settled into an uneventful sideways grind that lasted through the 3pm CME close. Both MBS and ...
I am in Florida, in mortgage meetings and the MBAF, and in Saturday’s Commentary I noted the intense flurry of conference ...
As hoped, Friday's big rate spike did not carry additional momentum into the new week.  This is occasionally a risk when ...
Mortgage rates have enjoyed a nice run since May 21st, with the MND Index (average top tier 30yr fixed scenarios) falling ...
Mortgage rates began the day perfectly in line with yesterday's latest levels for the average lender. By the afternoon, the ...
As the world is watching the chicks learn to fly on the eagle cam, in the human world there are more “For Sale” signs. You ...
The bond market was likely taking a bit of a lead-off ahead of today's jobs report, inspired by a string of weaker economic ...
The last time I was in Florida I saw a bumper sticker that said, “I thought growing old would take longer.” This weekend I ...
Perfectly Logical Reaction to On-Target Data It's not necessarily a fun fact to face, but today's bond market sell-off was a ...
Whether or not today's drop in rates is meaningful depends on one's perspective, but in the context of recent rate movement, ...