Holiday Week Volatility With Zero Consequence Although there was a brief negative reaction to this morning's economic data, ...

Wednesday was far less eventful than the first two days of the week as far as mortgage rates were concerned. The average ...

The new phone books are here, the new phone books are here! Oh, wait a minute. The new conventional conforming loan limits are here! The new conventional conforming loan limits are here! True, lenders ...

Bonds were just slightly weaker overnight but are losing more ground in early trading.  The culprit: both of this morning's 8 ...

Best Closing Levels in Nearly a Month Bonds improved only moderately on Tuesday in a move that's just as easily chalked up to random holiday-week volatility as any of the day's data/events.  If we're ...

Both the FHFA and the S&P/Cotality Case-Shiller home-price indices released new data this week. The message remains ...

Want better affordability? Lower house prices certainly helps, and this article states that more than half of homes in the United States have fallen in price in the last year. Forget interest rates: ...

Thanksgiving weeks can be weird for mortgage rates. This has to do with the fact that rates are dictated by the bond market and the bond market depends on real live people who can actually be out of ...

Remember to bring up politics at Thanksgiving to save some money on Christmas presents.” “What do tornadoes and Tennessee divorces have in common? Someone's going to lose a mobile home.” (My father’s ...

It's a data-free Monday on a holiday-shortened week and there aren't any high-impact headlines or massive stock swings to spark any serious bond market movement. Nonetheless, bonds have found a reason ...

Bonds Hold Gains Despite Ongoing Recovery in Stocks The stock market factored into the bond market's performance on Friday.  In pre-market trading stocks managed a big bounce after NY Fed's Williams ...