First thing's first before anyone gets too excited: yes, rates fell on Friday, but not significantly.  The average lender is ...

With the exception of Monday, which saw a medium-sized uptick in mortgage rates, the rest of the week has been fairly calm in ...

One of the key principles of mortgage rate movement has to do with the frequency of mortgage rate changes.  Specifically, ...

Anyone who thinks politics doesn’t impact residential lending isn’t, frankly, paying attention. Let’s start with something ...

It depends what one's definition of "recent" is, but if it involves the past few weeks, mortgage rates were at their highest ...

The first 3 days of this week have all generally seen yields at the highest levels in a month (or perhaps in "at least 28 ...

What's Up With The Big Bond Rally Despite Higher Inflation? It was one thing when bonds were only modestly stronger after ...

I head to San Diego for MCT Exchange 2025, and my email has been heating up. “Rob, are you hearing about a big jump in lock ...

Bonds are starting the week in weaker shape. If you had to reduce that movement to one motivation, it would be the "risk-on" ...

Overnight Weakness Gives Way to Modest Gains In absolute terms, it was a moderately active day for bonds as 10yr yields moved ...

The National Association of Realtors' Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) tracks purchase contract signings that have not yet ...

There are two dominant home price indices released each month in the U.S.  The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is ...