Bonds Looking Somewhat Optimistic Ahead of CPI Bonds improved modestly on Tuesday which is actually a somewhat ...

Bonds are rallying, and we have no objection to that. Reasons are simple and familiar enough that there's no sense in over-analyzing them. Newswires hit at 7am saying that Pakistan's defense minister ...

What are folks talking about here at the Western Secondary? Small things and big things. There’s a brand-spankin’ new private MI company: Anza. (Contact Melissa Gemma with questions.) Lenders are ...

Recent experience suggests the safest assumption about oil prices and bond yields is that they will pop and drop with reasonable regularity. In other words, lower prices/yields for a few days ...

As of last Friday, average top-tier mortgage rates hit their lowest levels since July 20th. If they'd managed to drop even 0.01% today, it would have been a new 3-week low.  As it stands, rates ...

Issuance and Oil Strike Back Oil prices continue to ebb and flow in concert with the Iran war news cycle. There's no set ...

Mortgage application activity declined for a second consecutive week as higher borrowing costs continued to weigh on both ...

Mortgage rates rose modestly on Thursday, with multiple lenders making mid-day adjustments in response to bond market ...

Mortgage rates dropped moderately today after the latest jobs report showed much lower jobs created than expected. The monthly jobs report is one of the most--if not THE most--important pieces of ...

Mortgage rates had a tough day on Friday, largely in response to bond market volatility surrounding heavy forex trading as a ...

FELL 23k versus an 80k forecast.  Last month was revised down as well. From a traditional market-watching perspective, this ...

I was recently doing some bike riding in the Napa Valley and spent some time speaking with a wine maker. She told me that ...