Once again, Treasury is out with news about bond buying plans with two officials saying the Treasury General Account (TGA) ...

Mortgage rates are based on bonds, but whereas bonds improved slightly from Friday's levels, mortgage rates are ...

Builder sentiment improved slightly in August, but confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes remained ...

For all practical purposes, Friday's mortgage rates were unchanged versus Thursday's, but if we're splitting hairs, the average lender rose 0.01% to 6.77% for a top tier 30yr fixed. While many news ...

Bonds were a hair stronger overnight and are now a hair weaker at 9:15am ET. They may flip back and forth a few more times ...

Residential construction pulled back in July as housing starts and completions declined from June levels, while building permits rebounded. The latest Census Bureau data suggests builders remained ...

While Freddie Mac's weekly mortgage rate survey may show rates moving slightly lower this week, today's rates are actually ...

Mortgage application activity was little changed last week as higher mortgage rates continued to weigh on purchase demand. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported a 0.4% decrease in total ...

Mortgage rates dropped on Wednesday due to a combination of lower oil prices and the announcement of changes to Treasury's bond buyback program. The oil price angle is easy to understand. Throughout ...

Without any data or compelling market movers, bonds came into the day light on inspiration. Low volume/liquidity left the door open for any determined traders to have a bigger-than-normal influence on ...

The correlation between bonds and fuel prices was already creeping back into the picture yesterday. After the Treasury buyback announcement got all of the morning's attention, fuel prices guided the ...