To be fair, mortgage rates haven't been far from their long-term highs in over a week, but today's 30yr fixed index level of ...

Home price appreciation remained modest in May, according to data from both FHFA and the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Home Price ...

Japan's Ministry of Finance (MOF) and central bank (BOJ) are a bit more closely linked than Treasury and the Fed. For example, the MOF can instruct the BOJ to sell a bunch of securities to pop up the ...

It's not at all uncommon for mortgage rates to experience microscopic movement in either direction on any given day. In fact, it's probably the most common eventuality over time. In that sense, today ...

I am no numerologist, but Freddie Mac’s announcement yesterday, that 30-year mortgage rates are averaging 6.66, caught my attention. Unlike rumors, like the one going around about a Texas IMB buying ...

Bullets Dodged We've seen our fair share of bonds punishing the market on occasions where bond traders were forced to worry ...

Heading into today's Fed announcement, futures markets indicated roughly a 1 in 3 chance that the Fed would hike rates. They ...

What's Up With Today's Paradoxical Fed Reaction? Tough day for the casual observer to try to make sense of what happened.

This morning could have been much worse. The bond market could have continued spiraling on fear that it is now responsible ...

Once again, bond yields dropped in the overnight session in concert with lower oil prices. Today's iteration is less swift ...

New home sales rebounded modestly in June, recovering some of the previous month's decline, though activity remained below ...

Those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.” Even if you’re a 90-year-old ...