Due to the incredibly light calendar of economic data this week, this morning's combination of S&P PMI and Consumer Sentiment ...

With oil prices going down, I’ll demand that interest rates drop immediately. And likewise, they should be dropping all over ...

After several consecutive days without any noticeable changes, mortgage rates finally made a move today.  Unfortunately, that ...

It's no mystery that 2024 hasn't been a stellar year for home sales and many other housing metrics. Today's release of ...

Modest Gains Make For an Uneventful Week If bonds had continued to sell off today, it would have made the week slightly more ...

The Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) weekly mortgage application survey showed a modest decrease in refinance ...

Given that rates take cues from bonds and bonds take cues from economic data, it's perhaps no surprise to see an absence of ...

Absence of Data Leaves Focus on Technicals and the Waiting Game The extreme dearth of big ticket economic data was no mystery ...

While there were only 4 business days instead of the customary 5, it's been an intensely boring week for mortgage rates.  Tuesday started out right where Friday left off. From there, Thursday brought ...

Mortgage rates are driven predominantly by the bond market and bonds were able to clear up a few curiosities on inauguration ...

Trump issued numerous executive orders on Monday, but conspicuously absent was any specific directive regarding tariffs. ...

Mortgage rates are driven by the bond market and Friday was the least active day of the week for bonds.  There were no major ...