As hoped, Friday's big rate spike did not carry additional momentum into the new week.  This is occasionally a risk when ...

I am in Florida, in mortgage meetings and the MBAF, and in Saturday’s Commentary I noted the intense flurry of conference ...

Overnight and early-session trading confirm the bond market is shifting gears and re-entering a sort of cruise control in the prevailing range. Had last Friday's jobs report been as weak as some of ...

Perfectly Logical Reaction to On-Target Data It's not necessarily a fun fact to face, but today's bond market sell-off was a ...

The bond market was likely taking a bit of a lead-off ahead of today's jobs report, inspired by a string of weaker economic ...

JOLTS Data Didn't Help, But it Didn't Hurt Much Either Bonds were moderately stronger overnight and then weaker after the ...

Mortgage rates have enjoyed a nice run since May 21st, with the MND Index (average top tier 30yr fixed scenarios) falling ...

The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) latest survey showed a pullback in mortgage applications, with rates dipping slightly after a three-week climb. The week’s numbers were also affected by the ...

Bonds Dial Back Ahead of Big Jobs Report It was a fairly interesting day for bonds, relative to the calendar of scheduled ...

Mortgage rates began the day perfectly in line with yesterday's latest levels for the average lender. By the afternoon, the ...

The last time I was in Florida I saw a bumper sticker that said, “I thought growing old would take longer.” This weekend I ...

Strongest Close of the Week After Well-Contained Month-End Volatility There was always a reasonably high bar for today's econ ...