Bonds Cap Stellar Week/Month With Strongest Close Bonds ended the week/month at their strongest levels with 10yr yields ...
At this point, it is getting a bit repetitive to bring up "the lowest rates in more than 3 years"--something that was ...
Mortgage application activity edged ever-so-slightly higher last week, with the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reporting an increase of 0.4% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ending ...
Home price appreciation pulled back slightly at the end of last year, according to December data from both FHFA and S&P/Cotality Case-Shiller. The reports reinforce the message that prices continued ...
Can’t you feel the anticipation building? March 5th… Trigger leads… Don’t tell me that you’ve forgotten all about it. When a ...
We'd already discussed the fact that PPI has fallen by the wayside as a relevant market mover for bonds despite one or two ...
Knock Knock Knockin' on 10yr Floor Sometimes, it's a shame that the 7yr Treasury isn't the most popular bond market benchmark ...
Given that we have the somewhat unpopular job of reporting that today's average top-tier 30yr fixed mortgage rate is 6.00 again, rather than the 5.99 seen earlier this week, we can at least find one ...
This is the problem with narrow trading ranges. Yesterday, yields were safely inside a narrow range near long-term lows. Today, they're challenging the lowest levels since November. Any time we're at ...
In-Range PM Weakness Viewed under a microscope, it may have seemed like today was a relatively volatile session for the bond ...
It may not be as glamorous as being able to say mortgage rates are "in the 5s," but at 6.00%, today's MND rate index is a mere 0.01% higher than yesterday's multi-year low.  For all practical purposes ...
It is no secret that Congress and regulators have trouble keeping up with technology. But is an AI “conversation” with a ...