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No Surprises From Powell. No Major Movement in Rates
Wed, 28 Jan 2026 21:16:26 GMT
No Surprises From Powell. No Major Movement in Rates As expected, the Fed held rates steady today. The statement was moderately more hawkish in that it acknowledged progress on the labor market front and overall ..[read more]
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Mortgage Rate Winning Streak Ends, But Just Barely
Wed, 28 Jan 2026 20:51:00 GMT
On some occasions, a rate announcement from the Federal Reserve (even one that results in no change to the Fed Funds Rate) can cause a huge move in mortgage rates. Today was not one of those days, but in its defense, it was never that likely to be. ..[read more]
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Here's What Changed in The New Fed Announcement
Wed, 28 Jan 2026 19:00:48 GMT
Available indicators suggest that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate solid pace. Job gains have slowed this year, remained low, and the unemployment rate has edged up through September. More recent indicators are consistent wit..[read more]
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Title Strategy, Non-Agency, Construction Capital, Workflow Tools; Housing Policy, Rates, and $200 Billion
Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:40:47 GMT
"Did you hear what NASA's new slogan will be once its budget is cut? 'NASA: The Sky's The Limit'' If you're a conference organizer, do you have a catchy slogan for the event? That certainly seems to be expected. Fannie Mae has a slogan ("Powering Ame..[read more]
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Re-Entry Rejected. What Can The Fed Say?
Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:10:34 GMT
Wednesday brings 2026's first Fed announcement, but it's guaranteed to be one of the least interesting. For a start, this is one of 4 annual meetings without an economic projections update and thus, no dot plot. That automatically takes any Fed meeti..[read more]
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Gradual Weakness After AM Gains
Tue, 27 Jan 2026 21:15:28 GMT
Gradual Weakness After AM Gains Bonds began the day in weaker territory, but logged some solid gains in the first few hours. A small portion of the improvement could be arguably linked to the lowest Consumer Conf..[read more]
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Mortgage Rate Winning Streak Continues
Tue, 27 Jan 2026 20:40:00 GMT
Today was the 5th day in a row where mortgage rates moved at least a little bit lower. While rate movement is often the product of obvious underlying motivations in the economy or news headlines, today's was small enough to obviate any intense invest..[read more]
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HELOC, Non-QM processing, Jumbo Tools; STRATMOR on Housing Ecosystem; Rocket Lawsuit
Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:53:48 GMT
On January 29 at 1PM ET, STRATMOR Group and T3 Sixty launch a new collaboration with a live T3 Insight TODAY webinar focused on the New Housing Services Ecosystem. (More below.) Things are evolving, or devolving, with compliance, and Blake Boss of Ac..[read more]
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Gap Filled. Time to Sell?
Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:37:56 GMT
There are few developments in bond market charts that can lead even fundamental analysts to acknowledge the technicals. One of the most common catalysts for this phenomenon is the simple range breakout following by a filling of the gap created betwee..[read more]
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Small, Steady Gains and MBS Outperformance
Mon, 26 Jan 2026 20:59:59 GMT
Small, Steady Gains and MBS Outperformance It was a relatively quiet Monday for the bond market, but not a bad one. Treasuries were modestly stronger overnight and MBS opened a few ticks higher. Durable goods dat..[read more]
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