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Seriously... No One Seems to Know
Thu, 16 Oct 2025 20:16:17 GMT
Seriously... No One Seems to Know Today's most prominent feature was a large, rapid move in Fed Funds Futures and other short-term rate metrics. Longer term rates benefited as well, but short term rates cle..[read more]
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Mortgage Rates Quickly Approaching Long-Term Lows
Thu, 16 Oct 2025 19:42:00 GMT
Despite a stark absence of any truly inspiring events, interest rates have managed to put in two fairly serious days of movement. In today's case specifically, there was an obvious intraday surge in the underlying bond market. While that surge wasn't..[read more]
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Rate Sheet, AI, Verification, Servicing, Flood Tools; Primer on What Builders Can and Can't Do
Thu, 16 Oct 2025 15:46:07 GMT
"I was gambling in Las Vegas; I took a little risk. Send lawyers, guns, and money, Dad, get me out of this!' Hopefully, no one heading to LV tomorrow or this weekend runs into that kind of trouble. Did you know' The difference between an American rou..[read more]
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Block Trades Setting The Tone After Mostly Data-Free Morning
Thu, 16 Oct 2025 13:40:21 GMT
There were quite a few economic reports that would have been released this morning were it not for the gov shutdown. OK, well only 3 notable absences, but there would have been a 3 week backlog of jobless claims in addition to typically sp..[read more]
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Fairly Flat At Strongest Levels in Weeks
Wed, 15 Oct 2025 21:32:41 GMT
Fairly Flat At Strongest Levels in Weeks 10yr yields ended the day a mere 0.1bp higher than yesterday (4.029 vs 4.028). Call it "unchanged," and no one will argue. In this case, an unchanged result means we..[read more]
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Mortgage Rates Slip to Another Multi-Week Low
Wed, 15 Oct 2025 20:26:00 GMT
Mortgage rates are based on bonds and bonds are trading at their best levels since September 17th. Of course there are different kinds of bonds, so we should specify that we're talking about the bonds that are specifically tied to mortgages (MB..[read more]
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Borrower Monitoring, AI Processing, DPA, Verification Tools; Events and Training; Robots Will do What?
Wed, 15 Oct 2025 15:51:41 GMT
While the debate rages on about whether the three colors of candy corn taste different, at the other end of the tech spectrum, lenders are weeding out unused or out-of-date technology, reviewing new tools, all the while looking at bad developments in..[read more]
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Everything Winning on Combo of Trade Tensions, Fed Speak, and Earnings
Wed, 15 Oct 2025 14:16:21 GMT
Stocks have made a bit of a round trip since last Friday when Trump's tariff comments sparked a big sell-off. Bonds benefited from that at the time. So far this week, stocks have staged a solid comeback--especially today as upbeat earning..[read more]
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Mortgage Apps Dip, But Demand Still Running Strong After September Surge
Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:46:00 GMT
Mortgage application activity declined again last week, though the drop was more moderate than the prior week's pullback. According to MBA's Weekly Applications Survey for the week ending October 10, total volume fell 1.8% on a seasonally adjusted ba..[read more]
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Yields Hug Multi-Week Lows After Powell Speech
Tue, 14 Oct 2025 21:43:40 GMT
Yields Hug Multi-Week Lows After Powell Speech Bonds were remarkably resilient over the extended weekend given the moderate rebound in the stock market. As of Friday afternoon, yields and stocks swooned together ..[read more]
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