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Calm and Slightly Stronger, But Volatility Will be Back
Fri, 08 May 2026 19:34:37 GMT
Calm and Slightly Stronger, But Volatility Will be Back Once or twice per week, the bond market manages to post a fairly calm trading day against the prevailing backdrop of generally higher volatility. Today was ..[read more]
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Mortgage Rates End Week Slightly Lower
Fri, 08 May 2026 17:52:00 GMT
It ended up being a decent round trip for rates this week. Monday kicked things off with a jump to the highest level in more than a month, and the third highest since August 2025. But that ended up being the only day where rates went higher. W..[read more]
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Higher Rates Hit Mortgage Apps, But Only Modestly
Fri, 08 May 2026 16:56:00 GMT
Mortgage applications declined last week, reversing some of the prior period's gains as rates climbed to their highest level in a month. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported a 4.4% decrease on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week end..[read more]
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2-Month Glut of Data Brings New Home Sales Back to Center of The Range
Fri, 08 May 2026 16:30:00 GMT
New home sales moved higher in March and February. Both months were reported on a single day this week as the Census Bureau continues catching up from the government shutdown. After dropping to 587k in January, sales rose to 635k in February a..[read more]
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BBYS, Anti-Fraud, Subservicing Products; Primer Hedging Information for MLOs; Cap. Markets Deep Dive
Fri, 08 May 2026 14:42:21 GMT
If you haven't signed up for the Mortgage Action Alliance, do so. It's free, has good advocacy information, and there's strength in numbers. Recent conference chatter includes suggesting that removing politics from the mortgage conversation would be ..[read more]
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Forget What You Know About The Payroll Count
Fri, 08 May 2026 13:00:43 GMT
Everyone's been talking about the ongoing change in the significance of the payroll number in the jobs report. OK, not everyone, but economists and bond traders for sure. The issue is the rapid shift in the size of the labor force as well as recent v..[read more]
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Another Mid-Day Reversal. Does Jobs Report Even Matter?
Thu, 07 May 2026 19:24:16 GMT
Another Mid-Day Reversal Driven by Dueling Headlines The overnight session featured a modest but clearly-defined rally in response to hopeful headlines on the Iran war. But as early a 9am ET, a complete reversal ..[read more]
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Mortgage Rates Erase Early Improvement
Thu, 07 May 2026 18:46:00 GMT
The day began on a fairly hopeful note for the mortgage market. During overnight trading hours, the bond market improved following a report regarding a peace framework sent to Iran by The U.S. When bonds improve, rates fall, all else equal. Th..[read more]
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Hedging and Secondary, Verification, AI, Reverse, Ops Tools; Earnings; Market Muddle
Thu, 07 May 2026 15:53:12 GMT
Lender and Broker Products, Software, and Services Spring homebuying season is in full swing, and for many lenders, that also means a surge in home equity demand as borrowers tap rising property values. But growth can expose cracks. Every handoff, ..[read more]
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More Peace Deal Hope, More Overnight Gains
Thu, 07 May 2026 13:08:19 GMT
Bonds and oil rallied again in the overnight session, though not as swiftly as they did yesterday. News was thinner, but there was still an obvious catalyst just before 3am with a WSJ report that the U.S. provided Iran a detailed framework to end the..[read more]
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