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Slightly More Focus Than Normal on Thursday's CPI
Wed, 17 Dec 2025 21:17:15 GMT
Slightly More Focus Than Normal on Thursday's CPI Wednesday ended up being an uneventful trading day with bonds mostly sideways and well within the recent trading range. This isn't hard to believe given the absen..[read more]
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Mortgage Rates Unchanged Ahead of Important Inflation Data
Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:51:00 GMT
Mortgage rates were perfectly unchanged compared to yesterday's levels for the average lender. This wasn't a huge surprise considering the absence of any high stakes economic data, but tomorrow could be a different story. Rates are driven by bonds a..[read more]
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AI Automation, U/W, CRM, Agency CEO Pay Cap; UAD 3.6 Update; Economic Jitters
Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:47:35 GMT
Lender and Broker Services, Products, and Software Warehouse lending got a major upgrade in 2025. OptiFunder has transformed the industry with the first fully connected warehouse ecosystem that brings originators and warehouse lenders together. Its..[read more]
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Quiet Calendar Ahead of Thursday's CPI
Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:35:34 GMT
Wednesday is largely a placeholder as 2025's relevant trading days evaporate. Apart from the year-end influences on the 29th-31st, Thursday's CPI arguably represents the last opportunity to trade big ticket econ data until the early January jobs repo..[read more]
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Unemployment Not High Enough For a Full-Fledged Rally
Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:42:44 GMT
Unemployment Not High Enough For a Full-Fledged Rally If the only metric from this morning's jobs report was the uptick in unemployment from 4.4 to 4.6%, and if that was the last of this week's big ticket econ da..[read more]
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Mortgage Rates Only Slightly Lower, But Volatility Risks Remain
Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:08:00 GMT
There was a decent chance that rates would have made a fairly big move today in response to the release of November's jobs report. This is the most important economic data as far as rates are concerned and today's was the first full release since bef..[read more]
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Cap Markets Education, Servicing, Borrower Monitoring Products; Marketing Thoughts for 2026
Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:41:44 GMT
Running a mortgage company, turns out, isn't free, and lenders are trying to cut costs and increase efficiency everywhere. For example (and this is not a paid ad), Lenders One offers some member benefits that may be of interest: L1 Credit for credit ..[read more]
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Frustratingly Flat After Deceptively Friendly Jobs Report
Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:05:00 GMT
If there was one metric in this morning's data that should be helping the bond market, it's the uptick in the unemployment rate from 4.4% in September to 4.6% in November (a new cycle high). This is mitigated somewhat by the uptick in participation r..[read more]
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Fairly Calm Monday. Jobs Report on Deck
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 20:20:55 GMT
Fairly Calm Monday. Jobs Report on Deck Monday ended up being a forgettable December trading day with modest overnight gains eroding to roughly unchanged levels by the 3pm close. There were no catalysts worth dis..[read more]
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Mortgage Rates Slightly Lower as Volatility Risks Increase
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:41:00 GMT
Mortgage rates were just slightly lower to start the new week. This leaves the average lender's top tier 30yr fixed rate almost dead center in the narrow range that's been intact since early September. The absence of any significant movement on Mond..[read more]
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