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Servicing, CRM, BI, QC, HELOC, TBA, Title Products; STRATMOR on Servicing; UAD 3.6
Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:25:35 GMT
Among the hot topics in the hallways of the ICE Experience is the evolution in data contained in each lien, along with massive appraisal change hitting our biz. I was chatting with Class Valuation's Mark Walser yesterday about UAD 3.6. (If you'd like..[read more]
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Overnight Gains Erased by PPI/Oil. Fed on Deck
Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:14:55 GMT
The Producer Price Index (PPI) was this morning's only big ticket econ data and calling it "big ticket" is a bit of a stretch. PPI often passes without a trace, but can occasionally get an obvious response even if it's not a huge response. Today's in..[read more]
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Sleepy Pre-Fed Day, But Slightly Stronger
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:07:57 GMT
Sleepy Pre-Fed Day, But Slightly Stronger Bonds did something they haven't done in almost 3 weeks today. They closed at stronger levels for the second consecutive day. The last time that happened was Februar..[read more]
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The Fed Isn't Doing Anything to Mortgage Rates on Wednesday
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:07:00 GMT
It was a fairly uneventful day for mortgage rates, but also a fairly decent one. The underlying bond market made modest gains even without meaningful cues from oil prices. Lately, oil price volatility has been the most visible motivation for bonds an..[read more]
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Commercial, eClosing, Retention, Processing Tools; Wholesaler, Corresp. News; False Claims Update
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:40:21 GMT
Products, Services, and Software for Brokers and Lenders The average person makes more than 35,000 decisions a day. Most are inconsequential: coffee or tea, paper or plastic. For mortgage capital markets teams, whose decisions shape pricing, execut..[read more]
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Another Solid Start, But Without as Much Help From Oil
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:45:09 GMT
Until the end of the Iran war, bond traders are keeping oil prices on their screens and comparing oil price movement against bond market movement as the first task on the daily checklist. In so doing, we see a bit of outperformanc..[read more]
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Simple, Strong Correlation With Oil Leaves Yields Lower
Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:24:35 GMT
Simple, Strong Correlation With Oil Leaves Yields Lower There's no sense in overcomplicating today's trading session. Oil was down significantly and so were bond yields. The correlation was very strong after 4am ..[read more]
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Mortgage Rates Recover Modestly From 7-Month Highs
Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:51:00 GMT
Mortgage rates are based on bonds, and bonds spent last week bracing for the impact of higher energy prices. In the bond world, higher inflation begets higher rates, all else equal. Oil prices remain elevated, but fell more than 5% on Monday. ..[read more]
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Processing, Bridge Loan, Non-QM Products; News and Oil Prices Point to a Fed Hold; "Tip to Tail" Wave
Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:30:55 GMT
Products, Services, and Software for Brokers and Lenders "Great News! LendingPros has Pipeline Accelerator Specials for March, check them out. Plus, we're excited to celebrate joining the ARIVE platform and have combined our March and ARIVE special..[read more]
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Stronger Start as Markets Hope For De-Escalation
Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:38:42 GMT
With no massive escalation in Iran over the weekend, oil prices trickled only modestly higher during Asian trading hours and began to recover during European hours. Early domestic trading kept the friendly trend intact with some help from Trump comme..[read more]
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