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Range Breakout Intensifies. Chicken or Egg?
Tue, 20 Jan 2026 21:52:32 GMT
Range Breakout Intensifies. Chicken or Egg? After months spent observing the same old range in the bond market, we're finally in the throes of a confirmed breakout. Unfortunately, the breakout has seen 10yr yield..[read more]
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Mortgage Rates Jump to Match Highest Levels in Nearly a Month
Tue, 20 Jan 2026 20:28:00 GMT
Mortgage rates jumped sharply higher on Tuesday in response to weakness driven by geopolitical events and overseas financial markets. After hitting lows of 5.99% for a few hours on January 9th and spending last week in the low 6's, the average top ti..[read more]
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Custom Software, UW Tools; FHA, USDA News; Webinars Today and Tomorrow; Mitch Kider Interview
Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:47:06 GMT
On today's Mortgage Law Today at 3PM ET, sponsored by Polunsky Beitel Green, LLP, Brian Levy sits down with Mitch Kider to unpack the shifting legal and regulatory landscape facing mortgage lenders, CFPB uncertainty, fair lending risk, GSE policy, en..[read more]
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Bonds Brace For Greenland Fallout. Japan Not Helping Either
Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:36:04 GMT
As Trump's Greenland aspirations continue unabated, measurable fallout is increasing. Part of the strategy is increased tariffs. EU is also planning/threatening retaliatory tariffs as well as suspending talks on the US/EU trade deal. The latest measu..[read more]
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10yr Yields Finally Break The Range
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:28:20 GMT
10yr Yields Finally Break The Range Despite an absence of market movers on the calendar, bonds found a reason to move. In fact, 10yr yields staged their first legit breakout from the narrow trading range of the p..[read more]
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Mortgage Rates End Week at Highs
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:06:00 GMT
Don't stress out. If we ignore the past 5 days, today's mortgage rates are still the lowest since early 2023. That said, they're up a bit from last week and they moved moderately higher day-over-day. Last week's news regarding Fannie and Fredd..[read more]
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Builder Sentiment Survey Not Yet Reflecting Recent Rate Changes
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:23:00 GMT
Builder confidence slipped to start the year, with the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) falling two points to 37 in January. The erasure of December's modest gains doesn't really do much to change th..[read more]
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Compliance, Servicing, Mortgage Reset Tools; February and March Events and Education
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 16:50:55 GMT
How are we halfway done with January already? Wasn't it just New Year's? Some lenders slow down in the winter, but I am hearing reports of great Decembers and Januarys. Wanna fire up your sales team? Here's an article: "The golden handcuffs are slipp..[read more]
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Slow Start, Quiet Calendar
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:38:57 GMT
Last week reinforced the lesson anything can happen in the bond market--even with less than an hour left on an otherwise uneventful day. There's no way to plan ahead for that eternal caveat, so we're left to observe prevailing momentum/volatility and..[read more]
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Data-Driven Weakness
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:32:43 GMT
Data-Driven Weakness It was a reasonably straightforward day for the bond market. Trading was flat overnight, then weaker after the 8:30am Jobless Claims data. That report is hit and miss as a market mover,..[read more]
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