With economic data being the most consistent source of motivation for rates, the market has been eager for it to return with ...

Modest Gains After Mid-Day Volatility With only a few exceptions, bonds have been a rudderless ship during the government ...

Supposedly commercial air travel is back to normal, good for anyone coming in for the Mortgage Bankers Association of St. Louis event tomorrow and Thursday’s Mortgage Bankers Association of Kansas ...

We've seen a clumsy, confused return of various economic reports this morning (several reports were no previously announced with rescheduled release dates). Thankfully, the surprise releases were not ...

The bond market (which dictates rates) was roughly unchanged over the weekend. As such, it's no surprise to see mortgage rates right in line with Friday's latest levels. For the average lender, this ...

Uneventful Monday; MBS Underperform In the bigger picture, bonds were flat on Monday without any major volatility in either direction. But if we break out the microscope, we find longer-term ...

Its dog eat dog in the ranks of the FHFA and Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac. The question is, does anyone care, or is anyone ...

Mortgage rates rose somewhat sharply following the late October Fed meeting but have been in a relatively narrow range so far ...

Bonds Look Past 10yr Auction to Maintain Focus on Jobs While there were no big ticket economic reports on today's calendar, ...

Mortgage rates are based on bond market movement and bonds are much stronger today compared to Monday. Although bonds were ...

Bonds were sideways to slightly weaker in the overnight session.  4am to 7am was exceptionally flat and narrow. This is ...

Wednesday's mortgage rates were the highest in roughly a month and very close to the highest levels in 2 months.  This ...