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Wednesday is All About Dot Plot and Powell
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 21:18:45 GMT
Wednesday is All About Dot Plot and Powell Bonds lost ground moderately and logically on Tuesday in response to the JOLTS data. From here, this week's volatility potential hinges on the Fed. Fed Funds Futures sug..[read more]
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Can The Fed Pull Mortgage Rates Off The Ceiling?
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:59:00 GMT
Mortgage rates were surprisingly steady on Tuesday with most lenders roughly in line with Monday's levels. Why surprising? Because the bond market was noticeably weaker and bonds dictate day to day mortgage rate movement. In Tuesday's case, we..[read more]
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Home Equity, Borrower Mining, Flood Tools; Milliman/MorVest Deal; Credit Cost News; Prepayments Slowing
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:43:36 GMT
"Seminar 'How to avoid frauds' is canceled. Tickets are non-refundable.' Collectively, we don't want mortgage fraud, right? It's a non-partisan issue. A grand jury rejected a new mortgage fraud indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia Jam..[read more]
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Job Openings Data Causing Weakness in Bonds
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:36:47 GMT
Tuesday is a fairly straightforward session for the bond market. By now, we assume most of the pre-Fed positioning would be out of the way, and we know there was a decent amount of anticipation for the JOLTS data (job openings and labor turnove..[read more]
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Pre Fed Jitters? Not Exactly
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 21:26:50 GMT
Pre Fed Jitters? Not Exactly Both stocks and bonds began to swoon moments after this morning's 9:30am NYSE open. That sort of pervasive selling is often seen when the Fed's rate cut outlook is deteriorating. With..[read more]
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Mortgage Rates Start Week Near 3 Month Highs
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 21:02:00 GMT
Both stocks and bonds lost ground on Monday. This pushed mortgage rates up near their highest levels in just over 3 months (because mortgages are based on bond prices). To put the 3-month highs in perspective, today's rates are right in line wi..[read more]
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Non-Agency, DSCR, eSignature, Data Analysis Tools; Deep Dive on "Fed Week"
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:26:41 GMT
"Blimps are one of the only forms of advertisement people are actually excited to see.' "Rob, we see all kinds of companies advertising at conferences. We are trying to lower our cost per loan, and I am doing a more formal review of third-party provi..[read more]
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Yields Testing Range Ceiling Ahead of Auctions, Data, And The Fed
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:07:43 GMT
Bonds are under pressure yet again at the start of the new week--insult added to injury coming off of the worst week of selling since the late October Fed announcement. On that note, some of the recent weakness could be the bond market's way of ..[read more]
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Technicals Help Reconcile Selling Pressure
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 21:40:03 GMT
Technicals Help Reconcile Selling Pressure In the realm of market commentary, technicals are a vastly overused explanation for past movement, let alone for the prediction of future movement. In this week's case, ..[read more]
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Mortgage Rates Could See More Volatility Next Week
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 21:06:00 GMT
Average mortgage rates drifted slightly higher to end the week, though they remained under the levels seen on Monday and Tuesday. Even then, none of this week's movement was especially abrupt. That's interesting considering there was a decent amount ..[read more]
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