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Bonds Hold Gains Despite Ongoing Recovery in Stocks
Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:04:10 GMT
Bonds Hold Gains Despite Ongoing Recovery in Stocks The stock market factored into the bond market's performance on Friday. In pre-market trading stocks managed a big bounce after NY Fed's Williams spoke fa..[read more]
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Mortgage Rates Nudge Lower to Remain In The Same Old Range
Fri, 21 Nov 2025 18:53:00 GMT
Recent stock market losses have gotten a lot attention in the news recently. While there's no reliable correlation between stocks and interest rates, when stock losses are as big as they have been recently, it increases the tendency for rates to move..[read more]
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Small Steps Higher, Same Stubbornly Low Territory for Existing Home Sales
Fri, 21 Nov 2025 18:45:00 GMT
Existing-home sales posted another modest gain in October, rising 1.2% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.10 million , according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Sales are now 1.7% higher than a year ago as lower mortgage rates ..[read more]
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Rising Rates Pull Applications Lower, but Year-Over-Year Gains Hold Firm
Fri, 21 Nov 2025 18:37:00 GMT
Mortgage applications moved lower last week as rates continued drifting higher for a third straight week. MBA's Weekly Applications Survey for the week ending November 14 showed a 5.2% drop in total volume on a seasonally adjusted basis and a 7% decl..[read more]
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Builders Slash Prices at Record Pace Despite Slight Sentiment Improvement
Fri, 21 Nov 2025 18:01:00 GMT
Builder confidence levels are still kicking the same sad little can down the road, just with slightly more enthusiasm. The November National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) inched up to 38 from 37 in October..[read more]
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Hedging, Broker Database, Distributed Meeting AI Tools; Experian on Renter's Thoughts; Director Pulte a Liability?
Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:04:13 GMT
"Six cows were smoking joints and playing poker. That's right: The steaks were pretty high.' The steaks, uh, stakes, are high when changes to our housing finance system occur, or actions are taken that are negatively impact borrowers or reputations. ..[read more]
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Modestly Stronger With Bonds Tracking Stock Losses
Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:31:29 GMT
It was a pretty straightforward overnight session with a very high degree of correlation between bond yields and stock prices. The final leg of the rally arrived on comments from NY Fed Pres Williams who said he sees room for a December cut. As a rem..[read more]
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Decent Gains Remain Intact; Stock Market Contribution is a Wild Card
Thu, 20 Nov 2025 21:21:39 GMT
Decent Gains Remain Intact; Stock Market Contribution is a Wild Card The rescheduled release of the September jobs report played out exactly as we expected in terms of bond market impact. Volumes surged to the hi..[read more]
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Mortgage Rates Hold Steady Thanks to Jobs Report
Thu, 20 Nov 2025 20:48:00 GMT
Yesterday, we discussed the fact that mortgage rates were heading into Thursday with a disadvantage (for most lenders, anyway). This had to do with the fact that lenders prefer to avoid changing rates in the middle of the day (unless bond market move..[read more]
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Servicing, Default, Remote Office, Verification Tools; Pennymac CEO on Servicing; IMB Profits; Cash-Strapped CFPB?
Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:46:13 GMT
"Here we are, a week away from Thanksgiving, and I'm in Kansas City. My family told me to stop telling Thanksgiving jokes, but I said I couldn't quit cold turkey.' The CFPB isn't going away "cold turkey' but yesterday's personnel move was a reminder ..[read more]
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