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Mortgage Rates Sidestep Into The Weekend
Fri, 30 Jan 2026 21:10:00 GMT
While there was certainly plenty of volatility elsewhere in the financial market this week, there was almost none to be found in mortgage rates. Wed, Thu, and Fri all recorded the exact same level in MND's 30yr fixed rate index--something that only h..[read more]
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November Was Best Month of Home Price Appreciation in More Than a Year
Fri, 30 Jan 2026 19:09:00 GMT
Both the FHFA and the S&P/Cotality Case-Shiller home price indices released November data this week, and the combined message is that home price appreciation continues doing better than it had been in the middle of 2025. FHFA's seasonally adjusted H..[read more]
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Logical Pull-Back in Mortgage Apps as Rates Rebound
Fri, 30 Jan 2026 18:59:00 GMT
Mortgage application activity retreated a bit last week following two weeks of unusually strong volume, although holiday timing played a meaningful role in the weekly comparison. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported that applications fell..[read more]
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Verification, Licensing Tools; Correspondent News; Fed Chair Nominee Kevin Warsh
Fri, 30 Jan 2026 16:59:39 GMT
There's a lot of sensible thinking going on out there in our biz. Yesterday in the Thought Leadership section, attorney Mitch Kider addressed the "Rule of Law' and what he believes is important to the industry. In a new article featured in Chrisman C..[read more]
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Why Don't Bonds Care About The Massive Miss in PPI?
Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:03:49 GMT
PPI... The Producer Price Index. It sounds a lot like CPI because both are published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and they share lots of methodology and structure. Given that CPI has been responsible for some of the biggest bond market reactions..[read more]
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Bonds End Up Little-Changed. Other Markets May Have Helped
Thu, 29 Jan 2026 21:37:30 GMT
Bonds End Up Little-Changed. Other Markets May Have Helped Bonds began the day with a bit of selling pressure. It was almost too small to draw much attention to. MBS never dropped below yesterday's low..[read more]
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Mortgage Rates Hold Steady Despite Volatility in Other Markets
Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:59:00 GMT
Sometimes being tuned into daily mortgage rate changes means coming across other news about financial markets. In today's case, that could expose you to anything from the massive selling of certain stocks earlier in the day or the unprecedented tradi..[read more]
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Property Database, Construction Products; Attorney Mitch Kider Thought Leadership; STRATMOR on AI
Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:20:08 GMT
Fans of MASH know that Alan Alda turned 90 yesterday, and the remaining actors from the show joined him on the beach. When you reach a certain age you don't care about the employment picture. Amazon laying off another 16,000, as announced this week, ..[read more]
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Weaker After Econ Data, But Bonds May Be Looking Elsewhere
Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:51:02 GMT
Continued jobless claims dropped to the lowest level since October 2024 and bonds are selling off a bit. Those two things may seem like they're clearly connected, but the selling didn't start for another 15 minutes after the data and the most n..[read more]
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No Surprises From Powell. No Major Movement in Rates
Wed, 28 Jan 2026 21:16:26 GMT
No Surprises From Powell. No Major Movement in Rates As expected, the Fed held rates steady today. The statement was moderately more hawkish in that it acknowledged progress on the labor market front and overall ..[read more]
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