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Bonds Cap Stellar Week/Month With Strongest Close
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:24:47 GMT
Bonds Cap Stellar Week/Month With Strongest Close Bonds ended the week/month at their strongest levels with 10yr yields breaking below the 4.0% floor to close at 3.95+. In addition to the low outright level..[read more]
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Mortgage Rates End Week at Best Levels
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:56:00 GMT
At this point, it is getting a bit repetitive to bring up "the lowest rates in more than 3 years"--something that was officially the case twice this week. If we give rates credit for stably holding these long-term lows (and we should!), then every da..[read more]
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Mortgage Demand Calm Before The Storm?
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:27:00 GMT
Mortgage application activity edged ever-so-slightly higher last week, with the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reporting an increase of 0.4% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ending February 20. Refi applications continue to do the h..[read more]
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Home Prices Still Rising, But Pace Remains Subdued
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:10:00 GMT
Home price appreciation pulled back slightly at the end of last year, according to December data from both FHFA and S&P/Cotality Case-Shiller. The reports reinforce the message that prices continued to appreciate modestly through the end of 2025. FH..[read more]
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Fraud, Processing, Verification Waterfall Products; Fairway and Insurance; Conv. Conforming Changes
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:17:28 GMT
Can't you feel the anticipation building? March 5th' Trigger leads' Don't tell me that you've forgotten all about it. When a borrower applies for a mortgage and their credit is pulled, that data has historically been sold as a "trigger lead' and doze..[read more]
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Starting Out Under 4.0% Despite Hotter PPI
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:29:33 GMT
We'd already discussed the fact that PPI has fallen by the wayside as a relevant market mover for bonds despite one or two instances of relevance nearly 2 years ago when bonds were desperate for any hints of change. Today's PPI results and the ensuin..[read more]
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Knock Knock Knockin' on 10yr Floor
Thu, 26 Feb 2026 21:16:09 GMT
Knock Knock Knockin' on 10yr Floor Sometimes, it's a shame that the 7yr Treasury isn't the most popular bond market benchmark. If it were, today's headline could reference "knockin' on 7's floor." Whether it's th..[read more]
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Best Week For Mortgage Rates in Years
Thu, 26 Feb 2026 20:42:00 GMT
Given that we have the somewhat unpopular job of reporting that today's average top-tier 30yr fixed mortgage rate is 6.00 again, rather than the 5.99 seen earlier this week, we can at least find one glowingly positive development as a silver lining. ..[read more]
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MBS Optimization, Non-Del Non-QM, Fraud, Realtor Tools; STRATMOR on Momentum; Jamie Dimon, AI, and Markets
Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:46:53 GMT
The latest example is ICE Mortgage Technology launching its new Homeowner Portal, powered by LERETA's tax tracking data, "giving homeowners real-time visibility into their property tax and insurance payment information. The integration enhances trans..[read more]
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Back to The Stronger End of The Range
Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:37:29 GMT
This is the problem with narrow trading ranges. Yesterday, yields were safely inside a narrow range near long-term lows. Today, they're challenging the lowest levels since November. Any time we're at the best levels in months, it's normal to want to ..[read more]
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