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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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Mortgage Apps Ebb Despite Strongest Purchase Demand in Years
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 18:43:00 GMT
Seasonally adjusted mortgage application activity edged 1.4% lower last week according to MBA's Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending November 28. Unadjusted applications were down sharply (33%) due to the holiday. The Refinance In..[read more]
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Earned Equity, HELOC, CRM, AI Agent, DSCR Hedging Products; Conventional Conforming Changes
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:45:01 GMT
Recently I paid over $10 for a simple Oscar Mayer 12-ounce package of bacon. Jerome Powell, help me! Well, the U.S. Federal Reserve doesn't set bacon prices, or things that come from China like rare earth metals, most of which I've never heard of but..[read more]
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Inconsequential Data and Modest Movement
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:33:18 GMT
If there's one resounding theme in the bond market this week, it's that trading momentum marched to its own beat with almost zero regard for the available economic data. While this was a notable disconnect on Wednesday (little reaction to ADP/ISM), i..[read more]
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Bond Momentum Continues Ignoring Data
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 21:21:40 GMT
Bond Momentum Continues Ignoring Data On multiple recent occasions, we've seen bonds make a moderate move on days with important economic reports, but not in response to those economic reports. Thursday was the l..[read more]
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