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Real Estate News |
Big Round Trip in Oil Prices and Bond Yields
Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:55:40 GMT
Big Round Trip in Oil Prices and Bond Yields There was no denying the spillover from oil price volatility to the bond market this morning, even if it took quite a lot of the former to move the latter. At its apex..[read more]
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Mortgage Rates Finish Flat After Starting Higher
Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:24:00 GMT
Mortgage rates began the day at the highest levels in a month. The move up versus Friday was only moderate, but Friday's levels were already fairly close to early Feb's highs. Oil prices continue putting upward pressure on rates, but with several cav..[read more]
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Non-QM, Default Support, DSCR Products; Events; Which Lenders are Refinancing; Interview on Compass
Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:21:33 GMT
One of the conversation topics late last week in Deer Valley is the weather and climate, and more specifically that Salt Lake City had received virtually no snow this winter, which means that places like Atlanta and Charlotte have received more snow ..[read more]
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Biggest Oil Spike Yet Leaves No Doubts
Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:45:04 GMT
Since the outbreak of the military operation in Iran, there have been varying levels of spillover from rising oil prices to the bond market. There have been notable pockets of time where the correlation broke down, but when viewed in less granul..[read more]
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Oil Impact Ultimately Shunned in Favor of Jobs Report Implications
Fri, 06 Mar 2026 21:39:43 GMT
Oil Impact Ultimately Shunned in Favor of Jobs Report Implications It was a super interesting day for the bond market. Yields rose to the week's highs overnight as oil prices continued to surge. We knew we'd get ..[read more]
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Volatile Crosscurrents Keep Mortgage Rates Relatively Flat
Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:24:00 GMT
Before this morning's jobs report was released, mortgage rates were on track to end the week at their highest levels in several weeks. This was due to an ongoing mega-spike in oil prices spilling over to the bond market (higher oil = higher inflation..[read more]
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Highest Refi Demand in 4 Years After Last Week's Rate Rally
Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:00:00 GMT
Mortgage application activity surged last week in response to headlines of mortgage rates stably holding multi-year lows. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported an increase of 11.0% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ending Februa..[read more]
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Verification Tool; Company and Training Webinars at Home; Capital Markets; Oil-Driven Inflation?
Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:53:31 GMT
Officially winter ends on 3/19, as the Spring Equinox is 3/20. Most modern clocks these days auto-update when daylight savings begins/ends. So, Sunday morning I'll be walking around my house thinking, "Wow... times have changed.' This Sunday many pla..[read more]
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Massive Miss in NFP. So Why Aren't Bonds Improving?
Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:29:12 GMT
It's shaping up to be a frustrating day market watchers. Decades of experience tells us that bonds should rally fairly sharply on a day where nonfarm payrolls miss the forecast by the widest margin in more than a year. At -92k vs +59k, today fi..[read more]
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Dueling Narratives Leave Yields Higher Ahead of Jobs Report
Thu, 05 Mar 2026 20:32:08 GMT
Dueling Narrative Leave Yields Higher Ahead of Jobs Report In the overnight session yields followed oil prices higher, but notably, Treasuries continued to sell even after oil leveled off. Then during domestic ho..[read more]
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