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Mortgage Rates Sideways to Slightly Lower
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:38:00 GMT
Today's mortgage rates are lower when compared to yesterday's average prior to 4pm ET. Later in the afternoon, multiple lenders announced improvements as the bond market rallied in response to geopolitical headlines. If we use those later, lower rate..[read more]
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BBYS, Trigger Lead, Document Generation, AI Rollout Tools; Pennymac's Spector on Strategy
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:48:24 GMT
Products, Services, and Software for Brokers and Lenders What if the biggest driver of servicing costs isn't your volume, staffing, or vendor stack' but the gaps between them? Clarifire's new blog, "What's Really Driving Cost Per Loan in Servicing?..[read more]
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Starting Out Weaker vs 5pm or Stronger vs 3pm
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:07:13 GMT
One major milestone in anyone's market-watching journey is when they learn that "the close" (close of business, closing bell, etc.) means different things to different people. If we consider electronic futures trading or cash trading in overseas mark..[read more]
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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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