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Weekend Selling Reverses After Another Round of De-Escalation Headlines
Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:08:16 GMT
Weekend Selling Reverses After Another Round of De-Escalation Headlines Another day, another chance to sort through a barrage of war-related headlines to see which ones mattered to the bond market. In today's cas..[read more]
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Mortgage Rates Hold Steady Over The Weekend
Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:30:00 GMT
Mortgage rates are based on movement in the bond market and although bonds experienced some volatility in response to Iran war news over the weekend, they ended up in similar territory to Friday morning. As such, it's no surprise to see mortgage rate..[read more]
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AI, LOS, Subservicing, MERS Review, Fraud Prevention Tools; Webinars; Wholesale and Correspondent News
Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:01:35 GMT
Products, Services, and Software for Brokers and Lenders FundingShield, the leader in wire & title fraud prevention, released its Q1'2026 Wire Fraud Analytics & Risk Report showing 43.72 percent of transactions across a $106.7B+ portfolio carried m..[read more]
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Overnight Weakness (But Bouncing Back) After Peace Talks Fail
Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:22:51 GMT
Heading into the weekend, the big news was that the U.S. and Iran would meet in Pakistan to negotiate a peace deal. But by Sunday morning, the talks had failed over an impasse on Iran's nuclear enrichment program. The market-mover, however, was the U..[read more]
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Bonds Drift Weaker Despite Lower Oil Prices
Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:22:29 GMT
Bonds Drift Weaker Despite Lower Oil Prices Although they still technically made positive progress versus the end of last week, bonds ended the day moderately weaker. Lower oil prices offered no support, but that..[read more]
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Mortgage Rates Remain Surprisingly Calm
Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:44:00 GMT
If we're splitting hairs, today's average mortgage rates are technically higher than yesterday's, but the change is so small that it's just as fair to say that rates are flat. This closes out a week with surprisingly low volatility compared to that s..[read more]
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Mortgage Demand Contracted at a Slower Pace Last Week
Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:30:00 GMT
Mortgage applications dipped again last week, though the pace of decline slowed considerably. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported a 0.8% decrease on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ending April 3. Refinance activity continued ..[read more]
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UAD 3.6, Spec Pool Tools; Credit Report FICO Program; Client and Market Trends For LOs to Monitor
Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:34:33 GMT
Products, Services, and Software for Brokers and Lenders Yesterday this Commentary mentioned a guide titled, "AI in the Workplace: Acceptable Use Policies, Data Risk, and the Discovery Trap.' Many wrote for the piece, which is now posted on the int..[read more]
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No Whammies in CPI Data (And No Bond Market Reaction)
Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:06:20 GMT
The median forecast for monthly core CPI was 0.28% (0.3 after rounding up for most econ calendars). Today's actual number was 0.196--obviously quite a bit lower than forecasts. In addition, supercore fell to .179 from .349. Despite those victories, f..[read more]
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Roughly Unchanged After Moderate Headline-Driven Volatility
Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:55:22 GMT
Roughly Unchanged After Moderate Headline-Driven Volatility As has been the recent custom, there were dueling headlines concerning the Iran war today with opposing claims regarding the status of the Israel/Lebano..[read more]
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