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Correspondent Products, STRATMOR on Borrower Psychology; Lender Tools; DSCR Appraisal Issues in Baltimore
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:44:29 GMT
"What happened with the DSCR appraisal issue in Baltimore earlier this year?' Good question. Baltimore is not alone: This week we have investors either pricing themselves out of, or ceasing loans from, the Philly market for certain non-owner loans.) ..[read more]
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Choose Your Own Market Movement Adventure.
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:41:21 GMT
There's a noticeable divergence between long and short term bonds since the Fed announcement, and it's becoming more pronounced today. We can consider a few different reasons with the most basic being that the Fed rate cut outlook keeps shorter..[read more]
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Two-Way Trading But Not Much Day-Over-Day Movement
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:11:45 GMT
Two-Way Trading But Not Much Day-Over-Day Movement Bonds had a solid morning, adding moderately to yesterday's rally and taking yields well into the lowest levels since last Friday. But from just after the 9:30am..[read more]
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Mortgage Rates Hit Lowest Levels of The Week
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:20:00 GMT
As is sometimes the case on the day following a Fed day, the bond market carried a bit more momentum in the same direction as yesterday afternoon. Fortunately, the momentum was toward lower rates this time around--a nice break from the past two Fed d..[read more]
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Correspondent and Broker Products, LOS, Automation, FICO 10T, UAD 3.6 Tools
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:46:11 GMT
Lender and Broker Services, Products, and Software For some servicers, the idea of implementing workflow automation is both appealing and overwhelming. Often, knowing where to start is the most challenging part, especially when the path forward isn..[read more]
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Follow-Through Rally. What's Up With Big Swings in Jobless Claims?
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:22:28 GMT
Bonds are adding moderate to yesterday's post-Fed gains. Most of today's rally has followed this morning's jobless claims data, but we wouldn't necessarily give it all the credit. This is a tricky week to try to make sense of jobless claims due to th..[read more]
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Powell Avoided Throwing Cold Water on Rate Outlook. Bonds Approved
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 21:41:47 GMT
Powell Avoided Throwing Cold Water on Rate Outlook. Bonds Approved Today's gains ended up being all about Powell's press conference. While there were a few potentially friendly comments (current rates in high end..[read more]
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Mortgage Rates Improve After Fed Announcement
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 21:02:00 GMT
The Fed cut its policy rate by 0.25% today and mortgage rates moved lower after the announcement. That said, those two developments are not related. In fact, there was no movement in the bonds that underlie mortgage rates when the rate cut was annou..[read more]
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Mortgage Apps Bounce Back, Led By Refi Reversal
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 20:52:00 GMT
Seasonally adjusted mortgage application activity rose 4.8% last week, according to MBA's Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending December 5. Unadjusted applications jumped 49% from the prior week, reflecting a rebound following the T..[read more]
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Here's What Changed in The New Fed Announcement
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 19:00:47 GMT
Available indicators suggest that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace. Job gains have slowed this year, and the unemployment rate has edged up but remained low through August; more September. More recent indicators are consis..[read more]
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