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After falling for 5 straight days leading into Tuesday, mortgage rates have now moved slightly higher on each of the past two ...
Reasonably Resilient After Data-Driven Selling This morning's Jobless Claims report was the week's most relevant economic ...
It's been a pretty good run for mortgage rates since hitting their most recent highs last Tuesday. Each subsequent day saw a ...
Mortgage application activity managed a modest increase last week despite slightly higher rates. The Mortgage Bankers ...
The residential lending industry touches all facets of life, and the best LOs are not focused strictly about mortgages. I ...
Mortgage rates didn't move much on Monday, but they moved in the right direction with the average lender 0.03% lower for a ...
Broadly Calm Despite Modest Pull-Back If anything about the present week required investigation and explanation, it was the ...
Jobless claims data continues to defy a majority of other labor market metrics in showing a remarkable lack of any signs of softening.  In fact, the 4 week average is now at a 13 week low.
Solid AM Gains Stick Around All Day Bonds improved in the morning following comments from Bessent that gave the markets more ...
While any rate watcher's bingo card should always have a few squares devoted to "unchanged, flat, etc.," this week's had at ...
Needle Threaded. Now What? As always, big-ticket data and/or news headlines have  potential energy in terms of their impact ...
Mortgage application activity dropped sharply last week as rates moved higher, according to the Mortgage Bankers ...