The average mortgage lender remained right in line with yesterday's levels despite a bit of weakness in the bond market. ...

Not Expecting Fireworks From The Fed Bonds had a mixed reaction to this morning's Durable Goods data with stronger internals ...

Both S&P Case-Shiller and the FHFA released national home price indices this morning. In both cases, November's prices were slightly higher than expected.  For the Case Shiller data, this meant that ...

There are two distinct patterns of behavior when it comes to rates interacting with stocks.  The first could be called the ...

Dr. Oz says rubbing coffee grounds on your naked body will get rid of cellulite. Apparently, you can't do this in the ...

It's no mystery that 2024 hasn't been a stellar year for home sales and many other housing metrics. Today's release of ...

After several consecutive days without any noticeable changes, mortgage rates finally made a move today.  Unfortunately, that ...

With oil prices going down, I’ll demand that interest rates drop immediately. And likewise, they should be dropping all over ...

Given that rates take cues from bonds and bonds take cues from economic data, it's perhaps no surprise to see an absence of ...

Due to the incredibly light calendar of economic data this week, this morning's combination of S&P PMI and Consumer Sentiment ...

Mortgage rates are driven predominantly by the bond market and bonds were able to clear up a few curiosities on inauguration ...

Absence of Data Leaves Focus on Technicals and the Waiting Game The extreme dearth of big ticket economic data was no mystery ...