The FHFA announced that Fannie and Freddie will remove ‘certain’ homeowners insurance requirements which may reduce costs. But what are people saying about where their industry-facing priorities are?

At almost any moment in March 2026, a glance at the "10yr vs oil price" chart has revealed sufficient correlation to blame the bond rout on the energy price spiral. But the correlation is spotty at ...

Mortgage rates got hit 3 times on Wednesday, with the net effect being a move back up to the highest levels in several months ...

It was a fairly uneventful day for mortgage rates, but also a fairly decent one. The underlying bond market made modest gains ...

Bonds Weren't Prepared For Fed's Inflation Fears If anything, you'd think the market would have been pricing in a hawkish Fed day, given the run up in energy prices. But Powell threw reporters a curve ...

Until the end of the Iran war, bond traders are keeping oil prices on their screens and comparing oil price movement against ...

The Producer Price Index (PPI) was this morning's only big ticket econ data and calling it "big ticket" is a bit of a stretch ...

Technology is a two-edged sword. Have you ever heard of “surveillance pricing?” “Big brother” knows a lot about you.

One of the conversation topics late last week in Deer Valley is the weather and climate, and more specifically that Salt Lake ...

Mortgage rates are based on bonds, and bonds spent last week bracing for the impact of higher energy prices. In the bond world, higher inflation begets higher rates, all else equal.  Oil ...

With no massive escalation in Iran over the weekend, oil prices trickled only modestly higher during Asian trading hours and began to recover during European hours. Early domestic trading kept the ...

One major milestone in anyone's market-watching journey is when they learn that "the close" (close of business, closing bell, ...