Stunning Resilience One could argue that our bar is set too low if we view today's bond market resilience as "stunning," but ...

Nearly an hour after this morning's surprisingly strong jobs report, 10yr yields are only 4.4bps higher at 4.19%. On a normal ...

Mortgage application activity was essentially flat last week, almost impressively so. After much recent volatility, the index ...

Products, Services, and Software for Brokers and Lenders “Escrow is supposed to be predictable. But in default servicing, ...

Mortgage rates moved 0.03% higher today. On almost any other day, this would be a bit of a bummer, but in today's case, it's a victory. There was a ton of potential volatility in the underlying bond ...

Best Levels in Weeks Ahead of High Stakes Jobs Report Rather than circle the wagons and consolidate the recent rally, bonds ...

Products, Services, and Software for Brokers and Lenders There’s a reason $5.99 feels different than $6.00. Behavioral economists call it the “left-digit effect.” When it comes to mortgage rates, ...

Most nights, Treasuries trade in fairly low volume in a fairly narrow range.  Last night's range wasn't much wider than ...

Last Thursday, we discussed the paradox of a rally in the present moment being driven by future data. More specifically, the ...

Mortgage rates are driven by bonds and that bonds care about employment data. There are quite a few different economic ...

The past 2 weeks have seen very little volatility for mortgage rates.  After being near 6% for a week in early January, rates rose abruptly to 6.21% (avg top tier 30yr fixed) on January 20th in ...

Surprisingly Big Bond Rally Relative to The Data Bonds went on a bit of a buying spree on Thursday. It was the biggest rally ...