Bonds are sharply weaker to begin the new week and the new month. This is the first (and probably best) clue as to the nature of this morning's market movement. Thanksgiving weeks are prone to random ...

As is most often the case, the Friday after Thanksgiving added nothing interesting to mortgage rate momentum.  The average ...

Wednesday was far less eventful than the first two days of the week as far as mortgage rates were concerned. The average ...

Both the FHFA and the S&P/Cotality Case-Shiller home-price indices released new data this week. The message remains ...

Open But Not Really Open This is just a reminder that the Friday after Thanksgiving is the most useless and inconsequential ...

When did our business start with the catchy slogans? Stay alive in ’25? Stay in the mix in ’26. It’ll be heaven in ’27. How ...

The new phone books are here, the new phone books are here! Oh, wait a minute. The new conventional conforming loan limits are here! The new conventional conforming loan limits are here! True, lenders ...

Mortgage rates moved nicely lower on Tuesday with the average lender very close to the 2025 lows seen in late October. These levels are effectively right in line with the lowest since late 2022. If ...

Best Closing Levels in Nearly a Month Bonds improved only moderately on Tuesday in a move that's just as easily chalked up to ...

Thanksgiving weeks can be weird for mortgage rates. This has to do with the fact that rates are dictated by the bond market and the bond market depends on real live people who can actually be out of ...