Mortgage rates are based on bonds and the bond market is prone to erratic behavior on major holiday weeks. One of the more ...

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 ...

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

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

Remember to bring up politics at Thanksgiving to save some money on Christmas presents.” “What do tornadoes and Tennessee ...

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

Recent stock market losses have gotten a lot attention in the news recently. While there's no reliable correlation between ...

It's a data-free Monday on a holiday-shortened week and there aren't any high-impact headlines or massive stock swings to ...

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 ...

Builder confidence levels are still kicking the same sad little can down the road, just with slightly more enthusiasm. The ...

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

Bonds Hold Gains Despite Ongoing Recovery in Stocks The stock market factored into the bond market's performance on Friday. ...