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| Broker, Home Equity, Verification, M&A Data; Legal Issue Conference; Non-Agency Product News | ||
| 11/2/2026 10:44 AM | ||
| Sometimes you and your teammates have different priorities. I head to Dallas tomorrow for a private mortgage event, where the priorities will probably be mostly aligned. Besides the election, and perhaps the inflation-beating Costco’s Thanksgiving meal, the profitability of HELOCs, 2nd mortgages, and equity products in general will definitely be a ...Read More | ||
| Slightly Stronger Start. Mostly Holding After ISM Data | ||
| 11/2/2026 9:22 AM | ||
| Bonds were initially a hair weaker at the start of the overnight session, but rallied gradually after that. The sharpest gains arrived at the 9:30am NYSE open, suggesting money manager reallocations and "new month" trades. ISM Manufacturing hit 30 minutes later and the first reaction was modest bounce toward slightly higher yields and slightly high...Read More | ||
| Bonds Almost Able to Break Even Thanks to Tech Turmoil | ||
| 10/30/2026 2:16 PM | ||
| Bonds Almost Able to Break Even Thanks to Tech Turmoil Tech stocks embarked on a wild ride starting with earnings releases after the bell yesterday. While today"s recap title mentions "breaking even," if we were to measure today"s bond market movement versus yesterday"s 3pm ET levels, 10yr yields are more t...Read More | ||
| New Home Sales Reinforce Last Month"s Rebound | ||
| 10/30/2026 1:53 PM | ||
| New home sales lost almost no ground in September, effectively reinforcing the healthy rebound seen in August"s report. The Census Bureau"s New Residential Construction report clocked sales at an annual pace of 676k, down only 0.6% month over month. As seen in the chart below, the broader trend has been sideways for nearly 3 years now. Th...Read More | ||
| Home Price Appreciation Edges Higher in August | ||
| 10/30/2026 1:49 PM | ||
| Home price appreciation picked up again in August (as reported this week), but the improvement was minimal. The FHFA House Price Index rose 0.3% from July to August, bringing annual appreciation to 2.4% . July"s previously reported monthly gain was revised down from 0.3% to 0.2%. Regional results remained uneven, with annual appreciation ...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Demand Bounces Back, Sort Of | ||
| 10/30/2026 1:33 PM | ||
| Mortgage applications finally rebounded as mortgage rates fell for a second straight week. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported a 3.4% increase in total application volume for the week ending October 23. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate declined to 7.37% from 7.41%, its lowest level in three weeks. Both purchase and refinance...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates End Week at Lows | ||
| 10/30/2026 1:24 PM | ||
| The rate market continues taking cues from turmoil in the tech sector. That resulted in the lowest rates in more than a month today as tech stocks slide to their lowest levels since July. The biggest shift for the underlying bond market (bonds dictate rates) came just before 1pm on reports that Anthropic"s post IPO credit rating was not like...Read More | ||
| Broker, DPA, AI Governance, Benchmark, U/W Products; Webinars; STRATMOR on Mergers | ||
| 10/30/2026 10:41 AM | ||
| As companies around the nation stage in-person or virtual costume contests, here’s some information for you a little off the beaten path. People want to own a home (“no one grows up wanting to be a renter”) regardless of… the amount of daylight? Looking at averages in the Continental United States (not Alaska or Hawaii), the difference between the ...Read More | ||
| Bond Yields Not Eager to Follow Stocks Lower | ||
| 10/30/2026 8:59 AM | ||
| Bonds were initially stronger in the overnight session with 10yr yields briefly falling under 4.90%. The rally generally aligned with overnight losses in the stock market, at least at first. When European markets came online, bonds began drifting more sideways even as stocks gradually declined to new lows. Given that today is month-end and that muc...Read More | ||
| Tech Jitters are Back. Bonds Like It | ||
| 10/29/2026 4:08 PM | ||
| Tech Jitters are Back. Bonds Like It As has been the case for the past several weeks, the near-term fate of the rate rally is dependent on tech jitters. While those had leveled off in a sideways pattern over the first few days of the week, they resurfaced today, both at the NYSE open and close. The 4pm move...Read More | ||
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