Due to the incredibly light calendar of economic data this week, this morning's combination of S&P PMI and Consumer Sentiment ...

After several consecutive days without any noticeable changes, mortgage rates finally made a move today.  Unfortunately, that ...

With oil prices going down, I’ll demand that interest rates drop immediately. And likewise, they should be dropping all over ...

It's no mystery that 2024 hasn't been a stellar year for home sales and many other housing metrics. Today's release of ...

The Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) weekly mortgage application survey showed a modest decrease in refinance ...

Modest Gains Make For an Uneventful Week If bonds had continued to sell off today, it would have made the week slightly more ...

Given that rates take cues from bonds and bonds take cues from economic data, it's perhaps no surprise to see an absence of ...

Absence of Data Leaves Focus on Technicals and the Waiting Game The extreme dearth of big ticket economic data was no mystery ...

Mortgage rates are driven predominantly by the bond market and bonds were able to clear up a few curiosities on inauguration ...

Trump issued numerous executive orders on Monday, but conspicuously absent was any specific directive regarding tariffs. ...

While there were only 4 business days instead of the customary 5, it's been an intensely boring week for mortgage rates.  Tuesday started out right where Friday left off. From there, Thursday brought ...

Due to the proprietary methodology and the volume of correspondence we receive, we are unable to respond to questions about the rate index. The following list attempts to answer the most common ...