Holidays have inconsistent impacts on mortgage rates because holiday's have inconsistent impacts on the bond market (and ...

Steady Selling in Bonds. 'Tis The Season? Bonds began the day in weaker territory and continued to sell off through 2pm ET ...

Not as Bad as it Could Have Been After Wednesday's Fed-driven sell-off, it was unlikely if not impossible that bonds wouldn't ...

Those who spend any time digging into home construction and home sales figures in the U.S. know that, of the 4 census ...

The most interesting analysis we can offer today is a simple reminder that the word "idiosyncrasy" has an "S" at the end ...

Why do ducks have feathers? To cover up their butt quacks. Why did Congress pass a three-month, stopgap funding bill? To ...

If anyone needed any further convincing that a Fed rate cut is no guarantee of lower mortgage rates, today is a great piece ...

The week's big story is still the big jump in rates that took place after Wednesday's Fed announcement.  And while rates ...

We received some anonymous feedback regarding recent rate commentary that serves as a good reminder that not everyone may be ...

This week's biggest to-do in terms of economic reports was this morning's PCE inflation data.  The fact that the Fed just ...

Calm and Resilient as Bonds Wait For Powell and The Dot Plot Whereas last week saw the bond market continue selling off ...

Heading into the first part of December, mortgage rates were at their lowest levels in a month and a half.  Much of the ...