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My cat Myrtle never seemed to listen, but heard lots. LOs can hear the difference, when dealing with a borrower, between ...
Bonds Finally Seeing Some Support Whether one wants to give credit to the big rally in Japanese bonds, the weak labor market ...
First thing's first: the overnight rally was fairly modest with 10yr yields dropping about 3bps to 4.41 ahead of the domestic ...
Sometimes a Tuesday is just a Tuesday for mortgage rates.  In the present week, any day is capable of generating some volatility due to one of several economic reports on the calendar.  This isn't ...
We have a primer in the MBS Live knowledge base regarding the potential for overnight news and bond trading to give a ...
Mortgage rates have been in an exceptionally narrow range since last Tuesday with the 30yr fixed index hovering just under 7% ...
New Month Selling Trumps ISM Data It's not that this morning's ISM data failed to help the bond market. In fact, it accounted ...
There was a bit of behind-the-scenes volatility in the bond market today.  Normally, bond volatility translates to interest ...
It has turned out to be a surprisingly calm week for mortgage rates and, as of today, largely a victorious one, even if the ...
At my age, instead of a condom I carry a moist towelette in my wallet. At my age, I run into buffalo wings far more often ...
The ISM Manufacturing PMI has more potential than most economic reports to cause a reaction in the bond market, even if it ...
After moving moderately lower to start the new week yesterday, mortgage rates backtracked ever-so-slightly today.  Top tier ...