Open But Not Really Open This is just a reminder that the Friday after Thanksgiving is the most useless and inconsequential ...

When did our business start with the catchy slogans? Stay alive in ’25? Stay in the mix in ’26. It’ll be heaven in ’27. How ...

As is most often the case, the Friday after Thanksgiving added nothing interesting to mortgage rate momentum.  The average lender's top tier 30yr fixed rate is exactly where it was on Wednesday.

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

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

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

Holiday Week Volatility With Zero Consequence Although there was a brief negative reaction to this morning's economic data, ...

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

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

Bonds were just slightly weaker overnight but are losing more ground in early trading.  The culprit: both of this morning's 8 ...

Thanksgiving weeks can be weird for mortgage rates. This has to do with the fact that rates are dictated by the bond market and the bond market depends on real live people who can actually be out of ...

The new phone books are here, the new phone books are here! Oh, wait a minute. The new conventional conforming loan limits are here! The new conventional conforming loan limits are here! True, lenders ...