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| Markets Were Skeptical of Mid-Day Peace Headlines and That Was a Good Instinct | ||
| 5/29/2026 3:02 PM | ||
| Markets Were Skeptical of Mid-Day Peace Headlines and That Was a Good Instinct A few hours into the trading session, newswires came out that seemed to offer the best hopes of a peace deal yet. Specifically, it said that Trump was in the situation room to make a final determination on the peace deal and that...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Set to End Week Much Lower | ||
| 5/29/2026 12:34 PM | ||
| While there are still a few hours left in the trading day, it"s a near certainty that this week will end with mortgage rates at meaningfully lower levels compared to last Friday. Today is only adding modestly to that trend, but that makes it the 8th straight business day where rates have either held steady or moved lower. On that note, it"s possib...Read More | ||
| Inventory Builds as New Home Sales Cool in April | ||
| 5/29/2026 12:27 PM | ||
| New home sales pulled back in April after stronger readings in the prior two months. According to the latest Census Bureau and HUD data, sales of new single-family homes fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 622,000 , down 6.2% from March and 11.3% from a year earlier. Inventory moved slightly higher, with the number of new homes for...Read More | ||
| No Surprise: Last Week"s Higher Rates Hit Refinance Demand | ||
| 5/29/2026 12:20 PM | ||
| Mortgage applications fell sharply last week as higher borrowing costs continued to pressure refinance demand, while purchase activity showed a bit more resilience. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported an 8.5% decrease in total application volume on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ending May 22. The decline was driven largely...Read More | ||
| Annual Home Price Appreciation Staying Positive, But Just Barely | ||
| 5/29/2026 11:25 AM | ||
| Home price appreciation slowed further in March and through the first quarter of 2026, according to the latest data from both FHFA and the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. While national prices continued to edge higher on a nominal basis, both reports pointed to a housing market struggling to maintain momentum as affordability ...Read More | ||
| Hedging, Non-QM, FCRA Credit Reports, PreQual, Non-Agency Product News; Capital Markets | ||
| 5/29/2026 11:07 AM | ||
| U.S. home foreclosures are accelerating: filings rose 26 percent year-over-year in Q1 2026, to roughly 119k, the highest in six years. It’s expensive to own a home! The last time they hit this level (early 2020), government relief programs and pandemic stimulus caused them to decline. As everyone in our biz knows, the increase has been driven by so...Read More | ||
| Flat Overnight And Slow Start | ||
| 5/29/2026 9:03 AM | ||
| Bonds were flat overnight for a change, with just a bit of 2-way volatility but no notable directional movement. Without any new or interesting war-related headlines, what else can we even discuss in May, 2026? There"s some econ data in the form of the highest Chicago PMI reading since 2022. At 62.7 vs a 50.5 forecast, it absolutely obliterat...Read More | ||
| Spoiler Alert: Yes, It Was War Headlines | ||
| 5/28/2026 2:46 PM | ||
| Spoiler Alert: Yes, It Was War Headlines Need a way to explain overnight weakness in the bond market? War headlines. Need to know why bonds rallied sharply just after 10am ET to hit the best levels in 2 weeks? Yep, more war headlines. Granted, the 8:30am econ data was not completely ignored. A slightly soft...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Officially Hit 2 Week Lows | ||
| 5/28/2026 2:08 PM | ||
| We were close yesterday and we officially arrived today. Mortgage rates may still be elevated compared to almost all of the past 10 months, but they"re the lowest they"ve been since May 14th. This was accomplished with a modest drop versus yesterday"s levels after another round of news on a potential U.S./Iran peace deal. This morning"s infl...Read More | ||
| Hedging, Verification, CRM, AI, Automated Pricing, Fraud Detection Tools; STRATMOR on AI | ||
| 5/28/2026 10:55 AM | ||
| What is something that small and mid-sized lenders can’t offer? Chase rolled out a program for borrowers to earn 100,000 Chase Points. (Bilt and UWM rolled out something similar a while back.) But, nearly every lender can help borrowers with the cost of a mortgage, and STRATMOR’s current blog is “Pricing That Can Help Borrowers.” In addition, in th...Read More | ||
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| 42% of homeowners say insurance costs have gone up 'a lot,' survey finds. Here's why | ||
| 5/27/2026 7:15 AM | ||
| Inflation, climate change and other factors have combined to push up premiums for homeowners insurance — with broad implications for consumers and the economy....Read More | ||
| Mortgage refinance demand drops 18% as rates hit highest level since August | ||
| 5/27/2026 6:23 AM | ||
| Mortgage rates rose to the highest level in nine months, hitting refinance demand hardest. Homebuyers also pulled back but were still more active than last year...Read More | ||
| Wells Fargo to offer mortgage incentives on 3D printed homes with Icon | ||
| 5/26/2026 7:16 AM | ||
| Wells Fargo will provide a 50 basis point lender credit to buyers of Icon homes using its mortgages...Read More | ||
| What the AvalonBay, Equity Residential megamerger means for the apartment industry and rents | ||
| 5/22/2026 7:55 AM | ||
| The deal will create one of the largest real estate companies in the U.S., with more than 180,000 rental apartments. ...Read More | ||
| Rising mortgage rates cause surge in demand for riskier loans | ||
| 5/20/2026 6:33 AM | ||
| Mortgage rates continued to rise last week, causing more borrowers to head to adjustable-rate loans, which are cheaper but considered riskier....Read More | ||
| House approves breakthrough housing bill in a win for investors | ||
| 5/20/2026 12:35 PM | ||
| The U.S. House approved an updated housing affordability bill after removing industry-opposed requirements on selling build-to-rent homes...Read More | ||
| Mortgage rates surge to highest level since July | ||
| 5/19/2026 3:06 PM | ||
| Mortgage rates continued to move higher Tuesday on uncertainty over the war with Iran. They are at the highest level since last July...Read More | ||
| Homebuilder sentiment improves on late spring surge in demand | ||
| 5/18/2026 10:58 AM | ||
| Builders are feeling slightly better about the housing market, as they see improved buyer traffic in a potential late spring surge....Read More | ||
| Why a small UK lender has major U.S. credit firms on edge | ||
| 5/18/2026 12:00 AM | ||
| The continuing fallout from MFS" collapse has heightened fears that problems in complex credit markets pose a broader systemic risk....Read More | ||
| Why your 'fixed' mortgage payment keeps going up | ||
| 5/17/2026 8:30 AM | ||
| Rising property taxes and surging homeowners insurance costs are pushing up the amount that homeowners must pay monthly alongside their mortgage...Read More | ||
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