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| Oil Impact Ultimately Shunned in Favor of Jobs Report Implications | ||
| 3/6/2026 3:39 PM | ||
| Oil Impact Ultimately Shunned in Favor of Jobs Report Implications It was a super interesting day for the bond market. Yields rose to the week"s highs overnight as oil prices continued to surge. We knew we"d get at least some sort of reaction to any big beat/miss in the jobs report and today"s miss was cert...Read More | ||
| Volatile Crosscurrents Keep Mortgage Rates Relatively Flat | ||
| 3/6/2026 2:24 PM | ||
| Before this morning"s jobs report was released, mortgage rates were on track to end the week at their highest levels in several weeks. This was due to an ongoing mega-spike in oil prices spilling over to the bond market (higher oil = higher inflation implications, and bonds hate inflation). The jobs report saved the day, albeit in a morbid way. It...Read More | ||
| Highest Refi Demand in 4 Years After Last Week"s Rate Rally | ||
| 3/6/2026 2:00 PM | ||
| Mortgage application activity surged last week in response to headlines of mortgage rates stably holding multi-year lows. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported an increase of 11.0% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ending February 27. Refi applications once again led the charge, jumping 14.3% from the previous week and 109...Read More | ||
| Verification Tool; Company and Training Webinars at Home; Capital Markets; Oil-Driven Inflation? | ||
| 3/6/2026 9:53 AM | ||
| Officially winter ends on 3/19, as the Spring Equinox is 3/20. Most modern clocks these days auto-update when daylight savings begins/ends. So, Sunday morning I’ll be walking around my house thinking, “Wow... times have changed.” This Sunday many places will be changing their clocks and springing ahead. This will, once again, lead to the public ask...Read More | ||
| Massive Miss in NFP. So Why Aren"t Bonds Improving? | ||
| 3/6/2026 8:29 AM | ||
| It"s shaping up to be a frustrating day market watchers. Decades of experience tells us that bonds should rally fairly sharply on a day where nonfarm payrolls miss the forecast by the widest margin in more than a year. At -92k vs +59k, today fits that bill. And like you"d expect, bonds rallied sharply right at 8:30am ET. But the rally w...Read More | ||
| Dueling Narratives Leave Yields Higher Ahead of Jobs Report | ||
| 3/5/2026 2:32 PM | ||
| Dueling Narrative Leave Yields Higher Ahead of Jobs Report In the overnight session yields followed oil prices higher, but notably, Treasuries continued to sell even after oil leveled off. Then during domestic hours, it was Treasuries" turn to level off while oil prices spiked. From 9am to 2pm, oil ro...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Bounce Back Up Near Recent Highs | ||
| 3/5/2026 2:02 PM | ||
| Mortgage rates bounced back up today as the underlying bond market continued the selling trend seen on 3 out of 4 days so far this week. In the overnight hours, bond yields (which generally correlate with mortgage rates) moved higher in concert with rising oil prices. That said, it would be a mistake to assume this is the only correlation in...Read More | ||
| Wholesale, Best Ex, Verification Tools; Cybersecurity News and The Figure Incident; Capital Markets | ||
| 3/5/2026 10:19 AM | ||
| Here in Park City, at the annual mortgage ski trip, some of the banter is social, and some is focused on business. On the business side of things, one topic is the nearly 1 million people impacted by hackers attacking Figure Technology Solutions, a blockchain-focused fintech lender. U.S. financial institutions are increasing cybersecurity vigilance...Read More | ||
| 10yr Breaking Above 4.10% After Overnight weakness | ||
| 3/5/2026 8:24 AM | ||
| The bond market has already shown an indifference to this week"s econ data as a market mover (even though we expect that to change with tomorrow"s jobs report). This morning, however, the trend continues with stronger jobless claims and a big uptick in labor costs failing to inspire a reaction. But there has been movement. A steady wave of overnigh...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Move Back Down Despite Stronger Data | ||
| 3/4/2026 2:31 PM | ||
| Economic data is one of the few consistent sources of motivation for interest rates in the mortgage world and beyond. In general, stronger data tends to push rates higher and vice versa. But in today"s case, that correlation didn"t pan out. The first of today"s two important economic reports was ADP Employment. It was just barely stronger than exp...Read More | ||
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| Mortgages in 47 seconds: Better’s new ChatGPT app targets lenders Rocket and UWM | ||
| 3/5/2026 2:42 PM | ||
| Creating a mortgage has been one of the most time-consuming corners of American finance, with lenders relying on dozens of steps that can take weeks....Read More | ||
| Home sellers are relisting properties at fastest pace in a decade, but spring supply is still low | ||
| 3/6/2026 3:30 PM | ||
| Frustrated sellers who pulled homes off the market last fall are now relisting them at a quick pace, thanks to lower mortgage rates, but supply is still low...Read More | ||
| There’s a push to cut capital gains taxes on home sales — how it could impact the housing market | ||
| 3/4/2026 12:02 PM | ||
| Some lawmakers want to reduce or eliminate capital gains on home sales. Here"s how that could impact housing affordability. ...Read More | ||
| Big investors have been fleeing for-sale housing market, even before Trump ordered ban | ||
| 3/4/2026 6:55 AM | ||
| President Donald Trump wants to ban big investors from buying single-family rental homes, but investors have already been selling due to high home prices...Read More | ||
| Weekly mortgage demand surged 11% higher last week, as rates sat near 4-year low | ||
| 3/4/2026 7:57 AM | ||
| Lower mortgage rates last week caused a run on refinancing and renewed interest from homebuyers, but rates have already moved higher again....Read More | ||
| Mortgage rates jump sharply higher after Iran strikes, reversing last week's decline | ||
| 3/2/2026 2:00 PM | ||
| Mortgage rates moved decidedly higher Monday, as the U.S. war with Iran pushed oil prices up and Treasury yields followed....Read More | ||
| Mortgage rates hit lowest level in nearly 4 years, but homebuyers are still stuck on the sidelines | ||
| 2/25/2026 9:14 AM | ||
| Mortgage rates dropped to the lowest level since 2022 last week, but demand from homebuyers declined as well, as they continue to struggle with affordability...Read More | ||
| 5 takeaways from Trump's State of the Union address | ||
| 2/25/2026 11:55 AM | ||
| Democrats are nipping at the heels of the incumbent Republicans for control of Congress in the 2026 midterms....Read More | ||
| Democrats counter Trump's proposal to limit institutional housing investors | ||
| 2/25/2026 12:43 PM | ||
| A new bill from Sen. Elizabeth Warren targets investors who own 50-plus single-family homes, and breaks with a White House proposal....Read More | ||
| Mortgage rates just dropped below 6%, matching lowest level since 2022 | ||
| 2/23/2026 1:29 PM | ||
| Mortgage rates dropped below 6%, matching their lowest levels since 2022, as economic concerns over tariffs and a recent GDP report cause bond yields to drop....Read More | ||
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