Mortgage rates rose modestly last week after hitting long term lows before the Fed announced its 0.50% rate cut.  In not so ...

We closed last week with the idea of "buy the rumor, sell the news" seemingly being a good way to think about the time ...

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We publish daily coverage of mortgage rate movement and have done so for nearly 20 years now.  It's a great place to quickly ...

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Mortgage rates have fallen nearly 2% from last year's peak.  Much of that decrease can be viewed as the normal phenomenon of ...

We've talked a lot about why the Fed rate cut will have no additional positive impact on mortgage rates next week. ...

While it's true that there have only been 8 business days so far this month, it's also true that today is the only one of the ...

What Matters in Wednesday's Fed Announcement? The ongoing disagreement in the market regarding the size of Wednesday's Fed ...

The  new week began on a relatively quiet note in terms of mortgage rate movement and the underlying bond market.  There was ...

Bonds Lose Ground Despite Larger Fed Rate Cut The Fed was either going to cut 0.50% or 0.25% today.  It opted for the larger ...

Today's release of Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey took at bad problem and made it worse. Freddie's survey ...