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Eerily Calm and Strong For 2nd Straight Day
Fri, 25 Apr 2025 21:09:13 GMT
Eerily Calm and Strong For 2nd Straight Day After being heavily conditioned to expect elevated volatility with unpredictable timing, the past two trading sessions have been tremendous departures from the norm. Bo..[read more]
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Lowest Mortgage Rates in Nearly 3 Weeks
Fri, 25 Apr 2025 20:06:00 GMT
The news on mortgage rates has been frustratingly mixed recently, depending on the source. This is a factor of the various time frames and methodologies employed by different purveyors of rate data. If you're reading this, however, none of that matte..[read more]
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Existing Home Sales at 5 Month Lows
Fri, 25 Apr 2025 19:54:00 GMT
As is the case for the monthly data on New Home Sales from the Census Bureau, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Existing Home Sales report does not make for exciting news these days. It's not that the news is tragic or alarming either. ..[read more]
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New Home Sales Running Near Highest Pace Since 2022
Fri, 25 Apr 2025 19:19:00 GMT
The Census Bureau released March New Home Sales data this week, and it was near the best levels seen since early 2022. Before you get too excited about that, a caveat is in order. Simply put, when it comes to housing market data, nothing ..[read more]
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Mortgage Applications Dropped Sharply in Response to The Recent Rate Spike
Fri, 25 Apr 2025 19:01:00 GMT
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Maryland Changes Licensing; Upcoming Conferences; Perspective on the CFPB; Title and Flood Products
Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:52:29 GMT
What if your client called the CFPB about a servicing issue, or any issue, and no one answered? Things are changing, but for a thorough write up on the current situation, check out Debra Gaveglio & Donna Schmidt's "Harmonizing Regulatory Compliance a..[read more]
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Data Free Friday. Heavy Data Next Week
Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:34:23 GMT
Today's only scheduled economic report is Consumer Sentiment. Nonetheless, we would classify today as being "data free" because this is simply the final reading of the preliminary release 2 weeks ago. It's the preliminary release that tends to ..[read more]
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Solid Bond Rally For Debatable Reasons
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 20:26:08 GMT
Solid Bond Rally For Debatable Reasons Bonds improved moderately well overnight and added to those gains steadily during the domestic session. Ask 10 traders why and you might not get 10 different answers, ..[read more]
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Mortgage Rates Continue Lower
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 19:47:00 GMT
Mortgage rates continue the slow, bumpy process of healing from the rapid rise seen 2 weeks ago. Last week was a solid victory in that sense with rates moving steadily and meaningfully lower without any major rebounds. The present week started out on..[read more]
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Bigger Picture Starting to Look More Normal
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:19:21 GMT
What's "normal" for the bond market? That depends how far back you want to look. Starting in late February, we had about a month of mostly sideways movement in a relatively narrow range as we waited for clarity on new fiscal policies and econom..[read more]
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