Traders Buy The Dip After AM Data After a bit of overnight strength and an early morning pull-back, bonds were right in line ...

Bonds Circle The Wagons Ahead of High Risk NFP The consensus for tomorrow's NFP (nonfarm payrolls, the principal component of ...

Mortgage rates have generally been falling since May 21st and have done nothing but move lower for more than 2 weeks.  That ...

ADP employment was this morning's key economic report and it came out sharply weaker than expected (-33k vs 95k f'cast). There are many past examples of a "miss" of this size prompting a swift rally ...

It's been 88 days since the average 30yr fixed mortgage rate was as low as it is today--close enough to 3 months.  Some ...

The closer you get to the end, the faster it goes.” Just like that, 2025 is half over. With it have come changes at the GSEs, ...

Steady Gains in the PM Hours It's common to see the effects of month/quarter-end trading most prominently in the PM hours and ...

April 3rd and 4th saw the average top tier 30yr fixed mortgage rates well into the "mid 6's."  Many lenders were able to ...

Freddie Mac House Price Index Declined in May; Up 2.2% Year-over-year Calculated Risk Blog - Mon, Jun 30 2025, 1:16 PM 2024 New Single-Family Starts by Census Division Eye on Housing - Mon, Jun 30 ...

Bonds are slightly weaker to start the final trading day of the week, but that has nothing to do with this morning's PCE data ...

Month/quarter end trading is a somewhat esoteric and potentially frustrating concept for the typical market watcher because ...

Best Closing Levels in More Than a Month Don't look now, but rates just inched their way down to the best levels since the ...