New week. Same grind. We're waiting (likely for a good while longer) for the government shutdown to end before the most ...

Why did the Dalai Lama go to Las Vegas? Because he loves Tibet.” Here at the “MBA Annual,” the puns may not be flying, but ...

Strange Combo of Excitement and Boredom Boring stuff first: there was no significant data, news, volume, or volatility today. Bonds gained modest ground early and then held mostly sideways through the ...

I was gambling in Las Vegas; I took a little risk. Send lawyers, guns, and money, Dad, get me out of this!” Hopefully, no one ...

The average top tier 30yr fixed rate was unchanged on Friday despite the bond market being slightly weaker. Normally, weaker ...

Despite a stark absence of any truly inspiring events, interest rates have managed to put in two fairly serious days of ...

Mortgage application activity declined again last week, though the drop was more moderate than the prior week’s pullback.

There were quite a few economic reports that would have been released this morning were it not for the gov shutdown.  OK, ...

Last week ended with mortgage rates dropping to their best levels since September 17th. Over the weekend, the underlying bond ...

Mortgage rates are based on bonds and bonds are trading at their best levels since September 17th.  Of course there are ...

Bonds are flashing red on the screen (depending on when you look), but even at their weakest levels of the morning, we'd ...

Logical Pull-Back on Tamer Tariff Talk, But Mortgages Outperform If there was only one event to be aware of on Friday, it was ...