Mortgage rates are based on trading levels in the bond market and bond market activity has been extremely slow, as is ...

Friendly Reversal Thanks to 7yr Treasury Auction The day began as so many days over the past few months with bonds ...

My housemates are convinced our house is haunted. I don't get it. I've lived here for 273 years and haven’t noticed anything ...

Bonds are back in the office for a few days, at least in the sense that there are no holiday scheduled changes, and they've ...

Holidays have inconsistent impacts on mortgage rates because holiday's have inconsistent impacts on the bond market (and ...

Steady Selling in Bonds. 'Tis The Season? Bonds began the day in weaker territory and continued to sell off through 2pm ET ...

The most interesting analysis we can offer today is a simple reminder that the word "idiosyncrasy" has an "S" at the end ...

Those who spend any time digging into home construction and home sales figures in the U.S. know that, of the 4 census ...

If anyone needed any further convincing that a Fed rate cut is no guarantee of lower mortgage rates, today is a great piece ...

The week's big story is still the big jump in rates that took place after Wednesday's Fed announcement.  And while rates ...

Not as Bad as it Could Have Been After Wednesday's Fed-driven sell-off, it was unlikely if not impossible that bonds wouldn't ...

We received some anonymous feedback regarding recent rate commentary that serves as a good reminder that not everyone may be ...