The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released the latest mortgage application data this week showing a modest 1.6% decrease ...

Despite today being "jobs report Friday," and despite the jobs report perennially having the power to cause big volatility ...

Ahead of next week’s MBA Advocacy event in Washington DC, I received this note from an industry vet. “With the continued ...

While plenty of uncertainty remains over the finer points of Wednesday afternoon's tariff announcement, markets have heard ...

Big, Early Rally, Then Flat All Day On any given day in the bond market, Sometimes everything that's going to happen ends up ...

Mortgage rates didn't move much today, which is pretty crazy considering the volatility present in financial markets in the ...

While interest rates continue operating in a range that is generally flat and narrow over the past 5 weeks, it's also true ...

Data Helped, But Wild Cards Remain on Deck This morning's economic data wasn't immediately and obviously worthy of credit for ...

This ain’t no April Fools economic news: not only has Hooters declared bankruptcy, but apparently there is yet another push ...

Late Day Volatility on Tariff Speech The long-awaited tariff speech took markets for a ride in both directions this afternoon. After the dust settled, the net effect was "buy bonds, sell stocks." ...

There have certainly been days where the "prices paid" component of the ISM Manufacturing data has been responsible for ...

First thing's first before anyone gets too excited: yes, rates fell on Friday, but not significantly.  The average lender is ...