Tariffs and trade policy have been a new and important consideration for the bond market for just over a month now. That ...

Is All News Bad News For Bonds? Will CPI Matter? At times these day, it may seem like all news is bad news for bonds.  Higher tariffs hurt us in mid April, and lower tariffs are hurting us now.

April 11th after weekend trade talks between the US and China resulted in significant reductions in tariffs for a period of ...

Mortgage rates moved back up to the higher levels seen earlier this week after the official announcement of a trade deal ...

Mortgage rates were unchanged for the average lender this morning, thanks to a modest improvement in the bond market ...

Mortgage rates faced a slight headwind on Monday as economic data caused weakness in the bond market. This would typically ...

Today celebrates Mexico’s victory over France in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. (In this country, Hispanic home ...

There's nothing like a Fed announcement day to get almost every media outlet to run headlines that attempt to tie the day's ...

Just as Underwhelming as Expected No sense in trying to manufacture excitement out of something boring. Even before Fed ...

Most good loan originators are keenly aware of demographics in their area. Aren’t you tired of talking about a lack of ...

Bonds mostly lost ground in the overnight session, and then lost just a bit more ground after the 8:30am econ data.  This ...

Wednesday begins with bonds battling back from modest overnight weakness (now moving into modestly stronger territory), but ...