Mortgage rates are based on bonds and bonds, and bonds have some seasonality to them.  This doesn't necessarily mean there's ...

Builder sentiment remains deeply subdued, as the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and Wells Fargo’s Housing ...

Slow, Steady, Modest Improvement Bonds are in the throes of the summertime "blahs." In other words, excitement and ...

The latest Residential Construction report from the Census Bureau showed a sharp rebound in July, with overall housing starts ...

If yesterday was marked by incidental weakness, today is shaping up to be the opposite.  In fact, yields and MBS prices are ...

Mortgage rates are as high as they've been on almost any other day this month.  You'd have to go back to August 1st to see ...

Incidental Weakness or a New Trend? The most interesting thing that happened in the bond market today involved trading levels ...

Friday proved to be the weakest day of the week for the underlying bond market and, thus, the highest day of the week for ...

Weaker Conclusion But No Major Big Picture Implications Despite much stronger revisions and a modestly stronger core retail ...

Mortgage rates hit fresh long term lows yesterday with the average top tier 30yr fixed rate at the best levels since October ...

Friday morning's highlight is the Retail Sales report which came in at a respectable 0.5 vs 0.5 headline. Core retail sales ...

Mortgage application activity surged last week as sharply lower mortgage rates boosted refinance demand and gave purchase ...