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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Where do amputees get prosthetics on a budget? The secondhand store.” Budget, stalemate, and shutdown news continues in ...

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

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

While the debate rages on about whether the three colors of candy corn taste different, at the other end of the tech spectrum ...

Stocks have made a bit of a round trip since last Friday when Trump's tariff comments sparked a big sell-off.  Bonds ...

The stalemate & shutdown continue, all but eliminating the government release of economic news. Recall that the U.S. Treasury ...