Full Recovery! The patient looked critical this morning with 10yr yields pushing up to new long-term highs just over 5.36%, ...

It was an exciting day for mortgage rates, and while we technically ended up slightly higher, it could have been much worse. In fact, it WAS much worse earlier in the day, but only for about 30 ...

If there's been a safe bet to make on isolated rally days over the past 2 months, it's that they'll be soon followed by a ...

Lender and Broker Products, Services, and Software “Chicagoans have one unbreakable rule: no ketchup on a hot dog. Mortgage lenders should have one too: no questions that don't belong on the ...

The good news is that today's average top-tier 30yr fixed rate ended only 0.01% higher than last week's high (7.61 vs 7.60). If you are only interested in good news, have a great rest of your Monday ...

Today Was "Nice" For Bonds Bonds bucked their prevailing trend and managed to move slightly lower in yield today. Unlike yesterday's session which had no clear correlation with underlying events, ...

If rate movement were a car, it's been driving pretty recklessly recently, and definitely not keeping good pace with other motorists. But every now and then, we see a break in the craziness. The ...

I like to say that I am one good Lottery Scratcher away from ditching this daily Commentary gig and starting something new. All kidding aside, where should we start today? With the rumored FICO ...

Another week begins with the frustrating reality of the bond market selling just because there's no reason to buy. To be fair ...

What Will it Take For Bonds to Recover? Another day, another sell-off without any satisfying explanations. To be fair, you ...

It's a rarity these days, but mortgage rates actually moved lower today by more than a token amount. The average top-tier ...

Mortgage rates rose 0.04% today to an index value of 7.57% for a top-tier 30yr fixed scenario for the average lender today. That uptick in and of itself isn't especially large, but it's a bit ...