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Rates Are Still Falling, But Not Precipitously

Mortgage rates are historically quite low and they managed to continue lower today.  This is in addition to a steady string of improvements that began more…

Mortgage Rates Lowest in Weeks

Mortgage rate movement was fairly uneventful last week.  The bond market (which is most directly responsible for driving day-to-day changes in mortgages rates) was focused on…

Much Calmer Day For Mortgage Rates

Mortgage rates held steady today–a welcome development after yesterday’s move higher.  In the bigger picture, rates have done an acceptable job of moving back down after spiking…

Why Microsoft sucks, let me count the ways

If you’re going to release a product that tried to encroach on #SLACK dominance in the area of teams, then don’t joke repackage Sharepoint, call…

Mortgage Rates Change Course, Head Higher

Mortgage rates bounced higher today, after making it to the best levels in more than a week yesterday afternoon.  Markets responded to a strong home sales report…

Mortgage Rates Manage to Hold Near Weekly Lows

Mortgage rates managed to hold on to the improvements seen yesterday.  This was far from a certainty yesterday afternoon as the underlying bond market had ebbed…

Need for a New Consensus

Josh Rogin follows up on the move to institutionalize transactionalism as the guiding principle of U.S. foreign aid. The draft directive makes it clear that,…

Think The Fed Cut Mortgage Rates? Think Again

Here is exactly what yesterday’s Fed rate cut did to mortgage rates: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!  No Fed rate cut (or hike) will EVER do ANYTHING directly to…