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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

There's no question that today's Producer Price Index came in surprisingly hot. Both the headline and core numbers were 0.9% ...