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Broker, DPA, Compliance, Subservicing Products; The Cost of Buying a Home; Thoughts of a Top LO | ||
12/3/2024 10:59 AM | ||
Tis the season to have some fun, right? How about we start with this interesting musical duo? While the CFPB’s proposal addressing the selling of data has garnered some attention, with the Winter Solstice less than three weeks away and it isn’t exactly the season when home buying picks up. Nor are interest rates or insurance costs cooperating. But ...Read More | ||
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South Korea... Martial Law... And a Bond Rally? | ||
12/3/2024 8:57 AM | ||
Of all of the motivations in all the markets, this one had to walk into ours. Or perhaps it rolled in on tank tracks. Just over an hour ago, South Korea"s president declared martial law. If you don"t follow Korean politics, yes, this is a head scratcher. Upon verifying the authenticity of the headlines, rather than scratch t...Read More | ||
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Bonds Hold Vast Majority of Last Week"s Gains | ||
12/2/2024 3:42 PM | ||
Bonds Hold Vast Majority of Last Week"s Gains The most significant thing that happened as the market returned to the office from Thanksgiving weekend is that bonds were able to hold a vasty majority of last week"s gains. That wasn"t immediately apparent if you were focusing on day-over-day losses, but...Read More | ||
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Mortgage Rates Little-Changed After Last Week"s Improvement | ||
12/2/2024 3:34 PM | ||
Mortgage rates remain elevated relative to the levels seen in September and early October, but they"ve definitely moved down a bit from their recent highs. Thanksgiving week saw the lowest daily average rate in exactly a month, but there"s never a guarantee the rate market will look the same on the following week. Thankfully, it"s almos...Read More | ||
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HELOC, Appraisal Review, Subservicer Review Products; Webinars and Training; Interview With Rate"s Shant Banosian | ||
12/2/2024 10:51 AM | ||
I recall Zillow doing a study on the color of the front door impacting sales price. What does $22.5 million get you in Charleston, SC, especially if the place is owned by Trump’s nominee for the Secretary of Treasury? “Scott Bessent and his husband bought the historic mansion in 2016 for $6.5 million. They performed a major renovation on the three-...Read More | ||
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Morning Weakness a Simple Factor of Positioning | ||
12/2/2024 8:18 AM | ||
It can be a bit tricky to understand the roll of various forms of positioning when it comes to otherwise inexplicable movement in the bond market. It"s also a fairly vague term that can refer to several different things. These include month-end trading, new-month trading, position squaring and short covering, to name the usual suspects. The e...Read More | ||
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Home Mortgage Purchase Applications Highest Since February | ||
11/29/2024 11:23 AM | ||
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly application survey results on Wednesday. The highlight was a 12.43% increase in purchase applications from the previous week. That brought the purchase index to the highest levels since February. As has been and continues to be the case, there"s an obvious counterpoint to any...Read More | ||
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Nov. 29: Lender wanted; LO jobs; PR, dashboard, automation, cap. markets school products; FHA, HECM, HUD updates | ||
11/29/2024 7:18 AM | ||
“I was late to my cannibal family"s Thanksgiving dinner. I got the cold shoulder.” LOs are experts on family life and demographics. The share of both same-sex and opposite-sex households with children under 18 (married and unmarried) declined from 2019 to 2023 , a reflection of drops in U.S. fertility rates. Among female couple households, 25 pe...Read More | ||
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Stronger Bonds, Before and After (And Regardless of) Economic Data | ||
11/27/2024 2:17 PM | ||
Stronger Bonds, Before and After (And Regardless of) Economic Data Bonds were stronger overnight with 10yr yields hitting roughly 4.25% even before this morning"s economic data came out. Now at the 3pm CME close, 10yr yields are still at 4.25% and they didn"t stray too far from that midpoint in either...Read More | ||
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Lowest Mortgage Rates in a Month | ||
11/27/2024 1:53 PM | ||
The interest rate market continues the healing process after taking heavy damage in October. During the course of that month, the average top tier conventional 30yr fixed rate increased more than 0.75% and broke above 7.0% for the first time since early July. The first few days of November saw some additional volatility with our rate in...Read More | ||