Consumer Spending Rises
The most significant economic report released over the past week showed that consumer spending remains surprisingly strong. In addition, Fed
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Market Perspective
Nov 132 min read
Inflation Matches Expectations
While mortgage markets remained somewhat volatile over the past week, the major economic news contained no significant surprises. The latest
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Nov 62 min read
Mortgage Rates Rise After Election
Over the past week, investors were waiting for the election results, and quite simply, they were negative for mortgage markets. This far off
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Oct 302 min read
Mixed Economic Data
Overview: Over the past week, mixed economic data caused some volatility for mortgage markets. The price movements were roughly...
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Oct 232 min read
Retail Sales Rise
Over the past week, investor expectations for future economic growth increased substantially, due to yet another stronger than expected ...
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Oct 162 min read
Focus on Inflation
Over the past week, the major inflation reports received most of the attention from investors. Although some of the data was slightly strong
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Oct 92 min read
Strong Labor Market Data
Stronger than expected economic data was negative for mortgage markets over the past week. In particular, the latest labor market report exc
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Oct 22 min read
Fed, Middle East, and Inflation
A wide range of news impacted mortgage markets over the past week, including comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, rising tensi
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Sep 252 min read
Home Sales Slip
Following last Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting, there has been little major economic news, and it was a quiet week for mortgage markets.
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Sep 182 min read
Fed Delivers First Rate Cut in 4 Years
Despite some major economic news, mortgage markets remained relatively quiet over the past week. Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting caused
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Sep 112 min read
Little Reaction to Major Data
Two of the biggest monthly economic reports were released over the past week, but neither caused much reaction in mortgage rates. The latest
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Sep 42 min read
Inflation Matches Expectations
Overview: There were few significant surprises in the major economic reports released over the past week. In particular, the latest...
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Aug 282 min read
Fed Ready to Ease
Overview: Over the past week, the focus was on the Federal Reserve, and all signs point to rate cuts later in the year. The economic...
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Aug 212 min read
Consumer Spending Surges
The most significant economic report released over the past week was stronger than expected, which was negative for mortgage markets. On the
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Aug 142 min read
Favorable Inflation Data
Over the past week, investors were focused on two key monthly inflation reports. In some good news for mortgage markets, all the data ...
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Aug 72 min read
Labor Market Data Falls Short
Over the past week, weaker than expected data raised investor concerns about slowing economic growth, possibly even a recession, which was f
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Jul 312 min read
Steady Inflation
Overview: Over the past week, the economic news contained no major surprises. The latest inflation data was in line with expectations,...
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Jul 242 min read
Home Sales Fall
It was a relatively quiet week for mortgage markets. With no major surprises in the economic data or the European Central Bank (ECB) meetin
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Jul 172 min read
Favorable Inflation Data
The latest key Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation report contained a nice surprise for mortgage markets, coming in lower than expected ...
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Jul 102 min read
Hints of Slowing Growth
The economic data released over the past week suggested that economic growth may be slowing a bit. While job gains remained solid, the other
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