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This is a very big weak in terms of economic data and its relationship with bond market trading levels. In a nutshell, yields dropped sharply into a new, lower range in late March. Gains were then erased at a medium-fast pace in April...
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This is a very big weak in terms of economic data and its relationship with bond market trading levels. In a nutshell, yields dropped sharply into a new, lower range in late March. Gains were then erased at a medium-fast pace in April... (read more) |
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Housing News
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Freddie Mac reported this week that its total mortgage portfolio increased at an annualized rate of 8.0 percent in March, growing from 3.0 percent the previous month. The portfolio balance at the end of the period was $2.204 trillion compared to $2.1... (read more) |
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Rob Chrisman
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When I was a kid in California, as with my parents and their parents, and their parents, flowers and fruits had seasons. Roses bloomed in the spring. There weren’t any peaches from October through June. Apricots & cherries were eaten in May... (read more) |
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Mortgage Rate Watch
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Mortgage rates improved again today, keeping the week-over-week move decidedly friendly. For more on the weekly move, see the in-depth discussion in yesterday's coverage ( read more... ). Long story short, the widely-followed Freddie Mac rate survey ... (read more) |
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MBS Commentary
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GDP was hotly anticipated this week and rightfully so. The trading reaction has been the week's most volatile and has carried the most volume. Paradoxically, the 3.2% vs 2.0% reading resulted in a bond market RALLY (just the opposite of w... (read more) |
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Housing News
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Both homeownership and vacancy rates were essentially unchanged in the first quarter of this year according to data released on Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The national homeownership rate slipped 0.4 percentage point to 64.2 percent compared ... (read more) |
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