Latest News Tag: Market Trends

Last Week in Review: Is This the Bottom? Home loan rates continue to hover near all-time lows, but there are three reasons why they should have improved but didn't. Let's take […]

Last Week in Review: Stabilization in the MBS Market One of the major effects of the coronavirus was the enormous destabilization of the mortgage-backed securities (MBS) market back in mid-March. MBS […]

Last Week in Review: The Unemployment Line is Growing The leading indicator on the health of the job market is the Initial Jobless Claims report, which essentially tells us the length […]

Last Week in Review: Coronavirus Fallout to Hit Homeowners The Coronavirus has impacted millions of Americans across the country due to job loss and furloughs making it difficult, and sometimes impossible, […]

Last Week in Review: Liquidity Defined This past week, thanks to the Federal Reserve, home loan rates declined. The high uncertainty around the coronavirus and its impact on homeowners and […]

Last Week in Review: Home Loan Rates Rising This past week, home loan rates ticked up again despite the Fed recently cutting rates by a full point and the 10-year Note […]

Last Week in Review: Rate Movements Explained This past week was a head-scratcher as home loan ticked up slightly week over week despite the 10-year Note yield hitting a historic low […]

Last Week in Review: How Low Can Rates Go? Home loan rates touched all-time lows this past week, fueling refinance activity and creating a sense of urgency for homebuyers to […]

Last Week in Review: The Lowest Rates EVER Bonds love bad news, uncertainty, and fear, which is causing rates to move lower. This past week, the escalation of the coronavirus fears […]

Last Week in Review: A Great 2020 Housing Story Here's some good news... the continued strength of the labor market, along with historically low mortgage rates, will keep positive housing momentum alive […]