Mortgage rates are driven by the bond market and Friday was the least active day of the week for bonds.  There were no major ...

While it was never going to be on the same level as yesterday's CPI in terms of market movement potential, Retail Sales was ...

Bonds Calmed Down After Early Weakness This week's relevant economic data is concentrated over the Tue-Thu time frame with ...

Slightly Weaker Drift, But Broadly Uneventful Friday may as well have been a 4th weekend day for the bond market.  Volume and liquidity were obviously in holiday mode.  Trading levels were basically ...

We’re more than halfway through January already, the MBA has lowered its 2025 projection to $2.1 trillion, and there is a ...

The US Census Bureau released its New Residential Construction report for December today.  The report measures building ...

While it would be technically accurate to point out a slight increase in January's homebuilder confidence (officially the ...

It always bears repeating that "predictions are for suckers" and if there were a hard and fast rule about what markets do in ...

Do you know the interest rate on your loan? How about the age of your roof? Here in Austin, a big concern is too much growth: ...

After having a great day yesterday, mortgage rates were able to add another "good" day today.  The net effect brings the ...

There hasn't been meaningful change in economic data that measures activity in the housing and mortgage markets. In a ...

We knew that today's Consumer Price Index (CPI) was a hotly anticipated economic report that at least had the potential to ...