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

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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

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

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

Broad, Negative Momentum is Masking Normal Market Movers Tuesday featured a much weaker PPI report that failed to inspire any ...

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

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

Mortgage rates rose to the highest levels since May 2024 by the end of last week following a stronger reading on the jobs ...