
Mortgage Rates Started Much Higher But Almost Fully Recovered
It was an exciting day for mortgage rates, and while we technically ended up slightly higher, it could have been much worse. In fact, it WAS much worse earlier in the day, but only for about 30 minutes.ย Our daily rate index can be updated throughout the day if mortgage lenders change their rates in
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Sales Performance, Compliance, Borrower Satisfaction Tools; Brian V. on Industry Noise
Lender and Broker Products, Services, and Software โChicagoans have one unbreakable rule: no ketchup on a hot dog. Mortgage lenders should have one too: no questions that don't belong on the application. Floify brings that same discipline to MBA Annual in Chicago, October 11โ14 at the Hyatt Regency,
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No Surprise: It Was a Trap
If there's been a safe bet to make on isolated rally days over the past 2 months, it's that they'll be soon followed by a return to the prevailing trend toward higher rates. Today fills that role with gusto. We hate gusto--this kind anyway. Unfortunately, this kind of gusto is all we have, and there
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Today Was "Nice" For Bonds
Today Was "Nice" For Bonds Bonds bucked their prevailing trend and managed to move slightly lower in yield today. Unlike yesterday's session which had no clear correlation with underlying events, today's move traced a drop in oil prices fairly clearly. Some analysts thought that an improvement in Fr
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