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Mortgage rates were at their highest levels in roughly 1 month as of yesterday afternoon. That ran counter to many of the mortgage rate news stories that came out throughout the day due to said stories using Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey as source material (a longstanding survey that accurately tracks rates over time, but often fails to account for near-term volatility). Accounting for near-term volatility is tricky business for mortgage lenders this week--especially over the past 3 days. Wednesday and Thursday saw rates spike quickly higher as the Senate's version of the tax bill looked increasingly likely to pass. In general, the tax bill is good for stocks and bad for bonds. By far and away, the week's biggest market mover landed today in the form of headlines regarding former
Mortgage Rate Watch
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Mortgage rates were at their highest levels in roughly 1 month as of yesterday afternoon. That ran counter to many of the mortgage rate news stories that came out throughout the day due to said stories using Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Surv... (read more)
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Housing News
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Construction expenditures so far this year continue to run ahead of what was spent in 2016, with private construction accounting for most of the increase. Residential spending remains a top star, out-shown only by private sector commercial constructi... (read more)
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Housing News
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Fannie Mae's Book of Business increased at a compounded annual rate of 1.6 percent in October, to a value of $3.200 trillion compared to $3.195 trillion in September. The Book has increased by 2.1 percent year-to-date, and gained 1.4 percent for all ... (read more)
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Rob Chrisman
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December already? There are all kinds of scurrilous M&A rumors out there, or of rumors about companies going belly up, and will continue to be. And have you noticed that, officially, every company think it’s “the greatest thing since ... (read more)
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MBS Commentary
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The extent to which the tax bill is "inevitable" remains to be seen, but at the moment, financial markets are still treating it as "highly likely"--just not as inevitable as yesterday around noon Eastern. Since then, we've learned that the grow... (read more)
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MBS Commentary
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As discussed in detail in the daily video on MBS Live, today's bond market weakness was multifaceted , to say the least. But if we want to make the move higher in stocks and bond yields about one thing and one thing only, we can continue to ta... (read more)
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