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

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

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

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

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

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

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: ...

Mortgage rates officially hit the highest levels since May 2024 yesterday, even though the average was almost imperceptibly ...

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

On December 18th, one of the most striking takeaways from Fed Chair Powell's press conference was the shift in the Fed's ...

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