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Friday Mortgage Wrap Up Rates continue to rise this week as the European Central Bank raised their rate .25%.  This signaled that at least the Europeans are acknowledging the threat of inflation.  This depressed the value of the dollar relative to the Euro and created upward pressure on rates in...
04/08/2011
Market Comment - Week of April 4th, 2011 Mortgage bond prices fell last week pushing mortgage interest rates higher. Stocks continued to show strength throughout the week. The DOW rose over 100 points, which didn't help mortgage bonds. There was some talk of Japan selling US debt to raise cash. ...
04/04/2011
  Friday Mortgage Wrap Up Good news! The employment numbers for March came out strong today.  The unemployment rate dropped too.  All of this underscores the fact that the economy is doing better.  Combine this with the Core PCE index, the Fed's measure of inflation, coming in at an annualized r...
04/01/2011
Monday Morning Mortgage Update - Week of March 28th, 2011 Mortgage bond prices fell last week pushing mortgage interest rates higher. Stocks generally showed strength throughout the week, which didn't help mortgage bonds. Reports of Japan stabilizing their nuclear facilities resulted in a revers...
03/28/2011
Friday Mortgage Wrap-Up Very interesting times in the market this week.  I'm normally one to say I'd rather have an  interesting time than a boring one.  But markets don't always like interesting and so we continue to see the push pull dynamic between world uncertainty and economic recovery.  Un...
03/25/2011
Market Comment - Week of March 21st, 2011 Mortgage bond prices rose last week helping mortgage interest rates improve. Flight to safety buying of US debt instruments helped rates improve as the Japanese stock market struggled. Oil prices eased a bit early in the week. However, clashes in Saudi A...
03/21/2011
Your Friday Weekly Mortgage Update This week we saw the continued effect of uncertainty in the world with the devastation in Japan, the civil war in Libya, and the continued protests in Bahrain.  Uncertainty creates fear.  Fear pushes people to look for safety.  And safety resides in the US Bond...
03/18/2011
I have been asked constantly about the changes coming up in April and how it will change the pay of the Loan officer industry.  I came across this example and could not have found a more appropriate explanation.  Please note this was an email chain, I do not know the original source, it's one of ...
03/17/2011
FHA Reminder, Increase in MIP! Effective on case numbers assigned on or after April 18th, 2011,  FHA will increase the annual MIP by .25% (up-front will stay at 1%) For example, on a $200,000 loan amount, where the borrower put the minimum down(3.5%) the changes will look like this:   Current pay...
03/17/2011
Market Comment - Week of March 14th, 2011 Mortgage bond prices rose last week helping mortgage interest rates improve. The US Treasury auctions generally showed decent foreign demand for US debt instruments. Oil prices fluctuated which continued to cause market volatility. Weekly jobless claims ...
03/14/2011
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