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Three news feeds are on this page. Mortgage Daily News is below, followed by the Christian Science Monitor, and finally "Your Money" articles from the New York Times. I hope you enjoy these perspectives. |
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| No Surprises From Powell. No Major Movement in Rates | ||
| 1/28/2026 3:16 PM | ||
| No Surprises From Powell. No Major Movement in Rates As expected, the Fed held rates steady today. The statement was moderately more hawkish in that it acknowledged progress on the labor market front and overall economy. To the very small extent that the statement was hawkish, Powell"s press conference coul...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rate Winning Streak Ends, But Just Barely | ||
| 1/28/2026 2:51 PM | ||
| On some occasions, a rate announcement from the Federal Reserve (even one that results in no change to the Fed Funds Rate) can cause a huge move in mortgage rates. Today was not one of those days, but in its defense, it was never that likely to be. In order for a Fed announcement to have a big impact, it has to surprise the market in some way. A r...Read More | ||
| Here"s What Changed in The New Fed Announcement | ||
| 1/28/2026 1:00 PM | ||
| Available indicators suggest that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate solid pace. Job gains have slowed this year, remained low, and the unemployment rate has edged up through September. More recent indicators are consistent with these developments. shown some signs of stabilization. Inflation has moved up since earlier in ...Read More | ||
| Title Strategy, Non-Agency, Construction Capital, Workflow Tools; Housing Policy, Rates, and $200 Billion | ||
| 1/28/2026 10:40 AM | ||
| “Did you hear what NASA"s new slogan will be once its budget is cut? ‘NASA: The Sky"s The Limit’” If you’re a conference organizer, do you have a catchy slogan for the event? That certainly seems to be expected. Fannie Mae has a slogan (“Powering America’s Housing” or “Supporting America’s Housing,” depending on who you ask) as does Freddie Mac (“W...Read More | ||
| Re-Entry Rejected. What Can The Fed Say? | ||
| 1/28/2026 9:10 AM | ||
| Wednesday brings 2026"s first Fed announcement, but it"s guaranteed to be one of the least interesting. For a start, this is one of 4 annual meetings without an economic projections update and thus, no dot plot. That automatically takes any Fed meeting down a peg in importance, but there are certainly exceptions, as we learned on October 29th"s mee...Read More | ||
| Gradual Weakness After AM Gains | ||
| 1/27/2026 3:15 PM | ||
| Gradual Weakness After AM Gains Bonds began the day in weaker territory, but logged some solid gains in the first few hours. A small portion of the improvement could be arguably linked to the lowest Consumer Confidence reading since 2014 and the lowest "labor differential" of the present cycle (labor differ...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rate Winning Streak Continues | ||
| 1/27/2026 2:40 PM | ||
| Today was the 5th day in a row where mortgage rates moved at least a little bit lower. While rate movement is often the product of obvious underlying motivations in the economy or news headlines, today"s was small enough to obviate any intense investigation. It"s just as well considering such an investigation would have a hard time establishing any...Read More | ||
| HELOC, Non-QM processing, Jumbo Tools; STRATMOR on Housing Ecosystem; Rocket Lawsuit | ||
| 1/27/2026 10:53 AM | ||
| On January 29 at 1PM ET, STRATMOR Group and T3 Sixty launch a new collaboration with a live T3 Insight TODAY webinar focused on the New Housing Services Ecosystem. (More below.) Things are evolving, or devolving, with compliance, and Blake Boss of ActiveComply joins Lenders One tomorrow to discuss what management should know about LOs & complia...Read More | ||
| Gap Filled. Time to Sell? | ||
| 1/27/2026 7:37 AM | ||
| There are few developments in bond market charts that can lead even fundamental analysts to acknowledge the technicals. One of the most common catalysts for this phenomenon is the simple range breakout following by a filling of the gap created between yields on 2 consecutive days at the time of the breakout. But such gaps are less common and ...Read More | ||
| Small, Steady Gains and MBS Outperformance | ||
| 1/26/2026 2:59 PM | ||
| Small, Steady Gains and MBS Outperformance It was a relatively quiet Monday for the bond market, but not a bad one. Treasuries were modestly stronger overnight and MBS opened a few ticks higher. Durable goods data was much stronger than expected, but had no discernible impact. 10yr yields hit their lows of ...Read More | ||
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