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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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| Decent Gains Amid De-Escalation Headlines | ||
| 3/23/2026 2:54 PM | ||
| Decent Gains Amid De-Escalation Headlines Don"t worry about what actually happened, who actually spoke to whom, and the details of the conversations that may or may not have happened. Today"s simplest fact is that the President said things that can be filed under the heading of "de-escalation" of the I...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Move Modestly Lower Amid Market Volatility | ||
| 3/23/2026 2:34 PM | ||
| Mortgage rates are dictated by bonds and bonds had a volatile day. During overnight trading hours, bonds suggested we should brace for the impact of even higher rates. Things changed just after 7am ET following headlines that suggested progress on the Iran war. Although volatility continued in the ensuing hours, bonds ultimately settled in s...Read More | ||
| Subservicing, LOS, Verification Tools; STRATMOR on Tech; Builder M&A; Rate Hike Odds | ||
| 3/23/2026 10:48 AM | ||
| Products, Services, and Software for Brokers and Lenders Less back-and-forth. More first-time-right verifications. Truework replaces manual verification waterfalls with a single automated platform, so underwriters, LOs, and ops can cut down the document chasing, conflicting numbers, and last-minute corrections. Lenders see up to 50 percent cost s...Read More | ||
| Big Early AM Rally Gets Bonds Back in The Green | ||
| 3/23/2026 8:26 AM | ||
| Up until roughly 7am ET, it was a rough night for the bond market. 10yr yields had been selling off steadily throughout, hitting 4.443% by 6:45am. Then at 7:04am, newswires indicated "talks" between the US and Iran, and a 5 day ceasefire of sorts. Yields and oil plunged instantly. Stocks rallied. The 10yr dipped as low as 4.308% before bouncing. Th...Read More | ||
| Global Bond Market in Reprice Mode | ||
| 3/20/2026 4:21 PM | ||
| Global Bond Market in Reprice Mode Around here, "reprice" typically refers to mid-day rate changes from mortgage lenders, but infrequently, a big picture repricing occurs in the bond market. That"s what"s going on in March and especially over the last 2.5 days. Wednesday"s Fed comments and Thursday"s ECB/BO...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Move Back Above 6.5% | ||
| 3/20/2026 1:53 PM | ||
| After hitting 5.99% as recently as February 27th, top tier 30yr fixed mortgage rates are back over 6.5% for the average lender today--the highest they"ve been since September 3rd, 2025. The entire month of March has been painful for many corners of the financial market and mortgage rates are not immune. The Iran war is the underlying catalys...Read More | ||
| New Home Sales Plunge to 3-Year Lows | ||
| 3/20/2026 1:15 PM | ||
| New home sales took a notable step back in January, reversing much of the prior month’s strength and highlighting the volatility that often defines this data series. The Census Bureau reported a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 587,000 , down sharply from December’s 712,000 and 11.3% lower than January 2025. For-sale inventory moved slightl...Read More | ||
| Reality Check For Refi Demand | ||
| 3/20/2026 1:08 PM | ||
| NOTE: the rates discussed in this article are from MBA"s weekly survey and pertain to last week. This week"s rates have already moved significantly higher according to our daily data. Mortgage application activity fell sharply last week as rising rates weighed on demand. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported a decrease of 10.9% o...Read More | ||
| Builder Confidence Inches Higher Amid Affordability Concerns | ||
| 3/20/2026 1:05 PM | ||
| Builder confidence ticked slightly higher in March according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), though sentiment remains subdued as affordability concerns continue to weigh on the single-family market. The headline index rose one point to 38 , following a small upward revision to February’s...Read More | ||
| Central Banks Cite Oil to Steal Spotlight From Oil | ||
| 3/20/2026 8:46 AM | ||
| In the space of 2 days, central banks have completely stolen the spotlight from energy prices, but they have relied on energy prices to do so. More simply put, markets had been following oil prices until this week"s central bank announcements. At that point, central banks cited energy prices as a reason for bigger upside inflation risk, vanishing r...Read More | ||
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