Total Number of News: 202
- 1/23/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates creep down
Mortgage rates crept down over the weekend due to multiple rallies in U.S. Treasury securities last week. And Monday's uninspired trading kept Treasury yields2, which move in the opposite direction of prices, down. Mortgage lenders who base their rates o... - 1/20/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates unmoved
U.S. Treasury securities posted gains on Friday as the equity markets tanked. Treasuries opened on the upside after several members of the Federal Open Market Committee suggested in separate speeches on Thursday night that the Fed is close to finishing w... - 1/19/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates hold at lower levels
A huge decline in first-time unemployment claims spurred selling in U.S. Treasury securities on Thursday. In fact, claims hit their lowest level since April 2000. Worried that a tight labor market could influence the Fed to continue with rate-hike boosts... - 1/18/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates dip again
U.S. Treasury securities got a boost from the initial reading on the consumer price index, or CPI, report for December. But a closer look at the data revealed some worrisome numbers within the core index and this halted buying and stirred some light sale... - 1/17/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates holding lower
U.S. Treasury securities were volatile on Tuesday, losing ground in the early going but rebounding to close with a gain. Stronger-than-expected data on manufacturing in December put selling pressure on bonds at opening, but a friendlier report from the ... - 1/13/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates fall in wake of tepid reports
A pair of economic reports that showed benign inflation and modest retail sales boosted U.S. Treasury securities on Friday. Traders bought Treasuries aggressively in the wake of the producer price index, or PPI, and retail sales reports for December. The... - 1/12/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates begin a reversal
U.S. Treasury securities profited from safe-haven buying on Thursday. Concerns about Iran and its intentions with regard to a nuclear program had investors buying up risk-free government debt. Prices climbed and their yields, which move in the opposite d... - 1/11/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates rebound to higher levels
Another day of selling in U.S. Treasury securities sent prices down on Wednesday and their yields, which move in the opposite direction of prices, up. With no economic news for guidance, bond traders played the waiting game - wondering what Friday's prod... - 1/10/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates yield to upward pressure
Strong economic news from Europe dampened appetite for U.S. Treasury securities on Tuesday, sending Treasury yields, which move in the opposite direction of prices, higher. The increase in yields, which lenders use as a guide to set mortgage rates, has a... - 1/9/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates unmoved by Wall Street's good fortune
The bulls went roaring down Wall Street on Monday, but U.S. Treasury securities held tight. Bond trading was range bound, with no economic news to spur either buying or selling. Even afternoon speeches by two members of the Federal Open Market Committee ...