

MBS Day Ahead: Recent Pain for US Bond Market May Just be Price of Admission
Remember 2008 though the middle of 2011, or the 2nd half of 2013? Me neither, but I went back and read a few of my old posts and think I...


Veterans Matter helps their 500th homeless Veteran
Veterans Matter, a Toledo, Ohio, based Veterans service organization was created in 2012 to help house 35 local homeless Veterans in the...


M&T, S&P, Morgan Stanley, & Moody's Legal Updates; Training Events
In the last few weeks I have had the opportunity to visit Florida, Oregon, Colorado, Southern California (its own state), Arizona, Texas,...


MBS Day Ahead: Bond Markets Filter Through Actual Significance of Yesterday's ECB News
If you're just getting caught up, here's the long and the short of yesterday's news from the ECB in relation to Greece-inspired...


FHA Applications Skyrocket as Expected Following MIP Change
Mortgage activity showed no signs of settling down from its rather wild and wooly behavior since the first of the year. Data from the...


Home Prices Turn Negative in Three States
The uninterrupted streak of annual nationwide price increases was extended to 34 months in December CoreLogic said today. The company's...


One Veterans perspective on homelessness, PTSD and VA’s H-PACT teams
Mortgage rates moved lower today at their fastest pace since January 14th. Rates sheets moved well past recent lows and back to levels...


MBS Week Ahead: Assessing Global Growth Concerns with Ample Data at Home and Abroad
Another week, another chance for markets to express their feelings about European QE, Greek theater, and 'global growth concerns.' So...


CFPB Accepting Comments on Rural Proposal; Accounting Clarification for Ginnie Servicers; 6% Capital
The economy is filled with surprises, and people warning us about them - and us not listening. Every time we fill up our gas tanks we are...


Mortgage Rates Shoot Past Recent Lows; 3.5% Getting More Prevalent
Mortgage rates moved lower today at their fastest pace since January 14th. Rates sheets moved well past recent lows and back to levels...

























