Total Number of News: 6200
- 9/2/2005 - Mortgage Headlines
Employment Report Doesn't Rattle Mortgage Rates
A tepid August Employment report had a minimal effect on the financial markets on Friday. The addition of 169,000 jobs to non-farm payrolls was weaker than the expected 190,000-job increase. But upward revisions in the June and July employment numbers ma... - 9/1/2005 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage Rates Hold at Low Levels
Further signs on Thursday that the U.S. economy is not quite as muscular as economists had forecast helped keep short- and intermediate-term U.S. Treasury securities prices firm for a third consecutive session, while the long end gave back some recent ga... - 8/31/2005 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage Rates Dip Further, Bonds Jump
U.S. Treasury securities prices advanced smartly for a second consecutive day Wednesday, lifted by signs that the economy is not growing at too-fast a clip and that the Federal Reserve might not need to keep raising short-term rates. Some signs also surf... - 8/26/2005 - Mortgage Headlines
Treasury Yields Climb Back Up; Mortgage Rates Hold
Treasury yields were volatile, falling in the morning only to rebound later in the day. A bond-friendly reading on consumer sentiment spurred buying in U.S. Treasury securities early in Friday's session and sent yields, which move in the opposite directi... - 8/25/2005 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage Rates Continue to Move South
U.S. Treasury securities traded in a tight range on Thursday, adopting a wait-and-see attitude prior to a Friday speech by Fed chairman Alan Greenspan. Traders may also be looking ahead to next week when a glut of economic reports will be released. There... - 8/24/2005 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage Rates Begin to Creep Down
Two divergent economic reports pushed and pulled on U.S. Treasury securities on Wednesday. A bond-friendly reading on Durable Goods Orders for July rallied Treasuries as the markets opened, but strong New Homes Sales sent them back down. Another record h... - 8/23/2005 - Mortgage Headlines
Housing Sales Slump, Treasuries Rise
Sales of existing homes in July were weaker than expected and U.S. Treasury securities rallied on the news. Traders bought on the premise that a slowdown in housing would cause a downshift in the economy, which could keep the Fed from making more aggress... - 8/22/2005 - Mortgage Headlines
Light Trading Leaves Mortgage Rates Unchanged
Light trading in U.S. Treasury securities on Monday during this - historically the slowest month of the year - resulted in yields remaining close to unchanged. Treasuries got off to a rocky start when investors began buying yen-denominated stocks on opti... - 8/19/2005 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage Rates Edge Up, Treasuries Stable
U.S. Treasury securities prices shaved early losses to end little-changed on Friday, while mortgage rates rose slightly, as traders stepped back to mull another jump in crude oil and eyed erosion in stocks after a huge jury award against a giant U.S. dru... - 8/18/2005 - Mortgage Headlines
10-year Note Yield Falls, But Mortgage Rates Dig In
Bond traders focused on the positive and ignored the negative on Thursday. Bond-friendly reports ignited strong buying that sent prices on U.S. Treasury securities up and their yields, which move in the opposite direction of prices, down to their lowest ...