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Weekly Mortgage Overview: 7/14/2014

What's on the agenda for this week?Intra-Day Lock Status: Neutral. The global fear-factor-premium is very much in play today and providing great support for pricing. But...you need new...new...new..something new...an escalation…

Nick AlvinoJuly 14, 2014

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Weekly Mortgage Overview: 7/7/2014

What's on the agenda for this week?Intra-Day Lock Status: Today is a real "yawner" with no major economic data until Tuesday. Bond Traders are actually not back into full force…

Nick AlvinoJuly 7, 2014

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Weekly Mortgage Overview: 6/30/2014

URGENT NOTE FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKThis week could hold a lot of volatility. So what’s up? First, it’s a holiday-shortened week; the markets will be closed on Friday. Plus the…

Nick AlvinoJune 30, 2014

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Weekly Mortgage Overview: 5/27/2014

Both stocks and bonds improved today. The S&P made another new high while the 1- year note opened +2 bps then fell 2 bps from Friday’s close this afternoon. 30-year…

Nick AlvinoMay 28, 2014

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Weekly Mortgage Overview: 5/19/2014

Friday saw a little price decline; this morning started better recovering from the declines on Friday. The US stock market futures traded weaker early, supporting the bond and mortgage markets.…

Nick AlvinoMay 19, 2014

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Weekly Mortgage Overview: 5/5/2014

Happy Cinco De Mayo!This is a much lighter week for economic data compared to last week's schedule but there are still some very important releases.A large supply of 10-year and…

Nick AlvinoMay 5, 2014

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Weekly Mortgage Overview: 4/28/2014

THIS WEEKThis is by far the biggest week for economic data that we have had in a long time.Housing: Pending Home Sales and the Case-Shiller Home Price Index.Labor Markets: ADP…

Nick AlvinoApril 28, 2014

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Weekly Mortgage Overview: 4/21/2014

Last Friday: Ahead of the long Easter weekend, some glimmer of progress with the Russia/Ukraine situation and a very firm Philly Fed business index sent interest rates spiking higher with…

Nick AlvinoApril 21, 2014

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Weekly Mortgage Overview: 4/14/2014

What's on the agenda for this week?This is a holiday-shortened week Thursday - the Bond Market will close early at 2:00pm EDT Friday - the Bond Market will be closed…

Nick AlvinoApril 14, 2014

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Weekly Mortgage Overview: 4/7/2014

WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS WEEK?The biggest event of the week will be Wednesday's release of the minutes from the last FOMC meeting. The market will want to see…

Nick AlvinoApril 7, 2014

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