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Lately, mortgage rates and bond yields have shown a weak correlation. Treasury yields have fallen over the past month, while mortgage rates have been steady.

There are two basic types of state foreclosure laws—judicial and non-judicial. In non-judicial states, foreclosures are handled through a streamlined process.

Lately, mortgage rates and bond yields have shown a weak correlation. Treasury yields have fallen in the past month, while mortgage rates have been steady.

Ten-year bond yields influence everything from mortgage rates to corporate debt. Now, they’re the benchmark for long-term US interest rates.

There isn’t much in the way of market-moving economic data this week. One of the highlights will be the JOLTS job openings data on Wednesday.

American Capital Agency declared a dividend of $0.60 per share for the quarter. It didn’t change from $0.60 per share declared during the fourth quarter.

Mortgage rates and bond yields have shown a weak correlation. Treasury yields have fallen over the past month, while mortgage rates have been steady.

There isn’t much real estate–related economic data this week. There are some important macro reports as well as the jobs report on Friday.

Fed Chair Janet Yellen mentioned that the Fed intends to let the labor market run hot for a while in order to try and encourage wage growth.

Housing starts and building permits came in around 1.2 million—towards the top end of a narrow range over the past year.

The federal government has taken numerous steps to reduce foreclosures. It started with loan modification programs.

Mortgage rates are the lifeblood of the housing market. The Fed’s plan to help the housing market started when it pushed rates lower to allow people to refinance.

Last week, the ten-year bond yield fell 12 basis points to 1.44%. Mortgage rates fell 10 basis points to 3.46%.

Last week was pretty light in terms of economic data, but markets were concerned with adjusting to the Brexit vote. For all the worries about Brexit overseas, it simply won’t have much of an effect on US corporate earnings.

In April, the Case-Shiller Index rose by 1% month-over-month. It’s up by 5.4% YoY. Prices are still about 10% below the peak set in the summer of 2006.

Lately, mortgage rates and bond yields showed a weak correlation. Treasury yields fell over the past month. Mortgage rates have been steady.

New capital requirements for MSRs (mortgage servicing rights) are also depressing valuations. Banks are reluctant to hold too much servicing.

The shockingly weak jobs report on Friday dominated the week ending June 3. Non-farm payrolls only increased by 38,000.

Last week, the ten-year bond yield rose 14 basis points to 1.84%. Mortgage rates rose 6 basis points to 3.64%.

After closing the prior week at 1.7%, bond yields—as tracked by the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT)—rose by 14 basis points to 1.84% last week.

Mortgage rates are the lifeblood of the housing market. The Fed’s plan to help the housing market started when it pushed rates lower to allow people to refinance.

Ten-year bond yields influence everything from mortgage rates to corporate debt. Now, they’re the benchmark for long-term US interest rates.

Ten-year bond yields influence everything from mortgage rates to corporate debt. Now, they’re the benchmark for long-term US interest rates.

Ten-year bond yields influence everything from mortgage rates to corporate debt. Now, they’re the benchmark for long-term US interest rates.

State laws affect the value of mortgage servicing rights. Typically, the rights in states like New York and New Jersey trade at a 25% discount to other states.

Mortgage rates are the lifeblood of the housing market. The Fed’s plan to help the housing market started when it pushed rates lower to allow people to refinance.

Ten-year bond yields influence everything from mortgage rates to corporate debt. Now, they’re the benchmark for long-term US interest rates.

Mortgage rates are the lifeblood of the housing market. The Fed’s plan to help the housing market started when it pushed rates lower to allow people to refinance.

Lately, mortgage rates have mainly ignored bond market movements. However, they finally started catching up. Last week, they rose by 5 basis points to 3.67%.

MFA Financial ended up declaring a dividend of $0.20 per share for 4Q15, which works out to a 12.2% current yield. This was flat with what it had been paying for the past couple of years.

Ten-year bond yields influence everything from mortgage rates to corporate debt. Now, they’re the benchmark for long-term US interest rates.

After closing out the prior week at 2.05%, bond yields, as tracked by the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT), fell 13 basis points last week to close at 1.92%.

Mortgage rates have largely ignored the moves in bond markets. In the week ended January 22, they were unchanged at 3.7%. The ten-year bond yield rose to 2.05%.

After closing out the prior week at 2.1%, bond yields fell by 8 basis points for the week ended January 8 to close at 2.0%. They fell as global stock markets sold off on China’s weakness.

Though the week ended Friday, January 8, 2016, wasn’t fruitful for many investors, a few REITs provided some relief to investors in the volatile market.

Ten-year bond yields influence everything from mortgage rates to corporate debt. Now, they’re the benchmark for long-term interest rates in the United States.

The seasonally adjusted Case-Shiller Index rose by 0.8% month-over-month and is up by 5.5% year-over-year. Since home prices bottomed out, we’ve had a couple of years of low double-digit returns in prices.

TheFed hoped that lowering mortgage rates would also support home prices.

For the week ending November 20, 2015, the iShares US Real Estate ETF and iShares Mortgage Real Estate Capped underperformed the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.

Last week, mortgage rates rose from 3.87% to 3.92% even though the ten-year bond yield fell by a basis point.

Following the attacks in Paris, there was absolutely no flight-to-safety trade. Bond yields fell by 1 basis point for the week ending November 20 to go out at 2.26%.

In the judicial states, particularly New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, we’re seeing much lower home price appreciation.

After closing out the prior week at 2.03%, bond yields, as tracked by the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT), rose by 5 basis points for the week ending October 23 to go out at 2.08%.

Ten-year bond yields influence everything from mortgage rates to corporate debt. They’re now the benchmark for long-term US interest rates.

The latest survey shows that consumers expect home price appreciation to increase by 2.5% over the next 12 months. This is up 20 basis points month-over-month.

Chimera’s core earnings grew to $116 million compared to $93 million in the year-ago period. Growth was mainly due to an increase in net interest income.

The recovery hasn’t been satisfying. Due to consumption and consumer deleveraging, the necessary spending isn’t generated to pull the economy out of its slow growth pattern.

While most indices showed the housing market bottoming out around February 2012, the FHFA House Price Index showed it bottoming out around May 2011.