Total Number of News: 202
- 2/3/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Treasuries rebound, mortgage rates hold high
Signs of inflation within the employment report for January ignited a sell-off in U.S. Treasury securities on Friday, sending prices plummeting and yields, which move in the opposite direction of prices, soaring. Although job growth was weaker than forec... - 2/2/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates continue to edge up
A decline in productivity, an increase in labor costs and another slide in weekly unemployment claims sent mixed signals to traders of U.S. Treasury securities on Thursday. Reports such as these, which are tinged with hints of inflation and economic stre... - 2/1/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates edging up on Treasury sell-off
The first new Federal Reserve chairman in nearly 20 years, economist Ben Bernanke, took over the shop on Wednesday and spent his first day in office watching the Dow, the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 launch a late-afternoon sprint after a day of listless tradi... - 1/31/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Fed hikes short-term interest rates as mortgage rates hold
The Federal Open Market Committee increased short-term interest rates by 25 basis points on Tuesday, hiking the target Fed funds rate to 4.5 percent. This is the 14th consecutive time the Fed has made such a move since June 30, 2004, but this time there ... - 1/31/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Fed raises short-term interest rates - again
The Federal Open Market Committee, the policy-making arm of the Federal Reserve Board, raised short-term interest rates by 25 basis points on Tuesday. This is the Fed's 14th consecutive rate hike since June 30, 2004 and it will push the target fed funds ... - 1/30/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Anticipation of Fed rate hike edges mortgage rates upward
The forces driving Monday's markets were an announcement that has yet to be made and a new Fed chairman who hasn't even taken over yet.While everyone is counting on the Fed to announce its 14th straight rate increase, Tuesday, and lift the overnight inte... - 1/27/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Diverse reports leave mortgage rates flat
Fourth-quarter gross domestic product showed weaker-than-expected growth, which spurred a mini-rally in U.S. Treasury securities on Friday. But the rally was short-lived, as sales of new homes in December came in surprisingly strong. The two reports canc... - 1/26/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates march higher
A second consecutive increase in durable goods orders and continued strength in the labor market spurred another huge sell-off in U.S. Treasury securities on Thursday. Traders sold on the belief that signs of significant economic growth will lead to infl... - 1/25/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates likely to climb
U.S. Treasury securities suffered on Wednesday through a session marked by aggressive selling. Concerns about lackluster response to Treasury auctions and the Fed's statement that will conclude its Jan. 31 meeting sent Treasury prices plunging and their ... - 1/24/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates begin to edge upward
Mortgage rates were slightly lower overnight, but on Tuesday a weak auction of 20-year TIPs, or Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, increased the selling pressure on bonds. Prices of U.S. Treasury securities fell, and their yields, which move in the...