Total Number of News: 202
- 3/6/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates move up
Another session of frantic selling in U.S. Treasury securities sent yields, which move in the opposite direction of prices, up further on Monday. This is the fourth straight day of heavy selling in the bond markets. Traders have been consumed by a rate i... - 3/3/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates creeping up
U.S. Treasury securities remained under the gun on Friday, with traders selling on concern that possible interest-rate hikes in the euro zone and Japan will dent investors' appetites for government debt. Worries of rate hikes heightened on news that econ... - 3/2/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates on the rise
A major sell-off in U.S. Treasury securities on Thursday sent prices plunging and yields, which move in the opposite direction of prices, soaring. The yield on the benchmark 10-year note closed at 4.64 percent -- its highest level since June 2004. Mortga... - 3/1/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates carved in stone
U.S. Treasury securities gave back recent gains on Wednesday as an unexpected jump in a February manufacturing index reignited worries that Fed rate hikes might continue into the summer. The other economic news was accepted without consequence, but selle... - 2/28/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Treasury rally doesn't move mortgage rates
A slew of disappointing economic reports rallied U.S. Treasury securities on Tuesday, sending prices climbing and yields, which move in the opposite direction of prices, diving. Although the revised Gross Domestic Product, or GDP, met analysts' expectati... - 2/27/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates refuse to move
U.S. Treasury securities attracted buyers on Monday in the wake of a weak housing report, but it wasn't long before the focus turned to Tuesday's jam-packed economic calendar. The half-dozen releases due tomorrow can have high impact, so bond traders are... - 2/24/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates hang tough
In spite of selling in U.S. Treasury securities, mortgage rates held tough on Friday, refusing to move even as yields were rising. A report on durable goods orders for January and an attempted bombing of a Saudi oil refinery fostered some safe-haven buyi... - 2/23/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates solid amid volatility
U.S. Treasury securities were in for a bumpy ride on Thursday. A big decline in first-time jobless claims spawned visions of escalating wages and prices, which led to selling early in the session. However, a drop in oil prices reversed that course - for ... - 2/22/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates hold the line
Inflation remained tame in January, according to the highly anticipated consumer price index, which ignited a rally in U.S. Treasury securities. Traders were also buoyed by a moderately successful auction of two-year notes, which were bought by an accept... - 2/21/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates remain steady
Prices on U.S. Treasury securities were little changed on Tuesday, with most yields, which move in the opposite direction of prices, closing near opening levels. The notable exception was the 30-year bond, which fell in price after facing volatility last...