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Property Database, Construction Products; Attorney Mitch Kider Thought Leadership; STRATMOR on AI

1/29/2026 10:20 AM

Fans of MASH know that Alan Alda turned 90 yesterday, and the remaining actors from the show joined him on the beach. When you reach a certain age you don’t care about the employment picture. Amazon laying off another 16,000, as announced this week, won’t help anyone’s “the economy is doing great” argument. As economist Elliot Eisenberg points out,...Read More

Weaker After Econ Data, But Bonds May Be Looking Elsewhere

1/29/2026 8:51 AM

Continued jobless claims dropped to the lowest level since October 2024 and bonds are selling off a bit.  Those two things may seem like they"re clearly connected, but the selling didn"t start for another 15 minutes after the data and the most noticeable selling has taken place in the past 15 minutes (almost a full hour after the data). As for...Read More

No Surprises From Powell. No Major Movement in Rates

1/28/2026 3:16 PM

No Surprises From Powell. No Major Movement in Rates As expected, the Fed held rates steady today. The statement was moderately more hawkish in that it acknowledged progress on the labor market front and overall economy. To the very small extent that the statement was hawkish, Powell"s press conference coul...Read More

Mortgage Rate Winning Streak Ends, But Just Barely

1/28/2026 2:51 PM

On some occasions, a rate announcement from the Federal Reserve (even one that results in no change to the Fed Funds Rate) can cause a huge move in mortgage rates. Today was not one of those days, but in its defense, it was never that likely to be. In order for a Fed announcement to have a big impact, it has to surprise the market in some way. A r...Read More

Here"s What Changed in The New Fed Announcement

1/28/2026 1:00 PM

Available indicators suggest that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate solid pace. Job gains have slowed this year, remained low, and the unemployment rate has edged up through September. More recent indicators are consistent with these developments. shown some signs of stabilization. Inflation has moved up since earlier in ...Read More

Title Strategy, Non-Agency, Construction Capital, Workflow Tools; Housing Policy, Rates, and $200 Billion

1/28/2026 10:40 AM

“Did you hear what NASA"s new slogan will be once its budget is cut? ‘NASA: The Sky"s The Limit’” If you’re a conference organizer, do you have a catchy slogan for the event? That certainly seems to be expected. Fannie Mae has a slogan (“Powering America’s Housing” or “Supporting America’s Housing,” depending on who you ask) as does Freddie Mac (“W...Read More

Re-Entry Rejected. What Can The Fed Say?

1/28/2026 9:10 AM

Wednesday brings 2026"s first Fed announcement, but it"s guaranteed to be one of the least interesting. For a start, this is one of 4 annual meetings without an economic projections update and thus, no dot plot. That automatically takes any Fed meeting down a peg in importance, but there are certainly exceptions, as we learned on October 29th"s mee...Read More

Gradual Weakness After AM Gains

1/27/2026 3:15 PM

Gradual Weakness After AM Gains Bonds began the day in weaker territory, but logged some solid gains in the first few hours. A small portion of the improvement could be arguably linked to the lowest Consumer Confidence reading since 2014 and the lowest "labor differential" of the present cycle (labor differ...Read More

Mortgage Rate Winning Streak Continues

1/27/2026 2:40 PM

Today was the 5th day in a row where mortgage rates moved at least a little bit lower. While rate movement is often the product of obvious underlying motivations in the economy or news headlines, today"s was small enough to obviate any intense investigation. It"s just as well considering such an investigation would have a hard time establishing any...Read More

HELOC, Non-QM processing, Jumbo Tools; STRATMOR on Housing Ecosystem; Rocket Lawsuit

1/27/2026 10:53 AM

On January 29 at 1PM ET, STRATMOR Group and T3 Sixty launch a new collaboration with a live T3 Insight TODAY webinar focused on the New Housing Services Ecosystem. (More below.) Things are evolving, or devolving, with compliance, and Blake Boss of ActiveComply joins Lenders One tomorrow to discuss what management should know about LOs & complia...Read More

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