Five Minute Maturity – 10/18/2021

Good morning and happy Monday! Today we have scheduled news from the home builders: We received the NAHB Housing Market Index for Oct. at 9:00 central time. The last two months have had sentiment readings of 76 and 75 and the street was looking for a 75 today, however...

Five Minute Maturity – 10/13/2021

Good morning and happy hump day! It’s the only scheduled news release day this week, as we had Mortgage Applications for the week ending Oct. 8th at 6:00 a.m. central. We’re coming off 2 down weeks with a particular accent on last week’s -6.9%, which was a tie for the...

Five Minute Maturity – 10/08/2021

Good morning and happy almost weekend! Everyone’s focus today is on Unemployment and Non-Farm Payroll. We’ll see if we can dig up some MBS news, as there are no scheduled releases. First up: a Bloomberg article about MBS trading volume is picking up and shows the...

Five Minute Maturity – 10/06/2021

Good morning and happy hump day! We received the scheduled housing news as Mortgage Applications for the week ending Oct. 1 was released at 6:00 a.m. central time. Last wed., it read -1.1% and continued that trend with a weak -6.9% this morning. This morning,...