--- WTMS Blog Today = What's up in Mortgage Today (AM) - 04/21/2026 Retail sales crushed expectations at 1.7 percent versus the 1.4 percent forecast, but Treasury investors barely blinked, treating the headline as a [...]

WTMS Blog Today = What's up in Mortgage Today (AM) - 04/17/2026 Middle Eastern ceasefire optimism is driving bond prices sharply higher this Friday morning, with UMBS 5.0 rallying 37 basis points and the 10-year [...]

WTMS Blog Today = What's up in Mortgage Today (AM) - 04/16/2026 Markets are sideways and traders are waiting for the ceasefire to tell them what bonds should do. Today began quietly with the slowest [...]

--- WTMS Blog Today = What's up in Mortgage Today (PM) - 04/15/2026 Mortgage origination ground to a halt today as the market staged only a token pullback, with UMBS 5.0 prices down just 0.10 [...]

WTMS Blog Today = What's up in Mortgage Today (AM) - 04/15/2026 Mortgage rates tumbled to their lowest point in a month as bond markets rallied on optimism that Middle East peace talks could end [...]

WTMS Blog Today = What's up in Mortgage Today (PM) - 04/14/2026 Bonds are staging their best day in four weeks on the back of war-related optimism and PPI inflation data that dramatically undershot expectations. [...]

WTMS Blog Today = What's up in Mortgage Today (AM) - 04/14/2026 Bonds ignore a massive beat in inflation data, as diplomatic hopes in Iran negotiations keep risk sentiment alive and energy costs anchored. The [...]

WTMS Blog Today = What's up in Mortgage Today (PM) - 04/13/2026 De-escalation headlines triggered a sharp reversal in the bond market this afternoon, lifting mortgage-backed securities off weekend lows as geopolitical risk sentiment shifted [...]