**WTMS Blog Today = What's up in Mortgage Today (PM) - 05/21/2026** Geopolitical headlines dominated mortgage markets today as peace deal rumors triggered a dramatic mid-day reversal, lifting mortgage-backed securities from early weakness. UMBS 5.0 [...]

**WTMS Blog Today = What's up in Mortgage Today (AM) - 05/21/2026** Bond markets reversed sharply today, with geopolitical headlines driving the war news cycle and creating significant intraday volatility. UMBS prices declined across all [...]

**WTMS Blog Today = What's up in Mortgage Today (PM) - 05/20/2026** Bonds exploded higher on Wednesday with a stunning 10-basis-point rally in the 10-year Treasury, powered entirely by geopolitical optimism rather than economic data. [...]

**WTMS Blog Today = What's up in Mortgage Today (AM) - 05/20/2026** The 10-year Treasury yield dropped 2.7 basis points to 4.639% as bond market whales made waves in Treasury futures, signaling renewed flight-to-safety positioning. [...]

**WTMS Blog Today = What's up in Mortgage Today (PM) - 05/19/2026** The Treasury futures market saw massive block trading today with over $20 billion in outright trades—the largest single day on record by one [...]

**WTMS Blog Today = What's up in Mortgage Today (AM) - 05/19/2026** UMBS opened softer as global headline noise failed to spark dip buying. Current stacks show UMBS 30yr 5.0 at 97.16 (-0.26), 5.5 at [...]

**WTMS Blog Today = What's up in Mortgage Today (AM) - 05/18/2026** The New York Federal Reserve manufacturing index exploded to 19.60 in May, crushing the 7.5 forecast and signaling unexpected economic strength that sent [...]

**WTMS Blog Today = What's up in Mortgage Today (PM) - 05/15/2026** Mortgage-backed securities plunged 0.75 points Friday as global uncertainty over Iran tensions and persistent inflation fears sent Treasury yields soaring to one-year highs. [...]