Market Update Blog

July 10, 2013

President Daniel Friedeberg and Executive Director Jordan Angel discuss how lenders are handling rate locks after Bernanke’s Treasury announcements in June sent markets reeling. How far out are lenders currently willing to commit to interest rates? Click here to see…

July 2, 2013

Last week was the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans conference in Brainerd, Minn. There was no shortage of discussion about the recent market volatility. In response to the activity Thrivent has adjusted their rates upward, but not on a point by…

June 26, 2013

The standard response from most shops amidst all of the recent market flux is a tired tagline about locking in historically low interest rates before they move dramatically to the upside. We’re going to forgo the pitch and instead provide some…

June 21, 2013

Commercial MBS prices slid again this week amid volatility in the broader fixed-income market, causing headaches for dealers planning to price four offerings before the end of the quarter. One of those transactions, a $1.5 billion offering by Morgan Stanley,…

June 12, 2013

Surviving the gauntlet that is the federal tax code is never an easy task. In the second installment of our guest contributor series, CPA/CFP Larry Wood sheds some light on how to minimize capital gains damage with two key considerations:…

June 11, 2013

What I am seeing today is a broad based response to the recent uptick in treasury. We expected the upward movement, and of course that shift has increased pricing for most lenders across the board. What we did not expect…