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Remarkable Absence of Mortgage Rate Volatility It happens, but it's rare. A Fed "dot plot" day has come and gone with mortgage rates almost perfectly unchanged from the previous day. This speaks to the level of indecision not only in the market, but also among Fed members. First off, what's a "dot plot day?"  The dot plot (or simply, "the dots") refers to a chart/table in the Fed's economic projections that shows where each Fed member sees the Fed Funds Rate at the end of the next few years.  These projections only come out on 4 of the 8 Fed days per year and they've grown to be a leading source of volatility for financial markets on those days. Since it was already a foregone conclusion that the Fed would not be cutting rates today, the market was forced to take its Fed-related cues from the dots and from Fed Chair Powell's press conference. The latter was just slightly negative for rates (i.e. it implied some upward pressure), but the dots did no harm.  After the dust settled, the underlying bond market was flat to slightly stronger on the day due to improvement that was in place several hours before the Fed announcement.  Markets are closed tomorrow for the Juneteenth holiday, but will reopen on Friday.

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Mortgage Rates Drift Up to 2-Week Highs The bad news: mortgage rates moved up to their highest levels in 2 weeks today.  The good news: the rate range has been very narrow during that time, so there's not too much of a difference between 2-week highs (6.20%) and lows (6.15%).  Today's move wasn't a product of anything that happened today. Rather, the culprit was the focal point of our coverage yesterday. Specifically, an economic report on the manufacturing sector was exceptionally strong yesterday. The result was a weaker bond market and, thus, an implication for higher rates. But the report came out after most mortgage lenders had published rates for the day and the average lender didn't see quite enough weakness in bonds to justify a mid-day rate change yesterday. Instead, they simply waited until this morning to make the expected changes.

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Even in the age of AI and cryptocurrencies, industries promoted breathlessly by hype merchants, the superlatives tossed around by the creators of the prediction-markets boom stand out. As the year drew to a close, one founder declared that the markets had become “the most accurate thing we have as m One Polymarket trader made $400,000 betting on Maduro's Capture

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Venezuela’s government is reasserting itself after the capture of Nicolás Maduro, swearing in Delcy Rodríguez as acting president and flashing warning signs that a new wave of repression has begun. As the government continued to churn inside the presidential palace Miraflores, Venezuela’s military c What Will Venezuela Look Like Under a New Leader?

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Home Prices Fell More Than Expected in April Both the FHFA and Case‑Shiller home price indices were released today. While the data collection time frame is from April, they each suggest a similar shift is underway when adjusting for seasonality. Specifically, if we ignore seasonality, prices rose.  If we don't, they were down 0.4% from March. FHFA House Price Index (seasonally adjusted, MoM) April: −0.4%; March was revised from −0.1% to 0.0% YoY: +3.0% from April 2024 to April 2025 Monthly figures varied regionally: the West South Central and South Atlantic divisions posted the steepest falls (−1.3%), while the Middle Atlantic rose +1.2%. All nine divisions remain positive YoY (ranging from +0.5% to +7.4%). The 0.4% drop is in line with slower spring momentum—not drastic, but a continued cooling from prior gains. The upward revision in March helps to offset April's declines to some extent. Case‑Shiller National Index (unadjusted) YoY: +2.7% in April, down from +3.4% in March MoM (raw): +0.6% MoM (seasonally adjusted): −0.4%

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Most real estate agents don’t fail. They plateau. Early in your career, growth is simple: More effort = more deals. But once you become productive, that equation breaks. This is called The Plateau Effect, and it’s where many agents stall. In this short clip, we explain why growth slows down — a The Plateau Effect: Why Productive Agents Stop Growing

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Winter Weather Puts Purchase Applications on Ice Mortgage application activity moved lower again last week, extending the pullback from January’s earlier burst of demand as weather disruptions and softening purchase activity weighed on overall volume. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported that applications declined 8.9% for the week ending January 30. The Market Composite Index fell 8.9% on a seasonally adjusted basis, while rising 4% on an unadjusted basis, highlighting the continued volatility in weekly application data following a period of unusually strong activity earlier in the month. This week, purchase activity took center stage and drove much of the weakness. The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index dropped 14% from the prior week, while unadjusted purchase applications increased 2% but were only 4% higher than the same week one year ago—lowest levels since November 2025 and the weakest annual increase since April 2025. Joel Kan, MBA’s Vice President and Deputy Chief Economist, pointed to Winter Storm Fern as a key factor, noting that widespread snowfall likely hampered homebuying activity across large parts of the country. Refinance volume also declined, though by a smaller margin. The Refinance Index fell 5% from the previous week but remained 117% higher than a year earlier. Despite mortgage rates edging modestly lower, Kan noted that the change was not significant enough to materially boost refinance demand.

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Former National Security Advisor John Bolton says President Donald Trump didn't change the regime in Venezuela. He talks about the future of the country, how the US can run it, and its impact on the oil industry on "Balance of Power." -------- More on Bloomberg Television and Markets Like this Trump Didn't Change Regime in Venezuela, Bolton Says

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On the early edition of Balance of Power, Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Tyler Kendall discuss President Donald Trump's foreign policy plans. On today's show, former White House National Security Advisor John Bolton, Stonecourt Capital Partner Rick Davis, Harvard Kennedy School' Rubio Tapped for Venezuela Overhaul | Balance of Power 1/06/2026

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Asana Picks Up the Arboretum, Renovations to Come - Connect CRE Asana Partners acquired The Arboretum, an approximately 200,000-square-foot shopping center at 10000 Research Blvd. in Austin. Asana bought the retail center from Washington Prime Group Inc., which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2021 and has been unloading its properties. The Austin Business Journal reports Asana will make physical improvements to the property and craft ...

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