Archive for September, 2006

Success Strategies: Throw Out Those Old Beliefs!

Beliefs. What are they? How do they affect us? Where do we get them? And, what can we do about the ones we don’t like? Uh … wait a minute. Beliefs are like … beliefs! They’re cast in stone, set forever, right? Wrong. Beliefs are actually very malleable. First, [...]

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Mortgage Loan Market Commentary

This week brings us the release of only three monthly economic reports for the bond market to digest.  The first report of the week comes late tomorrow morning when the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) will post their manufacturing index for September.  This index gives us an indication of manufacturer sentiment.  Analysts are expecting a [...]

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Mortgage Loan Market Commentary

This week brings us the release of only three monthly economic reports for the bond market to digest.  The first report of the week comes late tomorrow morning when the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) will post their manufacturing index for September.  This index gives us an indication of manufacturer sentiment.  Analysts are expecting a [...]

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Comment From the Mortgage Black Belt

Ever since I updated the look of the newsletter and added significantly to the content, I’ve been bothered by it’s name.  While the “Commercial Rates, Spreads, and Market Commentary Newsletter” was wonderfully descriptive at first, it’s frankly rather boring!  Also, the content has expanded to cover far more than the original few issues.  Finally, the [...]

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Mortgage Loan Commentary

This week brings us the release of seven economic reports for the bond market to digest. Three of them are considered to be of low importance and likely will have little impact on mortgage rates. With data scheduled for release each day, we may see an active week in the bond and mortgage markets.The first [...]

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