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Mortgage rates continued their downward trend during the second half of February. Freddie Mac’s weekly primary 30-year fixed rate closed the month at 6.76% after (…)
Discover how MSRlive! 4.0’s enhanced reporting delivers deeper MSR insights with portfolio analysis, loan-level trends, valuation drivers & cash flow tracking.
In this video, MCT’s Justin Grant, Senior Director, Head of Investor Services, discusses how to overcome what was historically a very high barrier to entry (…)
In this video, MCT’s Andrew Rhodes, Senior Director, Head of Trading, discusses spec duration within MCTlive!, why it is important to mortgage lenders, and how (…)
The Fed has decided not to cut the overnight rate in its recent FOMC meeting and has announced that it will pause further rate changes (…)
The Fed has announced another 25 basis points reduction in the overnight rate after their December FOMC meeting. The reduction was in line with what (…)
The financial industry is awaiting the much-anticipated rate announcement by the Fed after their December FOMC meeting. The market is expecting the Fed to lower (…)
Click to read the most recent MSR Market Update! - Here we go again! Mortgage rates and all other rate indices continue their roller-coaster ride (…)
The Fed has finally cut the overnight rate by 50 basis points, a larger cut than what was anticipated. The mortgage market had already built (…)
Click to read the most recent MSR Market Update! - Finally, inflation data signals that the Fed’s anticipated rate reduction action is coming very soon, (…)
We asked Natalie Martinez, MCT’s Manager of the MSR Services Department & Client Success, to sit down and provide insight into MCT’s enhanced retain-release analysis (…)
Watch the video to hear what MCT's Justin Grant, Senior Director, Head of Investor Services, has to say about MCT Marketplace.

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