Mortgage Capital Markets Insights & News by MCT
Leverage secondary market strategies, daily market commentary, and mortgage indices from the MCT Learning Center to elevate your performance and your career.
Filter By Solution
Filter by Type
Filter by Topic
Filter by Learning Level
MCT helps Waterstone Mortgage scale efficiently with custom support, responsive service, and a true partnership tailored to their unique IMB-bank structure.
Mortgage rates and most other rate indices have risen during the month of May. MCT’s mortgage rates model reflected an increase in rates of about (…)
Watch how an expert MCT trader discusses the ease of onboarding to the platform, the quality of data, and our commitment to communication
Watch how Pike Creek Mortgage uses MCT's generative AI, Atlas, to request and act on a live hedge recommendation in the MCTlive! platform.
Learn how correspondent lending drives homeownership, why it’s key for market liquidity, and how mandatory loan sales can help you scale as a correspondent lender.
Mortgage rates continued their moderate volatility during the month of April. MCT’s mortgage rates model reflected a slight increase in mortgage rates of about two (…)
On April 2nd, 2025, the President announced reciprocal tariffs on 186 countries ranging from 10% to 50%. Global equity and bond markets were swift and (…)
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 (…)
Join the MCT Newsletter
Keep up with industry-changing innovations, MBS market movements, and growth opportunities that impact your mortgage capital markets operation.
Read Latest MCT Market Commentary
Take the Next Step for Your Company & Career
Find your secondary mortgage market growth stage and top educational content to take advantage of the next opportunity. Click on the related box for additional learning.
Semi-Autonomous Hedging & Loan Sales
Have a specific question?
Track the Market with MCT’s Mortgage Lock Volume Index
As the leader in mortgage capital markets technology, MCT supports more lenders than any other single provider. This privileged position supports analysis of a meaningful population of data into macro insights. MCT’s mortgage lock volume indices are based on actual locked loans, not applications, and are therefore a more accurate indication compared to alternatives.
