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 punishing. Read the full release for the April 2025 MSR update.
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 stubbornly hovering around 7% for several weeks.
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 and how you can now broadcast your bid price across the entire seller base to be more efficient and run lean with a small sales team.
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 spec duration helps lenders hedge their position with various spec stories.