Buoyed by the first reversal in the unemployment rate in 15 months, markets are up more than 1% on Friday, which will give the benchmark S&P 500 its fourth consecutive weekly gain.Just after 10:30

The only major data coming out today is the weekly jobless claims report, a survey that hasn’t been too reliable recently due to seasonal adjustment issues owing to earlier lay-offs in the auto sect

After two weeks of modest increases, mortgage rates drifted down during the week ended August 6 according to results of Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey released on Thursday.

The Federal Reserve today reported on their weekly purchases of agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS).

Fannie Mae posted a net loss of $14.8 billion in the second quarter, following up on a deficit of $23.2 billion from the first three months of the year, it was reported Thursday.