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Cowen's Corner-Mortgage Market Update: A Flat Tire Lesson and a Market Watching Inflation

Apr 06, 2026

Greetings from Casa de Cowen. I have known this for some time, but it became official last Friday. In many ways, I have failed as a parent. Not sure how it happened, but it is true. I got up last Friday and had a great walk with the dogs in the woods. Saw a bald eagle, and the woods are turning green quickly. Then came the dreaded 8:00 a.m. text from the boy, a picture of a flat tire on his car.​Full Story

Cowen's Corner-Mortgage Market Update: Cold Games in Boston and Conversations on ARMs

Mar 30, 2026

Greetings from Boston. I mentioned a few weeks back that I had finally come to terms with the fact that Brendan is closer to the end of his baseball career than the beginning, so I should enjoy the journey a little more. I am trying, but this weekend is testing me. Game-time temperature at Boston College last Friday was 44 degrees. Saturday, for a 2:00 p.m. start, it is 36. Brutal. Just brutal.​Full Story

Cowen's Corner-Mortgage Market Update: March Memories and a Shift in the Market

Mar 23, 2026

Good Morning from Casa de Cowen. It felt good to be home for a Friday baseball game and I got a little nostalgic about this time of year. I am about to date myself, but bear with me. My wife and I started dating in the fall of 1997. The MCI Center, now Capital One Arena, had just opened and that spring, spring of 1998, the first round of March Madness was held there. A few, or maybe more than a few, of my college buddies and I got tickets. This region played Thursday and Saturday.Full Story

Cowen's Corner-Mortgage Market Update: A Late Night at Home and a Choppy Market

Mar 16, 2026

Greetings from Casa de Cowen. The blessing and the curse of young Cowen being in Charlottesville at UVA is real. The blessing is that I was able to go down and back this past Friday. I watched them drub Virginia Tech pitching, which made my heart warm after last year, dropped off some food, bought him a meal, and was back home by 10:30 p.m.Full Story

Cowen's Corner-Mortgage Market Update: Baseball in Chapel Hill and a Tough Week for Rates

Mar 09, 2026

Greetings from Chapel Hill. It occurred to me recently that we are likely closer to the end than the beginning of Brendan’s baseball career. Given how much travel has been part of our lives for so many years, I have decided I need to enjoy it a little more and make sure I visit places I have not been before.Full Story