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About Jason Obradovich

Jason Obradovich

Jason Obradovich

CIO, New American Funding

Jason has 23 years of executive experience and expertise in the mortgage industry, developing and managing Capital Markets for financial institutions. He's held positions as Chief Investment Officer, EVP Capital Markets, EVP Financial Strategies and other similar roles for Kinecta Federal Credit Union, Countrywide/Bank of America and New American Funding.

Currently, he is responsible for managing pricing, trading, hedging, investor relationships, warehouse financing, MSR management, liquidity, etc. Jason also authors the Housing Market Update, a regular feature on the New American Funding blog which gives depth and perspective to today's economic news. Jason attended the University of California where he received a BA in Economics and is a member of several prominent mortgage industry trade organizations.

Jason Obradovich Articles

FOMC 2022 and Beyond

Jason Obradovich, CIO of Capital Markets, and Alexis Quinney are back with today's Mortgage Rundown. The FOMC meeting happened since we last updated you. To learn what the Federal Reserve had to say and what to expect in the coming weeks, watch the full video now.

Volatile Market. Rates - Not So Much.

Jason Obradovich, CIO of Capital Markets, and Alexis Quinney are back with today's Mortgage Rundown. Rates have stayed steady in recent weeks, but the market has been pretty volatile. Watch the full video to learn more about what this means.

Unprecedented

In recent days, we've seen volatility in both the stock and bond markets. Treasury and mortgage rates saw all-time lows and stock price volatility hit all-time highs. What does this all mean?

Risk to Growth

2020 is off to a fast start with interest rates dropping the entire month of January. The 10-year Treasury dropped from 1.88% at year-end to 1.50% by the end of last month. Currently, we are hovering right around 1.65% as the market adjusts to a new range.

2019: Year in Review

The year went from one of expectations of potentially higher rates to one with near record-low interest rates.