Mortgage rates were perfectly unchanged compared to yesterday’s levels for the average lender. This wasn’t a huge surprise considering the absence of any high stakes economic data, but tomorrow could be a different story. Rates are driven by bonds and the economy is one of the primary source of motivation for the bond market. In […]
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A government-sponsored enterprise stock offering appears to still be in the works with care being taken not to adversely influence mortgage-backed securities trading as momentum builds to use their portfolios to that end. Processing Content “It’s not off the table. We’re working on it very deliberately,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox Business News’ Maria
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Bloomberg News Processing Content Key Insight: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granted the National Treasury Employee Union’s petition for an en banc rehearing, vacating a prior 2-1 ruling in favor of acting CFPB Director Russell Vought. What’s at Stake: The court’s decision was influenced by dozens of lawmakers and nonprofits who
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New York became the latest state to officially enact legislation that outlaws the practice known as Non-Title Recorded Agreements for Personal Services or NTRAPS, which threatens senior citizens with loss of their homes. Processing Content Gov. Kathie Hochul signed the bill into law after it passed the New York State Legislature with wide bipartisan support
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Mortgage applications have swung up and down over the last two months as mortgage rates have stabilized, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Processing Content The MBA’s Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 3.8% on a seasonally-adjusted basis from one week prior for the week ending Dec. 12, as mortgage
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UWM Holdings will purchase Two Harbors Investment, a real estate investment trust branded as Two, in an all-stock transaction valued at $1.3 billion. Processing Content Under the terms of the agreement, Two shareholders will receive a fixed number of UWM shares at an exchange ratio of 2.33 times. This implies a price of $11.94 per
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The housing market hasn’t felt this energized in a long time – and the numbers backing that up are hard to ignore. Mortgage rates have eased almost a full percentage point this year, and that shift is starting to wake up buyers. Home loan applications have risen. Activity has picked up. And sellers who step
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Is your license renewal on the horizon? Maintaining your real estate license means taking continuing education courses to fulfill your state licensing board’s requirements, and doing so before your license expires. You can complete your real estate CE hours online through one of the many course providers that offer state-specific packages and electives. But it
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United Holding Corp., the parent company of United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), has struck an all-stock deal to acquire real estate investment trust Two Harbors Investment Corp. for $1.3 billion. The transaction, announced Wednesday, will nearly double UWM’s servicing book while expanding its capabilities, creating the eighth-largest U.S. mortgage servicer, according to company estimates. Two Harbors
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From lawsuits to mergers and acquisitions at a scale never seen before in real estate and everything in between, 2025 was full of twists, turns and surprises for the housing industry. HousingWire is rewinding and breaking down the biggest storylines in the real estate industry from this past year. There is no doubt that 2025
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