Since the start of the second Trump administration, the U.S. DOGE Service — aka the “Department of Government Efficiency” — has been a lightning rod of controversy due to the ways it has sought to curtail government costs. It’s done so by slashing federal jobs, ending congressionally-approved programs and maintaining what some have viewed as […]
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In early April, amid the most volatile portion of the market’s reaction to the tariff announcement, mortgage rates were officially over 7% for a single day. By the middle of the following week, they were well on their way lower, ultimately ending the month just over 6.8%. Since then, it’s been tough sledding for bonds
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The average home in more than half of the nation’s metro areas was overvalued by more than 10% during the fourth quarter of 2024, the latest Sustainable Home Price Trends report from Fitch Ratings declared. Nationwide, prices were 11% above where they should be, a reduction from 11.1% in the third quarter. But 85% of
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Texas Capital Bank followed through with its planned appeal of a federal district court ruling in a lawsuit with Ginnie Mae over Home Equity Conversion Mortgage assets, according to a new filing. TCB filed a brief notice this week that it has moved the fight against the government corporation to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court
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A Redfin stockholder is ringing the alarm regarding the imminent closing of Rocket Companies’ $1.75 billion acquisition of the real estate brokerage, filing a suit that claims that certain information was not disclosed to investors. Plaintiff Jason Morano alleges that Redfin submitted “materially incomplete and misleading” filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission in order
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US corporations with over a trillion in assets snapped up an unprecedented amount of short-term Treasuries when President Donald Trump announced a 90-day delay for most of his “Liberation Day” tariffs, according to Clearwater Analytics. Data tracked by the investment analytics firm of more than 800 primarily non-financial US-based companies show the buying was part
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Bloomberg News A federal judge granted the Financial Technology Association the right to intervene in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s open banking rule, allowing the fintech industry to defend a rule on consumer financial data rights that the Trump administration refused to uphold. On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Danny Reeves said the FTA has
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A pool of 1,248 mortgage loans on a range of investment residential properties, including single-family homes, condominiums and multi-unit properties, will secure $345.8 million in mortgage-backed securities through the Ellington Financial Mortgage Trust 2025-INV2 transaction. The deal, EFMT 2025-INV2, offers notes through about nine tranches of class A, M and B notes, with X and
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Mortgage shoppers submitted 1.1% more applications for the week ending May 9 than they did at the end of April, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. The trade group’s Refinance Index also fell 0.4%, as volatility driven by economic uncertainty appears to fade. Consumers watched rates for all but 15-year fixed-rate and jumbo mortgages rise,
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Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson.Bloomberg News The Federal Reserve’s second-in-command is looking for solid evidence of the impact of tariffs before throwing his support behind changing interest rates. In a Wednesday morning speech, Fed Vice Chair Philip Jefferson said the central bank’s current monetary policy stance gives it the flexibility needed to respond to
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