June 2025

SFR giant Invitation Homes starts lending to homebuilders

Invitation Homes is stepping into the lending business, loaning $32.7 million to a Texas developer for a Houston housing project.  The single-family rental giant said the loan to the unnamed builder will support 156 homes, and it will have the option to purchase the project. The publicly traded company, which owns or manages over 110,000 […]

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JPMorgan Chase Chief Financial Officer Marianne Lake

JPMorgan hands more duties to Lake, seen as a CEO contender

Jin Lee/Bloomberg JPMorganChase & Co. is putting Marianne Lake, one of the leading contenders to one day take over for Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon, in charge of strategic growth and the firm’s fast-growing overseas consumer bank. The appointment follows the departure of Sanoke Viswanathan, who’s leaving to become CEO of the data company FactSet,

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US home purchase applications gauge declines to a five-week low

US mortgage applications for home purchases declined to a five-week low even as rates eased from the highest level since late January. The Mortgage Bankers Association’s index of applications for home purchases decreased 4.4% to 155 in the week ended May 30, which included the Memorial Day holiday. The contract rate on a 30-year mortgage

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