August 2025

Mortgage Rates Hold Steady After Key Inflation Report

Pundits, politicians, and everyone else can continue to assume that mortgage rates will respond to changes to the Fed Funds Rate. Meanwhile the bonds that actually dictate mortgage pricing will continue responding to the most important economic reports. The two biggest examples are the monthly jobs report and today’s release of the Consumer Price Index […]

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Fed faces key choice on rates after latest inflation report

The impact of Trump-era tariffs on goods and services is starting to trickle through the economy, but for now, the effect on inflation appears minimal, raising expectations for a potential interest rate cut in the near term. The July Consumer Price Index, released Tuesday, showed headline price growth of 2.7% over the previous year, the

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Selene Holdings’ Doug Whittemore on scale, cost, niche loans

Since taking on responsibility for all Selene Holdings’ business lines earlier this year, Chief Strategy and Growth Officer Doug Whittemore has been focused on product development and scale by drawing on his 25 years of bank and nondepository experience. Whittemore — who previously led teams at U.S. Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Mr. Cooper and Citibank —

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