We got the first jobs report of the year, and it was so strong that the number of jobs created in January is almost more than all of the jobs created in 2025! At first glance, that might seem like the jobs data had a heroic beat of estimates, but the reality is that while […]
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President Donald Trump has drawn a firm line on housing policy — he doesn’t want prices to fall, even as affordability concerns dominate voter surveys and construction slows nationwide. “I don’t want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people that own their homes, and they can be assured
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Modest Increase in Rates is a Win. Here’s Why Mortgage rates moved 0.03% higher today. On almost any other day, this would be a bit of a bummer, but in today’s case, it’s a victory. There was a ton of potential volatility in the underlying bond market heading into the day due to the scheduled
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