While any rate watcher’s bingo card should always have a few squares devoted to “unchanged, flat, etc.,” this week’s had at least as many squares reserved for a big reaction to inflation data. Specifically, Tuesday’s inflation data had the power to cause a big move in rates. While it was the week’s biggest influence, rates […]
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The ongoing slump in existing home sales is quite likely to curb consumer spending in the U.S. in the not-too-distant future, economists at First American Financial warn. With the exception of the fourth quarter of 2024, existing home sales have declined year-over-year for 15 consecutive quarters. But durable goods purchases tied to housing are still
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Foreclosures in 2025 are exceeding last year’s pace, but servicers are also managing to turn around the process more rapidly, according to a new report. Total filings, including default notices, auctions and bank repossessions, surged to 187,659 properties by midyear, up 5.8% compared to the first six months of 2024, according to the latest report
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The founder of Figure is moving to recombine the company he split into two parts just a year ago Mike Cagney, the head of the fintech firm, announced via LinkedIn that Figure, the firm’s lending arm, and Figure Markets, a blockchain-powered financial marketplace, will become one entity again. “I split the company in two last
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US housing starts rebounded in June on the strength of multifamily building, while weakness in the larger single-family market pointed to ongoing struggles with bloated inventories and affordability constraints. New residential construction increased 4.6% to an annualized rate of 1.32 million homes last month, picking up after an almost 10% slide in May, according to
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Sen. Raphael Warnock, D–Ga., introduced legislation Thursday to address what he called “systemic bias” in the home appraisal process. The proposal comes just one week after the Trump administration disbanded a Biden-era task force that had been focused on addressing racial bias in the housing system. The bill, called the Appraisal Modernization Act, would require
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An Indiana loan officer faces a dozen felony counts after being accused of altering borrower information while working as an originator for two different lenders. State officials filed charges against Laura Mickler in Delaware County circuit court, located in the Central Indiana town of Muncie, in early July. She faces four felony counts each of
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A little more than a month after it agreed to sell all of Title365 to Covius Services, Blend Labs is entering into “an expanded partnership” with Doma to use its artificial intelligence-powered instant decisioning technology. “This partnership with Doma reinforces our core focus: delivering innovative, software-driven solutions that create real value for our customers,” said
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Even if conforming mortgage lenders were ready to adopt VantageScore 4.0 tomorrow, several industry players warn that infrastructure and policy alignment are still lacking — and that the road to implementation could be longer and bumpier than it seems. For example, they need to be certain the private mortgage insurers are capable of providing coverage
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A California borrower is accusing Wells Fargo of concealing for more than a decade that it improperly charged customers certain origination-related fees. The issue surfaced in 2022 when the bank sent “cryptic notices” to borrowers stating it had incorrectly assessed float fees during the loan origination process, according to a federal lawsuit filed in California
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