To add to the list of dramatic events in 2025, Moody’s downgraded U.S. credit by one notch on Friday — from Aaa to Aa1 — raising concerns about mortgage rates. Moody’s pointed to increasing debt and interest payment ratios notably higher than those of comparable sovereign nations. This downgrade has sparked a range of reactions […]
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Rocket Mortgage is buying Mr. Cooper in what could be a transformative deal for the industry, so we looked at what it might mean for mortgage production based on select Home Mortgage Disclosure Act datasets. An analysis of available 2024 HMDA data through iEmergent shows that while Mr. Cooper’s servicing strength could eventually help Rocket
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John Heltman A panel of appellate judges will decide whether the Trump administration can fire 90% of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s staff through a reduction-in-force without impacting the agency’s legally-mandated work. On Friday afternoon, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia heard oral arguments on whether a
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