Author name: Ricky Vasquez

Mortgage Rates Perfectly Unchanged to Start New Week

Despite the elevated volatility risk heading into the weekend, mortgage rates are starting the week in exactly the same territory compared to Friday afternoon. As always, our rate tracking refers to top-tier 30-year fixed rates for the average lender. The absence of meaningful movement in the underlying bond market is a testament to an increasingly […]

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California bills would pause mortgage payments in disasters

Three wildfire-relief bills, including one that would let homeowners pause mortgage payments after a disaster declaration, cleared their respective California committees this month and are headed to formal votes.  Processing Content State Assemblymember John Harabedian, D-Pasadena, whose district includes some of the neighborhoods hardest hit by the early-2025 Los Angeles wildfires, led proposals for all

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Former Rocket execs to offer broker platform, work with UWM

Two former executives who left Rocket earlier this year are starting a company with an “all-in-one” technology platform that United Wholesale Mortgage is supporting. Processing Content United Wholesale Mortgage and the CEO of the new venture, Dan Sogorka, confirmed earlier HousingWire reports about plans for the new firm. Mike Fawaz is the founder of the

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