A wave of steering investigations from the past year could keep growing. Processing Content Lawsuits and state probes for violations of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and its Section 8 provision have risen in the past year, said Jonathan Kolodziej, partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings. The mortgage industry attorney noted increased scrutiny from […]
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War-time economics have, of course, sent gas prices skyrocketing, but have also pushed mortgage rates higher over the last five weeks, from a low of 5.99% to a high of 6.64%. Rates have fallen a bit recently, but higher rates have slowed some of the housing data down. In the past, mortgage rates above 7%
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As crazy as this may sound, the jobs data in 2026 has improved from the levels of 2025. That’s how low the bar was this year for growth and today’s jobs report reaffirmed that. Now, with a bar so low we can all trip over it, context is key. Over the last six months of
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