Processing Content Key insight: Payrolls increased modestly in March, adding 178,000 new hires Supporting data: The unemployment rate held steady at 4.3%. Forward look: Concentrated hiring in certain sectors, with simultaneous layoffs in others, could test the Fed’s patience on rate cuts. U.S. job growth rebounded in March, with nonfarm payrolls rising by 178,000 after […]
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America’s largest homebuilders no longer just build subdivisions. Rather, they’re consolidating power. Scale is the new advantage, land is the new currency, and increasingly, ownership structure is the new danger. Foreign capital hasn’t pulled back from U.S. housing. It’s being organized. Japanese firms are building empires. Chinese-linked builders are hitting a wall. Texas, never hesitant
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Rocket Mortgage and United Wholesale Mortgage waged another fight over who would be the market leader in 2025 and appear to have ended the year with a split decision. Processing Content While UWM held onto a healthy lead in terms of dollar volume, Rocket inched ahead and became No. 1 based on loan count, according
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