Author name: Ricky Vasquez

Berkshire in-house servicing pivot escalates retention threat

HomeServices of America’s mortgage unit, Prosperity Home Mortgage, is expanding into loan servicing, a strategic move by the Berkshire Hathaway affiliate that signals a heightened retention threat for competing lenders accustomed to picking up offloaded purchase borrowers. Processing Content By retaining long-term servicing rights in-house, Prosperity eliminates the post-closing handoff to external institutions, creating an […]

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PCE inflation remains sticky as Fed weighs next move

Key takeaway: The personal consumption expenditure index, the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation, increased to 3.7% in July. Supporting data: Core PCE inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, rose 3.3% from a year earlier. What’s at stake: Federal funds futures contracts tracked by CME Group showed Wednesday that just under 60% of

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