Author name: Ricky Vasquez

Warsh call for Fed-Treasury accord stirs debate in $30 trillion bond market

Kevin Warsh floated plenty of ideas for how he would run the Federal Reserve during his campaign for the job as chair. For Wall Street, few are as cryptic — or potentially consequential — as his call for a new accord with the Treasury Department. Processing Content Warsh has voiced support for overhauling the relationship […]

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Affordability hits 4-year high as rates near 6%

Affordability continues to improve in 2026, with home-price growth flattening and mortgage rates nearing 6%. Processing Content Early January declines in rates helped push affordability to a four-year high, as the monthly principal and interest payment needed to purchase the average-priced home dropped 7%, or $164, year over year to $2,091, reducing the share of

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Two Harbors shareholder wants to halt UWM deal over filings

A Two Harbors Investment shareholder is suing the REIT to halt its deal with United Wholesale Mortgage, raising accusations around financial disclosures and board members’ stock sales.  Processing Content Michael Koblentz also named Two President and CEO William Greenberg and the company’s board of directors as defendants in the lawsuit filed Wednesday in an Illinois

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