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Laura Brandao on her new role at MLB Residential Lending

Laura Brandao announced on social media this week that she’s embarking on a new professional endeavor at MLB Residential Lending as its president of wholesale and correspondent lending. In a conversation with HousingWire, Brandao said that she’d been in a consultant’s role for MLB — which stands for Making Lives Better — since March 2025. […]

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Mortgage Rates Modestly Higher on Thursday. Friday’s Risks Are Bigger

Mortgage Rates Modestly Higher on Thursday. Friday’s Risks Are Bigger Mortgage rates were just a hair higher for the average lender on Thursday. The underlying bond market lost some ground following a stronger weekly Jobless Claims report and in sympathy with global bond market weakness overnight.  Because rates are based on bonds, when bonds are

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