Mortgage rates are breaking higher — and things can get worse with Iran conflict

The Iran conflict finally pushed the 10-year yield above a key level on Friday morning and if this move sticks and the conflict escalates further, mortgage rates are at risk of heading much higher during the spring season, something that wasn’t the case even a few weeks ago. Even some doves at the Federal Reserve […]

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Judge denies NWMLS bid to dismiss Compass antitrust suit

Compass’s antitrust lawsuit against Northwest MLS (NWMLS) is that much closer to heading to court.  On Thursday, Judge Jamal Whitehead of U.S. District Court in Seattle denied NWMLS’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit for failure to state a claim. Originally filed in late April 2025, the lawsuit centers around NWMLS’s listing policy. As a non-Realtor-association

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Ex-employees accuse Stockton Mortgage of accessing personal emails

Two former loan officers have sued Stockton Mortgage Corp., alleging the company illegally accessed their personal email accounts and used private messages in separate litigation against them. Christopher Hoehn and Ashley Hoehn filed the complaint on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. They claim that Stockton and unidentified employees

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