HousingWire today announced the winners of the annual Vanguards award, celebrating its 11th year of recognizing the housing industry’s most influential executives. This year, 100 leaders across mortgage, real estate, and tech have been named to the prestigious list, underscoring their exceptional leadership and impact on the housing economy. “The 2025 HousingWire Vanguards exemplify what […]

Mortgage rates are based on bonds and bonds can do funny things on the first and last trading days of any given month. One of the most common “funny things” involves a decent amount of market movement for no apparent reason. In truth, there are always reasons, but on the first/last trading day of the

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s lawyers blasted President Donald Trump’s move to oust her as based on nothing more than a pack of “cut-and-paste” allegations related to mortgage fraud. In a flurry of court filings Tuesday, Cook’s lawyers emphasized arguments that Trump lacked valid grounds to fire Cook “for cause,” a key issue in her