If we’re splitting hairs, today’s mortgage rates are half a hair lower than yesterday’s, but the average borrower might not see a difference in a rate quote. Our 30yr fixed rate index fell by the smallest increment possible (.01%) and it hasn’t been more than 0.03% away from that level for two weeks. With the […]
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President Donald Trump is weighing slashing “thousands” of federal jobs ahead of a meeting with his budget director, Russell Vought, as the White House looks to ratchet up pressure on Democrats to end a government shutdown that has entered its second day. “It’s likely going to be in the thousands,” White House press secretary Karoline
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Annaly has formed a new partnership with Pennymac, adding another major publicly-traded nonbank mortgage company as one of its subservicers. The real-estate investment trust, which also has a subservicing partnership with Rocket Cos., will be tied in with a master purchase agreement in which Annaly will buy certain assets from Pennymac. The purchase agreement relates
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