As home price appreciation continues to slow, home equity decreased again in the fourth quarter, completing a full year of annual declines. Processing Content Borrower equity fell $78.8 billion, or 0.5%, year over year, according to Cotality’s Home Equity Report for the fourth quarter of 2025. That was an average decrease of $8,500 per borrower, […]
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Lennar’s management is working through the various challenges facing homebuilders: not just the Iran conflict, but also the antipathy against institution investor purchasers. Processing Content In its first fiscal quarter, which ended on Feb. 28, Lennar earned $229 million, less than half of the $520 million it made for the same period in 2025. The
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Key insight: Bank enforcement actions fell by 55% during the first year of the Trump administration, according to data compiled by financial advisory firm Klaros. Supporting data: Klaros’ analysis shows that agencies issued 20 enforcement actions in the first quarter of 2025, but reduced that number to two by the fourth quarter. Terminated enforcement actions,
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