What’s at stake: President Trump moved to fire Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook via social media on Aug. 25, five days after Housing FInance Agency Director Bill Pulte raised allegations that Cook had engaged in mortgage fraud. Cook challenged her removal in court and was granted a preliminary injunction Tuesday night. Key insight: Pulte publicly […]
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Opendoor Technologies announced Wednesday that it has named Kaz Nejatian, the former chief operating officer of Shopify, as its new CEO. Nejatian will also join Opendoor‘s board of directors as he takes over for Carrie Wheeler, who stepped down last month. The San Francisco-based iBuyer also announced two other personnel moves as co-founders Keith Rabois
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Borrowers rushed to refinance in August as mortgage rates eased, pushing rate-and-term refi lock volume up 70% from July, according to Optimal Blue’s Mortgage Market Advantage report released Wednesday. “Borrowers are responding quickly to rate improvements, driving the strongest month for rate-and-term refinances we’ve seen this year,” Mike Vough, head of corporate strategy at Optimal
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