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October 2025

Fed prepares to pivot balance sheet, with potential ripple effects for mortgages

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A growing number of economists believe that the Federal Reserve is close to announcing the end of its quantitative tightening (QT) program — a move that could have wide-reaching implications for the mortgage industry. Over the past few weeks, central bank officials have signaled they are prepared to wind down the policy aimed at shrinking […]

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Optimal Blue comes out swinging on price-fixing lawsuit

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Optimal Blue has responded to a class action lawsuit filed against it and 26 mortgage lenders, calling the claims “baseless” and “frivolous” and vowing to fight the lawsuit “all the way through.” “Optimal Blue is aware of the complaint filed against it, Black Knight, Inc., and many of the largest mortgage lenders, alleging a purported

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Sexual assault lawsuit plaintiffs accuse eXp of fraudulent misrepresentation

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Roughly two and a half years since filing their initial complaint, the Acevedo sexual assault plaintiffs are back with their third amended complaint.  In the latest rendition of the complaint, eXp World Holdings, eXp Realty, eXp founder and CEO Glenn Sanford, suspended eXp agent David Golden, now-former eXp agent Michael Bjorkman and eXp agent Brent

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PartnerOne to acquire Mortgage Cadence

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Software group PartnerOne announced on Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement with Accenture to acquire Mortgage Cadence, a provider of cloud-based digital lending solutions. PartnerOne said in its press release that it focuses on acquiring firms for the long term and investing to strengthen their operations and performance. “This agreement represents a powerful

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Will the Fed ruin the lowest mortgage rates of 2025?

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Happy lowest-mortgage-rate-of-the-year day on this Halloween week! Mortgage rates are currently at a yearly low right before the Fed meets so the question is: will Fed Chair Jerome Powell ruin the good news right before Halloween festivities? Whatever Powell says tomorrow, mortgage rates are behaving differently than they did last year at this time. Last

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5 Best Arizona Real Estate Schools for 2025

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Are you looking to get licensed as a real estate agent in Arizona? We’ve reviewed countless online options to determine the best Arizona real estate schools to help you get licensed quickly and efficiently. These state-approved, online Arizona real estate school programs offer something for every timeframe, learning style and budget — with podcast-style audio

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Most Americans lack retirement readiness despite confidence

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A new study from Prudential Financial Inc. found that while most people around the world are confident about their retirement preparedness, that confidence may outpace their preparation. Prudential’s 2025 Global Retirement Pulse Survey, released Monday, is the first international edition of the company’s long-running Pulse Survey series. Its findings say that 89% of “mass affluent”

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Lowest Rates in a Year. Tomorrow’s Fed Announcement Could Push Them in EITHER Direction

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Lowest Rates in a Year. Tomorrow’s Fed Announcement Could Push Them in EITHER Direction Rates have been flirting with long term lows over the past 2 weeks, but today made it official.  Today’s average top tier 30yr fixed rate perfectly matched that seen on September 16th, 2025.  That’s the lowest it’s been since September 2024,

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GM Financial readies a $925 million auto ABS deal

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GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust is preparing to raise $925 million pool of asset-backed securities, collateralized by a pool of retail installment loan contracts. The deal will sell notes to investors through eight tranches of class A, B and C notes, according to Moody’s Ratings. There are five class A tranches, and they have

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Rocket tops customer ratings but industry sees overall drop

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Consumer satisfaction with their mortgage lender lags their opinions on the life, health and property and casualty insurers they do business with, with year-over-year scores for the industry falling. The American Customer Satisfaction Index 2025 Insurance and Mortgage Lenders Study gives the real estate finance business a score of 74, down 1% from a year

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