Economic trends look to be a primary driver in growth of the home equity investment segment, which is seeing investor interest and liquidity enter the market in the new year but also ongoing legal obstacles. Processing Content Current housing costs are paving the way for consumer uptake. In a survey conducted last summer by HEI […]
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Key insight: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the smallest banks should be deregulated, but didn’t endorse any specific policies to do so. Forward look: Chairman French Hill’s, R-Ark., community bank policy package has been overtaken by crypto bills and other priorities on the House floor and the Senate. Expert quote: “Stop being his flunky.”
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The battle over Costar Group’s high-risk, money-losing Homes.com venture escalated as activist investor D.E. Shaw publicly criticized the company’s board for its handling of the $3 billion investment. Processing Content The latest letter was signed by managing directors Edwin Jager and Michael O’Mary, and came out before the market opened on Feb. 4. D.E. Shaw
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Shore Capital Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm founded by billionaire Justin Ishbia, has raised more than $400 million for its second industrial fund. Processing Content The closing extends a string of successful fundraising for the firm, following a dry spell for the private equity industry more broadly, driven by higher interest rates and macroeconomic
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At 8:15 ADP was expected to report 46,000 non-farm and non-government jobs were created last month but the number came in at just 22,000. The ADP report never carries the weight of the BLS report, but without one of those likely due to the shutdown, I thought today might be different, but it wasn’t. Processing
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There’s finally a little good news for anyone who’s been priced out or sitting on the sidelines. Buying a home is getting more affordable. Monthly payments have started to come down, and the squeeze buyers have been feeling for the past few years is slowly loosening. Now, that doesn’t mean everyone can suddenly afford a
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A public stock offering for the government-sponsored enterprises remains on the table this year, but it is not the only path under serious consideration, according to Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte and industry survey results that align with NMN’s earlier reporting. Processing Content “There are very strong odds” of a GSE stock
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The bad news: mortgage rates moved up to their highest levels in 2 weeks today. The good news: the rate range has been very narrow during that time, so there’s not too much of a difference between 2-week highs (6.20%) and lows (6.15%). Today’s move wasn’t a product of anything that happened today. Rather, the
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Borrower equity reached a four-year low in the fourth quarter of 2025, while underwater mortgages hit its largest share in nearly three years, according to a new industry report. Processing Content Less than 45% of mortgage residential properties in the United States were considered equity-rich last quarter, meaning that the combined estimated amount of loan
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The partial US government shutdown is on track to end later Tuesday after the House passed a funding deal President Donald Trump negotiated with Senate Democrats, overcoming opposition from both ends of the political spectrum. Processing Content The spending package, which Trump has said he wants enacted quickly, now goes to the president for his
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