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Premise of the Hunterbrook Media thesis on UWM is ‘misplaced:’ BTIG analysts

April 9, 2024 Mariel Alumit Comments Off

United Wholesale Mortgage’s (UWM) revenue margins “don’t stand out like” one would expect if the company was overcharging borrowers, analysts at BTIG said on Monday. The comments follow a Hunterbrook Media report from last week stating that […]

Biden’s proposals for housing are ‘dead on arrival or troubling’: BTIG

March 12, 2024 kingstu Comments Off

President Joe Biden’s proposals for the housing and mortgage markets, announced during the 2024 State of the Union address on Thursday night, are “dead on arrival or troubling,” according to Isaac Boltansky, an analyst for financial […]

Rocket lost money last year, so why are its shares up?

February 25, 2024 Comments Off

Rocket Companies, the parent of Rocket Mortgage, lost money in 2023, but executives have expressed confidence about a big turnaround by touting investment in artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate the company’s profitability. Despite reporting […]

Industry experts are closely watching delinquency rates, insurance costs

February 25, 2024 Comments Off

Mortgage servicers, regulators and economists are closely watching the delinquency rates for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans following a spike in the fourth quarter of 2023. Industry experts say that although there’s a correlation […]

Jobs data sends mortgage rates higher

February 3, 2024 Comments Off

Today we got a jobs Friday hat trick! Better headline jobs were reported, with positive revisions and more robust wage growth, which caught bond traders off guard and sent bond yields and mortgage rates […]