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US House Republicans Target ESG Investments in Latest Culture War Salvo

February 28, 2023 Mark Paul Cervantes Comments Off

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. House is expected to vote on Tuesday on a bill to block President Joe Biden’s administration from allowing retirement plans to consider environmental, social and corporate governance, or ESG, […]

Republicans: Affordable housing isn’t just the Democrats’ issue

February 28, 2023 Mark Paul Cervantes Comments Off

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Debt talks can include everything but cuts to Social Security and Medicare, Republicans say

February 13, 2023 Mark Paul Cervantes Comments Off

WASHINGTON, – Republicans say they would not cut Social Security and Medicare programs but “everything else is on the table” in talks over raising U.S. government borrowing limits, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer said […]

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 […]