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US Dollar Index bulls step back below 103.00 amid ‘neutral’ Fed talks, looming inflation woes

March 30, 2023 Mark Paul Cervantes Comments Off

US Dollar Index (DXY) struggles to keep the previous day’s bounce off weekly low around 102.65 amid mixed signals from the Federal Reserve (Fed) officials despite inflation woes, as well as due to the recently […]

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 […]