Fed’s “higher for longer” rate strategy drives yields on long-term Treasurys higher, with mortgage rates following to highest levels in over 20 years, MBA survey shows.
Category: mortgage
Fed stays put but is prepared to hike rates one more time this year
Treasury yields, a barometer for mortgage rates, barely budged Wednesday as bond market investors look ahead to next year when the Fed is expected to start bringing short-term rates back down.
Constellation Software handed the keys to Empower, Optimal Blue
To satisfy antitrust regulators, ICE divests itself of Black Knight’s loan origination and mortgage pricing businesses, but gets access to mortgage loan servicers and MLSs in $11.9 billion merger.
VC-backed Roam seeks to connect buyers to assumable mortgages
In theory, any government-backed FHA, VA and USDA loan is assumable, and with mortgage rates at levels not seen in two decades, interest in this little-used option has been growing.
Bond market investors convinced Fed won’t hike rates next week
Demand for purchase loans picks up slightly, and mortgage rates continue to remain below 2023 peaks, as investors take latest inflation data in stride.
Consumer homebuying sentiment has plateaued at ‘pessimistic’
Most Americans polled by Fannie Mae last month said they would rather buy than rent, but a record-high 82 percent also said August was a bad time to buy.
Hubzu operator Altisource to issue more stock to pay down debt
The Luxembourg-based real estate and mortgage services provider, which has slashed nearly 400 positions this year, raised $20.5 million in a February offering that it used to pay down debt.
Regulators place Porch’s insurance subsidiary under supervision
Fallout from the bankruptcy of reinsurer Vesttoo Ltd. ripples through the insurance industry, with Texas regulators keeping tabs on Homeowners of America Insurance Co.
Black Knight ready to spin off Empower, Optimal Blue businesses
To win approval from antitrust regulators for its merger with Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Black Knight will sell two businesses to subsidiaries of Canadian-based software giant Constellation Software next month.
Interest rates stay anchored after Fed chair’s hawkish speech
After an initial swoon, bond markets take Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s tough talk on inflation in stride, but the housing sector remains vulnerable to rate hikes.