Some of Loandepot’s finances are moving in the right direction but the company remains mired in the red. The lender and servicer Thursday disclosed a $25 million net loss for the second quarter, after posting a $40.7 million net loss in the first quarter. It’s a marked improvement from last spring, when the company factored […]
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Guild Mortgage saw profits and business volume return to the upside in the second quarter in one of its final earnings reports issued as a publicly traded company. The San Diego-based lender and servicer posted net income of $18.7 million for the three-month period, improving from a $23.9 million loss at the end of the
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President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will nominate Stephen Miran, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, to fill a recent vacancy on the Federal Reserve Board.Bloomberg News WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he will nominate Stephen Miran, currently the chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, to the Federal Reserve
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Bloomberg News A new round of tariffs imposed Thursday has raised alarm among economists, lawmakers and financial analysts not just for their impact on trade flows and prices, but for the ripple effects on the financial sector. Broad tariffs on more than 90 countries went into effect Thursday, following the president’s previously announced deadline for
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A California judge declined to give class action certification to a suit lodged three years prior accusing Wells Fargo of discriminatory practices. In an order dated Aug. 5, U.S. District Judge James Donato, wrote that there is no “glue” to hold together the plaintiffs’ claims to justify the granting of class status. Over 100,000 plaintiffs
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Chris Kleponis/Bloomberg WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order meant to combat so-called debanking in the financial system. The order tells bank regulators to ensure that banks aren’t cutting off consumer access to accounts for political reasons. It also tells the regulators to remove reputational risk from their supervision handbooks, a step that
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Consumer housing confidence improved slightly in July, with Americans feeling more confident about the economy even as many worry about whether they can buy a house themselves. Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index rose in July to 71.8, two points higher than June. That’s close to where it was a year ago and right in
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A surprising July jobs report, which included downward revisions to early 2025 data, drove mortgage rates to their lowest mark in months, Freddie Mac reported. The 30-year fixed-rate average decreased to 6.63% as of Aug. 7, according to the government-sponsored enterprise’s weekly Primary Mortgage Market survey. The average dropped 9 basis points from 6.72% in
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UWM Holdings CEO Mat Ishbia’s new target for mortgage broker originations share is for them to do over half of production. On the company’s earnings call, he cited statistics giving the current broker share at 30%. “Our goal is for brokers to be No. 1,” Ishbia said. “In my mind, that means 50.1%; I don’t
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Cutting out the agent might seem like a smart way to save when you sell your house. But here’s the hard truth. Last year, homes that sold with an agent went for almost 15% more than those that sold without one. That gap is pretty hard to ignore. And with more homes on the market
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