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Fannie and Freddie Changes Would Reshape the Mortgage Market. It Hinges on These Questions.
The Trump administration wants to sell shares in two government-controlled companies that are crucial for getting a mortgage. First it needs to figure out what it wants the mortgage market to look like. A public offering for and could raise money…
Claros Mortgage Trust Stock: A High-Risk Bet On Commercial Property Turnaround (NYSE:CMTG)
Claros Mortgage Trust is a mREIT focused on commercial mortgages collateralized primarily by multifamily, hospitality, and office properties. The company recorded a loss in Q1 2025, in line with its performance over the past year, impacted by loan…
Mortgage rates unfazed by crazy economic headlines
In one of the most chaotic weeks for economic headlines of the year, mortgage rates remained relatively stable, which is a stark contrast to the madness caused by the Godzilla tariffs a few weeks ago. Can this stability last? Despite elevated…
Why The Latest Climate Risk Forecast Should Change How You Invest
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) just issued a five-year climate forecast that should grab every investor's attention when it comes to managing risk. Temperatures are expected to stay at or near record highs, with an 86% chance that at…
'I can earn £200k more a year': why landlords are switching to short-term lets, and how to join them
When Jay Allen secured the winning bid on Otherton Hall at auction, he had no idea how he was going to turn the 8,500 sq ft derelict farmhouse into a profitable business. Set on green belt land in the Staffordshire countryside town of Penkridge…
3 reasons it's a great time to buy a home, according to Compass' CEO
The housing market is still in a tough spot, but a closer look shows that there are a few reason now is a good time to buy, Compass' CEO said this week Robert Reffkin, the co-founder and CEO of the real estate brokerage, said the current conditions…
We thought we'd planned for a successful early retirement - but we're picking up side hustles just a few years in
My husband and I thought we did all the right things to prepare for successful early retirements at age 55. We worked hard for over 30 years in our respective careers and both had pension plans. Plus, we invested in RRSPs (popular retirement…
The California city with the most 'rich renters
San Jose, California, has been named the US city with the most 'rich renters' as wealthy Americans ditch home buying for a savvy reason. The tech hub topped a new study that found affluent Americans are increasingly abandoning homeownership as…
Avoid losing your home
PETALING JAYA: Going by market reports, Malaysia's property transactions last year hit its highest levels over the past decade. According to the National Property Information Centre's Property Market Report 2024, the number of property transactions…
RUTH SUNDERLAND: My ringside seat as bigwigs nearly destroyed RBS
One Saturday just before Christmas 2007, there was a knock at the Edinburgh home of the late Alistair Darling, who was then Chancellor of the Exchequer in Gordon Brown's Labour Government. On the doorstep, proffering a gift-wrapped panettone, was…
Big Short investor Michael Burry liquidates portfolio - except for one
Michael Burry, the investor who famously bet against the US housing market before the 2008 crash, has once again sounded the alarm and dumped all of his stock - except one. In a dramatic move revealed by recent SEC filings, Burry's Scion Asset…
The house price nightmare 'hollowing out' London
Tucked just behind the Victoria & Albert Museum, Kensington's Egerton Crescent is an elegant half-moon of handsome 19th-century terraces, their white facades and wrought-iron balconies overlooking a patch of private garden. In the early part of…
10 sources of emergency cash, ranked from best to worst
FILE – This Oct. 24, 2016 file photo shows dollar bills in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) By Christine Benz of Morningstar If unanticipated expenses exceed your emergency fund, here's a look at where to go next. Emergency funds…
Real World Economics: Bond primer part 1: Understanding the market
You may have read that Congress is pushing through a Big Beautiful Bill that will require the U.S. to borrow even more money, via issuing Treasury bonds, to fund the larger and ever-growing U.S. deficit. Japan is struggling with bonds that make up…
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