While the 30-year average has hovered near the same level for weeks, the past year brought with it promising trends that may ease affordability in 2026.
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CLIF Holdings' capital structure includes overcollateralization and a liquidity account of $1 million.
December 18 -
A federal appeals court agreed to have the full bench rehear arguments by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's union about whether the Trump administration planned to gut the agency through mass firings.
December 17 -
PMT 2025-CNF2 is not required to provide advances of schedule interest and principal on loans that are delinquent by 120 days or more.
December 17 -
The Department of Justice wants Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to state if the central bank is profitable again and can, therefore, fund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
December 17 -
The acquisition forms the eighth largest mortgage servicer nationwide, with a combined $400 billion in mortgage servicing rights.
December 17
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For the trailing 12-month period that ended in October 2025, La Quinta Resort had an occupancy of 59.2%, and a revenue per available room $230.83.
December 16 -
Michael Hutchins, the two-time interim chief executive at the government-sponsored enterprise, will remain with the company in his role as president.
December 16 -
While heeding Fed Chair Powell's thinking to take employment numbers with a grain of salt, fixed-income professionals still felt that weak labor data would eventually set up further cuts.
December 16 -
The payments company submitted applications to the Utah Department of Financial Institutions and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to create PayPal Bank. If approved, Mara McNeill, the former president and CEO of Toyota Financial Savings Bank, will serve as PayPal Bank's president.
December 15 -
The senior notes will build hard credit enhancement levels over time because classes B through G will be locked out of principal payments for eight months.
December 15 -
The home purchase market, which competes for consumers with rentals, should remain subdued in 2026 because of high mortgage rates and low affordability.
December 15 -
Federal Reserve Gov. Stephen Miran said higher goods prices could be the trade-off for bolstering national security and addressing geo-economic risks.
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