While mortgage employment is lower year-over-year, the mixed bag of data makes it more likely that borrowing rates will remain higher for longer.

The deal will sell two series of notes from a new master trust, secured by revenues from three data centers in Phoenix and Toronto.

All the class A notes benefit from total initial hard credit enhancement totaling 21.0% of the pool balance. Classes B, C and D benefit from 17.0%, 11.5% and 6.5%, respectively.

The 30-year fixed rate mortgage continues to slip away from the 7% mark, Freddie Mac said, but experts still expect them to stay higher for longer.

RG&E, series 2025-A, is the second utility cost recovery securitization this week, and is another first-time issuer.

The Federal Reserve governor said regulators have stifled the banking system's ability to experiment with emerging technologies.

Portfolio enhancements and diversifications cushion the impact of the L.A. wildfires from RMBS losses.

Completed foreclosure auctions should be 8% lower this year, but if home value and unemployment expectations change, all bets are off, Auction.com said.

The GMALT 2025-1 securitization has just 24.4% of contracts with original leases longer than 36 months. It's the lowest level for the platform, a credit positive.

Tenants also have a high average credit quality, with 75.9% of them having at least an investment grade rating, and lease assets underlying the class A notes have a loan-to-value (LTV) ratio limited to 70%.

The president's rough-and-tumble trade negotiations have throttled financial markets, causing investors to flock to the safety of dollars and Treasuries. But some economists say this style of policymaking could have hurt the U.S.'s safe haven status in the long run.

Some mortgage stakeholders say Trump's tariffs would make interest rates rise and housing costs shoot up.