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Spain's Sanchez Calls Snap Election for November 29 After Parliament Kills Housing Bills
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez dissolved parliament on Monday and called a snap election for November 29, moving to seek a fresh mandate after his government suffered a decisive…
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US Homebuyer Demand Falls Below 2008 Crash Levels as Mortgage Rates Weigh on REITs
Pending home sales in the United States have fallen to their weakest level on record, dropping below any reading seen during the 2008 financial crisis. The National Association of Realtors'…
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Bank of Canada Says Interest Rates Are Too Blunt a Tool to Fix Housing Affordability
Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers said on October 1 that Canada is not close to restoring housing affordability and that using interest rates to directly target home…
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US Mortgage Rates Log Biggest Weekly Jump in Four Years as Treasury Yields Breach 5%
US mortgage rates surged in the latest weekly reading, recording their largest single-week increase in four years, as a relentless selloff in the Treasury market pushed the 10-year yield as…
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US 30-Year Mortgage Rate Jumps to 7.28%, Highest Since Late 2023, as Bond Yields Surge
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate in the United States surged to 7.28% as of October 1, 2026, its highest level since October 2023, according to data reported by Bloomberg, Barron's…
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Fair Isaac Suffers Worst Single-Day Collapse Since 1989 After FHFA Strips FICO Mortgage Monopoly
Fair Isaac shares plunged roughly 27 percent on Tuesday, their steepest single-day decline since 1989, after Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte announced that Fannie Mae and…
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Fair Isaac Suffers Worst Single-Day Drop Since 1989 After FHFA Opens Mortgage Scoring to VantageScore
Fair Isaac shares cratered roughly 27% on Tuesday, their worst single-day decline since 1989, after Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie…
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Fair Isaac Shares Plunge 18% Premarket as Mortgage Pricing Overhaul Threatens FICO Monopoly
U.S. stock futures steadied on Tuesday morning after a losing Monday session driven by rising Treasury yields, with Dow futures up about 46 points, S&P 500 futures gaining 0.1% and…
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US 30-Year Mortgage Rate Tops 7% for First Time Since January 2025, Hitting 7.03% After Five Weeks of Increases
The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage climbed to 7.03% this week, according to Freddie Mac data released Thursday, crossing the 7% threshold for the first time since the beginning of…
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US August New Home Sales Surge to 684,000 Annual Rate, Far Exceeding Forecasts
Sales of new single-family homes in the United States jumped 6.4% in August from the prior month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 684,000 units, the Census Bureau reported on…
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US August Pending Home Sales Rose 0.3% Month-Over-Month, Beating Forecasts for a Decline
US pending home sales rose 0.3% in August from the prior month, defying economist expectations for a 0.1% decline, according to data released September 17. The modest gain marks a reversal…
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Truist Financial Sells $5.5 Billion Auto Loan Portfolio to Apollo, Exits Near-Prime Lending Unit
Truist Financial announced the sale of $5.5 billion in near-prime auto loans to Apollo Global Management, representing substantially all assets of its Regional Acceptance Corporation…
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Canadian Home Sales Hit 31-Year Low in August as US Trade War Intensifies
Canada's housing market suffered a sharp setback in August 2026, with home sales falling 6.9% year-over-year to 37,504 transactions, according to data released Tuesday by the Canadian Real…
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US Mortgage Rates Cross 7% for First Time Since January 2025 as Housing Market Stalls
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate crossed the 7% threshold on Tuesday, September 15, reaching its highest level since January 2025 and adding fresh pressure to an already strained…
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FHFA Expands VantageScore Access to All Mortgage Lenders, Sending FICO Shares Down 17%
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte ordered Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to immediately approve all mortgage lenders to use VantageScore, ending a pilot program that had been…
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Fed Governor Lisa Cook Formally Denies Mortgage Fraud Allegations as Trump Renews Push to Remove Her
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has formally denied committing mortgage fraud and rejected the Trump administration's assertion that grounds exist to remove her from the Fed's Board of…
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Cybersecurity and Momentum ETFs Draw Hundreds of Millions in Fresh Cash While Homebuilders and Australia Funds Bleed Assets
A snapshot of week-over-week ETF flow data as of August 18, 2026 shows notable divergence in investor appetite across sectors. On the inflow side, the First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF…
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Goldman Sachs Agrees to Buy Real-Estate Firm LCN Capital Partners for Up to $410 Million
Goldman Sachs has agreed to acquire LCN Capital Partners, a private commercial real-estate investment firm, for as much as $410 million. LCN specializes in sale-leaseback agreements and…
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US July Housing Starts Plunge 12.4% to 1.239M Units, Far Below Forecasts
US housing starts fell sharply in July 2026, dropping 12.4% month-over-month to an annualized rate of 1.239 million units, well below the consensus estimate of 1.345 to 1.350 million and a…
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Home Depot Q2 Sales Rise 5.7% to $47.9 Billion as Smaller Projects Offset Housing Slump
Home Depot reported second-quarter fiscal 2026 sales of $47.9 billion, up 5.7% from a year earlier and ahead of Wall Street expectations, as homeowners leaned into spring maintenance and…
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US Existing Home Sales Fall for Second Straight Month in July as Mortgage Rates Bite
Existing home sales dropped 1.7% in July from the prior month, marking the second consecutive monthly decline, as elevated mortgage rates continued to sideline prospective buyers. The…