Real Estate

Real Estate

Rocket Mortgage Acquires Mr. Cooper to Create an Industry Giant

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Combined, Rocket and Mr. Cooper will service a $2.1 trillion loan book across 10 million clients, accounting for one in six US mortgages.

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Real Estate

Blackstone Has Hope for the Office Real Estate Market

Blackstone’s BXMT mortgage trust, on the other hand, is buckling under the weight of a pile of office loans gone bad.

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Real Estate

The Housing Market is Still Rough. Tariffs Likely Won’t Help.

Simply put: too many prospective buyers remain priced out of the market. And tariffs aren’t likely to bring prices down.

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Real Estate

Climate Change Could Slash Home Values By $1.5 Trillion, Report Says

As they say: Man plans, and Mother Nature floods his semi-basement. And climate change may melt home values along with glaciers.

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Real Estate

Blackstone is Betting on a Real Estate Comeback

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The alternative investment giant may be on the verge of its first New York office building transaction in nearly three years.

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Real Estate

LA Wildfires Exacerbate California’s Insurance Crisis

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California was already contending with a home insurance crisis due to unpredictable weather events. Then came this week’s fires.

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Personal Finance

Home Economics: Homeownership is still the American Dream. But Should it Be?

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Buying a home is expensive. And so is owning one. In the era of high mortgage rates and soaring expenses, is homeownership still worth it?

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