Mortgage rates fell again last week, and while the drop wasn’t huge, it was enough to spur current homeowners to look for some savings. The surge in refinances was behind a 5.4% increase in total mortgage demand compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. The average contract interest
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Tal Alexander (L) and Oren Alexander (R). Getty Images Federal prosecutors accused top real estate agents Tal and Oren Alexander and their brother, Alon, of drugging and raping “dozens of victims” over more than a decade. The brothers were arrested in Miami Wednesday on sex trafficking charges related to the alleged assaults. They face charges of
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U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered further mediation in the PREPA bankrputcy despite mediators’ insistence it was pointless. U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority parties to return to mediation despite the mediators’ determination further talks would be fruitless. The mediators shared their views in a Monday court filing,
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<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20767979/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Munis have seen losses over the past week, culminating with Thursday seeing the biggest cuts to triple-A yield curves, as issuance slowed and muni mutual funds reported outflows for the first time since the summer. U.S. Treasury yields rose and equities ended down. Muni yields were cut two to
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Orlando Health senior vice president of finance John Miller said offering the bonds in one state rather than two states will save his company bond counsel and other fees. The Orange County, Florida, Health Facilities Authority will offer $1.4 billion of hospital revenue bonds for Orlando Health the week of January 13. OCHFA will sell
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Trucks arriving from Mexico wait for inspection at the Otay Mesa point of entry in San Diego.Bloomberg News New tariff threats by President-elect Donald Trump would likely impact state and local government finance, economists and analysts say, though exactly how remains unknown. In campaign statements, and a post-election social media post, Trump said he would
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<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20781708/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> The municipal market grew in the third quarter of 2024 amid the surge in supply while mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and foreign buyers increased their ownership of the asset class in the third quarter, Fed data shows. However, “muni holdings of all institutional investors, lead by banks, is still
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“The Committee will hit the ground running in 2025,” said current and future Chairman Sam Graves, R- Mo. ”Our work will include working with President Trump to advance his infrastructure priorities, developing the next long-term surface transportation reauthorization, and reprioritizing policies that are consistent with the core purpose of infrastructure .U.S. House of Representatives The future of
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<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20783578/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals faced more selling pressure Friday but outperformed U.S. Treasuries ahead of a much lighter supply picture, which should buoy the asset class in the final weeks of the year. This week’s accumulated losses have pushed returns into the red for the month, but municipals are still faring better
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has spent the past two weeks speaking about her administration’s achievements in her two years in office.Bloomberg News Los Angeles city leaders have some work ahead to close a $296.14 million deficit, according to a report City Administrative Officer Matt Szabo delivered to the City Council’s Budget, Finance and Innovation
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel’s defence minister told troops to fortify their position in newly seized Syrian territory, making plans to send in reinforcements and equipment despite UN demands that the country retreat immediately. Since rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad’s
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Russia appears to be withdrawing some of its Syria-based forces following the sudden fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, according to analysis of satellite photography and a Ukrainian intelligence assessment. Images captured by Maxar and Planet
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is the author of ‘Uncharted: How to Navigate the Future’ Turnarounds are tougher than they look. The stories (always told backwards) suggest a single hero, usually male, rides into town, takes daring and
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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world We will soon find out whether Donald Trump has changed his tune on the dollar. In his first term, the comeback president had a clear preference for a weaker buck. On one notable
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Last Sunday, Abdel Rahman was serving a 15-year sentence in a cramped cell in Syria’s notorious Saydnaya prison, after an altercation with a corrupt police officer last year in Damascus. By Friday morning, he was in the ancient market of the old city selling the newly adopted green Syrian flag — the one anti-Assad rebels
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