Following the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank and the resulting market uncertainty, our Marty Green spoke with several media outlets about the impact of these events on the mortgage industry and what can be expected from the March ... Read More
Marty Green Responds to Chairman Powell’s Senate Banking Committee Testimony in Media Commentary
In comments to several publications this week, our Marty Green agreed with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s Senate Banking Committee testimony, suggesting interest rates may rise again if inflation data continues to run hotter than ... Read More
Jay Beitel Weighs in on SCOTUS Decision to Hear CFPB Funding Case
In February, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association, reviewing a Fifth Circuit decision that could determine the fate of the consumer watchdog agency and its budgetary ... Read More
Marty Green Quoted in Mortgage Professional America on How Latest Jobs Report May Affect the Fed’s Next Move in March
The 30-year mortgage rate increased three basis points following the Central Bank’s interest rates hike and a strong January jobs report. Marty Green explained to Mortgage Professional America that the latest job report may prompt the Federal Reserve ... Read More
Marty Green Weighs in on the Fed’s First Interest Rate Hikes of 2023
After six consecutive oversized interest rate increases of .75 points each, the Federal Reserve finally returned to a more traditional quarter point increase of a quarter point at the conclusion of its February 1st meeting. Our Marty Green once again ... Read More
“The 2022 Housing Market: A Tale of Two Halves”
What do “Fast and the Furious,” “The Big Chill,” and “Frozen” all have to do with the housing market? Marty Green and Peter Idziak provided a year-end market synopsis to HousingWire, using these three movies to describe the wild and ever-changing ... Read More