New Syrian parliament meets for first time in Damascus

In my opinion, no asset class is driven more by public policy than municipal securities. Federal or state policy initiatives determine everything from taxes levied upon income, property, and consumer sales to the coveted tax exemption on municipal bonds. Funding priorities and competing allocations of critical, yet thinning, resources for infrastructure and other essential purpose…

Oscar Wong | Moment | Getty Images Many federal student loan borrowers could see their monthly bills double or even triple in the coming weeks if they don’t exit a now-defunct affordable repayment plan. Earlier this year, the Trump administration alerted borrowers that they’d have roughly 90 days to transition from the Saving on a…

But whether prices are going up or coming down, Canadians are reading the movement as negative: 36% of those who perceived any price change said the shift was bad for their personal finances, compared with just 18% who called it good. The survey also found that changing home prices are dampening market activity rather than…

Home insurance policyholders with single-family mortgages paid roughly 80% higher premiums nationwide as of June compared to early 2020 levels. That figure was reported Friday in ICE Mortgage Technology’s latest monthly report on U.S. mortgage trends, which have been grappling for years with destabilization in property insurance markets. Through June, mortgaged homeowners were paying a…

On an unadjusted basis, total volume was up 3% from the prior week. Joel Kan, CMB, MBA’s vice president and deputy chief economist, attributed the rate movement to energy markets and geopolitics. “After five consecutive weeks of increases, mortgage rates declined slightly last week as oil prices dipped briefly on the hopes of a sustained…

More than four months after the Iran war rattled real estate investor sentiment following a year of declining profitability in 2025, outlooks across the core purchase segment that has buoyed sales production since 2023 remain subdued. “Driving worsening sentiment are several challenges, most notably the difficulty of finding deals and securing capital,” said investor-community platform…