Mortgage slump deepens as rates break through year-ago levels

Clearing members want more from HKEX on collateral rates – Risk.net Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content The CCP has cut handling fees on posted margin, but is still paying members less than global peers Clearing members have welcomed changes made by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) to the rates paid…

Lawmakers are ramping up deed theft enforcement but the majority of U.S. states, particularly less populated regions, still lack title fraud protections for homeowners, a new report finds Processing Content Alabama, California and Virginia passed deed theft laws in the past quarter, and 10 states now have major legislation around the issue, data security firm…

The S&P 500 ended its choppy week in the red, ultimately finishing with a loss of 0.6%. This marks the second straight weekly decline, the longest streak since late March. Key Takeaways The S&P 500 posted a 0.6% weekly loss. The index is currently sitting 2.6% below its record close reached on June 2nd, 2026….

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority published a wide-ranging review of artificial intelligence in retail financial services today (Monday), the first of its kind commissioned by a financial regulator globally, the FCA said. The report, led by FCA executive director Sheldon Mills and known as The Mills Review, concludes that AI is likely to reshape how…

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has updated its semi-commercial proposition, introducing a pricing band for loans between £250,000 and £1m, with rates from 6.64%. It has also added a 65% loan-to-value (LTV) range, with rates from 6.24%. The changes gave brokers more options across loan sizes and LTVs for semi-commercial cases and supported mixed-use investment…

Ottawa is targeting a reduction in the non-permanent resident share of the population, from a peak of 7.6% to 5%, signalling further outflows ahead. Those temporary foreign workers and international students had previously absorbed significant rental supply across the country. Rental supply flood The timing could hardly be more consequential. That demand pullback has arrived precisely as…