Mortgage applications slide as rates near last year’s levels

The top-floor penthouse at 100 Jay Street scored the priciest contract in Brooklyn last week.  The deal for the 33rd-floor unit in the Dumbo project was one of 21 — eight condos, one co-op and 12 single-family homes — signed for homes asking at least $2 million from Aug. 10 to Aug. 16., according to…

This is a longer horizon structural story rather than an immediate market mover, but it speaks to the ongoing repricing of Canada’s trade relationships since the tariff dispute with Washington escalated. A deeper EU tie-up, if it advances, would represent a meaningful diversification of Canadian trade exposure away from the United States across goods, services,…

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“Nationally, contract signings today are running roughly 30% below where they were in the years leading up to the pandemic,” he said. “Transaction activity peaked in 2021 when mortgage rates fell to near 3%, a historic low, and has not approached that level since.” As pending home sales hit their 2026 low in July, brokers…

CFTC accused of ‘double standards’ on compute futures – Risk.net Skip to main content Close navigation menu End of drawer navigation content Duffy question ‘long review’ of CME’s contract when Kalshi already offers similar product CME chief executive Terry Duffy has accused the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission of applying double standards by blocking its…