Ginnie Mae announced the expansion of its mortgage-backed securities (MBS) portfolio to $2.76 trillion as of May. Ginnie Mae said that it issued $48 billion in total MBS last month, resulting in net portfolio growth of $17.6 billion. This issuance encompassed $46.3...
The Greenwich, Connecticut-headquartered building products distributor QXO Inc. (NYSE: QXO) has made an unsolicited $5 billion all-cash acquisition proposal to GMS Inc. (NYSE: GMS), a specialty distributor of interior construction products. “Our all-cash proposal to...
California recorded 254,190 closed escrow sales of existing, single-family detached homes in May, according to data from the California Association of Realtors (CAR). Last month’s sales pace was down 5.1% from the 267,710 homes sold in April and was down 4% from the...
Real estate developer Patrick Zalupski has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to purchase Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays. According to a Sportico report sourced from “multiple sources who asked not to be named because the details are private,” the deal values the...
The Federal Reserve resisted repeated calls by President Trump to cut rates. The Federal Open Market Committee, the central bank’s policy making arm, voted unanimously to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 4.25%to 4.5%. In announcing its decision,...
Mortgage rates continued to inch down in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.81% as of June 18, down from last week when it averaged 6.84%. A year ago at this time, it averaged...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of April 27-May 1
