Artificial intelligence may change how mortgage and title insurers operate without threatening their business models in the near term, according to a new Fitch Ratings stress test that puts both sectors among the less vulnerable corners of financial services. Fitch...
A new forecast from Fitch Ratings is predicting that Dubai’s red-hot real estate market will experience a double-digit plummet in prices during the second half of this year and into 2026. Reuters reports Dubai is expected to see 210,000 planned units through...
The tumult surrounding New York Community Bancorp (NYSE:NYCB) became more severe with two ratings agencies cutting its credit grade. Bloomberg reported Fitch Ratings lowered the bank’s long-term issuer default rating from BBB-to BB+, which is one level below...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Perhaps the most dramatic economic story of the past week involved the decision by Fitch Ratings to downgrade of the U.S. credit rating from “AAA” to “AA+.” Fitch defined its decision as the result of “a steady deterioration in standards of...
Fitch Ratings reduced its 2023 outlook for the U.S. real estate investment trust (REIT) sector outlook from “Neutral” to “Deteriorating,” citing the tumult in the commercial real estate space. While Fitch noted that most of its rated REITs...
Equifax Says Nearly 2,000 Mortgage Firms Used Its VantageScore Offer
