A Manhattan luxury tower is falling apart, Jamie Dimon is going to the Smithsonian, and who’s photographing the East Wing demolition? From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Oct. 20-24. Miss: Don’t Look Up. One...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is walking back demands he made yesterday that the Federal Reserve cut rates by 50 basis points at its next policy meeting in September. In an interview on Fox Business this morning, Bessent insisted, “I didn’t tell the Fed what...
The newly sworn-in Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is making himself as home in Washington, DC, at a historic mansion that he acquired for $12.5 million. According to a Wall Street Journal report sourced from unnamed “people familiar with the deal,” the property in...
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the US Department of the Treasury announced amendments to the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements (PSPAs) related to the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae (OTCBQ: FNMA) and Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). At...
The current and incoming chairmen of the House Financial Services Committee sent letters to financial regulatory agencies within the Biden administration warning them about last-minute “finalizing partisan rulemakings” ahead of the arrival of the Trump administration....
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
