The new Fall 2025 Wall Street Journal/Realtor.com Housing Market Ranking of the nation’s luxury markets produced an unlikely city to top that list: Detroit. No, Detroit is not taking on Palm Springs or Palm Beach as the new epicenter for the nation’s wealthiest...
In the wake of his mortgage fraud accusations against Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa D. Cook, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte has taken a page from President Trump by going on social media to insult journalists who questioned his actions. After...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Yesterday, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte posted a message on his X page that he was soon to be the subject of spurious coverage from one of the nation’s most influential newspapers. “The Washington Post, like...
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board has published two scathing criticisms of the housing policies espoused by President Donald Trump and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte. In the editorial “How to Increase Mortgage Defaults,” the Journal’s...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: If you’ve been following the news over the past week, you may have noticed the word “recession” popping up over and over. This is not because we’re in a recession, but it is because some highly prominent financial services executives and economic...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
