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Housing Market News 2 September 2025 - 12 November 2025

Fannie Mae (FNMA) News Today — Nov. 12, 2025: Servicing Guide Update, DU Credit-Score Shift, and 50‑Year Mortgage Debate

Fannie Mae (FNMA) News Today — Nov. 12, 2025: Servicing Guide Update, DU Credit-Score Shift, and 50‑Year Mortgage Debate

Updated: November 12, 2025 Fannie Mae headlines today include a fresh Servicing Guide update, confirmation that Desktop Underwriter® will drop its hard 620 score minimum next week, a new weekly read on refinance activity, and policy chatter in Washington about 50‑year and “portable” mortgages. Key takeaways What changed for servicers today (SVC‑2025‑06) Fannie Mae published Announcement SVC‑2025‑06, a same‑day Servicing Guide update that (1) adds a “Response to Motion to Determine Status” fee to the Allowable Bankruptcy Attorney Fees Exhibit (with a naming cleanup of another fee), and (2) clarifies that loans subject to recourse or indemnification must be voluntarily
12 November 2025
Buyers Bet on Falling Mortgage Rates as 2025 Housing Market Hits Standstill – Will Relief Come?

Buyers Bet on Falling Mortgage Rates as 2025 Housing Market Hits Standstill – Will Relief Come?

Buyers Pin Hopes on a Rate Drop, But Patience Wears Thin Despite sky-high home prices and a two-year slump in sales, homebuyer optimism is oddly resilient – largely because so many buyers are betting that mortgage rates have to come down soon. Consumer surveys show a majority of Americans expect borrowing costs to ease in the near future prnewswire.com. After all, 30-year mortgage rates have finally edged down from their 7%+ peak earlier in the year to around 6.2%–6.3% recently ts2.tech, which feels like progress. In fact, this month rates briefly hit 6.27%, the lowest level in about a year
23 October 2025
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Opendoor’s Wild 2025 Ride: Meme-Stock Surge, Crypto Pivot & Housing Hopes – What’s Next for OPEN?

Opendoor’s Wild 2025 Ride: Meme-Stock Surge, Crypto Pivot & Housing Hopes – What’s Next for OPEN?

From Penny Stock to Meme Superstar: The 2025 Stock Surge Opendoor’s stock chart in 2025 has been nothing short of astounding. After starting the year under $1 per share, OPEN exploded into one of the year’s top gainers by early autumn ts2.tech. A speculative frenzy over the summer sent shares from about $0.50 in June to over $10 by mid-September (+1,600%) ts2.tech – a rally reminiscent of GameStop’s heyday. This meteoric rise briefly gave Opendoor a mid-cap valuation near $6 billion ts2.tech and turned it into a social-media phenomenon. At one point, Yahoo Finance noted the stock was up +369% year-to-date,
23 October 2025
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Mortgage Rates Hit 2025 Low at 6.27% – Will They Finally Dip Below 6%?

Mortgage Rates Hit 2025 Low at 6.27% – Will They Finally Dip Below 6%?

Mortgage Rates Near One-Year Low After Fed’s First Cut Mortgage rates have dipped to their lowest levels in about a year, offering American homebuyers a measure of relief after the steep run-up of the past two years. Freddie Mac’s latest survey shows the average 30-year fixed rate at 6.27%, down from 6.3% last week foxbusiness.com. This is just above the year’s low (around 6.26%) reached a month ago and the lowest since early October 2024 apnews.com. By comparison, rates were roughly 6.44% a year ago and had peaked just above 7% in January apnews.com, so borrowing costs are off their
17 October 2025
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Champion Homes (SKY) – Booming Modular Home Titan Defies Housing Headwinds

Champion Homes (SKY) – Booming Modular Home Titan Defies Housing Headwinds

Company Overview and Background Champion Homes (formerly Skyline Champion) is a leading producer of factory-built housing (manufactured and modular homes, park models, and ADUs) in the U.S. and Canada Businesswire. The company’s lineage dates back to the 1950s, and through mergers (the 2018 Skyline–Champion combination) it now encompasses famous brands like Skyline Homes, Genesis, Champion Home Builders, and others Businesswire. Headquartered in Troy, Michigan, Champion employs roughly 9,000 people and operates 46–48 manufacturing plants across North America Championhomes Championhomes. It builds homes for single-family, multi-family, and hospitality markets, and complements manufacturing with services: on-site installation, its Star Fleet trucking arm,
7 October 2025
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Thailand Real Estate Market 2025: Boom Times or Bubble? Surprising Trends Unveiled Across Bangkok, Phuket & Beyond

Thailand Real Estate Market 2025: Boom Times or Bubble? Surprising Trends Unveiled Across Bangkok, Phuket & Beyond

Key Facts Introduction: A Market at a Crossroads Thailand’s real estate industry in 2025 is navigating a post-pandemic crossroads – with certain sectors booming and others facing headwinds. On one hand, tourists and foreign investors are back in force, filling hotels and snapping up condos in beach towns. Industrial parks in the Eastern Economic Corridor are buzzing with new factories. On the other hand, developers in Bangkok are treading carefully, scaling back new housing projects amid oversupply and higher borrowing costs. The overall picture is one of resilience: the property market is recovering from the COVID-era slump, but growth is
2 September 2025
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Stock Market Today

Seagate (STX) stock jumps nearly 6% as Citi hikes target — what to watch next week

Seagate (STX) stock jumps nearly 6% as Citi hikes target — what to watch next week

7 February 2026
Seagate shares rose 5.9% to $429.32 Friday after Citigroup raised its price target to $480 and reiterated a buy rating. The gain ended a two-day slide but left the stock 6.6% below its Feb. 3 high. CEO Dave Mosley sold 20,000 shares on Feb. 2 under a pre-arranged plan, SEC filings show. U.S. jobs and inflation data next week are seen as key tests for tech stocks.
Cummins (CMI) stock price rebounds after earnings whipsaw as investors eye data-center power demand

Cummins (CMI) stock price rebounds after earnings whipsaw as investors eye data-center power demand

7 February 2026
Cummins shares jumped 6.8% to $577.73 Friday, recovering from a nearly 9% post-earnings drop the day before. The company reported Q4 revenue up 1% to $8.54 billion, took a $218 million charge tied to its hydrogen business, and guided for 2026 EBITDA of 17–18% of sales. Demand for data center generators offset weakness in North American truck markets. Analyst reaction was mixed; Truist raised its price target.
Corning stock hits first record close since 2000 as jobs, CPI data loom

Corning stock hits first record close since 2000 as jobs, CPI data loom

7 February 2026
Corning shares surged 8.3% to $122.16 Friday, their highest close since the dot-com era, after Meta agreed to buy up to $6 billion in fiber-optic cables. The stock is up 40% since late 2025, fueled by strong first-quarter guidance and AI data-center demand. Insiders sold shares following the rally, SEC filings show. Investors await next week’s U.S. jobs and inflation data for rate signals.
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