The Fed’s July statement was the shortest in recent memory. That brevity is the story. At the July 28-29 meeting, the FOMC held the federal funds rate steady at 3.50%-3.75%. Economic activity is expanding at a solid pace, the Committee said, with strong productivity growth and job gains keeping pace with the workforce. Inflation remains […]
The Foreclosure Data Is Talking. Is Your Default Operation Listening?
ATTOM’s Mid-Year U.S. Foreclosure Market Report just dropped, and the trend line is unambiguous. Foreclosure filings are up 21% in the first half of 2026 versus the same period last year. Starts are up 18%. Completed foreclosures (REOs) climbed 33%. And foreclosure timelines are moving faster than they have in more than a decade. Let’s […]

