• You can recruit talent, but you have to build culture,Noah Blanton

    You can recruit talent, but you have to build culture

    People matter in the title and real estate settlement service business. Relationships matter. Experience matters. A strong escrow officer or title professional can move revenue and change how a customer feels about the most important transaction of their life.So, the competition for talent is fierce

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  • Pennymac profit drops in Q2 as rates bite, layoffs follow,Sarah Wolak

    Pennymac profit drops in Q2 as rates bite, layoffs follow

    PennyMac Financial Services on Wednesday reported second-quarter 2026 net income of $22 million, down 84% from a year earlier and sharply lower than its first-quarter net income of $82.3 million, as higher interest rates reduced mortgage production volume and weighed on profitability. The company’s

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  • Hawks Lorie Logan and Beth Hammack run the Fed for now ,Logan Mohtashami

    Hawks Lorie Logan and Beth Hammack run the Fed for now 

    Today the Federal Reserve decided not to hike rates, but the hawks have moved their chess pieces: three Fed members wanted to hike rates at this meeting, which means September is in play for the first rate hike after the cut cycle ended. However, the long end of the bond market has already done the

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