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Roishetta Ozane is the founder of Vessel Project of Louisiana, and Gulf Fossil Finance Coordinator with the Texas Campaign for the Environment.

The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage average dropped back below the 7% level as investors reacted positively to news the economy is slowing, Freddie Mac said.

James Pruskowski is the CIO and co-founder of 16Rock, a full-service asset management firm specializing in Municipal Bonds. He leads the firm's flagship 16Rock Municipal Opportunities Fund LP, a long-short hedge fund, as well as the firm's long-only Separately Managed Account (SMA) client business.

Mr. Pruskowski spent nearly three decades at BlackRock starting in 1994 shortly after the firm was founded, when it had only 50 employees and $25 billion in assets under management. He was a Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, and Head of Municipal Bonds, Institutional & Wealth Management. Mr. Pruskowski was a member of the management committee and led a team of 58 investment professionals, driving strategic growth initiatives and innovation. He has a proven track record over multiple investment cycles and award-winning performance.

Before focusing on municipal bonds, Mr. Pruskowski was a multi-sector taxable fixed income portfolio manager. He was instrumental in launching BlackRock's Financial Institutions Group, which has grown into the world's leading insurance asset management business. He provided a wide array of services in balance sheet management, analytics, capital markets, and portfolio construction to banks, insurance companies, and official institutions worldwide. Mr. Pruskowski began his career in Risk & Quantitative Analytics as a risk analyst and programmer, playing a key role in the development of what is now known as BlackRock Solutions.

Mr. Pruskowski is a thought leader and content expert, known for his diverse skills, experience, and energetic, detail-oriented, and structured approach. His hands-on, can-do attitude drives results. As an industry advocate with strong brand awareness, he frequently speaks publicly, engages with the media, and collaborates with clients. He possesses a unique talent for understanding, designing, and clearly explaining markets and complex concepts in an accessible manner.

Paul Wnek is founder, CEO and principal solutions architect at ExpandAP, a 14x certified Salesforce B2B solutions architect, founder and CEO of Coalescence Cloud (Salesforce Consulting Partner) and Salesforce certified AI associate.

Ginnie Mae just approved some flexibilities for extended term MBS. Here's what else is on its roadmap, according to Sam Valverde, the agency's acting president.

Riley Edenbeck is a summer reporting associate for National Mortgage News through the Dow Jones News Fund.

She is a recent graduate from the University of South Carolina with a degree in journalism. An aspiring business reporter, she was a managing editor at The Daily Gamecock and a writer for the Carolina News and Reporter.

The deal is expected to open up "substantial funding capacity" for Los Angeles-based BARH Dunmore, which launched in 2021.

Hagit Levy-Shalev is an associate professor in the Stan Ross Department of Accountancy in the Zicklin School of Business at CUNY's Baruch College.

The company foresees a dampened mortgage originations market through 2026, as last year's trends continue to have an impact on housing.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a final rule pursuant to its broader open banking proposal Wednesday that would require standard-setting bodies to include public interest consumer groups and others to receive bureau recognition.