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An analysis shows how much money consumers are losing by not comparing offers from different lenders.

Investors are concerned that a deal will not be reached in Washington and a default will take place, driving up the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield.

U.S. pending home sales stagnated in April as high mortgage rates paired with limited inventory continued to curb buyer demand.

Home purchasers had to come up with 0.9% more in April versus what they would have paid in March and 11.8% higher on a year-over-year basis, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

Manufactured units, down payment assistance and bond investments could help alleviate some of the issues facing aspiring homeowners, but inventory issues will persist, a panel of experts said.

The San Francisco-based bank — which regulators seized and sold to JPMorgan Chase early this month — was paying dozens of employees more than $10 million apiece annually in the heyday before its collapse.

The unit was looking to remain as a team, but reportedly the buyer was only interested in the sales staff.

House Financial Services Committee ranking member Maxine Waters, D-Calif., attempted to find bipartisan support from Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., for a number of amendments to bills meant to rein in regulators. What she got instead was a commitment to work on some measures in the future.

This summer, the Department of Veterans Affairs will introduce a new kind of a "last-ditch effort" to keep veterans in homes, by making servicers whole and putting the delinquent borrowers on an exclusive interest rate.