• US loses 92,000 jobs in February as labor market continues to cool,Flávia Furlan Nunes

    US loses 92,000 jobs in February as labor market continues to cool

    In a sign of a still-softening labor market, U.S. employers eliminated 92,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in February, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Economists say the report is unlikely to change the Federal Reserve’s stance on interest rates. Meanwhile, t

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  • Builders started 2026 with margin pressure, then came Iran war risk,John McManus

    Builders started 2026 with margin pressure, then came Iran war risk

    Making less money but making steady headway may be a crude way to boil down what early 2026 was looking like for many homebuilding business leaders. Public homebuilder execs were not discussing a plain-and-simple “recovery trade.” The most consistent post-earnings themes – across demand, pricing, ma

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  • Better launches ChatGPT-based credit decision engine for mortgage and HELOC lenders,Neil Pierson

    Better launches ChatGPT-based credit decision engine for mortgage and HELOC lenders

    Better.com has launched a conversational credit decision engine that lets mortgage and home equity lenders run underwriting through ChatGPT using the company’s Tinman AI platform, the company announced Thursday. The integration, built with OpenAI using a Model Context Protocol (MCP) connector, allow

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