Bill Bodnar of the Mortgage Market Guide explains why we need to track what is going on overseas and how it impacts us. He also offers insight into the impact of the incredible rate environment, super tight labor market, inflation, rising wages and stock wealth heading into 2020.

Federal prosecutors have charged the former chief financial officer of a New Jersey construction company with spending money he stole from the business on his mortgage, a BMW and six donkeys. So reports NJ.com.

Former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates should get a lenient sentence despite a laundry list of crimes including mortgage fraud, federal prosecutors argued in a court filing. So reports The New York Times.