Out of all the things a brokerage or network can do for its agents, one of the most helpful is giving them access to value-added lenders the competition can’t touch.

DLCG's new deal with Equitable Bank is the latest entry in this race to win over brokers with lender exclusivity.

Naturally, we dug into the story to see if it was just marketing confetti. And thankfully, it isn’t.

Jobs data barely moved the market yesterday, while a wider U.S. trade deficit waved a bright red flag.

That macro unease was followed up this morning by news that Trump has tapped Kevin Warsh to run the Fed. Warsh would replace the world’s most powerful banker, Jerome Powell, once his term as chair ends on May 15.

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Despite suggestions that OSFI would potentially replace the stress test with its loan-to-income (LTI) test, it looks like lenders will be stuck with both the LTI and the stress test indefinitely.

Here's the problem with that.

Yields barely reacted to the BoC and Fed leaving their policy rates frozen yesterday.

Meanwhile, U.S. policy instability and global tensions loom like a bad sequel, muting risk appetite and keeping mortgage rates stuck in their lane.

With rate holds all but assured by both central banks, bond yields danced to the tune of global capital flows, which have become anything but normal.

White House theatrics, not economic data, pushed yields lower to start the week. Markets grappled with recycled tariff threats, another looming U.S. government shutdown, and the usual grab bag of global unease.

Reverse mortgage holders are being paid to change lenders, fresh products are on the way, and loan sizes could run into resistance if home prices lose their swagger.

That plus more in these reverse mortgage quick hits...