Applications for mortgages rose significantly during the week ended January 15 as fixed rate mortgage interest rates fell to the lowest levels since mid-autumn. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported that its Market Composite Index, a measure of loan application volume rose 9.0 percent during the week on an adjusted basis and 12 percent unadjusted.
Maricopa County Becomes First Major County to Approve Prediction Market Protection Policy
July 15, 2026
Today, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a new policy to prohibit employees from using nonpublic information to personally profit from prediction markets.
