As Hurricane Dorian headed for the Florida coast last week, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae gave mortgage holders some shelter. So reports MarketWatch.

After falling through the second half of last year, tappable equity saw its second consecutive quarterly increase, hitting an all-time high of $6.3 trillion, according to a sneak peek of Black Knight's second quarter data.

Federal Reserve policymakers disagreed more about the direction of interest rates than their 8-2 vote in favor of a 0.25% cut previously revealed, newly released minutes from their meeting last month show. So reports Reuters.