Discover Home Equity Loans has topped $1 billion in total loan balance and doubled origination volume in each of the last two years. So reports the Chicago Daily Herald.

While U.S. homebuyers are increasingly embracing most kinds of diversity, many have a harder time breaking out of their political bubbles, a Redfin survey suggests. So reports the Houston Chronicle.

This week, Bill Bodnar discusses the impact of slowing global economies, keeping economic expansion alive, the Fed rate cut, and the upcoming jobs report.