Bob Walters

Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT), a Detroit-based fintech platform company consisting of tech-driven mortgage, real estate and financial services businesses, including Rocket Mortgage, Rocket Homes, Rocket Loans and Rocket Money, today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed accomplished fintech executive Varun Krishna as the company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective September 5, 2023. Krishna will succeed Bill Emerson, who has served as interim Chief Executive Officer since June.

CRAWFORD, Texas (KWTX) - With President George W. Bush’s ranch in its backyard, Crawford, Texas has often been an “unlikely” but “likely” place to spot national and world leaders. On a rainy November day in 2001, the world’s two most powerful leaders, U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin made international news in the high school’s gym, talking about their budding relationship and visits to each other’s countries, all while taking questions from students.

A shortage of affordable starter homes is thwarting aspiring first-time homebuyers and fueling inflation in home prices. At the same time, many urban and rural communities are struggling for stability and vitality. It’s a fact: the homeownership gap between Black and white households is wider now than when the Fair Housing Act was passed in 1968.