Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it every other Friday afternoon. Start with the numbers: Mortgage rates are climbing fast, with Freddie Mac’s benchmark survey reporting 6.76% on average this week for the 30-year, while other sources found rates crossed the 7% threshold. -Rates are pushing…

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The Federal Reserve’s lineup is due to change this year; the term of Governor Stephen Miran (nominated by President Donald Trump to fill a vacancy last year) ends in January, and Chairman Jerome Powell’s tenure as Fed chair ends in May—with Trump indicating Jan. 21 that he is close to making a decision on Powell’s…

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