FHFA to move Fannie, Freddie to bi-merge credit checks
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s charter-granting activity doesn’t just show that a new rash of financial services firms are successfully becoming banks or bank-like institutions. The applications, viewed collectively, also show what the 21st century financial sector thinks a bank charter should permit them to do. Over the 90 days ending Monday…
My mother and father, ages 95 and 90, respectively, are proud to still live in their own home. They enjoy a peaceful lifestyle that revolves around simple meals, afternoon trips into the English countryside, and reading the newspaper. However, their health has inevitably declined. Dad has had a particularly hard year so far after a…
Over the past 11 years, no one has sold more townhouses—or more gross dollars of real estate—in Brooklyn Heights than Ravi Kantha. In a new video series following a day in the life of luxury real estate agents, Kantha is the latest to open his doors, offering an unfiltered look at a schedule that starts…
A folder of social media applications, including TikTok, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), Snapchat, YouTube, Facebook, Threads, Discord, and Messenger. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Millennials may feel a pang of nostalgia at the news of Myspace’s planned revival, but analysts caution that the once-dominant social media platform faces long odds in an overcrowded market…
Verification, U/W, PPE, Margin Mgt. Tools; Webinars; MISMO and FRAME Offer; Buydown breakdown We’re waist deep in conferences (click here to view or add events), and every week I receive a half a dozen invitations to mortgage golf events centered around a conference. How about coming up with something where you can see…
Meghan Markle’s best friend has paid a visit to the Sussexes at their new home—just weeks after the Duchess and Prince Harry relocated their family to the U.K. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who settled into California after purchasing a $14.65 million mansion in 2020, arrived in the U.K. on Aug. 26 with their…