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Mike Pearson (pictured top), SVP of business development at AD Mortgage, said the growth reflects a combination of borrower demographics, insurance conditions, and property economics that have made California unusually well-suited for alternative lending. “California was already a great non-QM market,” Pearson told Mortgage Professional America. “But then you throw in these additional factors, and…

More than one in three estate agency proposals are sent after the six-hour window associated with higher instruction conversion rates, according to research from property technology firm Acaboom. The study analysed 123,010 market appraisal proposals sent by UK estate agents during the first half of 2026 and found that 35.9% were delivered more than six…

Cotton futures were down 4 to 24 points across the board at the Thursday close. Crude oil corrected back lower on Thursday despite back and forth strikes between the US and Iran overnight, down $1.71 at the close. The US dollar index was down $0.034. Export Sales data showed 66,422 RB of cotton sold for…

US, Latin American allies urge against casting doubt on Colombia’s electoral process

Traders and investors are all gearing up for the US CPI report to come later in the day. And that is seeing a bit of a breather in broader markets, following the risk selloff from yesterday. That owes much to US-Iran developments, as tensions flare up again in the Middle East. But even so, the…