Social Security expands list of conditions to 314 illnesses for faster disability claims

For mortgage professionals advising clients through the renewal cycle, the Q2 data offers a more encouraging backdrop, though conditions remain uneven at the borrower level. Leah Zlatkin, licensed mortgage broker and expert at LowestRates.ca in Toronto, previously said: “Canada is not in a mortgage default crisis but the pressure on homeowners is real. Many borrowers…

In Toronto, only 156 condominium units were started within the city in the first half of 2026, compared with an average of roughly 7,000 annually over the previous decade. The city still needs to increase its annual pace of housing starts by at least 50% over the next decade to return to 2019 affordability levels….

A data center operator in Kentucky hopes to block a legal challenge from area homeowners using a new law designed to fast-track housing developments, highlighting the unintended consequences of housing policy shifts.  The conflict stems from a 200-acre data center campus that developer TenKey LandCo is planning to build in Simpson County, KY, which is…

Jeff Dean, who resigned as chief scientist from Google last month, is raising again for his new AI startup, Discovery Loop, this time seeking a valuation of around $50 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. It was only a few weeks ago that Discovery Loop was raising $1 billion dollars at around a…

In recent months, Americans have gotten more vocal about their concerns over data centers and the effects they could have on home values.