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Nik Storansky, CEO and co-founder of top digital bank Revolut, allegedly skipped out on paying a broker’s fee for a megayacht. This is according to a report by WSJ.com, which states that a yacht broker, Cecil Wright & Partners, is suing Storansky for avoiding a $20 fee on a $400 million yacht. The broker claims…

Carrington Mortgage Services has officially completed its acquisition of Valon Mortgage, but the deal’s most significant impact may be what comes next. The Ginnie Mae loan servicing specialist said Tuesday it will adopt ValonOS as its core servicing platform, marking a major technology overhaul for one of the nation’s largest independent mortgage servicers. With the…

Kevin Warsh is living up to his hawkish reputation. The Federal Open Market Committee opted to hold rates steady at its July meeting, the second with former Wall Street executive Warsh at the helm. FOMC leaders voted 9-3 in favor of the decision, with the dissenters hoping for a quarter-point hike. From dissents to Warsh’s communication…

The government should resist imposing further costs on landlords in the budget or risk adding to the financial pressure already facing tenants, says Pegasus Insight. With the Budget taking place on 28 October, the latest landlord trends research reveals widespread concern among landlords about the cumulative impact of tax and regulatory changes affecting the private…

Restoring housing affordability in Canada could require up to $1.7 trillion in additional investment over the next decade, according to a new analysis by economist Charles St-Arnaud. The estimate is based on the roughly 4.8 million homes Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says must be built over 10 years to return affordability to more sustainable…

Buyers finally have leverage, but they aren’t using it, and that gap is now the central problem in purchase lending.  Processing Content The typical home sells below list price in 41 out of the U.S. largest metros according to Best Interest Financial’s analysis of Redfin data. Price-drop activity declined compared to the previous year in…