The Mortgage Works has made enhancements to its application process to broaden support for landlords including age criteria and maximum total borrowing. The lender has increased the maximum age at application for first-time landlords from 70 to 75, up to 70% loan-to-value (LTV). There will also be no maximum age for experienced landlords applying up…
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks at a 2025 news conference. The mayor released his administration’s FY2027 budget forecast Thursday.Bloomberg News Chicago’s projected fiscal year 2027 deficit declined $283.9 million from last year’s estimate in the budget forecast released Thursday, and the city plans to make the second half of its advance pension payment in mid-September….
Operator Good day, everyone, and welcome to Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. First Quarter Fiscal 2027 Financial Results Conference Call. This call is being recorded. At this time, I would like to turn the call over to Kevin Maxwell, Smith & Wesson’s General Counsel, who will give us information about today’s call. Thank you. You…
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12:01 AM, 4th September 2026, 43 minutes ago The Renters’ Rights Act has caused unintended consequences, with tenants struggling to find affordable places to live as landlords sell up. The Daily Mail reports a growing imbalance between supply and demand as rents keep rising. Propertymark urges the government to invest in the private rented sector…
The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) is calling on the UK government to carry out a comprehensive review of shared ownership in England. The institute is warning that the tenure must be financially sustainable over the long term, rather than simply affordable at the point of purchase. The call comes as CIH publishes new research, Shared…
12:01 AM, 4th September 2026, 33 minutes ago Recent reforms focus on correcting perceived failures in leasehold ownership. Less attention has been paid to how these changes alter incentives, redistribute costs and reshape the economics of responsibility. This article examines how the removal of freehold value is transforming ownership from an income asset into a…
Financial institutions pondering how FedNow, the real-time payment service from the Federal Reserve, might fit into their product sets will have a new incentive to factor in when the FedNow discount program begins Jan. 1. Eligible FIs could receive a minimum of a $5,000 discount when enabling FedNow receive capabilities. Participation in other Fed programs,…
Over half of the U.S. states have seen an increase in self-employment since 2019, and a new map shows which states have the highest rate of self-employed workers. As of 2024, the states with the highest percentage of self-employed workers were Vermont at 8.6%, Montana at 8.4%, Maine at 8.0%, South Dakota at 7.6%, and North Dakota at 7.4%. California comes in at…
AI companies are buying used books to help train their large language models. As part of a copyright settlement earlier this year, courts ruled that buying physical books and destroying them for AI training is technically fair use.