Remote work helped fuel migration and erased the loss of rural residents that occurred in the decade prior to the arrival of Covid, Harvard researchers found.
Richard Bernstein, MBA, is a former IRS R&D engineer who counseled IRS engineering managers for over 17 years on how to think about high-risk R&D tax credits dealing with software. Having retired in 2004, he now is helping businesses compile and archive their substantiation in preparation for submitting their Form 6765, business component and Part G data. Reach him at
ETHZilla partnered with Zippy to bring manufactured home chattel loans on-chain as tokenized real-world assets.
In a world assailed by extreme weather, homeowners and purchasers need to know their property's vulnerability to wildfire or flooding. Ratings like those Zillow took down are a big improvement on often outdated federal flood maps and state wildfire maps.
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have added billions of dollars of mortgage-backed securities and home loans to their balance sheets in recent months, fueling speculation that they're trying to push down lending rates and boost their profitability ahead of a potential public offering.
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For 2026, the mortgage industry operating environment will improve, while nonbank financial metrics should be within Fitch's rating criteria sensitivities.
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Rohit Chopra is named senior advisor to the Democratic Attorneys General Association's working group on consumer protection and affordability; Flagstar Bank adds additional wealth-planning capabilities to its private banking division; Chime promotes three members of its executive leadership team; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
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The executive order described state legislation on artificial intelligence as a cumbersome patchwork, and pledged to develop a national framework.
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Kansas City Federal Reserve President Jeffrey Schmid and Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said in statements Friday that their dissents from this week's interest rate decision were spurred by inflation concerns and a lack of sufficient economic data.
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Mortgage groups want GSEs to buy MBS to lower rates, but the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors writes that the plan is risky, unnecessary, and poorly timed.
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Several claims in a recent Loan Think column misrepresented how credit scores and resellers work in mortgage lending, according to the president of the National Consumer Reporting Association.
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Renters who pay on time deserve credit toward homeownership, and new data tools can make that possible, according to the owner of Burkentine Real Estate Group.
New rules means sellers and servicers will need to have plans demonstrating proper oversight of their artificial intelligence and machine learning practices.
Mortgage companies see a lending future backed by artificial intelligence, but there may be as many questions as answers to what the path might look like.
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ON-DEMAND VIDEOKC Mathews, executive vice president and chief market strategist at Commerce Trust breaks down the FOMC meeting.
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ON-DEMAND VIDEOThe markets are waiting for the Federal Open Market Committee to make its next move.
