Court Holds Chapter 39A Does Not Apply to the Declaration and Allows Challenge to Whether the Purported Termination Was Made Under Oath to Proceed AUSTIN, Texas, July 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Covenant Clearinghouse, LLC announced today that it secured a significant victory in the North Carolina Business Court after the Court denied D.R. Horton’s motion […]
We’re not seeing much movement from mortgage rates today. The average interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage remained at 6.61% APR, according to rates provided to NerdWallet by Zillow. This is unchanged from yesterday and 14 basis points lower than a week ago. (See our chart below for more specifics.) A basis point is […]
The Mortgage Strategy Specialist Lending Awards 2026, in partnership with Black & White Bridging is more than an evening of recognition – it’s an opportunity to celebrate success, reconnect with colleagues, strengthen client relationships and experience one of the UK’s most iconic venues. On 15 September, join the specialist lending community at The Belfry Hotel […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) will play a key role in Lloyds Banking Group’s new strategic plan that runs through 2030. The U.K.-focused financial services provider aims to achieve a return on tangible equity of greater than 18% in 2028 and about 20% in 2030, according to a frequently asked investor questions file released Thursday (July 30). Part […]
Longevity evangelist Bryan Johnson says he is having second thoughts. The tech entrepreneur, who has transformed his body into a highly measured experiment in antiaging and longevity, is now expressing some doubts about his famous work. “Been thinking things over and wonder if I’ve taken this whole longevity thing too far,” Johnson wrote on X […]
Hudson Investing has secured $52.1 million in acquisition financing for Maple Knoll Apartments, a 300-unit garden-style multifamily complex just outside Indianapolis, Ind., Commercial Observer can first report. Torchlight Investment provided the debt and equity, in which the debt will be securitized through Freddie Mac, while a Northmarq team of Annamarie Bjorklund and Cody Field arranged […]
“A rent-to-own might work in a $400,000 property market where you’re renting and you’re putting a 5% downpayment. That would be $20,000,” he said. “You could build up a sizable equity to allow you to purchase that property. “But it’s very difficult to do a rent-to-own for people at an $800,000 or $900,000 property, because […]
Small Business Administration chief Kelly Loeffler’s annual financial disclosure shows her husband — billionaire Intercontinental Exchange CEO Jeffrey Sprecher, whose company owns the New York Stock Exchange — holds an interest in Executive Branch, an exclusive private members club co-founded by Donald Trump Jr. Loeffler’s annual financial disclosure values Sprecher’s previously unreported interest in Executive […]
Flood zones no longer mark the boundary of storm risk. As weather patterns intensify, servicers are getting ahead of it, reaching clients before disaster strikes and building plans for forbearances, inspections, and insurance claims. Processing Content “Make sure there’s educational materials internally and externally so the worst possible scenario is planned for,” said Jane Mason, […]
When Mayor Zohran Mamdani vilifies landlords, he’s not talking about Ismene Speliotis. In the mayor’s simplistic world of good and evil, she would be called a “high road” landlord. She runs Mamdani’s favorite kind of business, an affordable housing nonprofit. She testified for one of his favorite bills, to mandate a “living wage” and benefits […]