The wholesale mortgage lending division of Rocket Companies has launched a national mortgage broker directory on its website, providing potential leads to mortgage brokers and also poking at its biggest rival, United Wholesale Mortgage, in the process. “The directory not only includes the 43,000 individual loan officers who work with us, but every mortgage broker […]
Summary List Placement One of the best ways to guarantee your child a spot at an elite preschool is by connecting to the program’s values or “mission statement” as outlined on their website. As Founder of Rainbow EDU Consulting & Tutoring Cindy Chanin, who’s heavily involved with several of New York City’s and LA’s most sought-after […]
Tony Bennett has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease but it hasn’t quieted his legendary voice. The singer’s wife and son reveal in the latest edition of AARP The Magazine that Bennett was first diagnosed with the irreversible neurological disorder in 2016. The magazine says he endures “increasingly rarer moments of clarity and awareness.” Still, he […]
Summary List Placement A group of 10 Republican senators introduced a stimulus proposal last week to counter the $2 trillion plan President Joe Biden already proposed. The GOP plan totals to an estimated $618 billion – nearly a third the size of Biden’s proposed aid package. Led by Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, the Republican […]
Summary List Placement A group of 10 Senate Republicans on Monday unveiled their plan for a smaller economic relief package ahead of an afternoon meeting with President Joe Biden. The group is attempting to strike a bipartisan deal on a targeted economic aid plan. Their blueprint is less than a third of the $1.9 trillion […]
United Wholesale Mortgage, now a publicly traded company, will return to the Super Bowl this year. The wholesale lender will be running a new Super Bowl commercial spotlighting independent mortgage brokers and its website FindAMortgageBroker.com for a second straight year. See the video below: “We will always find ways to elevate and shine a light […]
At twice the size of other kids his age, a young champion sumo wrestler in Japan can shove around his older counterparts. Training with his dad, he already set his sights on one day dominating the national sport. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has more. details ⇒ BusinessMediaguide.Com portal received this content from this noted web source: […]
We start the beginning of each year with a magazine issue that focuses on servicing, and this year is no different. But after the tumultuous year we experienced in 2020, servicing will now be more important than ever. Flashback to the Great Recession that began in 2008 and the devastation that followed, servicers were put […]
The abstract figures of naked women gyrating to the rhythms of a five-piece band had shocked many people almost 60 years ago as they eyed the artwork for the first time on the walls of a popular restaurant-nightclub in Cyprus. The valuable and very rare concrete relief by Christoforos Savva, Cyprus’ most avant-garde artist of […]
Summary List Placement Democrats wield full control over the levers of power in Washington for the first time in a decade. A surprise victory in two Senate runoffs in Georgia delivered Democrats a narrow majority in the Senate, opening the door for a larger stimulus package and healthcare reform. In the week since his inauguration, […]
Summary List Placement Democrats are pushing for a $15 federal minimum wage, over double the current rate of $7.25 (which was enacted in 2009). Under the proposed wage increase, nearly 32 million Americans — 21% of America’s total workforce — would get a raise, according to a report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). As […]
Summary List Placement The GameStop frenzy continues. The video-game retailer was on the brink of death in 2019, and has clung on for nearly two years, as Insider’s Ben Gilbert reported. As recently as August, its stock was trading at just $5 per share. By January 27, GameStop had hit new highs of over $325 […]
Actors with disabilities will be included in auditions for each new film and television production at NBCUniversal, which becomes the second major media company to make such a commitment. NBCUniversal said Friday that the pledge covers projects by the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, Universal Studio Group, NBC network and Peacock streaming service. The pledge was […]
The new acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Dave Uejio, told staff in an email on Thursday that the bureau will direct its attention to mortgage servicers, promising “aggressive action” to ensure companies follow the law. In the email, Uejio laid out his vision for the coming months, saying that his top two […]
The volume of homes sold or refinanced in 2020 was incredible, with total origination volume expected to top $4 trillion for the year once all the numbers are in. Wanting to take advantage of record low mortgage rates to gain more space in a pandemic, consumers didn’t follow traditional seasonal buying patterns, fueling a non-stop […]
Over $4 trillion in originations made its way through the housing market last year, and new data from mortgage software firm LBA Ware revealed that by the end of 2020, loan officers played every last card in their deck to get those deals closed by New Years. Total funded loan volume by loan officers in […]
Summary List Placement In 2018, Yale professor Laurie Santos taught a class in response to concerning levels of student depression and anxiety. It became the most popular course in the school’s history. To share the class’ contents with a wider audience, Santos created a free Coursera course, The Science of Well-Being, that teaches you […]
Following up on President Biden’s Executive Order last week directing all federal agencies to address the current economic crisis resulting from the pandemic, the U.S. Department of Education today announced a special effort to help Americans pursue higher education. details ⇒ BusinessMediaguide.Com portal received this content from this noted web source: Website of U.S. Department […]
This HousingWire Daily interview features a crossover episode from HousingWire’s Housing News podcast, a show that highlights a new mortgage or real estate executive each week to add perspective to the top stories crossing HousingWire’s news desk. In this episode, HomeBridge Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer Brian “Woody” White discusses what increasing diversity within the housing […]
Summary List Placement In an interview with CNBC, Sen. Elizabeth Warren said the US is “suffering” from a K-shaped recovery — and again identified a wealth tax as one way to address inequality. “We’ve been talking about wealth inequality in this country for several years now,” Warren said. “This pandemic could accelerate it at a […]
The Capitol Police are stepping up security at Washington-area transportation hubs and taking other steps to safeguard traveling lawmakers as Congress continues to react to this month’s deadly assault on the Capitol. Capitol Police will be stationed at area airports and Washington’s Union Station railway hub on busy travel days, the House’s chief law enforcement […]
Over the past six months, mergers and acquisitions, huge financing rounds and public offerings have dominated headlines across the real estate and housing finance sector. This level of action is keeping finance executives like Jeremy Collett, Executive Director, Capital Markets at Guaranteed Rate busier than ever. “This is such an interesting topic right now,” said […]
Summary List Placement “Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life” is a popular four-hour CreativeLive class. Experts and Stanford instructors Bill Burnett and Dave Evans use design theory to teach you how to build an enjoyable life. I took the course, and it’s more like an interactive TED talk than an […]
Summary List Placement Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts stressed the need for a wealth tax to counter wealth inequality in the country during an interview on CNBC on Thursday. Brought on to discuss the GameStop trade that shook the stock market in the last two weeks, Warren told CNBC’s Wilfred Frost and Sara Eisen that […]
A “sick, sad joke.” That’s the phrase a former Trump administration appointee for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Acting Director Mick Mulvaney, used to describe the government agency he was later selected to lead. President Donald Trump kept Mulvaney in his role for as long as possible, only nominating Kathy Kraninger at the end of […]
Summary List Placement High earners are continuing to fare well during the pandemic. Fifty-nine percent of those with a household income of $100,000 or more have increased their savings, a new MagnifyMoney study found. By comparison, only 28% of those earning less than $35,000 were able to save more. (The study surveyed 1,200-plus Americans in […]
Home Point Financial, the parent company of Michigan-based wholesale lender Homepoint, intends to raise $94.25 million dollars on its Wall Street debut on Friday. The lender plans to price 7.25 million shares of common stock at $13.00 per share on Friday, the company said in a statement late Thursday evening. Home Point Capital itself is […]
Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” died Thursday at age 96. Tyson’s death was announced by her family, via her manager […]
Former Freddie Mac CEO David Brickman will take the helm of a newly formed commercial agency lending platform, created by a partnership between commercial mortgage brokerage Meridian Capital Group and investment manager Barings. Brickman will lead the company as CEO. Under the terms of the agreement, the joint venture will acquire the assets and liabilities […]
Summary List Placement The Biden administration ruled out splitting its $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan into two on Thursday, heightening the odds that Democrats will pass their package through a party-line majority vote using reconciliation. “I just want to take the opportunity to be crystal-clear: We’re not looking to split the package. That is not […]
Summary List Placement Microsoft Education boss Eran Megiddo told employees at an companywide all-hands meeting last week that more than 100 million students now use its Teams video and chat app, up about 30 million since the beginning of the school year in September. The figure represents significant growth for the product: About 7 million […]
Summary List Placement An expansion of child tax credits is included in President Joe Biden’s stimulus proposal. Critics are arguing that the move will do little to alleviate child poverty in the US. The expansion of child tax credits gives families with children under the age of six $3,600 per year, and $3,000 per year […]
Mortgage lenders and professional sports franchises have a lot more in common than you might think — mergers and acquisitions, recruitment, branding and star players, to name a few. But their most important connection is their need to always stay competitive and prioritize their customers’ experience. Today, we are in the largest mortgage market in U.S. […]
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Summary List Placement You can find many online game development courses from e-learning sites like Coursera, edX, and . Below, you’ll find 15 of the best online game design classes, from two-hour beginner courses to series that train students for the Unity Certified 3D Artist exam. Read more: 13 sites where you can learn […]
Summary List Placement A prominent House Democrat slammed Robinhood’s move to restrict trading on some stocks like Gamestop and endorsed the idea of holding a congressional hearing on the popular trading app’s decision. Rep. Ro Khanna, a leading member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said there was “visceral anger” at hedge funds for their role […]
Summary List Placement As part of a series of executive actions on healthcare President Joe Biden will take on Thursday, he will end a policy that prohibits federal funds from being used for abortions, reversing his predecessor’s actions. The White House said that Biden will “protect and expand access to comprehensive reproductive health care,” on […]
The average mortgage rate for a 30-year fixed loan fell four basis points last week to 2.73%, according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey. This is the second week mortgage rates have ticked downwards since Jan. 14’s sudden jump, but still more closely resembles the rates seen around Thanksgiving. The 15-year fixed mortgage rate also […]
Summary List Placement The US economy grew less than anticipated in the last three months of 2020 as the moderating pace of recovery padded against the coronavirus’s dire resurgence. US gross domestic product grew at an annualized rate of 4% in the fourth quarter, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Barring last quarter’s record leap, the […]
FILE – Cloris Leachman poses with her Emmy award for outstanding single performance by an actress in “A Brand New Life” at the Emmy Awards presentation in Los Angeles, May 21, 1975. A character actor of extraordinary range, Leachman defied typecasting. In her early television career, she appeared as the mother of Timmy on the […]
The Federal Open Market Committee left future economic policies virtually unchanged at its Wednesday meeting, indicating that short-term mortgage rates will stay low for years to come. “The pace of the recovery in economic activity and employment has moderated in recent months, with weakness concentrated in the sectors most adversely affected by the pandemic,” the […]
The housing industry is keeping a close eye on the Biden administration’s proposal of a first-time homebuyer tax credit of $15,000. If passed, the funds — which would help cover a down payment — could be accessed immediately by the buyer at the closing table. Biden’s tax credit — along with Biden’s other economic goals […]
Summary List Placement A top economic advisor to President Joe Biden pushed back Wednesday on the idea of limiting stimulus check eligibility. During a Bloomberg conference, White House economist Jared Bernstein argued the federal payments are “better targeted than I think most people realize,” and added “it’s not just people at the bottom who need […]
Summary List Placement Secretary of Energy nominee Jennifer Granholm expressed her intent to create new jobs through President Joe Biden’s climate plan during her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, bolstering economic growth while fighting the climate crisis. Biden signed a series of executive orders on Wednesday to “confront the existential threat of climate change,” with one […]
Summary List Placement College is priced similarly to airline seats, writes New York Times columnist Ron Lieber in his new book, “The Price You Pay for College.” While costs of attendance have risen, scholarships and student awards have risen, too. Costs are based on a number of factors, including things students can and can’t control. […]