For many middle-aged and older homeowners with several years of equity on their homes, 2021 could be a prime time to refinance from a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage into a 15-year mortgage. The three primary reasons homeowners refinance to shorter-term loans are to save money on interest, to pay off the loan faster, and to build […]
Summary List Placement “I want it, I got it.” So sings Gen Z and millennial muse Ariana Grande in “7 rings.” The pop star goes on to detail all of the things that she can buy with her reported $150 million fortune — eyelashes, diamonds, hair. “Whoever said money can’t solve your problems/Must not have […]
Summary List Placement Employment shrank in December for the first time in eight months as stricter COVID-19 lockdown measures cut into economic growth. The country’s private sector shed 123,000 payrolls last month, according to the ADP monthly employment report published Wednesday morning. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg expected an increase of 75,000 payrolls. The decline is […]
Dr. Dre says he will be “back home soon” after the music mogul received medical treatment at a Los Angeles hospital for a reported brain aneurysm. The rapper and producer said in a social media post Tuesday night that he’s thankful for the “well wishes.” TMZ reported that he suffered a brain aneurysm Monday and […]
Mortgage applications dropped 4.2% from two weeks prior, according to the latest report by the Mortgage Bankers Association. Mortgage rates continued 2020’s trend at historically low figures, with the 30-year fixed rate at 2.86% and the 15-year fixed rate at a survey low of 2.40%, according to Joel Kan, MBA’s associate vice president of economic […]
Tanya Roberts, who captivated James Bond in “A View to a Kill” and appeared in the sitcom “That ’70s Show,” has died, several hours after she was mistakenly declared dead by her publicist and her partner. She was 65. Lance O’Brien, her companion of nearly two decades, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Cedars-Sinai […]
The 2021 Grammy Awards will no longer take place this month in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in March due to a recent surge in coronavirus cases and deaths. The Recording Academy told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the annual show would shift from its original January 31 broadcast to an unspecified date […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced today that more than $54 billion in emergency relief funding is now available to support fully reopening K-12 schools, facilitate continuity of learning, and measure and address the learning loss caused by a lack of in-person learning opportunities. This funding is allocated by the Coronavirus Response […]
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Months after it delayed its $250 million initial public offering, AmeriHome has signaled that it may now be ready to enter the public markets. The lender and servicer filed updated paperwork with the Securities and Exchanges Commission on Monday detailing its performance through Sept. 30. According to the updated S-1, AmeriHome, owned by asset management […]
Chicago-based lender Guaranteed Rate is acquiring wholesale lender Stearns Lending for an undisclosed sum, multiple sources told HousingWire Tuesday. Employees at Stearns, a multi-channel lender that is owned by financial giant Blackstone Group, were told in an all-hands call on Tuesday afternoon, sources told HousingWire. Neither Guaranteed Rate, a heavy hitter in retail lending, nor […]
Summary List Placement The $10 billion Jeff Bezos gave in February to launch the Bezos Earth Fund, an initiative seeking to combat climate change, has been deemed the single-largest charitable gift of 2020 by The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Bezos announced the multibillion-dollar gift and the creation of the Bezos Earth Fund on Instagram. His announcement […]
The Housing Policy Council has weighed in on the Conference of State Bank Supervisors’ new proposed standards for nonbank mortgage servicers. In its comments, HPC suggests that regulators need to align on the regulations in order to avoid disruption. In October, CSBS made a controversial move to issue a final rule with proposed prudential standards for nonbank mortgage […]
Andrew Savoia, a 24-year-old Arlington, Virginia, cello player has taken social media by storm, posting TikTok videos of himself performing instrumental covers of modern pop and hip- hop songs. One of his first viral videos, cover of “Come Get Her” by the hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd, had over 3 million views. Maxim Moskalkov has the […]
Andrew Savoia, a 24-year-old Arlington, Virginia, cello player has taken social media by storm, posting TikTok videos of himself performing instrumental covers of modern pop and hip- hop songs. One of his first viral videos, cover of “Come Get Her” by the hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd, had over 3 million views. Maxim Moskalkov has the […]
Summary List Placement Manhattan-based educational consultant Wendy Levey has deep roots in New York City’s preschool scene. She founded Epiphany Community Nursery School, a premiere preschool on the Upper East Side, in 1975 and served as the director for 45 years before closing it in early 2020. She also founded ECNS ETC (formerly Rhythm and […]
SimpleNexus, a digital mortgage startup, announced on Tuesday that it picked up $108 million in a Series B funding around. The fund raise comes as the company attempts to increase its marketshare within the eClosing and mobile mortgage segments. The Utah-based software developer offers a private-label digital mortgage platform and mobile app designed to connect […]
Summary List Placement A calculator developed by the Center for American Progress (CAP) shows you exactly how much money you stand to lose by quitting your job during the pandemic – something many people, particularly women, are considering as the coronavirus crisis strains their time, caring responsibilities, and mental health. CAP originally created the tool […]
The Midwestern state of Indiana this year will be host to the entire men’s college basketball tournament, also known as March Madness, the NCAA announced Monday. The college athletic group is attempting to create a “bubble,” or an isolation zone, in an attempt to protect the college athletes from contracting COVID-19, the disease caused by […]
Tanya Roberts, who captivated James Bond in “A View to a Kill” and later played Midge Pinciotti in the sitcom “That ’70s Show,” has been hospitalized after falling at her home. The actor had mistakenly been reported dead by her publicist earlier Monday. Later Monday afternoon, Roberts’ publicist, Mike Pingel, told The Associated Press that […]
Summary List Placement Finding your ideal career path is less about looking for a “dream job” and more about assessing the day-to-day tasks you enjoy doing. Below are 15 online courses, books, and free resources to help you find what you like, take steps towards a career transition, or improve a current job. Read […]
ReverseVision, a reverse mortgage technology provider, announced on Monday its president, Joe Langner, will now serve as both president and chief executive officer after just nine months with the company. Langner will succeed former CEO John Button, who had previously held the title for over nine years and who will continue to advise the corporate […]
The end of 2020 won’t necessarily mean saying goodbye to the favorable 2% mortgage rates that hit historically-low levels 16 times over the past 12 months. In fact, most industry observers believe rates will remain at the same low levels in 2021 as the Federal Reserve uses low rates as a weapon to combat the […]
The number of mortgages in active forbearance rose by 15,000 in the last week of 2020, according to a report on Friday from Black Knight. Though the raw number increased for the third consecutive week, the number of mortgages in active forbearance remained at 5.3%, unchanged from the two prior weeks. Last week’s uptick was largely driven by the […]
Tanya Roberts, who captivated James Bond in “A View to a Kill,” appeared in the final season of “Charlie’s Angels” and later played Midge Pinciotti in the sitcom “That ’70s Show,” has died in Los Angeles. She was 65. Roberts’ death Sunday was announced by her publicist, Mike Pingel. She collapsed in her home and […]
Citadel Servicing Corporation (CSC), one of the country’s largest non-QM lenders, is rebranding as Acra Lending (Acra). The change is effective Monday. “We are excited to rebrand our business as Acra Lending to reflect the substantial time and resources we have dedicated to internalizing customer feedback, fine tuning our financial and operating model, and investing […]
Gerry Marsden, frontman of 1960s group Gerry and the Pacemakers, has died aged 78, the singer’s friend Pete Price announced Sunday. Liverpool-born Marsden, who died after a short illness, had a 1960s hit with his cover of the Rodgers and Hammerstein song “You’ll Never Walk Alone”, which originally featured in their musical Carousel. Liverpool FC […]
The ongoing controversy over the money left behind by Prince when he died without a will is heating up again after Internal Revenue Service calculations showed that executors of the rock star’s estate undervalued it by 50%, or about $80 million. The IRS determined that Prince’s estate is worth $163.2 million, overshadowing the $82.3 million […]
Summary List Placement Paul Krugman expects the US economic recovery from the pandemic to be “much faster and continue much longer than many people expect,” he said in a recent New York Times column. The Nobel Prize-winning economist predicts mass vaccination, pent-up demand, greater household savings, technological progress, and the Biden administration’s backing to fuel […]
Summary List Placement A lawsuit aimed at forcing New York City to provide WiFi for students in homeless shelters is moving forward to trial. US District Judge Alison Nathan ruled last week that the class-action suit brought by homeless parents and the Coalition of the Homeless would proceed to expedited discovery in preparation for a […]
Summary List Placement Stephen Moore, an economic advisor to President Donald Trump, is arguing against a “massive stimulus bill,” according to The Hill. In an interview with businessman John Catsimatidis on his WABC 770 AM radio show, Moore said the economy’s recovery is not dependent on the pandemic legislative relief package. It will recover “without […]
Summary List Placement Sen. Lindsay Graham on Friday urged the Republican-led Senate to avoid delaying passing a bill that includes $2,000 direct checks to Americans, a move that’s been shut down by the top leaders in the upper chamber. In a Thursday floor session, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said increasing stimulus checks from $600 […]
Summary List Placement The 92nd Street Y is housed in an unassuming building on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. You might never guess from the outside of this nonprofit cultural and community center that it’s home to the preschool countless celebrities — including Woody Allen, Michael J. Fox, Katie Couric, Connie Chung, and Kevin […]
Pope Francis reappeared Friday after chronic sciatic pain forced him to miss the Church’s New Year services and made no mention of his ailment as he delivered his traditional appeal for world peace. The pope was unable to attend services Thursday and again Friday morning because of the sciatica – a relatively common problem […]
Summary List Placement For most of the world’s richest people, 2020 was a good year for their finances. The collective net worth of America’s billionaires now tops $4 trillion, rising by 36% from March 18 to December 18 according to a report by Americans for Tax Fairness and the Institute of Policy Studies. The biggest […]
Summary List Placement Instructional design is a growing field that blends teaching with design to make learning more engaging and fun. It can be applied to many jobs, from teaching to developing corporate trainings, online classes, or educational videos. Below are 10 online courses, certificate programs, and free blogs to help you learn about instructional […]
After falling to the lowest rate in Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey’s near 50-year-history last week, the average U.S. mortgage rate for a 30-year fixed loan remained at a survey-low 2.67% this week. Last week’s announcement of a 2.67% rate broke the previous record set on Dec. 3, and was the first time the […]
The world’s 7.8 billion people are preparing to bid a hearty farewell to 2020, but without the usual fanfare and public gatherings, thanks to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The small central Pacific island nations of Tonga, Samoa and Kiribati were first to welcome 2021 due to their location on the international date line, […]
In October, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors made a controversial move to issue a final rule with proposed prudential standards for nonbank mortgage servicers – standards that, if enacted, have some stakeholders worried. The proposed rule addressed capital, liquidity, governance, policy related to entity survivorship and more. But now, the Urban Institute is warning […]
FILE – In this 1965 file photo, Dawn Wells, center, poses with fellow cast members of “Gilligan’s Island,” Bob Denver and Alan Hale Jr., in Los Angeles. The 98 episodes invariably involved their efforts in vain to get off the island, even as a parade of guest stars dropped in and had no trouble getting […]
Summary List Placement Amazon has video courses that span topics from cooking and singing to history and mathematics. They’re designed by , and most are available to rent or buy, either by individual episode or season. You can also subscribe to The Great Courses Signature Collection subscription, which is $8 a month. Read more: […]
Summary List Placement Twenty-four of the 73 West Point cadets accused of cheating on a final exam were football players, and 17 of them remain on the team that will appear in the Liberty Bowl against West Virginia on Thursday, the academy confirmed on Wednesday. Some of the players played in the last three games, […]
Summary List Placement Like many universities, Princeton offers free online classes. Popular courses run the gamut from Buddhism, computer science, Bitcoin, and global history. You can find the full list of all the free virtual Princeton classes on edX and Coursera here. Read more: 54 free online courses from the best colleges in the […]
Summary List Placement Hindi is the third most spoken language in the world, and it’s helpful to know whether you want to travel to India in the future or apply your Hindi knowledge to your career aspirations. Below are 10 affordable online courses, apps, and videos to learn Hindi on your own. Read more: 10 […]
During the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina from1992 to 1995, tens of thousands of refugees came to the United States. In this story narrated by Anna Rice, Dino Jahic reports they brought some unique culinary traditions to the US details ⇒ BusinessMediaguide.Com portal received this content from this noted web source: VOANews.Com