United Wholesale Mortgage is the first major lender this year to raise its conforming loan limits in advance of the formal announcement in November by the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Even though UWM will start obtaining loans with these higher limits from mortgage brokers immediately, it will need to keep the mortgages on its balance […]
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Want to know something important you probably don’t have a professional check for you nearly as often as you should? Spoiler alert: it’s the value of your home. Because here’s the reality. Your house is likely the biggest financial asset you have. And if you’ve lived in it for a few years or more, chances
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Last month, a federal appeals court ruled that many of the tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) were illegal. Gulp. The tariffs in question — sometimes called “reciprocal” tariffs — had raised import tax rates up to 50% on India and Brazil and as high as 145% on certain Chinese goods.
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