The 12 Best Medicine Cabinets of 2024

Eliminate the mess around your sink with these medicine cabinets. Better Homes & Gardens / Alli Waataja When it comes to your bathroom design, a medicine cabinet is an essential detail to consider. Afterall, it’s the ideal place to store toiletries, makeup, hair tools, and other essentials you’ll need easy access to. With so many styles out there, however, it can be difficult to choose...

Global Home Price Growth Accelerates in 2024

Based on new data from Knight Frank, global housing markets continued to see stronger growth in the first quarter of 2024, with annual growth across the 56 markets we cover reaching 3.6%. This marks a notable improvement from the 2.2% growth seen in Q2 last year when markets were absorbing the impact of the rapid worldwide rise in interest rates since early 2022. Although prices are rising at an annual...

Rocktop, LiquidFi make progress in quest for ’seamless’ digital mortgage exchange

Fintech firms Rocktop Technologies and LiquidFi on Thursday announced a milestone in their business partnership that was formed earlier this year. Rocktop — a solutions-as-a-service company that works to improve yields for institutional investors, asset managers and other participants in the fixed-income and mortgage markets — has now placed more than $60 billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB) on...

While confidence is rising, many fear savings will not sustain retirement: BlackRock

A wide-ranging and multigenerational survey about retirement confidence in the U.S. found that while general confidence has risen over the past year, most Americans remain concerned that their savings will not be able to keep up with their needs in retirement. The Read on Retirement survey, conducted by BlackRock, enlisted perspectives from members of the millennial, Gen X and baby boomer generations....

The Appraisal Foundation settles Fair Housing Act case with HUD

The Appraisal Foundation, a private organization that is the de facto regulator of appraisers, has settled with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) over allegations that its qualification program violated the Fair Housing Act.  HUD opened an investigation in December 2021 to determine whether the foundation’s Appraiser Qualification Criteria, established by the...

Court extensions granted for Texas Capital Bank and Ginnie Mae

A magistrate judge overseeing requests in a case against Ginnie Mae brought by Texas Capital Bank (TCB) has granted each side’s respective requests for an extension — one for a partial summary judgment for TCB, and the other for a change in venue by attorneys for the U.S. government. This is according to court documents reviewed by HousingWire’s Reverse Mortgage Daily (RMD). Extensions...

CFPB’s authority affirmed in appeal against Townstone Financial

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has broad authority under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) to prohibit discrimination against credit applicants and from discouraging prospective applicants for credit. This reinforces the bureau’s enforcement authority as it wages a war against redlining, including in a case against Chicago-based Townstone Financial, according to court documents...

Wonderfully Witchy: The Spadena House in Beverly Hills and how it came to be

If you’re into witch culture and have long been obsessing about unique abodes like the now-iconic Practical Magic house, you’re going to love the Spadena House. Also known as the Witch’s House in Beverly Hills, the magnificently mystical home looks like it’s been plucked straight out of a fairytale — or a Hocus Pocus film set. Located on the corner of Walden Drive and Carmelita Avenue, the...

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