Industry giant Ron Butler launches his “Angry Mortgage” podcast

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

After facing building pressure to host his own podcast, Ron Butler—one of the biggest names in the mortgage industry—this week launched his inaugural episode. Butler, a 28-year veteran of...

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Half of all households at high risk of lower retirement living standards

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Approximately half of all U.S. households are at risk of being unable to maintain their pre-retirement standard of living once they reach retirement, even if they work until the...

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Former Live Well CFO avoids prison time after federal cooperation

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Former Live Well Financial CFO Eric Rohr will avoid prison time for his role in artificially inflating the value of the reverse mortgage lender’s bonds. The lesser sentence follows...

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5 AI mortgage tools that have launched post-ChatGPT

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Ocrulus, the New York-based technology firm serving mortgage and other lending businesses, announced it started utilizing OpenAI alongside other extraction tools to assist in the automation of document data...

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Slowing growth in house prices – e.surv

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The average sale price of completed home transactions in England and Wales in April 2023 rose by some £8,700, or 2.4% . ...

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Broker Focus: Katherine Stagg, senior mortgage and protection adviser at Mortgage Advice Hub 

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Describe your firm in a few sentences Mortgage Advice Hub is based in Sheffield. The company was founded around six years ago, starting with two employees. It has expanded to...

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March construction output pushes sector to record high: ONS  

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Construction output lifted by 0.2% in March, data from the Office for National Statistics shows, which helped push the sector to its highest level since records began.   New building...

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March building work lifts sector to record high: ONS  

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Construction output lifted by 0.2% in March, data from the Office for National Statistics shows, which helped push the sector to its highest level since records began.   ...

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Bank governor Bailey warns that markets should be ‘very careful’ about 100% LTV loans  

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Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey says lenders and borrowers have to be “very careful” when dealing with zero-deposit 100% loan-to-value mortgages.   ...

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Weekly rate watch: Rate rises overtaking rate reductions

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Fixed mortgage rate rises took precedence this week, with some of the biggest lenders increasing fixed rates in the run up to the Bank of England base rate announcement. Several...

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