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CNBC Real Estate reports that mortgage rates have climbed to their highest mark since the start of 2025, triggering a sharp retreat in mortgage demand as the cost of financing resets expectations across the housing market.
For investors and self-employed borrowers watching this shift, the conventional path has
Chicago's record 59-37 rout wasn't the only surprise: a 49ers trade addition finally gave San Francisco's pass rush life, and a Commanders special teamer delivered one of the most viral hits of the…
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Deadline reports that Wonder Studios, the UK-based AI production company last valued at $50 million, has staffed up its Los Angeles office with two strategic hires. Inder Gill, who packaged and financed films including Monkey Man and If I Had Legs during his tenure as a media finance
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Hypebeast reports that Sneaker Politics and Timberland have joined forces for their first collaboration, reworking the classic 6-Inch Boot through a Southern lens. The pack offers two colorways: the Outlaw in black pebbled leather and the Rodeo in dark brown with cow-print heels. Both styles release September
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Variety reports that Spain has selected "La Bola Negra," the Cannes Festival standout from directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, as its submission for the 2027 international feature film Academy Award. The choice arrived from a shortlist that also included Rodrigo Sorogoyen's "The Beloved&
Things have gone from bad to worse for the New York Mets. After the Baltimore Orioles knocked them out of playoff contention, now their own former star has reached a milestone against them.
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CBS Sports reports that former North Texas walk-on Drew Mestemaker has forced his way into early 2027 NFL Draft conversations after a 426-yard passing performance against Oregon, a single-game output that has evaluators recalibrating their assessments of the transfer quarterback. The trajectory from unrecruited player to
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Hypebeast reports that Drake has mapped out a 2027 tour following the release of his self-funded visual project "Fear of Missing Out," an hourlong surrealist film directed by Theo Skudra, Liam Macrae, and others. The project weaves together music videos, new tracks, and an Ella Langley
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HousingWire reports that the insurance market is showing uneven regional pressure, with S&P GMI indicating a 1.8% approved rate change through July 2026 while NAIC data reveals the strain is not distributed evenly across the country. This divergence means builders cannot rely on national headlines alone;
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HousingWire reports that mortgage lenders are now wrestling with a fundamental question in the age of automated underwriting: when payroll records, loan origination systems, tax filings, and bank statements tell different stories, who determines which version counts as verified truth? The piece frames this as an emerging operational burden,
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HousingWire reports that Bank of America Securities is projecting roughly $100 billion in non-QM securitization issuance, following a record $20.9 billion in non-QM residential mortgage-backed securities during the third quarter of 2025. That volume signals institutional confidence in loans that fall outside the standard qualified-