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Contracts, Invoices & Legal
The operational infrastructure of a freelance business — and the area most freelancers neglect until a client dispute makes it expensive. This sub-forum covers freelance contract templates, scope creep clauses, kill fees, late payment terms, invoice structures, payment platform comparisons, and the legal protections that separate professional freelancers from hobbyists. Downloadable templates live here alongside member experiences with difficult client situations and the contract language that resolved them.
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The systematic miscalculations diverted thousands of dollars from people who fell behind on loans, said documents filed in federal court in Brooklyn. View the full article
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Judges ruled that Atlantic Trust and District Lending continuing to send loans to UWM after the controversial amendment equates to accepting the ultimatum. View the full article
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Other trackers like Zillow and Lender Price on Thursday morning have the 30-year fixed moving higher, following a jump in the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield. View the full article
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The FBI intervened in the incident, which a lawyer for the company's CEO said was a response to another man's actions. View the full article
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The Federal Housing Finance Agency's withdrawal of tenant requirements and an unfair and deceptive acts and practices bulletin sets the tone for the future. View the full article
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Headlines over real estate sales policies, as well as economic upheaval, are having a negative impact on how insiders are seeing the market today. View the full article
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The national median single-family existing-home price grew 3.4% from a year ago to $402,300, an analysis found. View the full article
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped over 2,200 on Friday, the second day of a sell-off due to tariffs, but that could be good for mortgage rates. View the full article
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Metrics the influential government-related mortgage investor is adding appear to be in line with a broader move to examine the impact of serial loss mitigation. View the full article
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Sales of so-called social bonds, which direct proceeds to areas like health, housing and education, jumped about 130% to $657 billion globally last year, and continued at a similar pace in the first quarter. View the full article
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The megaservicer is fending off a class-action lawsuit while suing its insurers for allegedly failing to indemnify it following its breach in 2023. View the full article
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Treasuries surged and investors boosted their bets on Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts Monday as fear of a economic slowdown took hold across US markets. View the full article
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's decision to drop its enforcement action against the credit reporting bureau marks the eighth lawsuit dropped by the agency in recent days. View the full article
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Nearly all respondents to the NextGen survey, Gen Z and millennial, said they want to achieve homeownership, but only about 60% considered it possible. View the full article
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Executives from three wholesale shops, including PRMG, The Loan Store and Newfi, dissected the regulatory landscape and how some developments might impact the broker channel. View the full article
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Perspective homebuyers with work visas, asylum seekers and DACA recipients seeking the government-backed mortgage will be impacted by this sweeping change. View the full article
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Chief Operating Officer Joseph Gormley's appointment fills out a thin executive team at the government corporation, which plays a key role in funding mortgages. View the full article
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Purchases of new single-family homes decreased 10.5% last month to a 657,000 annualized rate, according to government data issued Wednesday. View the full article
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Measures of current sales of single-family homes and prospective-buyer traffic, dropped to their lowest levels since the end of 2023. View the full article
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The company is a leading player in the primary and secondary markets for government-backed reverse mortgages and also has been developing proprietary products. View the full article
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New York Attorney General Letitia James announced new state legislation to ban unfair and abusive business practices, giving state regulators broader authority to crack down on consumer abuses. View the full article
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The average size of purchase applications fell below the $400,000 mark, reflecting first-time home buyer interest, the Mortgage Bankers Association said. View the full article
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The Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency say they will move to rescind a 2023 reform to the Community Reinvestment Act, citing litigation concerns about the rule. View the full article
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Digital Insurance spoke with Jonathan Collura, president and CEO of Specialty Risk RE, about how reinsurers could stabilize the home insurance market in areas affected by natural disasters. View the full article
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The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization has created a new version of, as well as enhanced the current edition. of its reference model. View the full article
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