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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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Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought told the House Budget Committee Wednesday that the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund is still a target for elimination by the administration because it promotes "woke" ideology. View the full article
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Aulene Wessel also previously worked in the fintech sector, and will be heading up accounting in her new post at the nonbank mortgage lender and servicer. View the full article
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The company maintained its guidance for the year as the bottom line returned to the black in the first quarter, officials reported in an earnings call. View the full article
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The company revised the deal after consulting with Ginnie Mae and reported lower earnings due to rate volatility, refinancing and FHA delinquencies. View the full article
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A series of moves aimed at deleveraging its balance sheet led to the loss, but the bottom line improved markedly over 2023. View the full article
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The company posted its best quarter for funded loan volume and shared other green shoots including greater margins on less reverse mortgage business. View the full article
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PHH Mortgage's new name comes after a recent sale of reverse lending assets and also arrives less than two years after Onity Group itself rebranded. View the full article
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The company formerly known as Ocwen confirmed that a deferred tax asset valuation helped boost net income to common shareholders despite servicing challenges. View the full article
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Former Rocket CEO takes new board position, Tidalwave welcomes MBA and ICE alums, NFM promotes at the top and Evergreen, Dark Matter add to their C-suites. View the full article
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The estimated range for net income to common shareholders at the company formerly known as Ocwen rose in part due to a deferred tax asset valuation. View the full article
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With limited seasoning and primarily a clean payment history, OBX 2026-NQM1 had a seasoned probability of default of 33.3% among the AAA stresses and 11.4% among the B. View the full article
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The deal also includes a 120-day stop advance provision, which prevents it from forwarding any interest and principal on loans that are past 120 days delinquent. View the full article
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With the new option, unveiled Monday during OpenAI's annual developers event, a user can look up a three-bedroom home in a specific neighborhood on Zillow, without leaving the ChatGPT app. View the full article
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The multi-year, $100 million agreement will allow users to take financial actions without leaving the ChatGPT app. View the full article
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The real estate fintech touted Doma's role in Fannie Mae's title-acceptance pilot as key to the deal, which follows Opendoor's recent mortgage product rollout. View the full article
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The antitrust lawsuit suggests over two dozen mortgage companies shared sensitive loan origination information as the "price of cartel membership." View the full article
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Defendants argued the vendor doesn't operate a pricing algorithm, and said some of the implicated home loan players never used the software. View the full article
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A shared client base helped lead to introduction of the new integration, with implementation scheduled to come later this year, the companies said. View the full article
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Kind Lending, Class Valuation, also add CFOs, Mortgage Capital Trading boosts artificial intelligence efforts and Acra welcomes an industry veteran. View the full article
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Willamette Valley Bank cited consumer shifts to nonbanks and stubborn interest rates behind the decision, joining a line of institutions to exit since 2025. View the full article
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ICE Mortgage Technology announced additions for its Encompass LOS, while Mortgage Cadence is bringing out a new version of MCP aimed at mid-sized depositories. View the full article
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An estimated 565,000 first-lien refinances closed in the fourth quarter, up 50% from a year prior and the most since the second quarter of 2022, ICE found. View the full article
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Approximately 1.4 million taxpayers have received notices that their tax refunds are being delayed because the IRS wants direct deposit information. View the full article
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In early deployments with Freedom Mortgage, the platform from Palantir Technologies and Moder is live with multiple key processes. View the full article
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The The President administration's exploration of a public offering tied to the government-sponsored enterprises spurred debate at a Bipartisan Policy Center event. View the full article
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