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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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Howard Lutnick's influence in housing today is primarily tied to tariffs but his firm also had a storied past in mortgages and was hit hard by the 9/11 attacks. View the full article
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The $300 million strong team brings with it two top producers in the state. View the full article
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Reality TV contributed to heightened demand for fixer-uppers and DIY projects, but today's economics are altering consumers' home buying considerations. View the full article
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Wall Street's pandemic gem is facing a broad selloff Wednesday as fears of constrained homebuilders' margins, bloated inventories and elevated mortgage rates rattle investor sentiment. View the full article
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While Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is continuing to try and save the agency she helped create, Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who benefited from crypto spending in his primary race, is a new ally. View the full article
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Meanwhile, home prices are set to grow 3 to 4% in 2025, a Fitch report predicts. View the full article
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New residential construction decreased 9.8% to an annualized pace of 1.37 million last month, slipping after a nearly 16% surge in December, according to government data released Wednesday. View the full article
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Overall home loan application activity fell 6.6% last week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association, with volume resembling the frigid start to the year. View the full article
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These home lenders with 500 or more employees are considered among their staffs the best mortgage company to work for in 2025. View the full article
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Gahanna, Ohio was the hottest ZIP code for the second consecutive year. View the full article
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The government guarantor saw close to 25% of probationary employees cut. View the full article
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The new tool taps into Intercontinental Exchange's AllRegs database, which contains over a million pages of guidelines from various sources. View the full article
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More government-backed loans shifted out of forbearance, while the share of portfolio and private-label securities loans remained flat from December. View the full article
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Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman — who is viewed as a leading contender to be the next Vice Chair for Supervision at the central bank — said changes to the post-financial crisis framework should be a focal point of the central bank's ongoing regulatory policy review. View the full article
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The lender says its first-of-its-kind program can give consumers up to $5,000 in credits based on their prior 12-month rent payment history. View the full article
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A just-released McKinsey report predicts strong growth for market data providers, but analysts note that big tech companies are encroaching. View the full article
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With proposed tariffs on homebuilding materials working looming and a cloudy forecast for mortgage rates, young homebuyers are facing increased volatility. View the full article
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Check out the 36 companies that made our list of the Best Mortgage Companies to Work For. View the full article
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The private mortgage insurers reported just 5% less business versus the third quarter and 33% more new insurance written over the fourth quarter 2023. View the full article
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Sean Desmond, the new CEO of nCino, hinted at some of the products under development in an interview with American Banker. View the full article
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