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From Fallout Shelters to Food Prep: Concrete’s Sly Slide Into Countertop Design

HomeLight

Rising trend: Concrete becomes chic. Rhodes and Cheng publicized the craft of concrete design by way of books , magazine articles , and tutorials. Concrete countertops are literally in the house. And some seriously swoon-worthy homes. Joanna Gaines flashes the look in her Texas farmhouse kitchen. Source: ( Trueform Concrete ).

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AI + humans = New creative solutions

Housing Wire

The cost to originate a mortgage loan has continued to rise annually. According to the MBA, it cost an IMB $12,450 to originate a loan, on average, in the fourth quarter of 2022. These days I start every conversation with, “Yes, I have used ChatGPT ,” just to get that out of the way for the sake of efficiency.

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Opinion: We don’t need increased regulation of IMBs

Housing Wire

The article was striking to me because it was not long ago that members of a previous administration proposed defining nonbank mortgage lenders as a systemically important financial institution (SIFI) risk as a sector. This entire discussion should be extremely concerning to all in the mortgage industry, especially the IMBs.

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