The Bar Code Puzzle, a new book by W. E. Anderson, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. Within the Universal Product Code, the scannable code emblazoned upon nearly every product we use today, there is a discernible order to the numbers, though the original author of the code claimed it was arbitrary. This…Continue Reading
कुल्लू2 घंटे पहलेकॉपी लिंकहिमाचल के पहाड़ी क्षेत्रों में शुक्रवार सुबह से ही बर्फबारी हो रही है। लाहौल स्पीति में दो दिन से हो रही बर्फबारी के बाद पहाड़ सफेद चादर से ढके नजर आने लगे हैं। सबसे ज्यादा बर्फ रोहतांग दर्रा और कुंजोम दर्रा में डेढ़ फीट तक गिरी है। अटल टनल में भी बर्फ…Continue Reading
Zillow said Thursday that more than 50% of its remaining iBuying inventory “has sold, is under contract to sell or has reached agreement on disposition terms.” Also, the company’s board of directors authorized the repurchase up to $750 million in shares of Zillow stock, according to a press release. It marked Zillow’s first major statement…Continue Reading
Our business is changing…again. This time, the industry must respond to new mandates sent down by the new administration in Washington, D.C. President Biden has made it quite clear that lenders will be tasked with providing more affordable housing options to underserved communities. How the industry will accomplish this is not yet clear. Further, the…Continue Reading
Former President Donald Trump Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholders hoping to be made whole in Collins v. Yellen have a new champion: former President Donald Trump. In a Nov. 11 letter sent to Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul, Trump wrote that, had he been able, he would have given former Federal Housing Finance Agency…Continue Reading
On Tuesday, the Federal Housing Finance Agency revealed the much-anticipated conforming loan limits for 2022, with the baseline number jumping by 18% to $647,200. It’s the largest-ever annual increase in the size of loans eligible to be bought by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The figure, which is determined by a formula set by Congress,…Continue Reading
Fannie Mae is once again back in the credit-risk transfer market with a $984 million note offering through its Connecticut Avenue Securities real estate mortgage investment conduit, or REMIC. The recent offering, CAS Series 2021-R02, was slated to close this week and involves transferring loan-portfolio risk to private investors via a $984 million note offering…Continue Reading
USA ranked #1 in technology and #4 overall in global ‘Network Readiness Index’Washington DC, 2 December 2021 – America’s digital economy has been ranked as the fourth-best in the world in a major new study – and number one in technology. These high rankings – a significant improvement compared to the same study a year…Continue Reading
UK ranked 10th overall in new Network Readiness Index (NRI) report by Portulans InstituteLondon, UK, 2 December 2021 – The UK has been named as one of the top ten ‘network-ready’ countries in the Global Network Readiness Index (NRI) 2021. This ranking reflects how the use of technology in the country is positively contributing to…Continue Reading
Latest Network Readiness Index ranks world’s most ‘network ready’ markets Washington DC, 2 December 2021 – The latest results and rankings of the Network Readiness Index (NRI) were released today by the Portulans Institute, revealing how countries around the world are leveraging information technologies to emerge from the COVID pandemic and become ‘network ready’. This…Continue Reading