Every family needs a home, and so many risks are created by a standard 30-year mortgage in America. Finding an investor to take every risk is the work of Rub Goldberg’s paradox, which is the US housing-finance industry. How it all fits together investors will one day be seen wandering …
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The Nintendo Switch has been a sales juggernaut for Nintendo, outselling every other video game console for the past 24 months. It’s a safe bet that many people got the console as a gift over the holidays, with Nintendo UK’s Twitter account asking fans what games they would recommend to …
Read More »Next-gen gaming is an environmental nightmare
It’s sad The truth is that only escapist efforts are seldom different from real life, some have a nasty tendency to aggravate real life problems. And while gaming regains thinking about both individual and global doomsday, it threatens to bring at least one – weather disaster closer to reality. What’s …
Read More »Facebook’s portal device can now make zoom calls
Portal, Facebook’s device for making video calls that act as a digital image frame has had an early run. Launched in the wake of multiple policy scandals rolling down the company, the device has gone from being treated suspiciously by critics to being more widely adopted by people desperate to …
Read More »Refinancing your mortgage will cost you more thanks to a new fee from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
If you are in the process of refinancing your mortgage, you may end up paying more than you expected. Fannie Mae FNMA, + 1.42% and Freddie Mac FMCC, + 1.67% announced Wednesday night that they will now charge a 0.5% negative market fee on all refinances, including both cash-out and …
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