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• Introducing a new design for the WordPress apps
  The WordPress mobile apps are the best way to manage your site from anywhere. If you’re already using the app, you might have noticed a new visual design that’s been rolling out. That rollout is complete in WordPress 17.1, which is available today for both Android and iOS. If you’re … […]
• What’s New in the Block Editor: New Page Layout Picker, Better Block Transformation Options, and More
  From a new page layout picker to a more streamlined writing prompt, we’re bringing you the latest round of editor improvements. […]
• Introducing Milestone Notifications
  Your website is a product of your hard work and passion. Therefore, when your site hits a milestone — it shouldn’t go unrecognized. To make it easier for you to keep track of your site’s achievements, we’ll be rolling out a new celebratory notification that will alert you when your … […]
• WordPress.com Design Update for a More Intuitive Experience
  As technology products grow, it’s important to evolve. We’ve updated WordPress.com’s interface to make it more coherent and logical, allowing everyone to use it more intuitively. […]
• Publish and Update WordPress Posts Directly From Ulysses
  Ulysses integrates with WordPress to enable publishing and editing to WordPress from within the app. […]

Mortgage Daily News Feed

• Continued Deterioration in Origination Quality
  As home lenders and investors have recently been a little more relaxed about credit qualifications compared to just after the crisis, mortgage quality has weakened. Still, quality is better than before the crisis.During the past three years, the quality of residential loans originated has weakened, though credit quality remains far stronger than the early 20 […]
• Best Mortgage Lenders By Category
  A report based on a recent survey of consumers who were shopping for a residential loan has identified the best home lenders in a variety of categories -- including government programs, jumbo loans and online services.The 10-question survey of prospective mortgage borrowers found that before they applied for a home loan, 40 percent checked their credit repor […]
• Business Falls to 6-Month Low at Freddie
  New business at the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. retreated to its lowest level in six months. Delinquency, meanwhile, remained at its lowest level in a decade.When September was over, Freddie Mac's total mortgage portfolio stood at $2.1513 trillion -- including a $0.2278 trillion in mortgage investments and $1.9235 trillion in outstanding mortgage-r […]
• Large Agency MSR Offering Hits Market
  Bids are being sought for servicing rights on a large portfolio of agency mortgages. The offering has a moderate concentration of Golden State and Sunshine State loans.Mortgage servicing rights on 20,168 residential loans that had a collective unpaid principal balance of $5.232 billion as of Sept. 30 are being sold through the auction process.Included in the […]
• Mortgage Rates Up 92 BPS From Year Ago
  Over the past year, weekly fixed interest rates on single-family loans have soared 92 basis points. But little change was reported from last week, and more of the same is expected.On conventional loans utilized to finance a home purchase with amounts up to the conforming mortgage limit of $453,100, thirty-year fixed rates averaged 4.77 percent during Septemb […]