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Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for end to capital gains tax on primary home sales

The IRS currently allows an exclusion of up to $250,000 in capital gains from home sales, a figure that hasn’t been updated since 1997.

JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo see mortgage volumes surge in Q2 (but not profits)

Depositories saw a double-digit increase in mortgage originations, outpacing industry forecasts amid seasonal tailwinds.

Jeff Hutchinson, a top mortgage recruiter, joins AnnieMac in production role

Jeff Hutchinson, a 20-year mortgage veteran who founded Hutchinson Mortgage Recruiting (HMR), will co-lead a Momentum Group division

Financial advisers can be key players for assessing health care costs in retirement

A new research brief found that financial advisers have a lot of valuable information about health care costs in retirement, but a lack of consumer understanding persists.

Trump names Treasury secretary Scott Bessent as acting director of the CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on Monday that Scott Bessent, the recently appointed secretary for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, will also serve as acting director for the CFPB following the firing of Rohit Chopra over the weekend.

OCMBC president Serene Vernon arrested for murder and DUI

Serene Francie Rosenberg, known as Serene Vernon in her workplace as the president of OCMBC Inc., was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and was booked for murder and DUI causing injury.