• Younger homebuyers turn to social media, AI and each other,Jonathan Delozier

    Younger homebuyers turn to social media, AI and each other

    Faced with high housing costs, economic instability and declining trust in traditional lending institutions, younger generations are redefining how they approach homeownership.A newly released NextGen Homebuyer Report — compiled by National Mortgage Insurance and financial literacy nonprofit FirstHo

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  • Jasper County Sheriff’s Office makes arrest in ongoing child exploitation investigation ,Christa Ross

    Jasper County Sheriff’s Office makes arrest in ongoing child exploitation investigation

    JASPER COUNTY, S.C. (WTOC) - Friday, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO)Special Victims Unit and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) conducted a search warrant and five arrest warrants at a residence in Ridgeland, South Carolina. The operation was part of an ongoing investigatio

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  • Which is better for mortgage — FICO or VantageScore?,Flávia Furlan Nunes

    Which is better for mortgage — FICO or VantageScore?

    VantageScore and FICO have escalated their rivalry in the mortgage space following the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) decision to allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to purchase loans underwritten with VantageScore 4.0 as an alternative to the Classic FICO score. Both companies published analy

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