Linkage: 40-year mortgages are back, but are they useful?

- Salesforce invests in digital mortgage pioneer Blend(medium.com)
- Doggy day care at your new condo can increase your mortgage payment(wsj.com)
- EasyKnock, a startup that lets you access your home equity while you buy another home, raises $215m(inman.com)
- 40-year mortgages are back, but are they useful?(mpamag.com)
- New consumer finance regs will still let debt collectors call you every day(consumerfinance.gov)
- Most homebuyers don't have to worry about bidding wars right now(redfin.com)
- Fewer jobless claims this week, but 4-week average rose 7k (which is the better long-term indicator of unemployment)(dol.gov)
- 17k more people are underwater on their homes today than a year ago(attomdata.com)
- Need to upsize to make room for baby? Move to Alabama(redfin.com)
- Now there's Silicon Valley-funded water. It's just f***king water in a can.(businessinsider.com)
