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First Financial Bank to invest $700M by 2028 in affordable mortgages

Housing Wire

Another $700 million is expected to be invested in mortgage lending, with a focus on rural areas, the development of community mortgage loan officers, small-dollar mortgages and home improvement loans, among other products for LMI borrowers.

Investing 318
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Navigating Carbon-Free Living: Insights for King County Residents

Will Springer Realtor

The new law pushes major utilities like Puget Sound Energy to ease from promoting natural gas options in the home, consolidating a major utility’s electric and gas business by 2027 and no longer supporting gas-powered heat pumps by 2031. Washington has about 2.9M households, of which 1.2M use natural gas, a fossil fuel.

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Will Springer Realtor - Untitled Article

Will Springer Realtor

annually in home improvements across the U.S., Improvements include remodels, replacements and additions to homes. The $180B kitchen and bath market is leading the home-improvement charge and, despite economic headwinds for many households, industry experts see no end in this modernization movement.