DOJ Settles Fair Lending Claims Based on Bank's Pricing Policy for Vehicle-Secured Loans

DOJ Settles Fair Lending Claims Based on Bank's Pricing Policy for Vehicle-Secured Loans

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a proposed consent order with Charter Bank to settle charges that the bank violated the Equal
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Wells Fargo Sees Retail Banking Growth Hurt by Scandal, WSJ Says

s top executives expect growth in its retail business to be “down for a while” as a result of the bank's cross-selling scandal, while efforts by states to
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Kenya: Man Moves to Court Seeking Suspension of Revised Banking Act

A man has moved to court to seeking to have the amended Banking Act signed into law by President Uhuru Kenyatta late last year temporarily
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Local banks' agri-agra lending compliance still below requirement

The compliance rate for agrarian reform, however, was a mere 0.97 percent, down from 0.99 percent a quarter ago, even as the required lending
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Tight market conditions drive up house prices

Tight market conditions drive up house prices. A contraction in existing home sales, for the second consecutive month in August, failed to prevent a
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Overall, rates on loans are historically low. … The rate on a 30-year fixed-rate loan from Wells Fargo is 3.625%, around a fifth of a basis point … You can use this mortgage calculator to estimate your monthly payments and see the
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PHH wins landmark victory: CFPB ruled unconstitutional

What was once unthinkable actually happened, as the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit handed an earth-shattering
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Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index: Small Business Loan Approval Rates at Big Banks …

On Tuesday, Biz2Credit released its latest small business lending index that revealed loan approval rates at big banks and institutional lenders have
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Long-time head of investment banking at TD Securities to exit at year's end

Succession is playing out at the investment dealer arm of Toronto-Dominion Bank, with long-time head of investment banking Pat Meneley
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In LA's Holmby Hills, A Real Estate Arms Race Continues

Jeff Hyland and Drew Fenton of Hilton & Hyland, an affiliate of Christie's International Real Estate, and Aaron Kirman of John Aaroe Group hold the
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Midcap Banks Credit Quality Holding Up

In anticipation of third-quarter earnings releases and our view that credit quality continues to hold up well, we review commercial-real-estate trends
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Homeowners get better at perceiving home values in September

Homeowners are still placing too much value on their homes, but they are getting closer to the appraised value, according to the Home Price
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Santander launches fixed remortgage range

Other mortgages are a 60% LTV 5-year fix at 2.09%, a 75% LTV 2-year fix at 1.74%, a 75% LTV 5-year fix at 2.34% and an 85% LTV 2-year fix at
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Cailfornia lawmaker denounces Wells Fargo at hearing, calls for statewide banking reform

There were fewer TV cameras and less pomp and circumstance, but a hearing in Calabasas on Tuesday on the Wells Fargo & Co. fake accounts
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Newest Rating Sentiment: Stonegate Mortgage Corp (NYSE:SGM) has analysts on the Bullish side …

The Firm is focused on originating, financing and servicing the United States residential mortgage loans. It currently has negative earnings.
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UAE Exchange eyes universal bank licence to clock lending of Rs 1000 crore

MUMBAI: Money transfer company UAE Exchange is accelerating disbursal of loans to agriculturists and small traders in an effort to clock lending of
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Deutsche Bank shakes up investment bank to regain lost ground

The German bank, threatened with a multi-billion-dollar fine from U.S. regulators, saw its global investment banking fees fall nearly 30 percent to $2
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CBC Members Join the Call for Payday Lending Reform

“For years, some small-dollar lenders – offering products such as payday loans, deposit advances, vehicle title loans, and high-cost installment loans
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Completed Foreclosures Down 42% Year over Year: CoreLogic

CoreLogic also noted that the number of mortgages in serious delinquency, which it defines as 90 days or more past due including loans in
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Santander launches fee-free fixes and H2B equity loan products

Santander has launched a range of two and five year fixed re-mortgage products with no product fees. The new products are available on products at
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Fair Lending Analyst

Fair Lending Analyst

Duties and Responsibilities: Conduct legal research and act as a resource on the interpretation of local, state, or federal laws and regulations
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Why China's housing market is in a frenzy

Over the past year, there has been a dramatic rise in prices of residential property in many cities in China, especially in some of the large metros.
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Govt downplaying suggestions immigration changes aimed at Auckland housing squeeze

The Government has cut immigration numbers but are downplaying any suggestion it will have an impact on pressure on Auckland's housing market.
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Project Management Senior (Reporting & Analytics)

This Project Management Senior position is in the IT PMO within the Office of the CIO at Freddie Mac. The candidate will be responsible for carrying
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New York Mortgage Trust (NASDAQ:NYMT) Receives 'Mkt Perform' Rating From Brokers At FBR …

New York Mortgage Trust (NASDAQ:NYMT) yesterday was the subject of a new research report issued by FBR & Co. in which it was indicated as 'Mkt
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Green Loans Are Turning Mortgage Lending Upside Down

Energy-efficient upgrades such as solar panels may be an important goal, but critics say there are too many negatives about the loans. Backed by the
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Vancouver Average House Price Plunge Is Largest On Record: BMO

The average price of a house sold in Vancouver saw its largest-ever drop in August, in the wake of B.C.'s new foreign-buyer tax — but before tougher
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Enforcing central govt rules key to housing market control

The country's real estate market has made people increasingly confused. A growing number of citizens have joined the home-buying frenzy.
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Q&A on the News

For a list of HARP lenders in Georgia, go to harp.gov/GetStarted and click either the Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac links in the middle of the page.
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The Slowing Housing Market: Why Home Sales Are Flattening

Among often-cited causes are the difficulties many buyers have had qualifying for mortgages in recent years. The fact is, though the approval rates for
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Moving Financial Stock Highlights: Huntington Bancshares Incorporated's (HBAN)

It offers commercial loans for general corporate purposes, including … term and construction loans; mortgage finance lending; equipment leasing;
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Survey: lending to housing investors may be accelerating

By Your Mortgage | 11 Oct 2016 … These measures were designed to reinforce “sound residential mortgage lending practices” by lenders.
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Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. vs McKinney

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: GMAC Mortgage, LLC; Thereafter assigned to Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC. Thereafter assigned to
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Notable Price Action: Today Ocwen Financial Corp Stock Rises

Notable Price Action: Today Ocwen Financial Corp Stock Rises … Ocwen Financial Corp (NYSE:OCN) has risen 36.33% since March 8, 2016 and is … and government-insured residential forward and reverse mortgage loans.
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Featured Industry Leader: Wes Moore, President, New Mexico

Wes Moore is a senior loan officer at Albuquerque, N.M.-based First Mortgage Company and president of the New Mexico Mortgage Lenders
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M&A International Becomes Oaklins, a New Global Investment Banking Organization

TM Capital Corp. is a partner-owned investment banking firm based in New York, Boston and Atlanta, which has completed over 300 transactions with
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Follow The Ratings: CIT Group (NYSE:CIT) Gets Vote of Confidence From BofA Merrill. What to …

The Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides financing, leasing … International Finance divisions, and Legacy Consumer Mortgages (LCM),
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Arbor Funds $120M in Freddie Mac Multifamily Transactions Across US

Hillsdale Apartments, Topeka, KS – This 94-unit multifamily property received $2,555,000 funded under the Freddie Mac Multifamily Small Balance
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3 real estate agents also hold down side jobs

Between showing homes, hosting open houses and attending closings, real estate agents' schedules are jammed and often unpredictable.
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Bank profits dip as lending growth outpaces deposits

Profits across New Zealand's banks dipped in the June quarter driven in part by record lending outpacing funding. KPMG's quarterly Financials
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Buyback mortgages

Buyback mortgages

I have had a mortgage on my double wide trailer with td bank since 2002. I am disabled now n my wife is unemployed. We can't afford the mortgage/lot
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Third-quarter real estate: Home sales, condo prices up

Home and condominium buyers have put Ridgefield's real estate market in good shape as it enters the final quarter of 2016. In the third quarter, July 1
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CEE MARKETS-Leu off three-month lows as vote on Swiss franc mortgages dela…

Committees soften mortgages conversion bill, leu rebounds * Zagreb stocks hit 3-1/2 year high (Adds bill amendments, detail) By Sandor Peto and
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Kaine backs proposed CFPB effort to curb predatory lending practices

“The issue of predatory lending is not new nor will it improve without strong action from the CFPB. Too many consumers are stuck in high-cost debt
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Fulton Mortgage Company Promotes Scheuren to President and Chief Operating Officer

Scheuren joined Fulton Mortgage Company in 2010 as senior vice president of Secondary Marketing. Prior to joining Fulton, he served as senior vice
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New York Property Moguls Get Creative as Big Banks Curb Lending

Prudential Financial Inc., MetLife Inc. and American International Group Inc. were all among the top 10 commercial real-estate lenders in the second
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Vancouver Housing Starts on the Rise in September

The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates (SAAR) of housing starts. “After a dip in August, Vancouver
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Credit & Risk Manager (Regulated Mortgages)

View details & apply online for this Credit & Risk Manager (Regulated Mortgages) vacancy on reed.co.uk, the UK's #1 job site.
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Maybe crime doesn't pay: Inside the $7million mansion which New Jersey fraudster swapped for a …

One of those caught out was Findel, 46, a mortgage executive from New Jersey, who was jailed for five years in September 2011 after pleading guilty
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C&W says industrial real estate market continued strong pace in Q3

E-commerce helped fuel gains in the industrial real estate market during the third quarter, Cushman & Wakefield said. – (AARON HOUSTON).
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Strata Equity Group Acquires 24-Property Multifamily Portfolio in Southeast for $720M

“We negotiated a portion of the portfolio under a newly-created version of the Freddie Mac Revolving Credit Facility,” says Chiles. “This facility gives
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MasterCard and SolarisBank partner for digital banking push

Dr. Andreas Spengel, vice-president at MasterCard, says it is “excited by the outlook of working together with a young, visionary banking company”.
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Lord Adair Softens Stance Towards Peer to Peer Lending at LendIt

Lord Adair Turner Lord Adair, the former FSA Chair and longtime banker, sideswiped the UK online lending industry last year during an interview on
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Investment Income: The Best Markets For Real Estate Investment In The Heartland

Quick Hits: These are not high-growth markets, the opportunity is for long-term growth at low risk. Best investment bets relate to the expanding Walmart
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Sovereign investors look to securities lending to boost returns

Institutional investors can earn a fee for lending out stocks or other … of the 25 sovereign investors who participated are now lending securities – not all
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Second charge lending snaps back in August

The value of the second charge mortgage market rose by 6% year-on-year in August, according to figures released by the Finance & Leasing
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Consumers Report Mortgages and Student Loans are Top Forms of Debt

Paying off debt is the top cause of financial stress in the U.S. and GoBankingRates.com recently determined mortgages are the main source of debt for
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Lake View Real Estate Market Continues To Weaken

On Friday I posted my September update on the Chicago real estate market which showed continued drops in inventory despite sales which were
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New programs ease homebuyers' path to mortgages

New programs from major lenders and mortgage investment giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can help millennials, immigrant families and
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NEWSFLASH: Variable mortgage rates are rising

The cut to base rate was expected to herald a dramatic fall in mortgages rates, and while that appeared to be happening for a time, we've got some
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Foreclosure inventory drops to less than 1% nationally

Foreclosure inventory drops to less than 1% nationally

In August, the national foreclosure inventory hit 351,000, or 0.9% of all homes with a mortgage. This is down from 499,000, or 1.3%, in August 2015.
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Mortgage 101: Documenting earnest money

This is more of a “how-to” post – piggybacking off last week's article discussing earnest money. Last week focused primarily on the significance of
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TD bank's procedure for verifying and accepting Direct Deposits

Does TD Bank verify that the direct deposit coming into the specified account number matches the name on the account as well? My old bank would
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FG to raise N1trillion for housing – Osinbajo

“The whole idea is to be able to intervene in mortgage financing so that developers can build special houses to the specification of the Federal
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Lloyds Banking Group to use 'audio fingerprinting' in fight against bank fraud

New anti-fraud technology is being introduced by a major bank to make it easier to weed out criminals posing as customers in phone calls.
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You are here: HomeSovereigns taking closer look at securities lending

Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) are looking to expand their use of securities lending, a BNY Mellon study claims. The US custody bank, along with the
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Mortgage Rates Today, Tuesday, Oct. 11: Highest in 3 Weeks; Most Popular Home Styles

NerdWallet daily mortgage rates are an average of the published APR with the lowest points for each loan term offered by a sampling of major national
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BCB Lodi is now open!

BCB Community Bank announces the opening of its NEW branch in Lodi, NJ.
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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Amazon, Lending Club, Microsoft, IBM and Intel

Stocks recently featured in the blog include Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN – Free Report ), Lending Club (NYSE: LC – Free Report ), Microsoft (NASDAQ:
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Are schools the new vehicle for redlining in the real estate market?

Schools can be somewhat of a proxy for discussions about the racial makeup of communities, which gives real estate agents the power to steer certain
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Twice as many UAE residents are looking for home loans

Based on statistics gleaned from compareit4me.com's home loan platform, there was a 119 per cent increase in people searching for mortgages
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CNN's Carol Costello: Trump Has Gone "Full Bannon," Banking On Winning A Turnout Election …

And they're banking on this idea that defiance is going to bring Trump's core supporters out to vote and in a turnout election, that's what counts.”
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Housing starts surge in September

Canadian housing starts surged in September compared with August, surpassing market expectations, data from the national housing agency showed
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Central Equity swoops on Henry Kaye property as land banking scam implodes

The $14.5 million sale of the Truganina site in Melbourne's western suburbs comes as victims of the land banking scams seek to recoup their
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Suntrust, BB&T Bank: Tuesday's Interest Rates for Home Mortgages Oct 11, 2016

The lower FHA 30 year mortgage loans at the bank have been listed at 3.400% and APR of 4.4781%. The jumbo options for the 30 year mortgages
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Teachers Building Society raises maximum lending age

This is an increase on the previous maximum age of 70 for standard mortgages and the Teacher Later Years mortgage. Andy Yates, business
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Why Housing Bubble Bursts Lead To Better Economic Fundamentals

One can compare the House Price Index and GDP per capita (in USD) from The Economist and World Bank respectively. The dataset spans from 1990
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Product Manager (Regulated Mortgages)

View details & apply online for this Product Manager (Regulated Mortgages) vacancy on reed.co.uk, the UK's #1 job site.
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Aurora Exchange enlists Maiden Life and Mangopay for P2P lending platform

“Aurora Exchange cuts all unnecessary costs out of consumer lending by bringing borrowers and lenders to one exchange, where both new and
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To hell with this home market

Eye-popping real estate prices, however, are prompting a growing segment of buyers, like Aaron and Heather, to look beyond conventionally built
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Nationstar: A Levered Play On Higher Rates

Nationstar: A Levered Play On Higher Rates

Nationstar Mortgage (NYSE:NSM) is a beaten down mortgage servicer, originator and residential real estate transactional services provider. The stock
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Community First Bank adds Rowland to lending team

He will join Community First's lending team in October and will concentrate on developing mortgage, home loans, and Ag loans for the bank, and help
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Banks, insurers spearhead opposition to Ottawa's new housing rules

PostmediaThe banks argue that Canadian mortgage defaults are so low that making lenders share the risk is unnecessary and not worth the costs.
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New York Mortgage Trust Inc. (NYMT) Receives New Coverage from Analysts at FBR & Co

FBR & Co began coverage on shares of New York Mortgage Trust Inc. … including second mortgages and loans sourced from distressed markets,
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Bank inquiry a victory for public relations

Government MPs got to act tough on the banks, even while opposing a royal commission, putting forward a banking tribunal for consumer redress and
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Singapore's MAS tells Falcon to close, fines DBS, UBS over 1MDB

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has ordered Swiss wealth manager Falcon Private Bank to cease operations in the city-state over lapses
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Mortgage rules too tight for many people says ex-politician

Too strict and unnecessary mortgage rules make it needlessly difficult for many Dutch to buy a home, according to Maxime Verhangen. The former
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Banks behaving badly in Singapore

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is withdrawing the merchant bank status of Falcon Private Bank's Singapore branch for “serious failures”
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Nigeria to raise $3.3 billion mortgage fund – Osinbajo

Nigeria plans to raise, with the help private investors, a fund worth 1 trillion naira ($3.3 billion) to finance mortgages for low-income earners, its vice
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Lending breaches lead to €1.4 million fine for KBC Bank

The Central Bank introduced the Code in 2011 to guard against abuses in lending to related parties and as part of the Central Bank's regulatory
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Atalaya Capital Management Hires Young Kwon to Lead Real Estate Investment Strategy

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Atalaya Capital Management announced today that it has hired Young Kwon, a veteran real estate investor with
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Goldilocks to bless Wichita housing market in 2017

Wichita home sales will rise 5.1 percent and home prices rise 3.5 percent in 2017, according to the 2017 Wichita Housing Forecast published by the
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Gilman Partners Launches Real Estate & Economic Development Practice

Executive search firm Gilman Partners has formed a new commercial real estate / economic development recruiting practice led by partner Karen
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CEE MARKETS-Leu off 3-month lows, vote on Swiss franc mortgage bill delaye…

Committees soften mortgages conversion bill, leu rebounds * Zagreb stocks hit 3-and-1/2-year high (Adds postponement of Romanian parliament
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Brexit may push VTB's Europe hub out of London

Russia's VTB Bank has become the first big lender to publicly say it may move its investment banking unit out of the UK because of the disruption
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The types of properties that the banks would prefer not to lend money for

Jeremy Iannuzzelli is only 25 and already owns 8 investment properties across Australia. He gives us his top 5 tips on how to break into the market.
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BoE's Kashyap says worried about spillover from EU banking woes

BoE's Kashyap says worried about spillover from EU banking woes … A Bank of England policymaker charged with overseeing the banking sector
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Canada housing starts surge in September -CMHC

Canada's housing market has enjoyed a long expansion but the start of a 15 percent tax on foreign buyers in Vancouver in August has cooled that
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Webinars on Fair Lending, Sales, Fintech, New URLA, and More; New Vendor/Lender Products

On Thursday, October 13, AMLG and The Mortgage Collaborative will be co-hosting a webinar on “Fair Lending: What You Need to Know in 2016.
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BRIEF-Alexandria Real Estate files for offering of up to $600 mln shares -…

LONDON, Oct 11 Top bankers warned on Tuesday they could start moving staff abroad as early as next year if there is no clarity on whether Britain will
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Ex-FSA Boss Turner Turns From Critic to Fan of Online Lending

Ex-FSA Boss Turner Turns From Critic to Fan of Online Lending

Turner, who headed the Financial Services Authority from 2008 to 2013, also highlighted how peer-to-peer lenders don't have to amass equity and
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City grandee backtracks over peer-to-peer lending

The peer-to-peer lending industry's most ferocious critic appears to have had a surprising change of heart, saying the fast-growing digital sector may
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Sovereign Institutions See Securities Lending as Opportunity to Boost Returns and Add Liquidity to …

LONDON and NEW YORK, Oct. 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Sovereign institutions are considering expanding their commitment to securities lending to
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Hotels, restaurants, real estate coming to downtown BR

BATON ROUGE – The Downtown Development District is expected to announce nearly 150 new apartment spaces coming to downtown Baton Rouge
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Rental Housing Construction Supports the New Home Market

QUÉBEC CITY, QUÉBEC–(Marketwired – Oct. 11, 2016) – Housing starts in the Québec census metropolitan area (CMA) were trending at 5,727 units
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Nobel Prize Winners' Work Highlights Ways To Prevent Future Financial Crises

Their work teaches us much that could help prevent future financial crises like the recent one precipitated by the mortgage market meltdown and,
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Refinance rates for Tuesday, October 11

While rates on mortgage refinances change daily, overall, they are currently near historical lows. Be sure to shop around for the best refinance rates.
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TD, PNC Bank: Tuesday's Rates for Home Mortgages Oct 11, 2016

30 year fixed rate mortgages are being offered for 3.250% at TD Bank (NYSE:TD) carrying an APR of 3.587% today. 5 year Adjustable Rate Mortgages
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Free market invisible at San Antonio Housing Summit

San Antonio's daylong “Housing Summit,” built on a mountain of government clichés and hubris, ended without one mention of free-market
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IndiSoft Hones Focus on Compliance to Accommodate Customer Demand

“IndiSoft has delivered the nation's only unified system connecting residential mortgage servicers managing more than 80 percent of the mortgages in
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Bad Habits Reappear At Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust

In so many ways, Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust (NASDAQ:WHLR) got a second chance with a big infusion of institutional cash more than a
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FBR & Co. downgraded Huntington Banc (NASDAQ:HBAN) from Outperform to Mkt Perform in a …

The Company offers commercial and industrial loans, commercial real estate loans, automobile loans, home equity loans, residential mortgage loans
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4 Things Denver Homebuyers Should Ask When Hiring a Real Estate Agent

Buying a home in a seller's market is never easy, especially in a real estate market as robust as Denver 's. Having the assistance of a good real estate
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Here's the controversy surrounding PACE loans

To one company using the programs, PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) programs are safe, but to critics in the industry, there are too many
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Hurdles raised in overheating housing market

Recently, residential housing prices started to rise rapidly in some third- and fourth-tier cities, partly due to speculative housing purchases. But experts
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China's Housing Bubble Is Finally Here — As Expected

China's housing market is becoming overheated. Some cities are seeing double-digit year-on-year growth in recent months, as investors search for yet
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3 Stocks in Focus: Lennar Corporation (LEN), Discover Financial Services (DFS), JetBlue Airways …

The company also offers real estate related financial services, including mortgage financing, title insurance, and closing services for home buyers and
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First National Financial Corporation Comments on New Mortgage Rules

B) (the “Company” or “FNFC”) today commented on the Department of Finance's recently announced new mortgage rules. These rules include most
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Rand and banking shares plummet on Gordhan NPA summons

Rand and banking shares plummet on Gordhan NPA summons

The big four bank shares were also among the casualties of the news, with the entire banking index falling 4.6% before recovering somewhat
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Well-functioning rental market crucial, says BNM housing workshop

KUALA LUMPUR: Developing broader alternatives to home ownership, including a well-functioning rental market, should be pursued as a policy
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Bankers' Love of London Complicates Brexit Relocation Plans

Employment lawyers say some worried City workers have already been in touch to clarify their rights if banks, asset managers and other businesses
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Global banking reform must not cap capital buffers – Eurogroup head

Jeroen Dijsselbloem participates in a discussion on the global economy during the World Bank/IMF Annual Meeting in Washington October 9, 2014.
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Jammu & Kashmir Bank keen on Islamic banking; may formally approach RBI, says new chief

The Jammu & Kashmir Bank on Monday said there is a huge scope for Islamic banking in the state, but the concept need to be understood in its right
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MetaSource Promotes Mary Kladde to SVP of Mortgage Services

In this new role, Kladde will be responsible for the oversight and continued enhancement of MetaSource's mortgage solutions and services portfolio.
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Deutsche Bank Fights to Regain Investment Banking Market Share

Deutsche Bank AG, battling to retain confidence among some shareholders and clients, is losing market share across investment banking in Germany
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Further warnings on knock-on effect of gilt rises

The mortgage industry may be negatively affected by a rise in 10 year gilts as lenders struggle to finance low rate fixes, according to an analyst at
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Mole: Fleet of foot?

Mole wishes the intrepid team at Fleet Mortgages the best of luck in their training sessions as 17 staff members prepare for a 10k challenge on 23
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Lenders hike mortgage costs despite Bank of England cutting interest rates

Mortgage costs went up last month despite interest rates falling to a new record low. To help boost growth the Bank of England cut interest rates in
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From November, use India Post's ATM cards for core banking

JAIPUR: India Post in Rajasthan is expected to wheel out interoperability of its ATM cards and allow core banking operations from November.
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Millennials might lose 1/5th of their purchasing power under new rules

The new federal rules governing Canadian mortgage will hit millennials' home buying plans the hardest, according to the B.C. Real Estate Association
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Pay off your mortgage sooner by making extra payments earlier

Q: I have always heard you say that if you make one extra mortgage payment per year, you can knock off seven years on the back end of a loan.
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Analysts Set Expectations for PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust's Q3 2016 Earnings (PMT)

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust logo PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE:PMT) – Wedbush issued their Q3 2016 earnings per share
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Teachers BS increases end of term age limit to 83

Teachers Building Society has increased its maximum lending age at end of mortgage term from 70 to 83. The new maximum age limit is subject to a
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Allison Botos Schilz Joins Hunton & Williams LLP's Consumer Compliance Practice, with Focus on …

Botos Schilz focuses her practice on regulatory compliance issues affecting the residential mortgage industry, including federal and state consumer
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deVere Mortgages partners with Al Rayan Bank

Expat-focused mortgage broker deVere Mortgages has partnered with Al Rayan Bank to offer its sharia-compliant mortgage alternatives. deVere saw
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New mortgage rules should have been introduced gradually – economist

The revisions to mortgage rules announced last week would have better served the Canadian housing sector by being implemented in small stages,
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How To Buy A House: 5 Home Buying Mistakes To Avoid

Note that mortgage pre-qualification does not usually go far enough. Until you complete an application package and get pre-approval from a mortgage
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DeVere Mortgages and Al Rayan Bank partner on Sharia-compliant home loans

DeVere Mortgages and Al Rayan Bank have entered into a strategic partnership to offer Sharia-compliant mortgage alternatives for expats in the UK.
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VIFF 2016: Real estate-addled Vancouverites will weep over The Architect

VIFF 2016: Real estate-addled Vancouverites will weep over The Architect

It's set in Seattle, but you could easily transport The Architect to real estate-mad Vancouver. It sounds like star Eric McCormack actually did. “When he
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Project Management, Technical Lead

The Project Management, Technical Lead role will be part of the Single Family BTO – Data Delivery Services team in the Information Technology
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Upbeat savers to breathe new life into housing market

Demand for housing in Letterkenny looks set to intensify after a survey found that a third of people are thinking about buying their first home in the next
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Peer-to-peer lender Zopa is now profitable — a year ahead of schedule

Peer-to-peer lender Zopa pulled forward plans to break even by a year after troubles in the industry and global economy at the start of 2016, according
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A Marriage, Real Estate, and Wine

Craig Hall is known locally for his commercial real estate developments, particularly the sprawling Hall Office Park in Frisco and the Hall Arts complex
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Siemens Real Estate Deploys Planon Real Estate Management Software Worldwide

This project is part of the ONE Global project, used by Siemens Real Estate (SRE) to promote the harmonization and standardization of its business
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Wedbush Starts Lending Club (LC) at Underperform

Analyst Henry Coffey Jr. commented, “We are initiating coverage of Lending Club Corp (LC) with an UNDERPERFORM rating and a $3.75 price target
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Investors Lend New Support To Canada's AltFin Market

Canada has an expanding alternative small business lending ecosystem. Last year, one of its players, Crown Capital, announced plans to go public
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P2P outfit Lending Wall wins LendIt pitch trophy

LendingWell, a single-platform P2P lending partner, has today been announced the winner of PitchIt @ LendIt, a competition aiming to find a future
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Race, school ratings and real estate: A 'legal gray area'

It's well known in the real estate industry that highly rated schools translate into higher housing values. Several studies confirm this and even put a
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King's Lynn man arrested on suspicion of illegal money lending and money laundering

Working in partnership with Norfolk County Council trading standards and Norfolk Constabulary, the England Illegal Money Lending Team executed a
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Lending a caring hand

Lending a caring hand. A full assessment of each patient is discussed with the patient and family members to ensure all special needs are taken into
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Systems Analysis, Professional

The Systems Analysis, Professional. working in the Finance and Data Delivery Services Department in the Information Technology Division is
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BRIEF-Powerlong Real Estate Sept contracted sales about RMB1.22 bln

VIENNA, Oct 11 Austria will borrow roughly 3 billion euros ($3.4 billion) more this year than originally planned, to lend the province of Carinthia the
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Susan Walker, Former Wells Fargo Retail Lending Regional Sales Executive, Joins Stearns Lending

SANTA ANA, CA / ACCESSWIRE / October 11, 2016 / Stearns Lending, LLC, a leading provider of mortgage lending services in Wholesale, Retail,
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Nigeria plans to raise $3.3 billion mortgage fund

ABUJA Oct 11 (Reuters) – Nigeria plans to raise, with the help private investors, a fund worth 1 trillion naira ($3.3 billion) to finance mortgages for
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BRIEF-CCB Real Estate Fund to acquire real estates in Varna and Sofia

BRIEF-CCB Real Estate Fund to acquire real estates in Varna and Sofia. Oct 11 CCB Real Estate Fund. * Said on Monday that it convened
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Cheap loans fuel Czech housing market, put central bank on alert

Housing frenzy hitting much of central Europe. * Czech central bank wants more powers. * Record low rates leading to ultra cheap mortgages.
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Fitch affirms Indiabulls Real Estate at 'B+'; outlook stable

MUMBAI: Fitch Ratings has affirmed the long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating (IDR) of realty developer Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd, and the
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Ex-regulator rows back on fintech lending attack, saying p2p could 'make credit crunches less likely'

Peer-to-peer lenders, also known as marketplace lenders, are online platforms that let people invest in individuals or companies by lending money to
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China's yuan weakens, speculation of further depreciation grows

China's yuan weakens, speculation of further depreciation grows

China's yuan slipped further on Tuesday to a fresh six-year low after the central bank set a weaker guidance rate, fuelling market expectations that it
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PM hails bid to put more women in top banking jobs

More than 70 firms, including 15 banks and 13 insurers, employing over 375,000 workers, have signed up to the target. A further 13, including Virgin
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China Imposes Restrictions To Try To Cool Real Estate Bubble

Many Chinese returned from a weeklong national holiday to discover that they could no longer purchase real estate, as local governments imposed
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Farmers still struggling to access bank loans

Without mortgages, they can't access bank loans. Consequently, they often take out 'black credit' loans on the black market. These loans usually have
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Singapore shuts second Swiss bank over 1MDB corruption scandal

Authorities in Europe and Asia have cracked down on an Abu Dhabi-owned private bank that allegedly processed almost $4bn linked to Malaysia's
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Opinion: Governments still haven't learned the lessons of housing booms and busts

The ability to follow employment opportunities is restricted by fluctuations in house prices, the lack of liquidity of the housing market and high
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Cornerstone Bank, TS Banking Group await approval for acquisitions

Two area banks are awaiting regulatory approval to move forward with planned acquisitions of smaller institutions. Cornerstone Bank of York plans to
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Banking Sector Leads European Stocks Lower

The Stoxx Europe 600 inched down 0.3% in the early minutes of trading, led lower by the banking sector. Shares of oil and gas companies also
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Older people downsizing could release 100000 family homes

Up to six years' supply of first-time buyer homes could be released to the market if older people were given options to downsize to smaller units. Share.
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Workers on average earnings 'priced out of housing market' in 21 council areas

According to the report, the average house price in July 2016 in Scotland as a whole was £143,711 which is 5.2 times the average full time earnings of
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Is £2bn enough to fix the housing market?

Last week the government announced plans for a £2bn accelerated construction fund that will be used to guarantee housing schemes, including deals
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Teachers ups maximum lending age to 83

Teachers Building Society has increased its maximum lending age from 70 to 83 at the end of the mortgage term. The maximum age limit applies
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Business Management – Lending Support

View details & apply online for this Business Management – Lending Support vacancy on reed.co.uk, the UK's #1 job site.
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Cut stamp duty to boost London housing market, says estate agent

Estate agents Haart have urged the government to cut stamp duty in order to provide a boost for house buyers and get the property market moving.
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Banking app concept

Working with one of the leading banks propels us to innovate. Innovative doesn't always mean usable and usable hardly means inn…
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Elixium goes live

Elixium, the new all-to-all electronic collateral and secured deposit marketplace, has executed its first transaction. Citibank, as cash management
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McCarthy & Stone reports pick-up in housing market as CFO departs

McCarthy & Stone's chief financial officer is to step down for a new role at construction company SIG, as the retirement housebuilder announced an
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Real Estate: Sellers may find buyers, but prices will remain low

About $5-7 billion, probably more, sunk in real estate ventures, are looking for exit. The investors are property and private equity funds which raised
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Experienced Mortgage Broker

Mortgages, Mortgage Finance Broker for Financial Advisory Firm, fantastic opportunity to work in a supportive team environment, positive cross referral
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Global banking reform must not cap capital buffers -Eurogroup hea…

The Basel Committee, banking supervisors from nearly 30 countries, is due to … European banks and regulators have warned against an excessive
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North-east house market 'too pricey' for workers

North-east house market 'too pricey' for workers

The GMB union has matched average earnings to house prices and found … “What we need is more social housing to create better opportunities for
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Is Canada's housing crackdown wicked or wimpy?

“This is the sixth time in eight years that the government has implemented stricter mortgage regulation, with activity declining 6 per cent on average in
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Can securities lending help market liquidity

Sovereign institutions are considering expanding their commitment to securities lending to increase returns and to help alleviate what they perceive as
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BRIEF-Shanghai New Huang Pu Real Estate to sell 55 pct stake in real estat…

LONDON, Oct 11 European stock markets were steady on Tuesday as gains in the shares of major luxury goods companies, after strong figures from
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Sovereign institutions look to increase sec lending to boost liquidity

Three-quarters of sovereign institutions have said they would increase their securities lending to boost global liquidity, according to a report authored
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Raccat to depart BNP Paribas Securities Services

Currently Raccat is global head of markets services, covering securities lending and foreign exchange, and also head of market and financing
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First Mercantile Trust Co buys $914408 stake in Texas Capital Bancshares Inc (TCBI)

On the company's financial health, Texas Capital Bancshares Inc reported $0.78 EPS for the quarter, beating the … business insurance premiums real estate term and construction loans mortgage finance lending equipment leasing
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CEE MARKETS-Leu off 3-month lows, Swiss franc mortgages bill watched

Committees soften Romania's mortgages conversion bill * Leu rebounds, but … a bill on the conversion of Swiss franc mortgages less painful to banks.
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Credit Analyst | Mortgages

Mortgages, Global Bank now looking to expand its experienced Credit team.
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Technology finds a way to deal with the mortgage

The contemporary mortgage crisis is the worst factor of living in a world where land is at a premium and the banks are only interested in mortgaging to
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