Key rate holds steady ahead of Fed decision

Key rate holds steady ahead of Fed decision

The 30-year fixed rate held steady for the week ahead of the Federal Reserve's decision to leave interest rates unchanged, Freddie Mac reported.
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Advantage Group promotes trio

The Advantage Group is unique in being the only title services company in the industry with a dedicated foreclosure attorney giving clients the latest
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Latest Survey of Twin Cities Home Builders Finds Them Optimistic for 2017, but With Some Concerns

Leaders in the Twin Cities single-family-home-construction industry are generally optimistic about market conditions for the coming year although they
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Dual Agency: Who Really Wins? – Tracey Hampson's Real Estate Tip Of The Week

Dual agency is when the same realtor represents both the buyer and the seller in a real estate transaction. Short and sweet, right? Not so fast — is life
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RynohLive adds new executive

Before joining RynohLive, Contreras was a national sales leader for title insurance underwriters for 20 years, including Fidelity National Title,
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Buyers in Expensive Markets Wait Longer to Break Even

… a home with the cost to rent at the end of each year for 30 years, assuming that a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is used to purchase the property.
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Investors' Victory in GSE Case May Be Turning Point Against Treasury

Fannie and Freddie were placed into conservatorship in 2008 due to rising losses and to maintain a functioning secondary mortgage market. The two
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Higher Rates Will Lower MSR Impairments: Moody's

Higher rates are expected to improve the capital position of mortgage … a Moody's assistant vice president and analyst, said in a news release.
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Chronos taking title nationwide

Jablonski is joined by a an executive leadership team that features more than 100 years of experience in the title insurance space: Senior Vice
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Vancouver housing market gets off to a slow start in 2017

New data from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver reveal a sluggish market in January. There were only 1,523 sales, which is 10.3 percent
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KeyBank Provides $84.7M in HUD Financing for Six-Property Seniors Housing Portfolio in Texas

John Randolph of Key's Commercial Mortgage Group arranged the financing through the HUD 232/223(f) mortgage insurance program for the
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Stock Returns: Investors Title Company (NASDAQ:ITIC) is Beating Federated National Holding …

This is a snapshot to compare the stock returns for Federated National Holding Company (NASDAQ:FNHC) versus Investors Title Company
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RSI Watch on Shares of Global Real Estate Div G (GRL.TO)

Tracking the RSI levels for Global Real Estate Div G (GRL. … Some analysts believe that the ADX is one of the best trend strength indicators available.
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R.J. Palano Provides Investment Strategies for Today's Rental Housing Market

The 5th Annual Single Family Rental Investment Conference West, produced by Information Management Network (IMN), brought together key market
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Goldman Sachs reaches $100 million in consumer relief in $5 billion settlement

According to Green's report, those loans were located in 34 states and the … dollar amount of loan forgiveness, while other kinds of relief earn more. … due on 132 second-lien mortgages, for total principal forgiveness of $7,758,855,
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RJ Palano Provides Investment Strategies for Today's Rental Housing Market

TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 02, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Buy Cash Flow Properties – a leading seller and manager of U.S. income properties – today
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Study Ranks Los Alamos County Among Top Places To Get A Mortgage In New Mexico

The study determines the top markets by comparing the likelihood of mortgage approval by county, in addition to mortgage rates, average five-year
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PointPredictive Sees Auto Lending Fraud Risk Reaching $6 Billion in 2017

With 2016 auto lending originations soaring to historically high levels, the downstream impacts are now revealing themselves in higher fraud losses.
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A Mostly Good Day in Housing

Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) reported the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 4.19 percent for the week ending
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Featured Industry Leader: Gino Moro, First VP, Florida

Gino Moro, First Vice President of the Broward Chapter of the Florida Association of Mortgage Gino Moro is the first vice president of the Broward
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Current Mortgage Rates for Thursday, February 2, 2017

Current Mortgage Rates for Thursday, February 2, 2017

The Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) came out this morning (as it does every Thursday at 10am) and revealed that mortgage
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Quincy real estate mogul admits to defrauding investors

QUINCY, Mass. — A longtime fixture in Quincy's real estate community known for hosting the city's annual St. Patrick's Day luncheon has pleaded
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Housing transactions down 16% in 2016

Market analysts said that the slower property market in Taiwan reflected in part government efforts to rein in soaring home prices, including a tax
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12 Charts About Canadian Housing That Will Make You Go WTF

It's that these housing markets seem to be violating some basic economic principles. There's a lot going on that doesn't make sense, at least on the
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Online mortgage broker receives £4.5m backing

Fintech investors have backed Trussle with a £4.5m investment after the online broker reached £1bn of mortgages under management.
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PRMI Hits Record Production in 2016

Primary Residential Mortgage Inc. (PRMI) is celebrating its best year since it began operations in 1998. In 2016, PRMI funded nearly $6.3 billion in
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Relative Strength Index Check on Artis Real Estate Investment Trust (AX-UN.TO)

At the time of writing, the 14-day ADX for Artis Real Estate Investment Trust … Some analysts believe that the ADX is one of the best trend strength
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Campaign for Liberty supports expansion of member business lending rules

One example of the type of regulation that Congressman Paul opposed was the “member business lending rule,” a Clinton-era law that prohibits the
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Survey lists Decatur as third most affordable housing market in the world

The survey, which analyzed more than 400 housing markets in nine countries, listed Decatur as tied for third place with Elmira, New York.
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Mortgage Rates Remain Flat Among Uncertainty

rates-bh Mortgage rates moved little this past week. With the Federal Reserve holding interest rates steady and financial markets in a holding pattern,
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Real Estate Prices in Croatia Recover Slightly in January

Real estate prices in January in Croatia have recovered slightly compared to the same month last year and to December 2016, according to a new
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Investor Guide: Checking on Indicators for Freddie Mac Var RTS (FMCCL)

Currently, the 14-day Commodity Channel Index (CCI) for Freddie Mac Var RTS (FMCCL) is sitting at 231.15. CCI is an indicator used in technical
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IMN: Indemnification key to lenders' programmes

Cuts to indemnification would force beneficial owners to shut down their securities lending programmes, according to an asset manager speaking at
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The Most Affordable Major Housing Markets Are In US, Survey Says

Even as prices rise and inventory falls in America's housing markets, the U.S. still ranks very high in home affordability, says an annual survey of nine
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Lloyds announces it will close the only bank in St Columb Major

St Columb Major will soon be without a bank after Lloyds announced it will close its branch in the town. Lloyds bosses announced that the branch,
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Budget A Double Edged Sword For Real Estate Sector

With a view of pushing public spending to reduce the impact of demonetisation, the finance minister has offered a breather in the form of rate cuts to
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Budget 2017: Experts have hailed note ban's positive impact on real estate, says government

NEW DELHI: Brushing aside alleged reports of losses to the real estate sector during last quarter of 2016 due to demonetisation, the Centre today said
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Real Estate Agent Assistant

3762 Real Estate Agent Assistant jobs in your area are available at Snagajob. Real Estate Agent Assistant employers are now
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US labor market tightening, productivity still weak

The labor market is at or close to full employment, and the Fed said on … strong consumer spending and the continued recovery of the housing market.
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Manhattan home prices have increased dramatically in a decade

If you need proof that Manhattan's real estate market has gone from “pricey” to “ridiculously out of reach” in the past decade, the latest market report
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ING Q4 beats forecast on customer growth, stable lending margins

ING Q4 beats forecast on customer growth, stable lending margins

AMSTERDAM Feb 2 ING Groep, the largest Dutch financial services company, reported on Thursday better than expected fourth-quarter underling
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Morguard – 2017 Real Estate Investment Trends to Watch in Canada

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Feb. 2, 2017 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) — Morguard is projecting another year of stable real estate investment
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Mortgage Rates Thursday, Feb. 2: Lower Today; FHA Applications Plummet

Thirty-year fixed, 15-year fixed and 5/1 ARM rates were all lower today, according to a NerdWallet survey of current mortgage rates published by
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Mortgage Rates Steady to Begin February

MCLEAN, VA–(Marketwired – Feb 2, 2017) – Freddie Mac ( OTCQB : FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey®
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New 3.5 hour CPD course on specialist mortgages

The CPD course will provide you with an hour-long Guide to the self-employed mortgages, an hour-long special report on the state of the buy-to-let
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Freddie Mac: Mortgage Rates Rock-Steady At 4.19%

Freddie Mac, in its weekly survey of more than 100 lenders nationwide, reported the average thirty-year rate was unchanged from last week's reading
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OCC hits the ground running in 2017

January to December 2016 securities lending activity was also up 37 percent with almost two million new loan transactions. OCC's average daily loan
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Clever Lending gets more enquiries from people with debt problems

Master broker Clever Lending has received more second charge enquiries from those with debt problems at the start of 2017. Personal household
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FinTech startup SlicePay acquires P2P lending platform Trustio to enhance its credit offerings

SlicePay, a fintech startup which provides buy-now-pay-later kind of service to its users, has today announced that it has acquired Trustio,
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Freddie Mac Releases Outlook Report on Multifamily Housing Demand and Oversupply Risks

MCLEAN, VA – The Freddie Mac Multifamily Research Group released its 2017 Multifamily Outlook on demand, vacancies and rent growth nationally
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Freddie Mac: Mortgage rates quiet after tepid GDP estimate

Mortgage rates halted after the gross domestic product estimate showed a slow-down in the fourth quarter. “The 10-year Treasury yield fell five basis
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Offset mortgages a "golden opportunity for intermediaries"

94% of brokers believe a better range of tools from lenders could help them to dispel client misconceptions about offset mortgages. The research from
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TPG Specialty Lending, Inc. (TSLX) Downgraded to "C" at TheStreet

TheStreet cut shares of TPG Specialty Lending, Inc. (NYSE:TSLX) from a b … TPG Specialty Lending (NYSE:TSLX) last posted its quarterly earnings
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Average US 30-year mortgage rate unchanged at 4.19 percent

This Wednesday, July 27, 2016, photo shows real estate signs at a new home community in Edmond, Okla. On Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, Freddie Mac
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Texas Trust Credit Union Achieves $1 Billion in Assets

Additionally, growth in real estate lending – which surpassed $240 million – made Texas Trust one of the largest credit union mortgage lenders in the
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How the Bank of England's interest freeze will affect first time buyers and mortgage holders

At present, it is estimated that around 1.5 million homes are on tracker mortgages – which fluctuate on the Bank of England's base rate. It's good news
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Exclusive: Blume Ventures-backed fintech firm SlicePay buys rival Trustio

Blume Ventures-backed digital payment platform for college students SlicePay has acquired Trustio, a New Delhi-based peer-to-peer lending
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Company Announcement No. 13, 2017 – Auction of Covered Mortgage Bonds in Nordea Kredit …

The refinancing of Nordea Kredit's adjustable rate mortgages per 1 April 2017 will be carried out by an auction of covered mortgage bonds (SDRO).
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Mortgage rates are flat this week

The news, however, came too late to influence Freddie Mac's survey. The government-backed mortgage-backer aggregates current rates weekly from
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Relative Value Partners Group LLC Has $1413000 Stake in Two Harbors Investments Corp (TWO)

Finally, NEXT Financial Group Inc increased its position in shares of Two … (ARM) loans or hybrid mortgage loans, including mortgage pass-through
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Small Business Ombudsman 'fed up' with banks refusing to change their ways

Small Business Ombudsman 'fed up' with banks refusing to change their ways

Kate Carnell, who has authored a report released today into banking practices, has found lenders are not being fair when they enter into contracts with
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Mortgage rates tread water, alongside Treasurys and broader housing market

Fears of a blow to the housing market from rising rates are, for now, unfounded. Rates for home loans were unchanged after notching their first weekly
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Dubai's Emirates NBD targets millennials with digital banking service

UPDATE 1-Dubai's Emirates NBD targets millennials with digital banking service … With the digital bank, Liv., Emirates NBD will target the United Arab
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Sydney's Property Market: From 'Closed' to 'Open,' A Changing State Of Play and the Unexpected …

Sydney's Property Market: From 'Closed' to 'Open,' A Changing State Of Play and the Unexpected Beneficiaries. Victorian Property Development
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Cost optimization gains ground in IT infrastructure decisions

Cost optimization gains ground in IT infrastructure decisions … a decade to when the U.S. economy boomed just before the big housing market bust.
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SFR Market Grows as Homeowning Alternative

“With the US housing market recovering from the financial crisis and the inventory of distressed homes shrinking, sponsors of SFR transactions have
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Dubai's Emirates NBD targets millennials with digital banking service Liv.

Emirates NBD, the largest lender in Dubai, is setting up a digital banking service targeted at millennials as it seeks to bolster its retail business in the
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Digital banking Is dead. Long live banking!

Nobody ever said “I want to do my digital banking now.” Instead, the average consumer thinks “it's time for me do some banking” or “I better take some
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Sofi expands deeper into banking; CFPB fines RushCard

Sofi expands: Continuing its expansion into more financial services sectors, Social Finance said it is acquiring Zenbanx, a four-year-old digital banking
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Trust moves into Port Macquarie property market with $20.6m acquisition

The purchase brings to four regional office property purchases totalling more … The Buller Street property is fully leased to Essential Energy on a new
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Executives at U.S. Homebuilder Discard Shares Amid Resurgent Housing Market, Plus Other …

For instance, investors and stock market participants might have noticed that Bill Gates trades in a pre-announced, routine fashion, as does Tim Cook.
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Regional Sales Manager – Mortgages

View details & apply online for this Regional Sales Manager – Mortgages vacancy on reed.co.uk, the UK's #1 job site.
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Macy's jumps on talk of PE-structured real estate deal

Macy's jumps on talk of PE-structured real estate deal

The buzz is that hedge fund Starboard Value is putting pressure on the company to make a real estate deal. Last year, Starboard claimed that Macy's
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American Bank announces new mortgage lending officer

American Bank announces new mortgage lending officer. American Bank announced the addition of a new mortgage lending officer in a news release
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HomDNA Announces Integration With Black Knight Financial Services' LoanSphere Expedite …

“The integration of HomDNA with the Expedite platform provides mortgage lenders with a comprehensive solution to help improve the loan closing
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Hopewell property sells for $3.075M | South Jersey real estate

36 Elmer St., East Coast Investment Properties LLC to Maria Griselda for … 1130 W. Main St., Veterans Affairs to K&L Real Estate LLC for $61,000.
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Real Estate Transfers from Feb. 2, 2017

Martha Savoldi, executrix of the estate of Joseph F. Savoldi and Margaret Cernsullo, agent for Frank Savoldi, to TC Rogers Properties LLC. Property in
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Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. Completes $160 Million of New Investments

The Company continues to build a healthy investment pipeline, as demand for mortgage financing on commercial real estate assets remains robust
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Lakeland native creates best-selling guide for real estate entrepreneurs

Chavis has been in the industry long before the real estate trends like buying and flipping took root. Chavis believes, while that strategy can lead to
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Budget and real estate sector: Affordable housing to get big push from infra status

NEW DELHI: Beaten-down real estate sector got a boost after the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget speech announced to give
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UnionBank expects 31% lending growth

UnionBank expects 31% lending growth

Union Bank of the Philippines, the 10th largest lender in terms of assets, expects a 31-percent loan growth this year, a top executive said Wednesday
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Legal costs help push Deutsche Bank to $2 billion Q4 loss

FILE – In this Oct. 30, 2014 file picture the Deutsche Bank headquarters are photographed in Frankfurt, Germany, The bank will have the annual press
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Invitation Homes IPO: Foreshadowing A Healthy Real Estate Market

REIT Invitation Homes raised $1.54 billion in its Tuesday IPO, selling 77 million shares at $20 per share. The real estate company rents out single
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International P2P Lending Volumes January 2017

The following table lists the loan originations of p2p lending marketplaces in January. Funding Circle leads ahead of Zopa and Ratesetter. The total
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Internet banking & the fight for mobile phone market share

Internet and mobile phone banking to make pre-paid mobile phone top ups is the focus of a new DTAC promotional campaign launched yesterday.
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Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Slightly Changed as Fed Holds Steady

NEW YORK, Feb. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Mortgage rates were only slightly changed this week, with the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate
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PHH Mortgage, HSBC Mortgage Interest Rates Feb 2, 2017

The best 30 year loans at PHH Mortgage have been quoted at 4.125% carrying an APR of 4.191% today. Shorter term 15 year fixed rate mortgage
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New childcare scheme does not account for mortgage and rent payments

Mr Daly said: “Currently there is no mention of mortgage or rental payments when it comes to the means testing of the scheme. This is absolutely
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Homeowners sue RPM Mortgage over their mortgage rates

ALAMO — Homeowners who allege they were coaxed into home mortgages at far higher interest rates than they should have paid are suing their loan
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Were rising US mortgage rates the cause of a new home sales drop in December 2016?

Mortgage rates on newly built homes increased in December, according to data by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Simultaneously, new
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National mortgage rates for Feb. 2, 2017

The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate mortgage went up 1 basis point to 4.33 percent. The benchmark 15-year fixed-rate mortgage moved up 2 basis
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Upper Manhattan Housing Market Continues to Heat Up

Home buyers priced out of Manhattan's more expensive areas are increasingly heading north of Central Park to neighborhoods like Harlem and
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Deutsche Bank results hit by legal costs

Deutsche Bank has posted an annual loss of 1.4bn euros (£1.2bn) after being hit by legal costs, although that was down from a loss of 6.4bn euros in
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Decline in lending by Croatian banks continues – RBA

ZAGREB (Croatia), February 2 (SeeNews) – Lending by Croatian banks declined by 5.8% on the year to 258.5 billion kuna ($37.5 billion/34.7 billion
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What UK interest rates will mean for your mortgage choices

For many of us, our home is the single most important investment we will make in our lifetime and mortgage payments can take up a huge chunk of our
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Consider Applying For A Mortgage Solo If Your Spouse Has Credit Issues

When you're married, buying a home is usually a shared process with your spouse. But when it comes to getting a mortgage, it sometimes makes
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Want an 80% mortgage? Think again

That's to buy an almost £318,000 home – the average price for this area. If you wanted an 80 per-cent mortgage, you'd need to be on £72, 671 a year.
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Mortgage rates stay in wait-and-see mode

The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose this week to 4.33 percent from 4.32 percent, according to Bankrate's weekly survey of large lenders.
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'Trump risk' hangs over Canadian real estate market

The Bank of Canada, meanwhile, has its own aims: The central bank is warning Canadians that the housing market is a major risk, he points out, and
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Lender: at a 21pc discount, shares in this unique lender offer 5pc returns – possibly more

Lender: at a 21pc discount, shares in this unique lender offer 5pc returns – possibly more

One of the many advantages that distinguish comparatively undiscovered investment trusts from their ubiquitous unit trust cousins is the access they
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UK home to 80% of top-earning European bankers

London's position as a financial centre is coming under scrutiny as the UK readies for talks about Brexit. Photograph: Pawel Libera/Getty
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London led growing ranks of EU's million euro bankers in 2015

London led growing ranks of EU's million euro bankers in 2015 … Figures released on Thursday by the European Banking Authority (EBA) showed the
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The typical first-home buyer will be in their 40s or 50s in a decade

Fierce competition and high house prices are pushing up the average age of first-home buyers. So much so that in the next decade a typical first-home
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Top tips to get mortgages for self-employed clients

Buster Tolfree, commercial director of mortgages for United Trust Bank, says: “There are a variety of first and second-charge lenders in the market,
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Interest Rates on Thursday for Home Mortgages at BB&T Bank, Quicken Loans Feb 2, 2017

The best 30 year fixed rate loans are being offered for 4.375% at BB&T Corp. (NYSE:BBT) and APR of 4.459%. Shorter term 15 year FRM interest
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Mortgage market contraction since credit crisis

But in addition to the paperwork involved, some commentators believe the process of getting a mortgage for self-employed clients has become
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Mortgage stress hits elite eastern suburbs

KEEPING up with the Joneses is starting to bite hard in Sydney's most prestigious suburbs, with the list of Sydney's worst suburbs for mortgage
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Foreign investors jump back into Australian banks

Foreign investors jumped back into Australian banking stocks in recent months amid a massive global rethink on the sector following Donald Trump's
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Stocks in the Spotlight: MFA Financial, Inc. (MFA), Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. (SPR), Two …

MFA Financial, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) in the United States. The company invests in residential mortgage assets,
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Qatar bank lending growth picks up in December

Qatar bank lending growth picks up in December

Feb 2 Annual bank credit growth in Qatar picked up in December while the M2 money supply measure shrank for an 11th straight month, central bank
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Housing.com to present a Facebook Live session on 'Current market trends for home buyers'

Is this a good time to invest in real estate? Will the Budget 2017, make it easier to buy properties? Looking for answers to these questions and more?
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Budget 2017: A soothing balm for banks but no lasting cure

Public sector banks were clear winners as the relief on allowable provision of NPAs blunted the lack of capital from the government. Photo: Bloomberg.
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SF complex planned to permanently house social service nonprofits

Owning space, rather than being subject to a fickle real estate market, makes a big difference, said Martha Ryan, executive director of the Homeless
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Real Estate Law

Our Real Estate Law team, one of the largest in Ireland, offers a comprehensive consultancy and transactional property law service. We work in
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Value of mortgages drawn down in 2016 up 15.5% to €5.66 billion

The value of new mortgage loans drawn down by borrowers in 2016 rose by 15.5% last year to €5.66 billion. A report published by the Banking and
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Five ways the wealthy become wealthier with real estate

The key financial drivers are return on investment (rental income over … the option of participating in mortgage offerings, usually commercial loans,
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Guide to self-employed mortgages

Self-certification mortgages were evicted from many lenders' arsenal of mortgage products as a result of the credit crunch. Since the 2008 crisis,
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Hackers Hit Local Real Estate Market

About a year ago, Real Estate One's title insurance company almost lost $1 million from a wire transfer to East European hackers who concocted fake
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Victoria real estate prices continue climbing

The Vancouver Island Real Estate Board tracks properties outside Greater Victoria, from the top of the Malahat to northern Vancouver Island.
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Yellen Eyes Commercial Real-Estate Froth as Fed Weighs '17 Risks

Fed Chair Janet Yellen cited commercial real estate prices as “high” in a speech at Stanford University on Jan. 19. That message has been echoed by
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Pepper Homeloans overhauls residential mortgages

Intermediary-focused specialist lender Pepper Homeloans has revamped its entire range of residential mortgage products by cutting most of its
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9 Minnow Drive Glenalta SA 5052

Listed by Bowman Morse Real Estate – North Adelaide. Features: Toilets, Air Conditioning, Carport Spaces, Garage Spaces, Solar Panels, Water Tank
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How the credit crunch hit self-employed mortgages

According to John Phillips, group operations director for Spicer Haart and Just Mortgages, lenders will “still look” at the self-employed, but are “much
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Dream of affordable apartments dashed as property market dodges Chinese carnage

While there is still a problem in parts of Melbourne, overall the residential property market in our two biggest cities has been “saved” by the two great
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Year-on-year increase of 26.1% in value of mortgages issued in Q4

Irish house buyers drew down €1.81 billion worth of mortgages during the fourth quarter of 2016, representing a year-on-year increase of 26.1 per cent
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SoFi Edges Into Banking With $100 Million Zenbanx Acquisition

SoFi has pulled off a rare feat, becoming a finance company that younger consumers want to have a relationship with (heck, they even attend SoFi
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Deutsche Bank shares slide 6% after posting worse-than-expected $2 billion loss in fourth quarter

Deutsche Bank shares slide 6% after posting worse-than-expected $2 billion loss in fourth quarter

Embattled German lender Deutsche Bank posted a net loss of 1.9 billion euros ($2.05 billion) for its fourth quarter, missing analyst expectations, but
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Yes Bank follows the herd; Cuts lending rate

The lending rate cut trend is holding ground as State Bank of India initiated it and many other major banks followed, after a massive upsurge in
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China mortgage lending to cool after housing market crackdown

1:45 AM. China mortgage lending to cool after housing market crackdown. By FT Confidential Research. FTCR survey finds lenders bracing for
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Who will be St. Paul's bank? Council creates committee to help evaluate applicants

The city of St. Paul will assemble a “responsible banking” committee to help evaluate applications from banks seeking to serve as the city's primary
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Control Specialist, Fwd Lending Controls Group

Learn more about applying for Control Specialist, Fwd Lending Controls Group at Ocwen Financial.
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Union Budget 2017: Ten proposals that are likely to influence real estate

Union Budget 2017, Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, affordable housing, real estate, The infrastructure status for affordable housing and tax relief for
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Strong quarter for Irish mortgage lending

The numbers show €1.8bn in lending during the quarter, a 26% year-on-year increase and the highest level since the third quarter of 2009. Overall
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Highlands Union Bank expands High Country presence with new commercial banking team

ABINGDON, VA — Highlands Union Bank announced that it has hired five experienced bankers to further serve the growing High Country business
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Decline in mortgage holders with real equity

A growing proportion of Australian mortgage holders have a house with equal or less value than the amount they owe and are at considerable risk if
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Number of home buyers taking out mortgage rises to six-year high

Economists are now expecting a “bumper” level of mortgage activity this year because of the easing of Central Bank lending rules and the help-to-buy
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Barbecue chicken seller turns tycoon after shares of his real estate firm soar 2500%

College dropout Edgar “Injap” Sia now leads the real estate developer with the best stock gains in Asia. PHOTO: THE PHILIPPINE ENQUIRER/ ASIA
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Emirates NBD expects retail lending growth of 5-7% in 2017

Emirates NBD, the largest lender in Dubai, expects its retail lending operations to grow by between 5 and 7 per cent in 2017, Suvo Sarkar, group head
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Union Budget 2017 is a total miss on banking reforms, economy will pay a price for it

If there is one big miss in the Budget 2017 announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday, it is the way he handled the banking sector.
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Commercial mortgages to match clients' needs

Applying for a commercial mortgage, whether it be to house a large organisation, or a smaller premises for a one man band, is a huge commitment.
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Options for first-time buyers in 2017

Several lenders still offer 95 per cent mortgages outside of the scheme, which can only mean that they are confident of their lending at this loan to
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LERETA offers complete tax outsourcing program for mortgage servicers

The company has served the mortgage industry for almost 31 years and adds 10 to 20 new clients each month to an already robust list of more than
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Predators of Russian Banking Track Their Prey in Economy's Ruins

Increasingly cash-strapped Russians unable to get more standard bank loans are turning to largely unregulated lenders to make ends meet, often
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Lending a lift: MXS recovers downed aircraft

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan — In any situation when an aircraft's landing gear collapses, causing it to belly or emergency land without gear,
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Seacoast Banking tops 4Q profit forecasts

The Stuart, Florida-based bank said it had earnings of 28 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 30 cents per share.
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Home sales increase in 2016 throughout Will County

The Three Rivers Association of Realtors reports that both home sales and median prices in the state of Illinois finished 2016 strong despite a year
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Bankers, brokers in China bracing for brutal bonus season

Bankers, brokers in China bracing for brutal bonus season

A woman walking out of the headquarters of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, in Beijing, China. on Nov 20, 2013.PHOTO:
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Bringing Banking to Would-Be Entrepreneurs in Poverty

Opportunity International is providing loans and financial service to more than 14 million unbanked people throughout Africa. Vicki Escarra, the
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Bankers face backlash from Spain's boom years

After decades during which banks were seen as trustworthy pillars of society, they are now facing a costly and painful backlash. The recent economic
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ING beats forecasts, aided by customer growth, stable lending margins

That helped to boost lending by 6.5 percent to 34.8 billion euros, while the net interest margin improved to 1.52 percent from 1.47 percent. Provisions
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Fintech SoFi buys its way into banking

Mike Cagney, CEO of San Francisco-based SoFi, realized one of his most ambitious goals Wednesday when he moved into banking with the
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Why a founding architect of direct banking is selling to a nonbank

Arkadi Kuhlmann — once referred to as rebel with a bank when he led ING Direct — is turning heads again thanks to the Zenbanx-Social Finance deal
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Customers Bank ranked among Forbes' 2017 Best Banks in America

Forbes is in its eighth year of ranking the largest banks of America, which this year ranged from banks with $8 billion in assets to banks with $2.5
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Cover story: Retention deficit

Mortgage Strategy asks which lender, if any, will be the next to submit on the issue, and whether there is a good case for increasing the amount of
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Cocoa sector bankruptcy fuels bank lending concerns

Chocolate industry executives breathed a collective sigh of relief earlier this year after the impact of the bankruptcy of a key cocoa industry player at
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Budget 2017: Forgotten reforms becoming a non-performing asset for banking sector

However, an important concern is the peripheral attention given to reviving the banking sector. For the economy, the banking sector represents its
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Steven Matz banking holistic approach will keep him healthy

Steven Matz works out at the team's minor league training facility Wednesday in Port St. Lucie. Larry Marano. MORE FROM: Kevin Kernan.
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Asian shares waver, dollar soft after Fed keeps rates steady

CENTRAL BANKING: The Federal Reserve left a key interest rate on hold after its latest policy meeting, as investors had expected. Policymakers
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BREAKINGVIEWS-Fintech lender adds bank accounts without the bank

By Antony CurrieNEW YORK, Feb 1 (Reuters Breakingviews) – One of the leaders of the fintech industry has found a way to add bank accounts – only
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St. Paul City Council looks to banks to help reduce racial disparities

St. Paul city leaders want to partner with banks to combat racial disparities and started accepting proposals Wednesday from companies who want to
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50-75 per cent cut in bank lending rates likely by September: Bank of America Merrill Lynch

NEW DELHI: Softer lending rates are expected as the Budget will help banks cut rates by 50-75 bps by September to offset the impact of
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Swedbank Mortgage Year-end Report 2016

Swedbank Mortgage AB (in Swedish: Swedbank Hypotek) is a wholly owned subsidiary to Swedbank AB (publ). The mortgage lending is mainly
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Germany Said to Let Banks Fleeing Brexit Keep Risk Models

Germany's financial regulator offered to allow most banks that move operations there because of Brexit to keep current models for setting capital
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Banking on bots: Let's chat about the future

Banking, which has always been ready to embrace technology, has done it again. Banks are deploying chatbots at such a furious pace that chatbots
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After the Wells Fargo scandal, millennials deserve a 'Netflix model' for banking

The days of traditional banking, and the hegemony of big brand-name banks, are coming to a close as consumers demand more transparent,
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SoFi buys Zenbanx to offer banking and money transfer services to its users

Online lending firm SoFi announced today that it has acquired Zenbanx, a startup that offers banking, debit, payments and money transfer services to
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