Freddie Mac will offer automated assessments for borrowers who do not have credit scores, saving time for lenders and expanding its lending service
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Beijing housing authorities tightened regulations on commercial real estate projects as a way to cool down a housing market with soaring prices
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac transferred $18 billion in credit risk on $548 billion mortgages through capital markets, insurance, and pilot credit risk
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SYDNEY, March 28 (Xinhua) — A report on the housing markets in two major Australian cities of Sydney and Melbourne has revealed that foreign
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Since the Federal Housing Finance Agency launched a credit risk transfer program for GSEs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2013, the enterprises
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“The 10-year Treasury yield fell about 10 basis points this week,” said Sean Becketti, chief economist at Freddie Mac. “The 30-year mortgage rate
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MCLEAN, VA–(Marketwired – Mar 27, 2017) – Freddie Mac ( OTCQB : FMCC ) today announced the pricing of a new offering of guaranteed Structured
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Thanks to the abrupt enforcement of a decades-old regulation that the Federal Housing Administration had seemingly ignored, consumers looking to
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Freddie Mac has automated the assessment of mortgage borrowers without credit scores, allowing lenders to serve more prospective homebuyers
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The value of modified home loans serviced under Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guidelines could be diminished by a March 9, 2017 ruling against JP
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Under Release 2, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be able to use the CSP to issue a single, common security to be called the Uniform
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In 2013, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac began shifting credit risk to investors as part of a plan to reduce the overall risk of the government-sponsored
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The continuing struggles of the Houma-Thibodaux oil-based economy has led the area to be one of the bottom 10 housing markets in the country,
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Oman's central bank has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Iranian central bank to strengthen financial and economic cooperation
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Credit Suisse paid its top investment bankers and traders almost SFr250m ($252m) under a special scheme created to stop them jumping ship during
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“Student housing as a product is severely undersupplied in the major markets, and has the potential of high and sustained occupancy rates.
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In this edition of Macros with Mythili, ET NOW's consulting editor Mythili Bhusnurmath caught up with experts to discuss bad loans in banking sector.
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Castle & Cooke Mortgage, one of the nation's fastest-growing independent lenders, announced that Adam Thorpe, president and chief operating
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Argentina's public banks will launch inflation-adjusted mortgage loans focused on lower- and middle-income families starting in April. The three large
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Equity Financial Holdings Inc (EQI) Director Michael Rhoderick Jones Buys … The Company's EFT focuses on financing residential mortgages for
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22 in February, according to Attom Data Solutions, a housing tracker. The median price of a house in the Las Vegas region was $199,000 in January,
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To this end, the National Housing Trust (NHT) will develop 51 serviced lots at Yeast … The role of the NHT really is to stimulate the housing market.
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If President Donald Trump was still interested in buying the Queens home where he was born, he missed the flip sale. This week, Manhattan real
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Credit scores are about to acquire a big blind spot, and mortgage lenders worry they'll be on the hook for bad loans they made while relying on
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An opinion article in the Economic Observer partially attributes the latest run-up in home prices to flight from the currency. Aside from that, the article is
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Long Island Business News presents the 2017 Real Estate and Development Awards, recognizing the Island's top professionals in the commercial
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Investors Title Company (ITIC) traded on unusually high volume on Mar. 27, as the stock gained 4.18% to close at $154.00. On the day, Investors Title
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Have you looked for a home to move into in Fort Wayne lately? Then you know how tight the housing market is right now.
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Non-bank mortgage lender Security America Inc. has launched a zero per cent down payment for US military personal and veterans; and a 1 per cent
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In New York City, officials are cracking down on listings on Airbnb, a short-term rental site, and issued a summons to the owner of a condominium at
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She is a graduate of the Martinsville Henry County Chamber of Commerce Leadership program. She has more than 19 years in local banking.
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DENVER – Denver's hot housing market makes it one of the best places in the country to be a real estate agent, but that competitive environment has
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The report said HSBC's expansion will impact its Chinese retail banking and wealth management arm – adding to an existing team of 2,400
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LOWELL — A 49-year-old Lowell man, who was already under indictment for allegedly stealing over $165,000 from homeowners facing foreclosure,
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However, what these measures did do is temporarily reduce the rate of growth in mortgage loan books for the major banks relative to the overall
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FLORENCE — Eugene-based Windermere Real Estate/Lane County has expanded into the Florence market by acquiring another Windermere real
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SAN ANTONIO – Several former clients testified Monday during sentencing and explained how former real estate agent Cynthia Ortiz would collect
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The operating budget comes from private donations, private grants and charitable state tax credits, Butler said. It does not take federal grant money in
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And this new construction market that is not included has become distressed. Sales of single-family homes fell 10% in February, to 881 houses.
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Fifth Third Bancorp announced that Matthew Jauchius has been named to the role of executive vice president and chief marketing officer. Jauchius will
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The group's lending activities to the retail banking segment remained its strategic focus, driven by the extension of credit mainly for the purchase of
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On Sunday the Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico said that any Mexicans who assist in the construction of US President Donald Trump's infamous
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This law could soon play out as a result of lending restrictions placed on the major banks by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA).
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ABC's The Business last night ran a segment on the out-of-cycle mortgage rate hikes by the the banks, which is primarily affecting property investors,
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The Toronto-based mortgage lender made the announcement after markets closed Monday. “Home Capital requires leadership that can bring to bear
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The government credit portfolio consists of direct loans and loan … Capital for mortgage lending by banks is provided by government-sponsored
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A healthy housing industry and strong demand trends in the markets served by … Coming to KB Home, the stock boasts a solid 3-5 year expected EPS
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Homebuyers who are finding affordability a challenge amid bidding wars can expect efforts to curb fast-rising home prices and rents in Ontario budget,
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Securities lending revenues fall under the scope of a new cost disclosure framework proposed by the UK's Investment Association (IA). The fund
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Park Partners Residential has acquired a student housing portfolio … the two assets within Gainesville's competitive student housing market.
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The increase was linked to the Central Bank's recent decision to ease its mortgage-lending rules. “The easing of the Central Bank restriction on
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British Columbia's economy is expected to lose momentum this year, as a slowdown in Metro Vancouver's once red-hot housing market will no longer
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Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa confirmed Monday the plans to include housing affordability measures in his upcoming budget. Premier
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According to Zillow, home prices in Atlanta grew more than 10 percent last year, and it's forecasting another 6 percent gain through October of this
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In Vancouver, the world's third most expensive housing market, residents are desperate for more—and more affordable—places to live, especially in
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Kevin P.D. Smith, chair of the board of directors, said in a statement Monday that the Toronto-based mortgage lender requires leadership that can
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Premier Kathleen Wynne has said her government is working on a “comprehensive set of plans,” to deal with rising home prices in the Greater Toronto
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The housing market is gearing up for a strong home buying season this Spring, despite rising home prices and low inventory. Chris Galler with the
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The CBK's Monetary Policy Committee yesterday retained the benchmark lending at 10 per cent for the second time in a row. The MPC – the bank's
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Not too long ago, the real estate buzzwords were location, location, location. Now, you're just as likely to hear about walkability and the 24-hour city.
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Lenders are looking at the future of home prices with optimism, according to Fannie Mae's Q4 2017 Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey. Data from the
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On 3/29/17, Artis Real Estate Investment Trust's Preferred Units, Series A (TSX: AX-PRA.TO ) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of
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UPDATED, March 27, 4:40 p.m.: Silvershore Properties is looking to part ways with roughly half of its New York City holdings. The NoMad-based
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It's easy to see why our vendors are reluctant to leave, having meticulously upgraded and modernised this 1970s treasure over the last 10 years.
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Rick Davidson has moved aside as CEO and president of Century 21 Real Estate after holding the position for seven years. COO Greg Sexton will
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27th March 2017. For the 5th event in the Imperial in the City series David Miles, Professor of Financial Economics at Imperial College Business
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elevate-ipo Online lending has a pretty simple value proposition: Bank better by (1) doing it online and (2) using innovative alternative
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The internet may have entered more aspects of a real estate transaction over the past decade, but consumers haven't abandoned their desire for a
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In the real estate transaction, there are many different people involved that the consumer does not interact with, but whose tasks or decisions can
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Over the last year, Incenter increased its reach by launching a mortgage-focused broker-dealer called Incenter Securities Group and expanding into
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Tampa, Florida, which lost thousands of homes to foreclosure in the past decade, now takes the title of the nation's healthiest housing market, at least
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NEW YORK, March 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hunt Mortgage Group, a leader in financing commercial real estate throughout the United States
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While favoring structural improvements such as hurricane strengthening, Realtors believe PACE loans prove to have an adverse effect on mortgage
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It has taken only tentative steps towards reforming the land market and improving tenants' rights. Young people without family wealth will pay the price.
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… UBS used Federal Reserve's H.8 data but discounted, among other things, reverse repos and loans to foreign governments and banks, and lending
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PROGRESS in Lending's annual Innovation Awards highlight advances introduced to the mortgage market in 2016 that significantly impacted the
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The foreclosure crisis was largely the result of the unscrupulous practices by under-regulated mortgage lenders who sold predatory mortgage
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The fund has previously invested via US consumer lenders Avant and Prosper. CreditEase is the majority owner of Yirendai, which raised $75m at a
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Analysts at BBH have urged securities lenders to stay the course amid continued weak demand to borrow stocks. Statistics from the Boston-based
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Many Americans are accustomed to trading in their cars after a few years for a new model — a habit that lenders have generally been happy to
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(Updates with comments on inflation) NAIROBI, March 27 (Reuters) – Kenya's central bank held its benchmark lending rate at 10
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Alight Mortgage Lending is a cloud-based application delivering real-time, what-if scenario analysis. With this solution, CEOs, firm owners and their
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Supreme Lending has expanded its footprint in “Green Country,” Oklahoma with two new branches, one in Tulsa, the other in Pryor, Okla. Industry
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Tompkins Trust Company has restructured its Commercial Lending Department, promoting Brad Totman to small business lending manager, Karen
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“Over the last several months, we have conducted a thorough screening process where we've looked at more than 90 different lending platforms and
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PROGRESS in Lending's Innovations Awards recognize seven innovations that have made a positive difference in the mortgage industry. Applications
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This could principally represent a risk to lenders if accompanied by weaker underwriting standards. The FPC judges that these standards should be
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Kenya central bank holds benchmark lending rate … The average maturity of loans has also shifted to short term lending. The number of loan
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Global SME lending platform Bitbond and African payment services provider BitPesa announced today that they are joining forces to improve access
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Lending for New York City real estate projects was down in 2016, particularly in the multifamily sector as the rental apartment market wavers.
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Elevate Credit, a online provider of loans and lines of credits to non-prime consumers, announced terms for its IPO on Monday. The company had
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Aegon's sec lending earnings reach multi-year high. 27 March 2017. Tweet. Income from stock loan activities totalled €13m last year. Read more:
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The drop in investor lending accounted for 80 percent of the difference. Before the new rules, investors accounted for about 38 percent of lending.
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Closing Title Assistant. Description: Closing Title Assistant is responsible for monitoring a population of residential title & closing transactions from
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New York Mortgage Trust Inc logo Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services cut shares of New York Mortgage Trust Inc (NASDAQ:NYMT) from a buy
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Investors Title Company (ITIC) stock price escalated 10.65% to finalize at $147.82 throughout previous buying and selling session. A total of 0.02
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Guggenheim reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Ally Financial in a … Finance operations, Insurance operations, Mortgage Finance operations,
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AAFMAA Mortgage Services offers the first construction loan from America's military mortgage company, filling void left by many of the nations' top
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Rising interest rates made mortgage lenders bearish on their short-term outlook for purchase originations and that is affecting their expectations on
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… Ken Rosen, chairman of Rosen Consulting, told CNBC's “Squawk Box,” saying that low interest rates would typically spur on the housing market and
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READ MORE. Conventional Loans for First Time – USA Home Financing. What's the best bank for first time home buyers? Local Mortgage Bankers
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Unusually mild February weather enticed prospective homebuyers to get a jump on finding a new home in the Greater Lehigh Valley. The region saw
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“Freddie Mac currently allows lenders to manually underwrite mortgage loans to borrowers without credit scores. By allowing automated assessments,
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1) The successful candidate will bring experience from the mortgage brokerage and residential mortgage lending industries. The key responsibilities
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Lenders are now more confident than ever in the economy, however, a shift towards purchase mortgages creates challenges for their profit margins,
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Karkhanechi argues the “nonconforming” mortgage market is the most … market is where many real estate speculators go when seeking financing.
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Housing affordability improved in January as mortgage rates held steady, according to the Real House Price Index from First American Financial Corp.
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The final three properties securing the Beacon Seattle & DC Portfolio loan – securitised in six conduit CMBS – have been disposed of, resulting in
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On the surface, the short-term trend between population and home-price growth in the Queen City isn't terribly notable. However, data spanning a
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The average 30-year fixed-mortgage rate is 4.02 percent, down 7 basis points … Rates could be substantially higher when the loan first adjusts, and
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Unlike other available energy improvement programs, PACE financing attaches to … Thus, the lending institution holding the first mortgage can require
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The latest Trulia Inventory and Price Watch data shows that U.S. housing inventory has hit a new low following eight straight quarters of decline.
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The Liberal government has promised measures to help curb rising home prices in some markets, particularly in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton
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Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services downgraded New York Mortgage Trust from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday.
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The Greenwich real estate market, which last year saw 610 home sales banking more than $1 billion, is in a world of its own compared to the rest of
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DALLAS, March 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — BBG, a leading national commercial real estate valuation, advisory and assessment firm, today announced
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Ryan Telford asks a worthy question about the relative merits of stocks vs. real estate. Michael Lonier: I'm 62. Now, what do I do? Jeff Miller: What does
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The fund, managed by Fernando De Leon, describes itself as an investment company with a focus on real estate. The fund noted in its filing that it had
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The tenant leased 1,462 square feet at 6140 Mae Anne Ave., Suite 1A, in Reno. Tom Fennell of Dickson Commercial Group represented the tenant
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When it comes time to finding your forever home, nesting in the suburbs seems like the obvious choice for a quiet escape where you have space to
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The analysis of government and housing market data was carried out by Cambridge University and Anglia Ruskin University researchers.
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Robert Valero, the executive director of the Center for Real Estate and Urban Analysis in the School of Business, helped design the school's new real
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Steven M. and Anna Marie Cazeault, by substitute trustee, to FFC Properties LLC, Lot 237, Towns of Oak Springs, 121 Split Oak St., Warrenton,
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Leon County only has a five-month housing supply — meaning inventory would dry up if every house on the market sold within five months. February
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BERKELEY, Calif., March 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Over the past ten years, homeownership rates in the U.S. collapsed, wiping out more than three
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“Conventional wisdom” tells us that the real estate market is the asset class of many billionaires. Real estate and the stock market are very different
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But since the January regulations, local banks are seeing a wave of interest from buyers who want to invest in New York real estate, but whose funds
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An East Harlem condo at 1399 Park Avenue – a new development on East 104th Street – recently fetched $3.6m. While the price may sound modest for
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Major financial institutions based in Abu Dhabi, no stranger to the U.S. real estate scene, have recently been on both the giving and receiving ends of
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In a new report, Real Estate in a Digital Age, the National Association of Realtors offers insight into homebuyers' technology usage habits. It's a rare
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The paucity of houses on the market remains a nagging hurdle for those Americans interested in trading up or looking to take their first step into
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After a solid 2016, the spring real estate market for 2017 should see a slightly brisker pace both for closed sales and new listings coming on the
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Round Rock mother Richa Lawania swapped a career in real estate to owner of a child care center in Round Rock. Children's Lighthouse Learning
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The mixed-use project is being built by developers Hillwood and VanTrust Real Estate. Frisco Station is planned for 5.5 million square feet of offices,
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Real estate investors from the San Francisco Bay Area will be attending, including keynote speakers Matt Theriault and Mercedes Torres from Epic
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Movoto Real Estate presented Hmong New Year celebration raffle winner Ka Moua with her new iPad on Tuesday, March 14th at their Fresno office.
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“To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.” – George Orwell At a recent Inman conference, an innovative indie broker was musing
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Many people who started out in those professions are now in the real estate industry. With a strong real estate market, many are entering the field
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It means some people hit the real estate lottery, blessed with gobs of equity they can tap for spending or bailing themselves out in retirement even if
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Worldwide Media Solutions will create a nationwide real estate media advertising division placing original content advertising segments on television,
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