“A decade after the Great Recession, the housing market is rebounding,” Freddie Mac reported. “House prices today are higher than they were at the
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POSITIVITY: Port Augusta is returning to a normal housing market showing renewed confidence after fear surrounding the closure Northern Power
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“The transaction will strengthen Genworth's financial position in the mortgage insurance and long term care insurance markets. Because of our
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Top Senate Republicans are trying to move on from their partisan drive to replace Obamacare despite urging from President Donald Trump to keep
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If history is any guide, the months-long lull in Japanese equities could take an abrupt turn in the second half. Japan hasn't been an exception to a rare
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The so-called neutral U.S. interest rate fell in the second quarter by the most since 2010, according to a widely-cited estimate produced by Federal
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Ask the CEO of an oil company where they think the price of their main product is going, and the usual response is a deeply unsatisfying variation on “I
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Rising home prices have helped slacken the pace of foreclosure starts, according to The Warren Group, which reported Tuesday that June foreclosure
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Earlier this month, North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test capable of reaching Alaska. Much ink has been spilled as to
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At long last the debate over housing-finance reform has begun in earnest, and … As a community banker and active mortgage lender, I just don't get it.
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The bonuses lenders pay support staff for loans have skyrocketed — and there are no signs that it will normalize anytime soon. Total bonuses paid to
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#THE mortgage relief programme, which the Christie administration said helped at least 441 people, has not performed as well as expected and will
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Home sales have slowed slightly over the last month or so in Northern Kentucky, but not enough to stop real estate agents from being optimistic.
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July is one of the top months for home sales, according to WalletHub, and more than one third of homebuyers were first-time buyers. WalletHub's study
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This week in the clash of retail titans Walmart and Amazon: Walmart's online shopping platform Jet.com is teaming up with real estate startup Latch to
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Mortgage REITs – at least those inside the portfolios of two exchange-traded funds – have been on a quiet tear. It's uncertain if that will continue.
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gogsf.com GSF Mortgage Corp. has announced the addition of its newest branch in Palm Harbor, Fla., to be led by Branch Manager Anthony (Tony)
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The agreement was signed by HE Khalid Ali Al Bustani, Assistant Undersecretary of International Financial Relations Sector at MoF and Rashid
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The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said on Monday it has lifted a ban on passengers on Saudi Arabian Airlines carrying large electronics
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Alexander Philips is chief executive and chief investment officer of TwinRock Partners, a Newport Beach, Calif., real-estate investment firm that works
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Media coverage about New York Mortgage Trust (NASDAQ:NYMT) has … The Company's investment portfolio includes residential mortgage loans,
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The Botswana Building Society (BBS) reported a 13% fall in profit during the year ended March 31, 2017 amid a challenging economic environment
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Lending in India is growing exponentially. SME Lending will be more than $500 billion, while consumer lending opportunity is expected to $1.2trillion+
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Costco announced that Jeff Brotman, the company's chairman and co-founder, passed away this morning. He was 74 years old. Brotman, along with
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President Donald Trump's administration may be poised to strike a peculiar deal for the next Air Force One planes: buying jumbo jets abandoned by a
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Real estate experts agree that long before you peruse listings or check out open houses, you should talk to a lender about getting a mortgage. “Talk to
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The Bank of England will announce its latest decision on interest rates on Thursday. More than ten years have passed since the last time rates went up
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Tom Ferraro, founder of the Rochester, NY, food bank Foodlink, set about solving the problem. Ferraro was familiar with a recent study showing that
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Airtel Payments Bank, India's first payments bank, on Tuesday announced a strategic partnership with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
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PARIS, Aug 1 (Reuters) – French bank Natixis reported a better than expected rise in second-quarter profits to 487 million euros ($575 million) on
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Over the past several years, I have taught at an agricultural banking school sponsored by the Schools of Banking from Kansas and Nebraska. This is
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The more recent bank resolutions in Spain and Italy were made to look like touch measures in public terms, even as the Rome government quietly
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The latest businessman to join the Trump administration left just 10 days after joining. But there are plenty of other private sector veterans still in D.C.
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Debt extended by Chinese banks continues to bulge, subjecting housing and stock markets to outsize volatility. This indicates that long-running
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Fortune 500Why Apple and Google Dumped Over 300 Trading Apps From … Fortune 500Apple CEO Cook Defends Move to Censor Chinese Apps.
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A report released today from consultancy firm Oliver Wyman puts Brexit-related job losses in wholesale banking — that's services for large business
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“We're feeling it for sure,” said Angela Langtry, a real estate broker at Century 21 Immo-Plus. She believes that taxes on foreign buyers in Vancouver
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Lending rate remains at 10%, better weather cited … The Monetary Policy Committee yesterday retained the base lending rate at 10 per cent for the
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Real Estate Board PAC, a political expenditure arm of the Real Estate … Real Estate Board PAC spent $43,500 across all its donations to individual
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WASHINGTON – The Department of Housing and Urban Development is implementing reforms to its reverse mortgage program and providing more
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