Economist: Budget must prioritise housing support

Economist: Budget must prioritise housing support

More people are being squeezed out of the housing market every day and the additional load on the rental market means that those who can afford to
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South Korea web-only banks thrive as traditional lenders struggle

As the international banks shutter their branch operations in South Korea, two domestic online-only institutions are signing up new customers by the
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Ulster Bank unclear over numbers who lost homes in tracker mortgage debacle

Ulster Bank remains unclear about the number of tracker mortgage borrowers who lost their homes as a result of the long-running tracker mortgage
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Catalans Stall Independence Push With Leaders Divided

Bloomberg's Maria Tadeo reports on Spain's suspension of a Catalan … Spanish Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said in a Bloomberg Television
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Massive Wave of Butterflies Lights Up Denver Weather Radar

Denver (AP) — A lacy, cloud-like pattern drifting across a Denver-area radar screen turned out to be a 70-mile-wide (110-kilometer) wave of butterflies,
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Dutch defense minister quits over artillery training deaths

It criticized the ministry for hastily buying the mortar shells in 2006 without carrying out necessary checks, believing that American forces used them
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Jessica and Honey on Wheel of Fortune

Jessica is overjoyed when she is selected to be a contestant on a Best Friends episode of 'Wheel of Fortune.' She invites Honey on the show with her,
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Lending a helping hand: Local pol debuts supply drive for hurricane-ravaged islands

Helping hurricane victims: State Sen. Jesse Hamilton joined members of area community groups on Tuesday to debut the Caribbean Relief Project,
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Tampa Bay snapshot shows a shrinking real estate presence for one industry

Banks are shrinking their real estate footprint locally and nationwide, to avoid overlap as the banking industry consolidates. Technology, such as
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Australia Has Slower Internet Than Kenya, Russia and Hungary

Australia's A$49 billion ($38 billion) broadband network was meant to spearhead a digital revolution. Instead, the botched project risks becoming a
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The Millennial Mortgage Problem: Down Payments and Expensive Cities

“This leaves millennials with difficult choices: extend their budgets and purchase at higher debt-to-income ratios, heightening the risk of mortgage
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Mortgage Underwriter II Job

Columbia Mortgage Underwriter II Job – SC, 29201.
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Uber Will Proceed With SoftBank Deal, Limit Kalanick's Power

Uber Technologies Inc. will move forward with a major investment deal from SoftBank Group Corp. and approved a slate of governance reforms that
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One in three don't understand their interest-only loans, says UBS

A third of customers with interest-only mortgages may not properly understand the type of loan they have taken out, which could put many in
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House Conservative Wish List Includes Cutting Capital Gains Tax

Some House conservatives are pushing Republican leaders for deeper tax cuts — including one call for reducing the capital gains rate and eliminating
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Input session starts student housing study

The city's contract with Kimley-Horn to perform a student housing market survey began on Tuesday night with a public input session to start learning
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We'll invest SSNIT funds in affordable mortgage – Atta-Akyea

He explained that the necessary interventions would be put in place to ensure that the interest on the mortgage loan would be pegged by the
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5 ways to get the best home equity loan rate

Keep in mind: Most lenders will want to limit your home equity loan and any existing mortgage debt to 80 percent of the value of your home, which is
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Ex-Goldman Banker Leissner Barred From US Securities Industry

Tim Leissner, a senior Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker before leaving the firm in the wake of its work with Malaysia's embattled investment fund, has
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Lending a Hand to Help a Paw

Many organizations throughout the community donate food and money to feed people in need of a helping hand. What many donors don't realize is
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Oil Edges Higher as Saudi-Russia Encounter Reassures Oil Bulls

Oil Edges Higher as Saudi-Russia Encounter Reassures Oil Bulls

Oil rose the most in a week as the world's biggest oil exporters – Saudi Arabia and Russia – signaled continued cooperation on efforts to erode a global
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Mobile homes often trade in a 'gray market.' Owners now have a chance to avoid back taxes.

Nearly 21,000 families in the four-county Sacramento region, and about a half-million across California live in homes that are theoretically mobile.
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“Monopoly Man” photo-bombs Senate Banking Committee hearing on Equifax.

(NBC) — The former CEO of Equifax was continuously photo bombed as he testified before congress Wednesday morning. Yep! That's “Rich Uncle
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Islamic banking 'bright' for Malaysia, outperforming overall loans, says BMI Research

The Islamic banking sector stands out in Malaysia's banking industry. — Reuters picKUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — Islamic banking in Malaysia is
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Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Announces Results of 2017 Board of Directors' Election

He has also served on the National Association of Home Builders Mortgage Finance Roundtable and as a member of Fannie Mae's National Advisory
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FDIC: St. Louis bank deposits up 9 percent

Market share for the three largest retail banks operating in St. Louis — U.S. Bank, Bank of America and Commerce Bank — slipped over the past year,
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Bank of Montreal and Toronto-Dominion Lead Peers in Pot Accounts

… publicly traded companies have a market value below C$100 million and only a handful are profitable, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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EBA updated Risk Dashboard shows slight improvement of EU banks capital level but NPLs still …

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a periodical update of its Risk Dashboard summarising the main risks and vulnerabilities in
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Blockchain Driven P2P Lending & Investment Platform Announces Crowdsale

A P2P Lending & Investment platform offers the future of crowd based lending, LoanBit is launching its own token sale and has just announced the
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Colorado Springs home sales and prices continue to rise in September

Denver's housing market might be showing signs of a slowdown, but Colorado Springs-area home sales and prices soared again in September.
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Elizabeth Warren Takes on Equifax, Minnesota Lynx Win Again, Celine Dion Back at Caesars

Fortune. • Close call? ProPublica reports that, in 2012, Ivanka Trump and her brother Donald Jr. where on the verge of being indicted for misleading
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Child Care, Defense Stocks May Win in Japan's Snap Poll: Goldman

If Prime Minister Shinzo Abe manages a victory in Japan's upcoming snap election, the real winners may be child and nursing care providers as well
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FHFA Director Urges Congress to Act on GSE Reform

At the end of the year, both Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's capital buffer will drop to zero, meaning that if the GSEs were to experience any quarterly
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Once again, Sens, NHL's fifth-oldest team, banking on experience for success

The Ottawa Senators will begin the season with an average age of 28.325 — the fifth-oldest club in the NHL, behind only Detroit, Chicago, Anaheim
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New Yorkers Rally to Hold Trump to His Words on Puerto Rico Debt

President Donald Trump doesn't often find support from demonstrators in New York, his hometown. But on Wednesday, dozens rallied in lower
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It's Not Turnkey, It's Real Estate Investing: Top 5 Questions To Ask Your Provider

Noel Christopher is the SVP of Business Development for Renters Warehouse, the premier professional residential property management firm.
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Ayre Real Estate Welcomes Valerie Krolicki

AGAWAM — Valerie Krolicki recently joined Ayre Real Estate Co. Inc. as a full-time real-estate sales associate. She is a graduate of Hopkinton High
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New DLT consortium forms for syndicated lending market

“Exchange of information in the syndication lending market is predominantly done manually,” said Ivar Wiersma, Head of Innovation at ING Wholesale
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Indians spent $112 mn in buying property overseas

Indians spent $112 mn in buying property overseas … the report by Knight Frank India and the International Real Estate Expo (IREX) released today.
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Robots Are Coming for Someone Else's Job, Americans Say

This article first appeared in Data Sheet, Fortune's daily newsletter on the top tech news. Sign up here. Pew Research Center is out this morning with
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Ivory Coast Starts Alstom Railway Talks After Hyundai Edged Out

Ivory Coast Starts Alstom Railway Talks After Hyundai Edged Out

Ivory Coast is talking to French train equipment suppliers Alstom SA and Thales SA about taking part in a 1.4 billion euro ($1.6 billion) urban-railway
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NAHB Analysis: New Home Mortgage Rates Remain Low

The Federal Housing Finance Agency reported that mortgage rates for newly-built homes rose 7 basis points in August to 4.01%, remaining
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Current Mortgage Rates for Thursday, October 5, 2017

We did get the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) this morning, which showed that mortgage rates ticked up a little from last week.
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P2P lending companies' guidelines will aid quicker funding, assist smaller players

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued directions for non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) which operate as peer-to-peer (P2P) lending
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Real Estate Transfers: 10-05-17

0 Andrus Road and 550 Florence St., Northwood, 2 parcels, mobile home park, from CEW Real Estate Holdings LLC, to Eastlane Park LLC, $356,000.
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The Lawyer Who Beat Big Tobacco Takes On the Opioid Industry

From 2001 through 2015, Purdue hosted the website inthefaceofpain.com, which promoted “the notion that if a patient's doctor does not prescribe what
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Lending a Hand Comes Easy to Sure-Handed Cody Thompson

Lending a Hand Comes Easy to Sure-Handed Cody Thompson. Cody Thompson always knew he wanted to help people. He just wasn't sure where to
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Imprev Enhances Real Estate Marketing Automation Services

BELLEVUE, WA–(Marketwired – Oct 5, 2017) – Real estate's leading automated marketing services provider, Imprev, just made it easier for real estate
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Govt trying to fix real estate sector; not eyeing short-term solutions: DIPP Secy

Government is trying to fix the real estate sector in such a way that there are fundamental changes, which could have some impact in the short-term,
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Wells Fargo to refund up to $98M in mortgage fees

According to Mortgage Professional America, fees on rate-lock extensions are only supposed to be paid if the delay was the borrower's fault.
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Daniela Ritter

She was introduced to the real estate profession through her family's involvement in real estate investments and developments.Daniela is a lifelong
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Sarah Sanders Said Gun Control Can't Stop Violence. Here's Why She's Wrong.

After the tragic mass shooting in Las Vegas—on the heels of so many similar tragedies in recent American history—we are all not only in shock, but
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Bankers not enthused by new price formula for lending rate

Bankers are not convinced that linking an external benchmark to the lending rate will lead to some great operational efficiency in how loans are priced.
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Mambu to Power Lending for ABN AMRO's New10 SME Lender

Mambu has been enlisted to power ABN AMRO's newly launched online lending platform New10. Mambu will be the SaaS engine for a range of small
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Singapore's Hong Leong Group Buys East Coast Housing Block for $667M

The Singapore housing market is on the rebound and one of the southeast Asian financial hub's biggest development groups has bought out the
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CBRE provides $2.2 million in aquisition financing for downtown Minneapolis apartments

The financing was obtained through Freddie Mac's Small Balance Loan Program and offers several attractive features: 10-year fixed interest rate in the
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Uptown's Crescent complex lands new office tenants

Crescent Real Estate officials credit recent leasing success with the completion of a recent $33 million renovation of the 30-year-old office, retail and
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Melati Ehsan receives conditional nod for money-lending licence

PETALING JAYA: Construction firm Melati Ehsan Holdings Bhd, through unit Melati Ehsan Capital Sdn Bhd (MECSB), has received a conditional letter
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Canada Removes Holocaust Memorial Plaque After 'Profoundly Obvious Omission' of Jews

Canada's government has removed a plaque inaugurating the country's first National Holocaust Monument after critics blasted it for not mentioning
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BlackRock Inc. Grows Stake in Papa John's International, Inc. (PZZA)

The firm owned 3,464,406 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional … BlackRock Inc. owned 9.51% of Papa John's International worth
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State housing market remains 'vibrant'

State housing market remains 'vibrant'

Tennessee's housing market remained “vibrant” during the second quarter of this year, according to Middle Tennessee State University's Business
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New Research, Same Story: Government Housing Policy Doesn't Work

Further, beginning in the late 1990s, the Clinton administration forced the two government mortgage behemoths, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,
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Ontario to tackle ticket scalper bots, home warranties, real estate rules

TORONTO — Ontario is set to introduce broad consumer protection legislation today that covers home warranties, ticket sales, real estate practices,
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Canadian pension funds have amassed $188B in real estate assets. And they are hungry for more

Are Canadian pension funds ready to gobble up even more real estate? New report suggests by 2016 they held $188 billion and will continue to
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Be Wicked Smart About Phishing

It's October AND National Cyber Security Month – be wicked smart.
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Canada's foreign buyer tax roiled the market. Here's what Seattle can learn.

Seattle's mayoral candidates are debating whether to tax real estate speculators a year after similar measures took effect in Vancouver, British
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Ridge, river, and sea

The final problem with cacao is that the price of the beans is not determined locally but by the international buyers in Brazil or West Africa.
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FNTG hires agency account manager

The Florida Agency Division of Fidelity National Title Group (FNTG) has … The company said Smith has more than 20 years of experience in the title
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New Hatchimals Make Their Debut—and Your Kids Already Want Them

Some parents are still recovering from the stress of trying to find a Hatchimal for their child during the holiday 2016 season. It's about to get worse.
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Spain's de Guindos Says Catalonia's Independence Push Is Doomed

Speaking on Thursday in a Bloomberg Television interview, de Guindos slammed the Catalan administration for its illegal actions and said
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In Days, This Party Gains More Twitter Followers Than Abe's LDP

A Japanese political party formed just three days ago has already pushed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's incumbents aside — on social media, if not in
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Payday Lending Faces Tough New Restrictions by Consumer Agency

A federal agency on Thursday imposed tough new restrictions on the so-called payday-lending industry, which churns out billions of dollars a year in
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Sempra Gets Less Messy With Texas

If there is one company that embodies the slogan “Don't mess with Texas,” it is surely Oncor Electric Delivery Co. Sempra Energy updated investors
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Here Are All the Stores That Will Be Closed on Thanksgiving 2017

For many Americans, Thanksgiving is a day to be spent at home. But for those who look forward to getting a jump on the 2017 holiday season with
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Brazil's Congress Approves $542 Million to Fund Political Campaigns

Brazil's lower house of Congress approved the use of taxpayer money to finance election campaigns amid wide-spread disillusionment with the
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New Version of the Kosher HECM Reverse Mortgage Calculator

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Mortgage Professor LLC has released the latest version of its unique Kosher Reverse Mortgage
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Lending Club Hero CTA

Loans Subject to Lender Approval. Depending on the state where your business is located and other attributes of the loan, your business loan may be
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HGTV's Scott McGillivray brings real estate tips, new show to Tampa Bay

A. Trial and error does not work in real estate. It's way too expensive to learn from your own mistakes, you need to learn from others' mistakes.
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Mortgage rates jump as bond selloff drags on and housing runs out of steam

… sold off in the wake of hawkish comments from the central bank and expectations for tax reform, mortgage provider Freddie Mac said Thursday.
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Edge invests in Franks' TRX

It enables rights deals to be competed online and allows distributors to reach buyers in new international markets, which in turn get access to rights
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