US Sanctions Five Iranian Entities, Signals More Measures

US Sanctions Five Iranian Entities, Signals More Measures

The U.S sanctioned five Iranian entities for their work on the nation's ballistic missile program and signaled that more punitive measures lay ahead in response to the Islamic Republic's suppression of anti-government protests. The entities, none of which are publicly traded, are being designated for
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Mondelez International Inc (MDLZ) Holdings Lifted by Norinchukin Bank The

Norinchukin Bank The grew its holdings in shares of Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ:MDLZ) by 2.9% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 188,737 shares of the company's stock after buying an
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Swift Winter Storm Unleashes Snow on the US East Coast

More than 67,000 homes and businesses were blacked out as of about 7 a.m. New York time Thursday, according to data from utility websites compiled by Bloomberg. Most were in and around Virginia Beach, Virginia, where Dominion Energy reported about 37,000 customers without power. A tractor
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Single Family Lending Program Bulletin

fees and programs are subject to change without notice. Single Family Lending. Program Bulletin. January 4, 2018. Program Bulletin #2018-01. To: CalHFA Approved Lenders. New CalHFA School Teacher and Employee Assistance Program and Discontinuation of Extra Credit Teacher Home Purchase
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Millennials Are Killing Yet Another Thing: Being Imperfect. And It's Not a Good Thing

Fortune 500 CEOs have regularly stated that millennials demand more out of their work than just money; they crave fulfillment. But the multi-faceted nature of modern day success, the necessities of earning a good living—and the constant social media publicizing thereof—may actually wind up having a
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Moinian ramps up lending with over $200M in NY, SoFla deals

Joseph Moinian's Moinian Group is building up its lending operation with four new financing deals for projects in Brooklyn, Harlem and Miami totaling $216.3 million, according to documents filed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange on Wednesday. That puts Moinian's total lending activity at $513 million,
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Santelli Exchange

Fmr. FDIC and Fifth Third Bank Chairman William Isaac and CNBC's Rick Santelli discuss declining business and small-dollar loans.
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GMO's Grantham Joins Bitcoin-Bubble Chorus as Swings Subside

Jeremy Grantham has joined the chorus of crypto-bears warning of a potential bubble in bitcoin, as the price of the digital token appears to stabilize after a wild few weeks. The chief investment strategist for GMO in Boston described the bitcoin market as a “true, crazy mini-bubble” in a letter to investors
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The Importance of Ensuring a Real Estate Closing Is Properly Conducted

Time and time again, I see a situation where a client is “penny wise, pound foolish” when it comes to properly documenting a real estate transaction. A recent decision handed down by the Superior Court of Pennsylvania in Ford v. Oliver, 2017 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1040 (Dec. 14, 2017), only illustrates why a
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Startup Turns a Buzzword Triple Play With Fintech, Bitcoin, Weed

A little-known startup has combined three of the year's hottest buzzwords into a single business goal: allow customers to use bitcoin to pay for weed products. That's Glance Technologies Inc.'s plan after inking a deal to license its mobile-payment platform to a company called Cannabis Big Data
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Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. Completes over $2.0 Billion of Transactions in 2017

Loan Repayments – During the fourth quarter of 2017, ARI received $653.2 million from loan repayments, including $200.9 million from first mortgage loans and $452.3 million from subordinate loans. In connection with these loan repayments, the Company recorded interest income of approximately
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The Force Is Real: How 'Star Wars' Neuroscience Is Revolutionizing Healthcare and More

As I mentioned in a previous essay for Fortune, Mendes became the first person ever to drive a Formula 1 racecar with the power of his brain alone. No steering wheel, no pedals, just a brain-computer interface transforming his brain waves into commands to accelerate, to turn right or left. Beyond this
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Is buying a home in Dallas-Fort Worth still a good investment?

“A lot of clients, just because of the property value questions, are not trying to borrow the maximum amount they could borrow,” said Carla Johnson, a real estate agent with Next Level Realty Group who sells homes across the region but specializes in the Keller/Haslet area. “They're most concerned
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Current Mortgage Rates for Thursday, January 4, 2017

Current mortgage rates are moving a little higher this morning after some better than expected economic data. We could see mortgage rates continue to adjust tomorrow morning when we get the monthly jobs report for December. Anyone looking to buy or refinance should pay attention to what happens
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Blockchain-based banking startup Babb names Paul Johnson as CIO

Blockchain-based banking startup BABB (Bank Account Based Blockchain) has appointed banking technology veteran, Paul Johnson who previously lead one of the UK's leading challenger banks, Aldermore, as CIO to spearhead the development of the world's first decentralised bank. During his time
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2017 ended with record-high home prices, record-low inventory in Denver

DENVER – 2017 was a year of new records in Denver's real estate market. The latest data from the Denver Metro Association of Realtors show the year ended with record high sales volume, record-high prices and record-low inventory. A total of 57,788 homes sold for a cumulative $25,085,597,436 in
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Angel Oak raises nearly $300 million to invest in non-QM lending

Angel Oak Capital Advisors, an investment management firm that specializes in mortgage credit, announced this week that it raised nearly $300 million to invest in non-QM lending. Specifically, the company raised $291 million in capital commitments for its first private credit fund, the Angel Oak Real
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OCBC Bank launches one-stop home advisory portal

SINGAPORE – Home buyers can now get advice and recommendations at an advisory portal set up by OCBC Bank – the first such online service launched by a Singapore bank. At the OCBC OneAdvisor Home portal, buyers can find out the types of property they can afford with the bank's home
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Property investor Nathan Birch sued over Gold Coast mortgage default

Cracks are appearing in the residential investment market, with well-known Sydney investor Nathan Birch sued by his lender after his company defaulted on a $535,000 high-interest mortgage for a Gold Coast investment property. Mr Birch, who claims to have a net worth of $30 million and earn
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Ares Management Real Estate Fund Announces Sale of Kendall Multifamily Complex in South …

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ares Management L.P. (NYSE: ARES) announced today that funds managed by its Real Estate Group have completed the sale of Signature at Kendall, an upscale garden-style multifamily development with a total of 546 residential units located in the Kendall submarket
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Fusion GPS Fails to Block Congressional Bid for Bank Records

Fusion GPS Fails to Block Congressional Bid for Bank Records

A research firm that compiled a dossier of sometimes salacious information about U.S. President Donald Trump's contacts with Russians failed to block a congressional bid to see its banking records. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington agreed on Wednesday that information sought by the
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Zephyr Real Estate Agents, Rubinchik and Shiferman, Elected to Women's Council of REALTORS®

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On Thursday, January 11, 2018, two prominent Zephyr agents will be installed as officers of the Women's Council of REALTORS at their annual celebration. Inna Rubinchik and Marina Shiferman will be installed as President-Elect and Treasurer
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Trump Offshore Drilling Plan Opens Almost Entire US Coastline To Oil and Gas Companies

The Trump administration plans to allow oil drilling in nearly all waters off the U.S. coast, according to a proposal unveiled Thursday. The Trump offshore drilling plan would let oil suppliers drill in protected areas of the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans — places where governors, attorneys general and
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Mortgage Firm Settlement Means Payments for Some New Mexicans

Mortgage Firm Settlement Means Payments for Some New Mexicans. Posted on January 4, 2018. A NATIONWIDE SETTLEMENT WITH A MAJOR MORTGAGE COMPANY MEANS CASH PAYMENTS FOR AROUND 265 NEW MEXICANS. CHOLLA KHOURY WITH THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERALS
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Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook to Look Into Cryptocurrency

Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg gave cryptocurrency enthusiasts a little optimism for the new year. Zuckerberg referenced cryptocurrencies in a posting Thursday in which he laid out how he will spend 2018 trying to correct persistent problems -— including the proliferation of hate
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Trump's Obamacare Rule Would Let Small Firms Act Like Big Ones

The Trump administration is proposing to let small firms act more like big corporations to buy cheaper health insurance, a measure that would get around some of Obamacare's requirements. The rule would broaden the availability of less-regulated health insurance coverage to more small employers,
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Global Factory Boom Sends Commodities Prices Soaring

The Bloomberg Commodities Spot Index, tracking the price of 22 raw materials, jumped to its highest since December 2014 on Thursday. … back of higher prices could keep prices range-bound even though demand for oil is rising,” said Michael McDonough, chief economist at Bloomberg Economics.
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Is Buying Robert Half International Incorporated (NYSE:RHI) Here Good Idea?

Investors sentiment increased to 1.01 in Q3 2017. Its up 0.18, from 0.83 in 2017Q2. It improved, as 28 investors sold Robert Half International Inc. shares while 130 reduced holdings. 42 funds opened positions while 117 raised stakes. 102.17 million shares or 0.31% less from 102.49 million shares in
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MORTGAGE CANCELLATION LEADS TO SERIOUS QUESTIONS

Peter and Liz came in recently with an unusual situation. After undergoing a number of loan servicer changes in the last decade, they discovered that back in the early 2000's their mortgage was cancelled. Since they have continued to faithfully make their mortgage payments each month, this news came
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For housing market, tax reform is a wrench in the works

“The big change for all itemizers is that the standard deduction nearly doubles,” said Robert Dietz, chief economist at the National Association of Home Builders. “We are going to have this interesting experiment in the housing market where there will be competition between the income effect and the
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Guild Mortgage Awards Inaugural Academic Collegiate Scholarships

Guild Mortgage's Guild Giving Foundation, a non-profit organization created to expand its community outreach efforts across the country, has … To be eligible, applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, have a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.5 and meet one of the following criteria: be
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As home prices rise, buyers should know mortgage options

The Federal Housing Administration insures FHA loans as a way to help buyers who otherwise might not qualify for a mortgage. They're a popular choice for those with less-than-perfect credit because they allow credit scores as low as 500 (although some lenders may increase this requirement).
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Still Clutching an Old iPhone? You're Not Alone

I hate to be a party pooper, but I am. Apple Inc.'s decision to do the right thing for customers will be bad for business. You probably know that Apple (sort of) apologized for not telling people about a software tweak it made about a year ago that slowed performance of iPhones with worn out batteries,
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Pot Stocks Plunge on Report US to Rescind Expansion Policy

The Bloomberg Intelligence Global Cannabis Competitive Peers Index dropped as much as 22 percent after AP's story was released. Most companies in that group are small. Still, there are a few big names that could be hit by the changing policy. Constellation Brands Inc., which sells Corona beer and
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Mortgage Rates Slide To Start Year

(RTTNews.com) – Mortgage rates or interest rates on home loans dropped in start of the year, according to mortgage provider Freddie Mac. Releasing the results of its primary mortgage market survey, Freddie Mac said that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage or FRM averaged 3.95 percent for the week
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Humble-Kingwood Real Estate: A Real Southern Classic

WOW House: Mint julip anyone? An absolutely exquisite home has a wrap-around porch in both the front and back of this Southern classic. By Bryan Kirk, Patch Staff | Jan 4, 2018 7:57 am ET. 0. Previous. Humble-Kingwood Real Estate: A Real Southern Classic-4; Humble-Kingwood Real Estate: A Real
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'Bomb Cyclone' Leaves Energy and Retail Sectors Exposed

The worst winter storm yet this season is already hitting the Southeast and expected to sweep the Northeast Thursday, threatening to send electricity prices and natural gas demand even higher, boosting energy stocks. The arctic blast could also serve as a positive for companies that provide deicing salt,
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How North Korea May Have Accidentally Crashed A Missile In Its Own City

President Donald Trump's tweets have everyone worried about a missile from North Korea reaching the United States. But a North Korea failed missile test that crashed in Tokchon, a North Korean city, reveals the roadblocks the country faces as it tries to develop a serious weapons program.
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'It Will Be Noteworthy.' Here's What's Coming Next From the 'Bomb Cyclone' Winter Storm

A worker shoves a sidewalk in Brooklyn Bridge Park during a winter storm, January 4, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Drew Angerer—Getty Images. By Bloomberg. 1:57 PM EST. The storm that has whipped the U.S. Northeast with blinding snow is churning up high winds and pulling
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Alabama consumers to share in $45M in mortgage settlement

Approximately 920 Alabama consumers may be eligible for compensation after a settlement with a mortgage lending company. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, along with 48 other state attorneys general, the District of Columbia and more than 45 state mortgage regulators, have reached a
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Apple Music's Jimmy Iovine Plans Departure in August

Apple Music's Jimmy Iovine Plans Departure in August

Jimmy Iovine, leader of Apple Inc.'s music-streaming service, is planning to part ways with the company in August after receiving a final payout from the $3 billion Beats Electronics deal, according to a person familiar with the matter. Iovine, 64, is unlikely to stay even if he gets a new offer, said the person,
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Mortgage Banker

First Citizens Bank has a career opportunity for a Mortgage Banker in Charlottesville, VA.
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Real estate investor plans West Loop redevelopment

A local real estate investor is placing a bet on two trends in the downtown office market: the popularity of the West Loop and renovated old buildings. Following a spate of developers that have turned old West Loop warehouses and industrial buildings into trendy nontraditional offices, Chicago
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United States: Ohio Consolidates Its Mortgage Finance Licensing Laws Into A New Residential …

On December 22, 2017, Ohio Governor Kasich signed into law Ohio House Bill 199, which will make significant changes in how the state will license and regulate mortgage lenders and brokers. The bill takes effect 91 days after filing with the Ohio Secretary of State (which filing had not been made as of
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Malware on Android affects 232 banking apps, including HDFC, ICICI and Axis banks

In India, Quick Heal identified the list of banks whose apps have been affected by Android.banker.A2f8a. This includes mobile banking apps of Axis Bank, HDFC Bank (regular and LITE versions), SBI Anywhere Personal, iMobile by ICICI Bank, IDBI Bank (Go Mobile and Go Mobile+) and Union Bank.
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Trends in pension funded status for state and local plans

Local plans tended to have higher returns than state plans, which the study says could be due in part to their lower allocation to alternative investments such as private equity, hedge funds, real estate and commodities. Currently there's a 6 percent differential between state and local plans' allocations to
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Digital Finance and Marketplace Lending Year in Review

2017 was a banner year for digital finance, as cryptocurrency made headlines, the SEC cracked down on ICOs, alternative lenders broadened their portfolios and the industry entered the mainstream. Below, we count down the top five takeaways in digital finance and marketplace lending.
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Settlement with mortgage firm for questionable foreclosure practices may affect 300 NH residents

Around 300 Granite Staters may be in line for some money now that New Hampshire has joined most other states in a legal settlement with PHH Mortgage Co. over questionable home mortgage foreclosure practices during the Great Recession. The settlement is similar in approach if not size to the
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Mondelez International (MDLZ) Rating Increased to Buy at Zacks Investment Research

Mondelez International logo Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ) was upgraded by Zacks Investment Research from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note issued to investors on Thursday. The brokerage presently has a $48.00 target price on the stock. Zacks Investment Research's price
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Ripple Slides After Coinbase Says Not Adding New Crypto Coins

Ripple, the white-hot crypto currency that more than doubled in the past week, plunged as much as 20 percent after Coinbase said it's not adding any new coins to its exchange at this time. Ripple fell to as low as $2.65 after reaching an all-time high of $3.30 earlier Thursday. The coin was down 1.1
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States Settle With Mortgage Servicer PHH for $45M

WASHINGTON (CN) – Accused of hurting borrowers in the 2008 financial crisis, PHH Mortgage reached a $45 million federal settlement Wednesday with 49 states and the District of Columbia. Based in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, PHH made no admission of liability or wrongdoing in signing the deal.
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Government, Health Services at Risk From Intel Chip Weakness

Amazon.com Inc., the biggest cloud-computing provider, previously said most of its affected AWS servers have already been secured. Microsoft said the majority of its Azure cloud infrastructure has been updated with the fix and most customers won't see a noticeable slowdown with the update.
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Philadelphia Capital Markets & Real Estate Finance

Join us as we dive deep into Philly's capital market trends and real estate finance. Participate in the discussion on Twitter by using hashtag #BisnowPhilly and follow @BisnowPHILA! For questions, recommendations, comments, or press inquiries please email our Philadelphia event producer, James
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Ellen Fitzsimmons joins SunTrust Banks general counsel, corporate EVP

SunTrust Banks have announced the appointment of Ellen Fitzsimmons as its general counsel and corporate executive vice president. She is succeeding current general counsel Raymond Fortin, who is retiring after a 40-year career. Effective next week on January 8, Fitzsimmons will oversee all legal
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Assurant Names Scott McGregor Managing Director of American Title

“Scott has a proven track record of leading teams to operational excellence while maintaining a strong client-centric approach,” said Dan Hoppes, Senior Vice President of Mortgage Solutions for Assurant. “His ability to successfully collaborate at all levels makes him the right leader for ATI, and I am
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'Melt-up' coinage could signal last hurrah for US stock market

He dodged the end-of-the-century dotcom bubble and the 2007-09 blowup in the US housing market – two of the best calls anybody could have made in the past 20 years. Grantham's default setting, as you would expect, tends to be bearish, or at least cautious. If he's talking melt-up, that's newsworthy.
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UBS predicts 'serious resurgence' of European banking M&A

Greater clarity on capital requirement rules for European banks and costs inflicted by bad loan books could spark a “serious resurgence” of takeover activity in the sector this year, according to analysts at UBS. A research note, published today, looked at banking as a complete sector, including retail and
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Project Manager – Retail Banking Software

Salary: £50000 – £65000 per annum, Benefits: Bonus + Bens , Job Type: Permanent, Duration: Permanent job, Start Date: 2018-02-05 – Apply Now for Project Manager – Retail Banking Software vacancy.
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Is Buying Baxter International Inc. (BAX) Here a Winning Strategy?

Investors sentiment increased to 0.97 in 2017 Q3. Its up 0.05, from 0.92 in 2017Q2. It increased, as 38 investors sold Baxter International Inc. shares while 300 reduced holdings. 76 funds opened positions while 253 raised stakes. 439.80 million shares or 0.96% less from 444.08 million shares in
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Barrack Turned Down Trump's Chief-of-Staff Job, Wolff Book Says

Barrack Turned Down Trump's Chief-of-Staff Job, Wolff Book Says

Billionaire investor and longtime Donald Trump friend Thomas Barrack turned down the president's offer to be his first chief of staff, saying he was “just too rich,” according to Michael Wolff's new book about Trump's campaign and first months in office.
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Aspiring home buyers, your dreams are about to get even further out of reach

This is the year that kills home-ownership dreams for some aspiring first-time buyers. Mortgage rates are expected to creep higher in 2018, which means declining affordability. As expensive as houses in some cities are, they may never be as accessible to the first-time buyer as they are today.
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Investment banks earn record $104bn advising on takeovers

Bankers in the UK charged clients $5.8bn, a 17% increase on 2016 as the collapse in the value of the pound following the Brexit vote made British companies cheaper targets for overseas buyers. The soaring fees came from work on $3.5tn of takeover deals last year, including Rupert Murdoch's sale of
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The Latest: Ryan Murphy awaits outcome of Fox-Disney deal

Last month, Disney said it was buying a large part of the Murdoch family's 21st Century Fox for about $52.4 billion in stock, including its film and TV studios and cable and international TV businesses. The deal doesn't include the Fox Broadcasting network and stations, Fox News Channel, Fox Business
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Southwest Airlines Has Reached a $15 Million Settlement in Price Collusion Lawsuit

Southwest Airlines (luv, -0.32%) agreed to pay $15 million to settle nationwide antitrust litigation by passengers who accused the four largest U.S. carriers of conspiring to raise fares by reducing seating capacity. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, D.C. granted preliminary approval
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Starwood Property Trust Expands Multifamily Affordable Housing Portfolio With Acquisition

GREENWICH, Conn., Jan. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: STWD), a leading diversified real estate finance company and the largest commercial mortgage REIT in the U.S., today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire an institutional-quality
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Regina realtors see slowest year for home sales in a decade

“A combination of slower economic and job growth, higher supply levels and public policy decisions such as the federal government making it more difficult for buyers to qualify for mortgage financing all contributed to the slowdown,” Archibald explained. There was a bright spot for buyers however,
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Why Boring Bank Stocks May Be As Relevant As Block Chain Or Crypto

Nate Tobik's written a book about how to analyze bank stocks. He and Kenneth Yellen operate CompleteBankData.com where they've done quite a bit of research into the topic. It's odd to see new writing about banks considering that we live in a time when business media can hardly mention anything
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Crypto Stock Fever Misses China as Investors Sour on Small Caps

Chinese stock investors don't seem to share the global enthusiasm for companies jumping on the cryptocurrency bandwagon. Shenzhen Forms Syntron Information Co. has fallen 22 percent since announcing in March an agreement to promote blockchain in Hong Kong and the banking industry.
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Apple Says All Macs, iPhones and iPads Exposed to Chip Security Flaws

Apple Inc. said all Mac computers and iOS devices, like iPhones and iPads, are affected by chip security flaws unearthed this week, but the company stressed there are no known exploits impacting users. The Cupertino, California-based company said recent software updates for iPads, iPhones, iPod
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Is Buying RINO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (OTCMKTS:RINO) Here Good Idea?

The stock of RINO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (OTCMKTS:RINO) registered a decrease of 0.07% in short interest. RINO's total short interest was 295,300 shares in January as published by FINRA. Its down 0.07% from 295,500 shares, reported previously. With 4,000 shares average volume, it will
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Oaktree Specialty Lending Corpo (OCSL): Consensus Estimates and Trading Data

In the past 52-week period, shares of Oaktree Specialty Lending Corpo (NASDAQ:OCSL) have moved within the range of $3.90 to $5.91. On the stock's most recent trading day, the company's shares ended the regular session at $4.99, which is 15.57% higher than its 52-week high. Oaktree Specialty
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News From NAMB: January 4, 2018

News From NAMB: January 4, 2018 … A new name was just added, J. Mark McWatters, chairman of the National Credit Union Administration. … During Richard Cordray's term as CFPB Director, joint ventures between mortgage companies, builders, and real estate agents were clearly in the crosshairs.
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Manager, Electronic Banking and Business Accounts Services

The Manager Electronic Banking and Business Account Services (EBBAS) is responsible for contributing to the Business Service Centre's overall success by ensuring the delivery of client service is consistent with Scotia Service standards, Complaint Resolution Standards and Procedures and high level
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Long Island hires and promotions: Ron Austin, United Mortgage Corp.

Long Island hires and promotions: Ron Austin, United Mortgage Corp. Ron Austin of Woodmere has been hired as senior vice president of specialty products at United Mortgage Corp. in Melville. Photo Credit: Heidi Frigano. By Diane Daniels peopleonthemove@newsday.com January 4, 2018 1:33 PM.
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Samsung's Curved Monitor Is Packing Thunderbolt 3 Connectivity

Samsung is aiming this at both business users — touting the large display's suitability for multitasking with all that screen real-estate — and gamers, with the monitor having a 4ms response time. There's also a 'game mode' which uses dynamic gamma settings to intelligently adjust color and contrast
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Investment Banking/Capital Markets Analyst Job in Atlanta Area, GA

SunTrust has a career opportunity for a Investment Banking/Capital Markets Analyst in Atlanta Area, GA.
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ACTIVE: Consumer Finance/Lending Attorney

Our client, a large company located in Central Illinois, is actively seeking an experienced attorney to join its sophisticated legal department. Ideal candidates will have 10+ years of in-house consumer finance and lending experience with a financial institution or have worked at a federal banking agency.
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Wire Transfer

Receiving domestic or international wire transactions? HomeTrust Bank wants to ensure your money gets to you as quickly as possible. Find out more here.
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Liberty Property Trust wins bid for Dania Beach industrial site

Liberty Property Trust wins bid for Dania Beach industrial site

The site, just south of I-595, sits near an active landfill. Prior to the sale, the the Fort Lauderdale Police Department used the property, which originally served as a composting site, for motor vehicle training. Liberty Property Trust has recently been turning its focus on industrial real estate. In October 2016
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Trump administration delays Obama fair housing rule, Castro says move “guts” rule

In a move that prominent Democrats and fair housing experts are calling disastrous for the AFFH Rule, HUD plans to announce Friday that it is delaying the deadline for local governments to submit their fair housing evaluations by one year. “The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is
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Aspiration

Aspiration is an online financial firm with a conscience. We offer banking and investment products that let you make money and a difference in the world. Our products include Money Magazine's “Best Checking Account in America” and 100% fossil-fuel free, sustainable investments. We donate 10% of
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White House Weighs Ousting Katie Walsh From Pro-Trump Group

Senior advisers to President Donald Trump are debating whether to press for the ouster of former aide Katie Walsh from a pro-Trump political group and the Republican National Committee over disparaging comments attributed to her in a forthcoming book on the White House, two people familiar with
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You'd Be Crazy to Actually Spend Bitcoin

A little more than four years ago, Coupa Café, a caramel-macchiato joint in Palo Alto, began accepting bitcoin. This was shortly before the first big bitcoin rush briefly pushed the cryptocurrency's price from about $100 to more than $1,000. At the time, two or three Coupa customers a week would pay their
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Huge increase in people switching to cheap mortgages – how you can too

Look into switching mortgage at least three months before your initial term ends – When the initial term of a mortgage ends, lenders transfer customers onto their Standard Variable Rate (SVR). Set a reminder to look into your options with a broker three months before your initial term ends to avoid paying
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Impact of new mortgage rules uncertain

Under the new rules, even home buyers who don't require mortgage insurance because they have a 20 per cent down payment, will have to prove they can afford their mortgage if interest rates rise above Bank of Canada's five-year benchmark rate or two per cent or more higher than their existing
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Sears Is Closing Another 103 Stores

Sears Holdings (shld, -4.65%) said on Thursday it was closing 103 more namesake and Kmart stores this year in the umpteenth round of store shutterings in the last two years. The retailer told employees in a note posted to its web site it was closing 64 Kmart locations and 39 Sears stores. The latest
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Melinda Winchester named Private Banking Relationship Associate

Melinda Winchester has joined the team of The Paducah Bank and Trust Company as Private Banking Relationship Associate. Winchester has an MBA from the University of Phoenix, and is a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University with a Bachelor of Science in Historic Preservation. At SEMO
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Climate Scientists Exiled by Trump Form Panel to Continue Work

The Trump administration disbanded a federal advisory committee on climate change last year but the scientists on the panel won't be deterred. They're taking their research elsewhere. Columbia University's Earth Institute has hired one of the committee's researchers, Richard Moss of the University of
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Rentals by Principle Real Estate Amsterdam

Listing Principle Real Estate Amsterdam rental properties in Amsterdam and surroundings available from €1500 p/m.
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FSOC Annual Report on Financial Stability Highlights Marketplace Lending

They are basically saying the jury is still out on marketplace lending. It is still untested in a recession which is the most common criticism levied against our industry and one we can do little about. I disagree with the misalignment of incentives point but I know many industry observers who believe that is a
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Home prices jump in San Antonio

The national average for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is just under 4 percent this week, well below historical norms and down from 4.2 percent at the beginning of 2016, according to Freddie Mac. Yun predicted the mortgage rate would rise modestly this year. For his part, Dotzour said he could only
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North Queensland graziers banking on wet season relief

One cattleman banking on another good year is Stewy Loudon. He runs a brahman-brangus cross herd in the green hills shadowed by Mt Bartle Frere, Queensland's highest mountain, near Innisfail. A former miner, ringer and butcher, Mr Loudon can't see why there should be any sudden downturn in
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Timeline: The First Decade Of Alternative Lending

As alternative lending matures into what some in the industry are calling “alternative lending 2.0,” we look at the sector's evolution since 2005.
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Freddie debuts another front-end risk transfer product

Freddie Mac has developed another product that transfers the credit risk on mortgages before they are securitized. It is an iteration of ACIS (Agency Credit Insurance Structure), a reinsurance contract used to transfer the risk on mortgages that have already been securitized. Like ACIS, the new product,
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$45M settlement with national mortgage corporation could benefit Alabamians

A million-dollar settlement has been reached and Alabamians may be able to cash in after officials say a national mortgage corporation improperly serviced mortgage loans. According to Attorney General Steve Marshall, Alabama and 48 other states reached the $45 million-dollar settlement with PHH
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2018 Banking and Finance preview: Expect even more turnabouts, turmoil and tug of wars

The Bay Area is likely to see more banking consolidation in 2018 as community banks seek greater economies of scale and growth by purchasing rivals. Walnut Creek-based Mechanics Bank is among those likely to go shopping in the year head. Mechanics Bank CEO John DeCero offered his take on
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Getting the Apple iPhone Battery Upgrade Could Take Weeks

If you want to upgrade your iPhone battery, expect to have to wait for several weeks. The big delay comes after Apple (aapl, +0.56%) acknowledged intentionally throttling the performance of some iPhones in order to prevent those smartphones from abruptly turning off because of elderly batteries.
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SCI's 2nd Annual Risk Transfer & Synthetics Seminar

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pioneered the market for transferring mortgage credit default risk with their CAS and STACR programmes, but other firms are now turning to synthetic securitisation to support the US mortgage finance system. This panel tracks the evolution of mortgage insurance-linked
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Moody's Affirms Ten Classes of MSBAM 2016-C28

Moody's Affirms Ten Classes of MSBAM 2016-C28

The largest loan with a structured credit assessment is the Penn Square Mall Loan ($90 million — 9.5% of the pool), which represents a pari-passu portion of a $206.5 million senior mortgage loan. The other pari-passu notes are held in MSBAM 2016-C29 and MSC 2015-PSQ. There is also additional
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Ban on foreign buyers in New Zealand unlikely to have much impact on sales

'Given international buyers are such a small part of the market we're interested to understand what impact the Government believes the foreign buyer ban will actually have. We know when looking at Australia that a similar policy there has had little impact with Australia still remaining the third most
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Trump Seeks to Open Most US Coastal Waters to New Drilling

The Trump administration is proposing to open almost all U.S. coastal waters to oil drilling, including those off California and Florida where activists have fought for decades to spare delicate ecosystems from oil spills. The proposal released Thursday will go far beyond President Donald Trump's April
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Trump's Momentum Vanishes After Wolff Book Leads to Bannon Split

President Donald Trump entered 2018 with momentum: the massive tax cut he signed just after Christmas, he hoped, would give his legislative priorities a lift early in the New Year. But all of that energy vanished after publication of excerpts from a bombshell book detailing dysfunction, backstabbing and
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Toronto, Vancouver home sales fall in 2017 as prices jump

In Vancouver, the market was also split, with surging condo demand in stark contrast to slower sales of detached homes, according to a report from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV). Overall, sales dropped 9.9 percent compared to 2016, with the typical price of a home in the
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$126 million in funding for Village apartments' new 'Main Street'

Over the last two decades Lincoln Property has torn down some of the oldest apartments at the Village and replaced them with newer rental units. Invesco Real Estate – which is a partner in the $3 billion Legacy West development in Plano – is a longtime partner in the Village. HFF's Andy Scott, Michael
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Meet Student Housing Needs And Grow Your Business

The student housing market is sizeable and growing every year, so it's a very important market for property managers to consider.
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Online Lender LendInvest Lent £500 Million to Finance c.1800 UK Homes in 2017

Online lending platform LendInvest announced on Thursday it lent £500 million to help professional property investors, developers and landlords buy, build or renovate c.1800 homes in 2017. The online lender revealed that this marks a 33% increase on 2016's £375 million lending record. LendInvest
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Report: Philly housing prices at the start of 2018

Real estate number-cruncher NeighborhoodX analyzed the current housing stock in 18 Philly neighborhoods and found that overall, there are properties available at every price point. For the neighborhoods and properties covered in this analysis, the price for market-rate properties ranged from $58 to
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Perth's property market decline eases

Perth's lacklustre property market appears to have bottomed out with the rate of decline easing, new CoreLogic data shows.
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How money-laundering works in real estate

If Michael Wolff's reporting is to be believed, Stephen Bannon's assessment of the most dangerous threat posed by special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is not the one you might have assumed. “You realize where this is going,” Bannon reportedly told Wolff. “This is all about money laundering.
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Mortgage Rates Fall at Start of Year

Mortgage rates fell at the start of the year, with the 30-year, fixed rate averaging 3.95 percent, down from 3.99 percent the week prior, according to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®). The 15-year, fixed rate is averaging 3.38 percent, down from 3.44 percent the week prior, while
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Top D-FW commercial real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 1

One Oak Over the Line has sold the 95,232-square-foot Arlington Oaks Office Park on 8.6 acres at 301 Osler Dr. in Arlington to ReyCo Holdings LLC. Shane Benner of Coldwell Banker Commercial Advisors DFW brokered the sale with Daniel Miller of Rubicon Representation. Phoenix-based
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Black Knight's Chip McAvoy elected to Real Estate Standards Organization board

RESO develops, adopts and implements open data standards and processes across all real estate transactions, and has more than 700 active members, including the National Association of Realtors, multiple listing service organizations, real estate associations, brokerages and technology providers.
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Eye On The Industry

Freddie Mac has announced an expansion of its Agency Credit Insurance Structure (ACIS) program with ACIS Forward Risk Mitigation (AFRM), a front-end credit risk transfer offering. This latest credit risk transfer (CRT) offering allows Freddie Mac to transfer mortgage credit risk simultaneously with the
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SA housing market strong, but shortage may loom

Yun was among the panels of experts addressing a roomful of Realtors Thursday at the the 2018 Housing Forecast put on by SABOR at the La Cantera Resort and Spa. He also said the housing market should continue to sizzle because the city's job market looks hot. Jenna Saucedo-Herrera, CEO of the
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Federal jury convicts defendants in mortgage fraud scheme involving Modesto homes

Prosecution evidence presented in the trial indicated the defendants fraudulently obtained more than $9.3 million in residential mortgage loans. The prosecutors said Surjit Singh recruited people with good credit to act as “straw buyers” for residential properties owned by his relatives and associates.
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Northwest Properties Snags 216-Unit Houston Community

Additionally, HFF's Tyler Ford secured a fixed-rate Freddie Mac acquisition loan for the buyer. The new deal comes a few weeks after Greystone provided a $36.4 million loan for the acquisition of Parkside Place, a 384-unit luxury Northwest Houston community located less than four miles from
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Immigration Plan Depends on Trump Willingness to Compromise

A U.S. Border Patrol agent stands for a photograph while keeping watch along the U.S. and Mexico border in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg. Senate Republicans angling for bipartisan immigration legislation say they're optimistic that a deal can be struck soon, but it
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See Harrowing Footage of Icy Floods Along East Coast

Along with an expected 12 and 18 inches snow, icy conditions, and frigid temperatures, winter storm Grayson is causing devastating flooding along the New England coast. On Thursday afternoon, the National Weather Service issued a coastal flood advisory along parts of Cape Cod Bay until Friday at 4
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Mortgage Rates Move Higher on Strong Economic Data

Mortgage Rates Move Higher on Strong Economic Data

Mortgage rates moved higher today, following stronger economic data at home and abroad. In general, stronger economic data implies better growth, higher stock prices and higher rates. Although the traditional levels of correlation between data and rates have been thrown off for various reasons over
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M&T leads small business lending program

M&T Bank led in small business lending in the Buffalo-Rochester region in a key federally backed program in December. M&T had 19 of the 7(a) loans, according to the Small Business Administration. Five Star Bank had seven, followed by ESL Federal Credit Union with six. M&T accounted for 29
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Two Stocks in Concentration: BioPharmX Corporation (BPMX), Capstead Mortgage Corp. (CMO)

… investment strategy is managing a leveraged portfolio of residential mortgage pass-through securities consisting almost exclusively of ARM securities issued and guaranteed by government-sponsored entities, either Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, or by an agency of the federal government, Ginnie Mae.
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The Real Deal's Westchester & Fairfield Market Report is live!

Downtown New Rochelle will never be the same. And that's a good thing, as far as the city — and developer RXR Realty — is concerned. Three years ago, the real estate company was chosen as “master developer” for the city's downtown revitalization. In less than a year, the city approved new zoning
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AI, AR, Android & Tech Trends To Expect More From In 2018

For many this will mean the ability to have a phone that while in a folded state will look and act like a smartphone, featuring a more pocketable size that is akin to smartphone that are currently available, but when unfolded will be usable like a tablet to give users more screen real estate to work with.
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Analyzing the Insider Data for Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd. (XIN)

Recent insider trends for Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd. (NYSE:XIN) have caught the attention of investors. Patters in insider activity can help analysts formulate an outlook for a stock. In the case of XIN, the data has a lot to say about how the stock might perform going forward. Institutions own 07.79% of
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Commercial real estate resolutions for 2018

For those looking to buy a commercial building in 2018, I just have three points to make: location, location, location. As a commercial real estate broker, I can fix most of the problems with a building. I can assist in directing a general contractor to remodel the outside and inside of the building. I can find
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Washington Real Estate Investment Trust Confirms 4th Quarter 2017 Earnings Release Date and …

WASHINGTON, Jan. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Washington REIT (Washington Real Estate Investment Trust) (NYSE:WRE), a leading owner of commercial and multifamily properties in the Washington, DC area, will announce 4th Quarter 2017 earnings in a press release to be issued on
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DOE Banking on Six Projects to Advance Oil, NatGas Production Techniques

Six U.S. projects to test technologies for oil and natural gas development, including four in unconventional plays, have been selected by the Department of Energy (DOE) to receive $30 million total for cost-shared research and development. The projects, selected by the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) within
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What the 2017 hottest homebuyer names say about the US housing market

If your first name peaked in popularity in the groovy 1970s, chances are it's not on the list of the most popular US homebuyer names in 2017. And while more “old fashioned” first names like “Gerald” slipped, multiple hip Millennial names grew in prevalence in the 2017 homebuying pool, according to a
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Hawley helps to reach multi-million dollar settlement with large mortgage corporation

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley announced on Thursday that his office helped reach a $45 million settlement with a New Jersey-based mortgage lender and servicer PHH Mortgage Corporation. PHH is the nation's 9th largest non-bank residential mortgage originator
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Global Real Estate Software Market Growth(CAGR) by 2022: Yardi Systems, MRI Software …

The report also delivers market size forecasts for Real Estate Software market. The forecasts are further mentioned in the top segment of Real Estate Software market. This report lists out some of the major key trends that are expected to influence the overall Real Estate Software market development and
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Metro Denver home sales and prices hit new high in 2017; inventory at record low

Home sales and prices in metro Denver once again hit record highs in 2017, but the pace of price gains slowed as the market reached a higher altitude, according to the latest Denver Metro Real Estate Market Trends Report. A record 57,788 single-family homes and condos sold across metro Denver
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Improved regulation in the Bulgarian banking sector

At the end of 2017, the Bulgarian Parliament adopted changes to the Credit Institutions Act (the “Act”), which aim to improve the banking supervision in the country. The changes are motivated by findings that resulted from the Financial Sector Assessment Program and the undertakings of the Bulgarian
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Mortgage bond market may get a boost from new Canadian rules

“Otherwise there will be no financing available for mortgages.” There are some headwinds though. Investors became cautious with housing market debt last year after regulators said one mortgage lending company, Home Capital Group Inc., failed to properly disclose possible mortgage application fraud
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Tech threatens to further commoditize banking, First Horizon chief warns

Technology “gives you a tremendous way to improve services and the flexibility of banking our customers,” he said in an interview Wednesday before a speech at an economic forum in Raleigh, N.C. “But it is very costly and, because it tends to level the field, it is going to require you to figure out how to
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Tax reform could cause Fed to speed up rate hikes

Minutes released Wednesday by the Federal Reserve showed that the Federal Open Markets Committee could move at a quicker pace due to tax reform. Just before Christmas, President Donald Trump signed the tax reform bill into law which some economist predict could spur economic growth over the
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Manhattan Real Estate Sales, Prices Drop

Manhattan Real Estate Sales, Prices Drop

Real estate sales and prices each fell in fourth quarter in Manhattan, and once the new tax rules take effect they're likely to dip further, CNBC staffer Robert Frank reports. Compared with the fourth quarter of 2016, total sales volume fell 12% last quarter, according to a report from Douglas Elliman Real
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920 Alabamians Eligible For Compensation From $45 million Mortgage Settlement

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced a settlement with one of the largest mortgage companies in the nation. AG Marshall along with 48 other state Attorney Generals, the District of Columbia, and 45+ state mortgage regulators reached a $45 million settlement with PHH Mortgage
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Spotify's Non-IPO Really Is Novel

Spotify AB has filed confidentially with the Securities and Exchange Commission to go public via a direct listing, in which it won't sell shares in an initial public offering but will instead just one day declare that it is public and let anyone who wants to trade its shares. We have talked a few times about this
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Forget Treason. Money Laundering Is Serious.

Little of those latter observations ring true. Bannon may be a crackpot, but he certainly had the president's ear during the campaign's home stretch and in the early, shambolic months of the Trump administration last year. And as my Bloomberg News colleague Joshua Green detailed long before others
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Bad news for banking

Rising interest rates accompanied by a rise in inflation is bad news for the banking industry. This will have a huge impact on PSBs and they may have to book huge losfs on account of revaluation of securities held in the Asset for Sale portfolio. Already facing the heat due to ballooning NPAs, this
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Form 497 Goldman Sachs Trust II

The Board of Trustees of Goldman Sachs Trust II has authorized the Fund to participate in a securities lending program under which The Goldman Sachs Trust Company d/b/a Goldman Sachs Agency Lending, an affiliate of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P., the Fund's investment adviser, serves
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Congress to Seek US Debt Limit Measure in February, Source Says

Congressional leaders will seek to lift the U.S. debt limit in February by attaching a measure to a government funding bill, a House Republican familiar with the talks said Thursday. The ceiling on federal borrowing had been suspended in September but snapped back into place on Dec. 8.
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Trump Could Push Iran Closer to China If Sanctions Are Renewed

The U.S. president will have to decide this month whether to renew a waiver that lifted banking, oil and shipping sanctions on OPEC's third-biggest producer. Should Trump reimpose sanctions on dollar-denominated business with Iran, it could force the Islamic Republic to move closer to China to ensure
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Fidelity Investments' 2018 Themes: Banking, Tech-Powered Healthcare, Industrial Robots

While risks will abound in 2018, there are a lot of opportunities for investors to make money in the stock market. Fidelity Investments pointed to the banking, industrial robots and tech-enabled healthcare industries as potential opportunities. In a recent blog post, the Boston-based fund company said that
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2018 Residential Real Estate preview: Will home prices stabilize? Will modular construction make …

San Francisco's median home price reached $1.4 million in mid-2017, a new record. Other Bay Area regions are also surging, and inventory remains tight despite a softening in job growth. Although for-sale condos and townhomes are being built around the Bay Area, the additional supply hasn't
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Bitcoin to buy a house: First flare of a real-estate bubble?

Unlike the Sunbelt epicenters of the 2007 meltdown, we're not overbuilding and basing our economy on real-estate speculation right down to house-flipping. The economy here is robust, diverse and among the biggest beneficiaries of the peculiar characteristics of this recovery and expansion. The issue
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JC Penney CEO Warns Sears: We're Coming for Your Appliance Business

… saw comparable appliance sales rise 30% in the November and December holiday period, a significant contributor to Penney's better-than-expected 3.4% holiday season sales growth, Ellison told Fortune in an interview on Thursday. What's more, Penney will be ready whatever happens to Sears,
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Was This Theater Company Prescient with Real Estate or Overly Ambitious?

Artists Repertory Theatre (ART) in Portland, Oregon, is the city's oldest professional theater company, and, as reported by Nigel Jaquiss for Willamette Week, a company that “has earned a reputation regionally and nationally for its ambition and creativity.” That ambition, at least in terms of the real estate
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Helen Mirren's gun fortune comes back to haunt her in new Winchester trailer

You've probably heard the name that adorns Helen Mirren's new ghost thriller, Winchester. That's because it belongs, of course, to one of the world's largest gun fortunes. The new horror movie from the the Spiering brothers finds Sarah Winchester (Mirren) trying to use her family's massive wealth to
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Dow Jones Surpasses 25000 for the First Time as Stocks Rally Despite Winter Storm

Stocks rallied around the world on signs the global economic expansion that pushed benchmarks to records in 2017 remains intact. The dollar slipped and U.S. Treasuries declined as a private report showed U.S. employment strengthening. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surpassed 25,000 for the
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Mortgage Rates Thursday: Up Across the Board

You can trust that we maintain strict editorial integrity in our writing and assessments; however, we receive compensation when you click on links to products from our partners and get approved. Here's how we make money. The average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose three basis points, the
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80000 Crore Bank Recapitalisation Plan

80,000 crore bank recapitalisation plan, as part of a two-year programme to recapitalise state banks to help them deal with bad debts and revive credit growth. In October, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had announced the plan to recapitalise 21 state banks with Rs. 2.11 lakh crore, including Rs. 1.35 lakh
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Kimball International (KBAL) Raised to “Buy” at BidaskClub

BidaskClub upgraded shares of Kimball International (NASDAQ:KBAL) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a research report report published on Wednesday, December 27th. Shares of Kimball International (NASDAQ KBAL) traded up $0.01 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $18.73.
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Capstead Mortgage (CMO) Getting Somewhat Favorable News Coverage, Analysis Finds

Capstead Mortgage (CMO) Getting Somewhat Favorable News Coverage, Analysis Finds

Capstead Mortgage logo News coverage about Capstead Mortgage (NYSE:CMO) has trended somewhat positive on Thursday, Accern reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks
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Revamped Paris building the new home for real estate company

In July, Daniel Miller started the task of rehabbing a long-vacant building next to the public library in downtown Paris to establish a real estate office. The rehab, though taking longer than he predicted, should be completed by the end of January. The building will house his newly formed company.
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National Mortgage Lender Appoints New Chief Executive Officer

Envoy Mortgage announced today that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Patrick Walden, will retire from his CEO role and Ron Millard, currently Envoy's Executive Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, will succeed Walden as CEO. Pat Walden will continue to serve as Envoy's Chairman of the Board.
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Detroit housing prices at the start of 2018: A tale of two cities

We know Detroit's housing market is unusual. Last year, we saw million dollar home sales, prices sharply rising in certain neighborhoods, plus a lack of move-in ready, affordable properties. So where are we at for the start of 2018? We asked our friends at NeighborhoodX to analyze listings in nine
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A few Vermont towns stand out in home value gains

For most Americans, and probably most Vermonters, their house is their most valuable asset. Home equity is a useful source of credit and helps people get favorable interest rates when they are buying a car or financing credit card debt. Most importantly, many people count on their housing equity to help
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Did that WSJ article on Philly's housing market get it right?

On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal published an article running the headline, “You Got Priced Out of … Philadelphia? The Spread of Hot Housing Markets”. The protagonist at play was a white, single, middle-aged woman who makes $60,000 a year. Her dilemma: The hope of buying a house in
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Preqin: Most alternative asset classes post record fundraising year; real estate lags

Three new reports from alternative investment research firm Preqin show many alternative asset classes setting a record pace in 2017, including overall private equity, private debt and venture capital, while private equity-backed buyout deals remained steady in 2017 from the prior year.
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Banking on services deal

BRITAIN wants to include financial services in a trade deal with the European Union which covers a full sweep of economic areas, Brexit minister David Davis said on Tuesday (2). Any deal that left finance out would be “cherry picking”, Davis said, after the EU's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier cast doubt
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Fiserv: Digital Wallet Adoption To Mirror Online Banking's Path

Online banking existed in 1998, but not to any extent that was useful to most people. The average consumer was still using dial-up internet, and DSL was just making its debut. Banking online really just meant customers could check their balance without going to a local branch or ATM, and that was it.
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These Extremely Limited-Edition Luxury Sneakers Are Designed Just for You

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A clear winner in the city's residential market

One Chicago residential brokerage has grown to the point where its share of the city's real estate market is bigger than the next two firms combined. That firm, locally owned @properties, had just over 20 percent of the Chicago market last year based on sales volume, according to data from Broker
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Planet Home Lending earns multiple “Stable” ratings from Fitch

Planet Home Lending had been a mortgage servicer since 2007 and currently services a $12.5 billion portfolio of GSE and Ginnie Mae mortgage servicing rights. It expanded into the special servicing space for private clients in September 2016 with the addition of a dedicated asset management team in
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WATCH: The Real Deal's reporters on what the industry needs to watch out for this year

I remember blowing a deadline for an important story in journalism school and getting a (deserved) tongue-lashing from my editor. He gave me the usual shit, but ended with this gem. “An editor in a paying newsroom would have remanded you to the real estate desk. Which is to say, made you
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Bank Blockchain Integration: A Challenge Overcome

In the years ahead, we will move from a system of many banks with many ledgers (with all the associated reconciliation, central clearing parties, auditing, etc) to a simpler system of many banks but fewer ledgers where reconciliation is automatic. Central clearing parties may no longer be necessary and
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A Donald Trump Business Ally Says His Quote in Michael Wolff's Book is Fake News

On Wednesday, The Guardian unveiled excerpts from a controversial new book about President Trump by journalist Michael Wolff. Now Tom Barrack, one of Trump's closest friends and confidants in the business world, tells Fortune that the book attributes a disparaging quote to him that he never
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Syndicates may be preying on victims using leaked banking information: Michael Chong

MCA Public Services and Complaints Department head Datuk Seri Michael Chong (seated R) urged authorities and banks to look into the possible leaking of personal banking information during a press conference at Wisma MCA on Jan 4, 2018. With him is 69-year-old retiree, Yap Chin Kee (seated L),
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House Hunting in … Morocco

Tangier, like other Moroccan cities including Marrakesh, has a diverse international real estate clientele, Mr. Peto said. Traditionally, it has attracted buyers from Spain because of its proximity, he added. Across the country, buyers have recently come from France, Britain, India, Italy, the United States,
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Chaotic Darkness or Fortune's Boon?

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Iredell real estate transactions: Dec. 24-29

The following deeds were filed in the Iredell County Register of Deeds office from Dec. 24-29. For more information regarding specific plots of land, visit www.co.iredell.nc.us/Departments/RegDeeds. TOP FIVE. » From TKC CXXIII, LLC to Cheney Bros., Inc., 19.821 acres, 195 Business Park Dr.,
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Nevada, 49 other states, reach settlement with mortgage lender

Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt, along with attorneys general from 49 states and the District of Columbia, as well as more than 40 state mortgage regulators, announced a $45 million settlement with New Jersey-based mortgage lender and servicer PHH Mortgage Corporation. The settlement
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Synovus Financial Corp Cuts Position in Mondelez International Inc (MDLZ)

Synovus Financial Corp Cuts Position in Mondelez International Inc (MDLZ)

Cramer Rosenthal Mcglynn LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Mondelez International by 39.7% in the 3rd quarter. Cramer Rosenthal Mcglynn LLC now owns 1,200,693 shares of the company's stock valued at $48,820,000 after buying an additional 341,253 shares in the last quarter. Pinebridge
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Cheap rents Queensland: Bargain rental rates revealed

Property data analytics firm CoreLogic has released its Best of the Best 2017 report, examining a range of trends across the real estate industry. The Gladstone Observer says the report identified two different suburbs in Gladstone as having the lowest median rentals in Australia for houses and units in
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Vineland property sells for $825K | South Jersey real estate

ALLOWAY TWP. — 271 Telegraph Road, HSBC Bank USA to Andrew Locuson for $50,000. BRIDGETON. — 382 Vine St., Capital Finance Co. of Delaware Valley Inc. to Deyonka Green for $117,500. DEERFIELD TWP. — 53 Pindale Dr., JDR Construction LLC to Donald W. Hymer Jr. for $165,000.
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Toronto home sales fall 18.3 percent in 2017 from record level

1, the real estate board said. The Ontario government implemented multiple measures, including a foreign buyers tax, in late April to try to ease the Toronto region's surging housing markets. The impact of those measures and two recent interest rate hikes by the Bank of Canada will be compounded by
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Companies in US Added 250000 Jobs in December, ADP Data Show

Steady employment growth also reflects more optimism among businesses that is starting to fuel capital investment and underscores an improving economy. The ADP figure compares with the Bloomberg survey median for a 185,000 advance in private payrolls when the government issues its jobs report
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'Now she can enjoy being a grandma, and relax': Heartwarming moment three siblings pay off their …

Three siblings from Texas gifted their hard-working mother with the ultimate present on Christmas Day by paying off her mortgage for her Sugar Land home. The emotional and heartwarming moment was captured on video and posted to Facebook, which shows Nigisti Asgedom at a loss for words after
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Miss Fortune's Q and E trigger Glacial Augment

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Your 401(k) Deleted: How Wall Street Hopes to Thwart Hackers

U.S. financial firms plan to expand a secretive project protecting bank accounts against crippling cyber attacks so that it will also guard trillions of dollars in investment funds. The industry-led project, called Sheltered Harbor, already is known to back up data for savings and checking accounts. But quietly
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New Maryland property assessments show continued rise in property values

About 69 percent of residential properties in the group saw an increase in property value. The 2018 assessments continue a trend of steadily rising assessments in recent years, said Charles Cluster, state supervisor of real property. “I definitely see positive gains. I see slow and steady growth,” Cluster
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Area's house asking prices highest in NZ

Nationally, the asking price for houses moved up 3.8% in December from the previous month to $660,798.Central Otago Lakes matched the national movement to edge ahead of Auckland with an average asking price of $984,719. Realestate.co.nz spokeswoman Vanessa Taylor said the region showed
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Inland Real Estate Acquisitions, LLC Closes the Purchase of a Medical Office Building in Texas

OAK BROOK, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Inland Real Estate Acquisitions, LLC announced today that it negotiated and closed the purchase of a 16,050-square-foot medical office building located in Dallas. Matthew Tice, senior vice president of Inland Real Estate Acquisitions, LLC, completed the deal, with
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Why Are You Even Reading That Tesla Announcement?

If you're a Tesla investor who's OK with its announcement of how many cars it delivered in the last quarter of 2017, then it might be time to ask yourself: Why even read it? Let's go through the motions of parsing the numbers. Tesla Inc. delivered almost 30,000 vehicles in the fourth quarter, the highest so
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Apollo and Värde take $1.4bn stake in US subprime lender

Apollo Global Management and Värde Partners are making a big bet on America's subprime borrowers, spending $1.4bn on Fortress's stake in OneMain, a consumer lender that has been expanding rapidly. On Thursday an investor group led by affiliates of the two private equity firms said they had
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Regulators caution Texans on home-equity lending

Proposition 2, which was passed by state voters by a 69-31 margin, changed the amount of fees which are able to be charged for home-equity loans; expanded the amount of lenders able to make loans to subsidiaries of banks, savings and loans and credit unions; expanded refinancing abilities and the
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China HGS Real Estate Inc. (HGSH) has a value of $2.45 per share While The Toronto-Dominion …

Investors who observing the volume trend of China HGS Real Estate Inc. (HGSH) over recent time; they noted that 8.95 million shares changed at hands contradiction to its average trading volume of 0.18 million. Traders and technical analysts have the ability to use volume to help measure the strength
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Head to Head Analysis: World Acceptance (WRLD) vs. Stonegate Mortgage (SGM)

World Acceptance (NASDAQ: WRLD) and Stonegate Mortgage (NYSE:SGM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst
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Operation FINALLY HOME announces new project in South Central Texas to provide mortgage …

During the New Year's Eve celebration on FOX News with Jesse Watters and Kennedy, U.S. Army Lt. Garrett Spears and his family were “surprised” with the news that his family will receive a mortgage-free home. (See video here: http://video.foxnews.com/v/5699496156001/?#sp=show-clips.) As part of
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This Is How Hermes Excites A Guy Like Me

Established in 1837 and based in France, Hermes International SCA, or simply Hermes is the designer, manufacturer and marketer of high fashion luxury … and that's partly the reason why its products are so scarce and people have to be on a long waiting list sometimes before receiving the purchase.
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London property prices fall for first time since 2009

House prices in London fell on average during 2017, marking the first full-year decline since 2009, mortgage lender Nationwide said Thursday. Prices in the U.K. capital decreased by 0.5 percent in 2017, with London the weakest region across Britain for the first time since 2004. For the wider U.K.
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Vanguard retains title as world's fastest-growing asset manager

A new chapter in the rivalry opened this week after Tim Buckley assumed responsibility as Vanguard chief executive, only the fourth man to have held that position since the company was founded by Jack Bogle in 1975. “Having scale is an incredible advantage in the asset management industry,” Mr
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