In the next several columns, I am going to explain a Real Estate Acquisition Matrix I have developed over the years. It is the criteria and requirements my years of study, research and experience have shown me should exist in every transaction. I treat this matrix like a checklist, and I will not buy a piece of
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President Donald Trump responded to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's latest threats, saying that he has a “much bigger and more powerful” nuclear button. Trump's remark on Twitter came after Kim warned the U.S. on Monday that the nuclear button “is always on my desk.” The North Korean leader
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NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 02: U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during a brief press availability at United Nations headquarters, January 2, 2018 in New York City. She discussed protests in Iran and the North Korea nuclear threat. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images).
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A real estate developer has moved to the High Court seeking a refund from a lender. The developer alleged he has overpaid a loan by over Sh 4 million. Hadar Limited is also urging the court to compel Housing Finance Company of Kenya to release title documents for palatial houses it has developed
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SYDNEY and Melbourne house prices have been tipped to fall by 5 to 10 per cent this year as Australia's property cycle enters a downward phase. CoreLogic data released on Tuesday showed national dwelling values fell 0.3 per cent in December, adding to a run of flat or negative growth and marking
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If you appreciate balance-sheet strength and superior cash flow generation, then Procter & Gamble is the way to go. If strong future growth potential is more important to you, then Philip Morris may be the better choice. Either way, you'll be buying a solid business that should reward you with steadily
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The oil market rediscovered geopolitics in the latter part of 2017. Continuing the theme, 2018 has kicked off with mass protests in Iranian cities. As you sketch out scenarios for the Middle East, though, don't forget another big wild card: the U.S.. This isn't to say Iran's problems don't matter. They're
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MUMBAI: Most big lenders such as ICICI Bank, Axis Bank and HDFC Bank may follow State Bank of India in cutting rates for borrowers as competition intensifies among the country's biggest lenders. The asset-liability committees of many of the banks are likely to meet in the next few days to consider
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Brooklyn renters looking for a picturesque brownstone in the Fort Greene neighborhood were surprised to learn they could pay for their new new digs with bitcoin. That's right, you can use the cryptocurrency that everyone and their dog is now investing in to put down a payment on an apartment.
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Primary Residential Mortgage Inc. (PRMI) reports that its has opened a new retail branch in Hawaii – its second on the island of Oahu. The new branch, located in Kaimuki, is under the management of Craig Fujikawa, who has more than 20 years of experience in the mortgage industry. Prior to joining
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He is the leader in a new breed of YouTube gamers who have made a fortune from their own bedrooms by outlaying little more than the cost of a video camera, microphone and computer. Now more than 17million people subscribe to his YouTube channel where he plays a game while offering a chatty
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Banks may face mark-to-market (MTM) losses aggregating about ₹15,500 crore on their investment portfolios in the October-December 2017 quarter due to surge in the yield on the benchmark 10-Year Government Security (G-Sec) by 67 basis points in the said quarter, according to credit rating agency
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President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, DC., on Nov. 28, 2017. Kevin Dietsch—Pool/Getty Images. By Reuters. 8:45 PM EST. The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, warned North Korea on Tuesday against staging another missile test and
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BOSTON–Everything has “an app for that.” Now even the real estate, one of the oldest industries in the game, is getting tech savvy. Here are a few examples: Cambridge Crossing + mixed reality experience– one of the largest developments to break ground in Greater Boston in 2017 – the firm introduced
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Old Republic International Corporation is engaged in insurance underwriting and related services. It conducts its operations through General Insurance, Title Insurance, and the Republic Financial Indemnity and consumer credit indemnity Run-off Business. Headquartered in Chicago, IL, Old Republic
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Bitcoin has gained global fame in the past year, but it's been popular at Peter Thiel's venture firm since at least 2012. Founders Fund, Thiel's San Francisco-based firm known for early bets on SpaceX and Airbnb, has been purchasing small amounts of bitcoin in recent years, totaling no more than $20
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The trophy is invisible, although Los Angeles City Councilman Joe Buscaino lobbied Curbed LA, a website dedicated to real estate trends and analysis, to create a real one this year that will be presented to the San Pedro Chamber of Commerce. The honorary title is determined by online votes only,
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When Toys “R” Us caught credit traders off guard with its sudden plunge into bankruptcy, Jeff Altman locked in gains from the unraveling after betting against the retailer by stacking up credit-default swaps. It was one of a handful of timely bets on out-of-favor companies that powered Altman's Owl Creek
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Mitt Romney was mum on whether he plans to run for Senate after Republican Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah announced he'll retire after 2018. But Romney's Twitter profile may give a hint about his thinking. As of 3:12 p.m. East Coast time, it read “Massachusetts,” where Romney formerly served as
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U.S. Bancorp and TCF Financial, two of Minnesota's biggest banks, are giving bonuses to workers, increasing charitable donations and telling investors to expect lower tax expenses as a result of the new federal tax law. U.S. Bank also said Tuesday it would raise the minimum wage of its hourly
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Or at least that's the opinion of those on Facebook who have mistaken Dustin Martin the AFL footballer with Dustin Martin the US real estate agent, based in La Mesa, California. Tigers fans have been posting on the Facebook page of the real estate agent, covering him with with positive reviews. Odd.
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The logo of the music streaming service Spotify is displayed on a smartphone in Berlin, Germany on April 20, 2017. Thomas Trutschel—Photothek/Getty Images. By Reuters. 10:14 PM EST. Music streaming company Spotify (spotify, +0.00%) was sued by Wixen Music Publishing last week for allegedly
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“It was the busiest November and December,” mortgage professional with One Link Mortgage and Financial Shelley Stewart said. … The new guidelines now require federally regulated financial institutions to vet applicants for uninsured mortgages by using a minimum qualifying rate equal to the greater
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Mortgage rates are theoretically supposed to go higher in 2018. Any upward pressure on economic growth or inflation (courtesy of the tax bill, perhaps?) is bad for rates, all things being equal. Economic growth increases market returns, forcing rates to move higher in order to keep up. Inflation erodes the
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Federal tax code revisions could have a big impact on homeowners and the housing market, Windermere Real Estate Chief Economist Matthew Gardner said in his 2018 forecast. Gardner also anticipates average sale prices in the Puget Sound region will rise by 7.6 percent this year and 8.5 percent in
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Newport Beach, CA, January 02, 2018 –(PR.com)– In 2017, Online Mortgage Leads Continue to Be Very Successful for Originators. In a funding analysis of nearly 2.75 million Internet generated mortgage leads generated between January 1st, 2017 through June 30th 2017, iLeads.com® has found that
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Crazy high prices are no longer the only thing keeping prospective buyers in B.C. from jumping into the real estate market or trading up for bigger or better pads. As of Monday, all borrowers will need to pass a stress test before they are allowed to take out mortgages from federally regulated institutions
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Kathy McHaney has joined the team of The Paducah Bank and Trust Company as Assistant Director of Marketing. McHaney earned a bachelor of science degree from Drury University and has more than 30 years of experience in marketing, public relations, graphic design and photography in the fields
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We caught up with Julia Napua Fetzer recently at an AccesSurf event where she was volunteering alongside a group of other…
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Raymond James Financial reiterated their buy rating on shares of Tempur Sealy International (NYSE:TPX) in a report issued on Thursday, December 7th. Several other research analysts also recently weighed in on the company. Zacks Investment Research upgraded Tempur Sealy International from a
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Homeowners have been on a roll. Owning a home has been a good investment over the half dozen years since housing prices hit bottom after the crash. Prices over this period are up more than 30 percent nationwide — and much more in some places. Home prices in the District have risen by more than
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Acrospire Investment Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Mondelez International by 1,450.0% during the second quarter. Acrospire Investment Management LLC now owns 3,100 shares of the company's stock worth $134,000 after buying an additional 2,900 shares in the last quarter.
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If you had said at the beginning of 2016 that the Chicago Cubs would win the Word Series and a reality TV star would take the White House, most people would have laughed in your face. And if you had said at the beginning of 2017 that the president would diss his own intelligence agencies and side
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The institutional investor owned 6,770 shares of the medical device company's stock after buying an additional 2,560 shares during the quarter. Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan's holdings in Orthofix International were worth $320,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. A number
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Several research firms have issued reports on FI. Royal Bank of Canada set a $10.00 price objective on Frank's International and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Sunday, October 8th. Zacks Investment Research upgraded Frank's International from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on
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International Flavors & Fragrances (NYSE:IFF) was downgraded by Zacks Investment Research from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note issued on Tuesday. According to Zacks, “In the last three months, International Flavors & Fragrances' shares have outperformed the industry. We believe
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When it's all said and done, 2017 will be likely be regarded as a year when Australia's housing market didn't go to script. Faced with a wall of supply following Australia's record-breaking apartment construction boom in previous years, many were concerned that it would lead to widespread price declines
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While Portland's commercial real estate scene has been hot, one man with his pulse on that sector expects it to slow down a little bit. Michael Lortz, shareholder at accounting firm Geffen Mesher, said increasing construction and permitting costs have some of his clients going a little slower than they have
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The country's biggest lender reducing lending rates by 30 basis points points to three things: one, the general rule of demand and supply works in the case of loans, as well; the RBI has all along been right in insisting that there is room for banks to lend lower even without policy rates being cut further;
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I was almost right on this one but one US lending platform did have an IPO in 2017. Short term lender Elevate went public in April after postponing their IPO in 2016. None of the major marketplace lenders braved the public markets in 2017 as valuations continue to be depressed at many of the leading
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New York Mortgage Trust carries more risk when compared to peers. Therefore, the preferred shares are riskier than most. NYMTP and NYMTO are both inferior options compared to NYMTN. NYMTN does carry more risk than other preferred shares I cover. My strategy for dividend capture is to have less
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In Iran, about 20 people have been killed since the turmoil broke out last week, though crude and condensate exports remain unaffected, Bloomberg tanker tracking shows. Oil last year capped a second annual advance as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies trimmed supply
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Folk2Folk, a unique peer to peer lending platform that combines physical locations with an online platform matching investors with small business loans, has announced the appointment of Giles Cross Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Cross takes over the position from Jane Dumeresque who announced
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Total sales volume fell 12 percent compared with the fourth quarter of last year — the lowest quarterly level in six years, according to a report from Douglas Elliman Real Estate and Miller Samuel, the appraisal firm. The average sales price in Manhattan fell below $2 million for the first time in nearly two
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The cabbie and his family will tell of their plans for the cash at the Hatherley Manor Hotel in Gloucester this morning. MOST READ IN NEWS. BIG FAT GYPSY LIE. 132 travellers who invaded park and ride for 'Xmas party' are STILL there. TOT TRAGEDY. Couple arrested on suspicion of neglect after
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“In the autumn we set out ambitious plans to fix the broken housing market and make sure young people have the same opportunities as their parents' generation to own their own home. “This has had an immediate impact, with thousands of people already making savings thanks to our stamp duty cut,
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The multifamily housing market turned in a lackluster performance in 2017 as demand failed to keep pace with a deluge of new apartment supply, according to a new report to be released Wednesday. U.S. apartment rents climbed 2.5% in 2017, according to RealPage Inc., RP 2.37% a real estate
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Rounding out the top MLS listings above $50 million, in addition to the Taubman estate, are 1071 N. Ocean Blvd., a never-lived-in mansion priced at $64.9 million by broker Christian J. Angle of Christian Angle Real Estate on an oceanfront North End lot; and 1485 S. Ocean Blvd., a Billionaires Row
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Marriott International (NASDAQ:MAR)'s stock had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by equities researchers at Morgan Stanley in a report issued on Friday, December 8th. Several other research analysts have also weighed in on the stock. Zacks Investment Research raised shares of Marriott International from a
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Hobart house prices have had an extraordinary run in the last 18 months, often beating other capital cities in terms of capital gains, but how much longer can this heated market run? Some of the best forecasters and analysts say the double digit growth is coming to an end and that the fundamentals
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When Jack Ma met with Donald Trump last January it looked like the Chinese billionaire was on his way to expanding his technology and financial services empire across the United States. In January last year Alibaba Group's affiliate company Ant Financial agreed to buy a U.S. money transfer service
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Portland's housing market could soon face some serious unintended consequences from a city effort to boost affordable housing. In fact, that effort, called inclusionary zoning, is likely to drive housing prices higher, says Vanessa Sturgeon of TMT Development. Highlights of the podcast with Vanessa
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Home prices in the Rochester area increased by 9.7 percent in November compared with November 2016, according to CoreLogic's November Home Price Index, released Tuesday. From October to November, prices actually decreased 0.3 percent. That is compared with a 4.6 percent gain in the St.
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“Sydney's housing market has become the most significant drag on the headline growth figures,” CoreLogic head of research Tim Lawless said in a statement. The median price in Sydney fell 0.9 per cent over the month to $895,342, Melbourne was down 0.2 per cent to $720,417, Brisbane was flat on
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We have little or no social housing coming on stream, let alone private housing. Prices are increasing rapidly, rents are well in excess of a mortgage repayment and credit for individuals wishing to buy is still severely restricted. The public stock of housing is as low as it has ever been since the foundation
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Sex is big business in dairy farming, which is why a battle is brewing in the U.S. over new technologies designed to make sure only milk-producing cows are born. Most of America's 9.4 million dairy cows were bred using artificial insemination from bulls with specific genetic traits, but there's still a coin-flip
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This role will prequalify prospective home buyers and advise them on financing alternatives. In addition, the Mortgage Banker will provide guidance to customers throughout mortgage application and processing activities. This position will ensure that own sales efforts are aligned with Regional mortgage
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The rules mean that even borrowers with a down payment of 20 per cent or more will now face a stress test, the same test applicants with less than 20 per cent for a down payment have been paying since January 2017. “The major impact we're going to have now is that the government has decided that
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If this stops then repayments will soar, adding to mortgage stress, delinquencies, and eventually foreclosures. So-called “liar loans”, where borrowers provide inaccurate information about their income, assets, or expenses to lenders seem both prevalent and on the rise. A UBS survey in late 2017 found
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The Southern California housing market ended 2017 on a solid upswing as the number of homes for sale continued to drop, pushing home price appreciation rates even higher, November figures from real estate data firm CoreLogic show. Prices for existing single-family homes in Orange County were
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DEAR JERRY: You have listed auction and sales results of the most collectible records by amounts fetched, but never by label. Can you name some U.S. singles getting the most money in record auctions for each label? –Kirk Robertson, Jacksonville, Fla. DEAR KIRK: For this intriguing project, we'll list
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Since the global financial crisis hit in 2008, many banks have been forced to 'tighten their belts' by lending less and steering clear of less profitable clients. Businesses are bearing the brunt of this climate of increasing regulation and scrupulous lending. Stringent new regulations on capital and liquidity
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A Bank of Canada (BoC) working paper titled The Rise of Non-Regulated Financial Intermediaries in the Housing Sector and its Macroeconomic Implications, argues that non-regulated lenders are taking a bigger share of the mortgage market. The paper with the catchy name, was authored by BoC
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In 2017, Ant Financial tried to expand its international footprint, by buying U.S. money transfer company MoneyGram in a $1.2 billion deal. But on Tuesday, the two companies said that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States rejected their proposals to merge. According to a report from
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Have you seen Black Mirror? I am utterly captivated by season four of the dystopian Netflix series, which for the unfamiliar is a high-tech spin on The Twilight Zone. I'm still making my way through the binge, but one unsettling episode directed by Jodie Foster, “Arkangel,” stuck with me. In it, a mother
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In the last decade, coworking has proven itself to be more than just a trend. It has dramatically changed the way many of us work today and reframed notions of how an office should look. And then came co-living. Co-living, a style of shared urban residence, typically involves furnished apartments with
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Auckland has officially become a property buyer's market, according to industry website realestate.co.nz. The website calculated that last month it would have taken 24 weeks to sell all the houses for sale in Auckland, if no other listings were added to it. The city's long-term average is 23 weeks, meaning
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The firm owned 378,822 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 30,299 shares during the quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc.'s holdings in Philip Morris International were worth $42,054,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange
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Property prices will continue to grow in Hungary this year, but at a slower pace, according to real estate site ingatlan.com. Meanwhile, the government has indicated that a preferential VAT rate for home construction is not likely to be adopted before summer this year.
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Average rental prices in Oneida County are roughly $556 a month for a studio, $588 for a one-bedroom, $741 for a two-bedroom and $953 for a three-bedroom, according to Sperlings Best Places, which offers information on local housing markets. Thus two extremes have worked their way into the
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Demand for housing in Calgary is expected to fall in response to new mortgage rules designed to ensure homeowners aren't drowning in debt during a period of rising interest rates. The federal rules, which came into effect Tuesday, increased the threshold many home buyers must reach to qualify for
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Millions in home mortgages may be on the line as the Federal Housing Finance Agency debates whether to accept a new credit scoring system for loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Currently, Fannie and Freddie won't buy mortgages unless lenders assessed the borrowers using the FICO
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Mortgage applications decreased 2.8 percent from two weeks earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending December 29. The results include adjustments to account for the Christmas holiday. The Market Composite
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Developers and private equity (PE) entities are consolidating their retail real estate play. The move gives such firms a pipeline of strong rent-yielding assets and even allows them to create REITable assets in the long run. Recently, Bengaluru-based Prestige Group bought CapitaLand's stake in various
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Andy Dane Carter (https://andydanecarter.com/) a real estate expert and investment strategist from Long Beach, CA with over 8 years' experience in the real estate industry, releases his new book 100 Doors, which discusses business and real estate
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TPG Specialty Lending logo Citadel Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of TPG Specialty Lending Inc (NYSE:TSLX) during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 32,798 shares of the financial services provider's stock,
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President Donald Trump is hardening his demands for a deal to protect young undocumented immigrants from deportation, a dispute with congressional Democrats that hangs over talks this week to avoid a government shutdown. Any deal on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA
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Investors Title logo News articles about Investors Title (NASDAQ:ITIC) have been trending somewhat positive on Wednesday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern
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A year after Chinese billionaire Jack Ma met with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, the founder of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has finally given up on his bid to buy MoneyGram International Inc. for $18 per share. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. dragged its feet on giving the thumbs
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In making this announcement, David Kemper, Chairman and CEO, commented “The new tax reform legislation should be very positive for economic growth and capital investment which will benefit the banking industry. This new law makes the banking industry more competitive and allows us to reward
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