Couple to lose home after mortgage not paid for five years

Couple to lose home after mortgage not paid for five years

A Dublin civil engineer and his wife lost their €700,000 home on Tuesday in the Circuit Civil Court after failing to make any repayments on their mortgage for the past five years. Seamus and Marilyn McKenna live in Farrenboley Park, in a residence they built in 2005 at Windy Arbour, Milltown, Dublin.
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The 15 American cities where competition to buy a home is fiercest

Buyers in the best position to buy a home typically have mortgage financing in place, a credit score above 680, and a down payment above 15%. But many markets, like San Francisco and San Jose, have an oversaturation of these buyers, leading to heightened competition.
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Young Thug Fights $2 Million Lawsuit After Real Estate Agency Sells Him Damaged Property

Last April, a real estate agency by the name of Heritage Select Homes hit the rapper with a $2.2 million lawsuit for failing to make mortgage payments on his Georgia mansion. According to The Blast, Thugger is now saying he shouldn't have to pay up the fee because the company sold him a mansion
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Podcast Open banking in the US: 'The default is to say no'

Dan Kimerling, an open banking pioneer turned venture capitalist who recently founded Deciens Capital, explains what open banking is, why an excessive focus on risk management prevents U.S. banks from adopting it, and why it would make sense for them to take on the platform model.
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Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE:HON) Holdings Decreased by Vaughan David Investments Inc. IL

Burt Wealth Advisors lifted its holdings in Honeywell International by 65.4% during the 2nd quarter. Burt Wealth Advisors now owns 759 shares of the conglomerate's stock worth $101,000 after buying an additional 300 shares during the last quarter. Mosaic Family Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in
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Netflix's $100 Billion Stock Cushion May Not Entice Debt Buyers

Netflix Inc. is using its newly minted $100 billion market capitalization to tout a return to the junk-bond market, but debt investors may cast a skeptical eye on the online TV network. “When will the company ever produce positive free cash flow?” Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Stephen Flynn said in an
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Apple's iPhone X Sales Have Been Strong—But Not Record-Breaking, Analyst Says

Apple hasn't revealed how many iPhone X units it sold in the fourth quarter, but a new study from researcher Canalys has put a number on it. The tech giant sold 29 million iPhone units in the fourth quarter, including 7 million in the U.S., Canalys said in a statement on Tuesday. That was enough to make
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Tracker mortgage scandal: AIB did not consider 'the potential fallout'

THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE of AIB has said most of the 9,348 customers who were impacted by the tracker mortgage scandal will have been compensated by his bank by March this year. Bernard Byrne today appeared before the Oireachtas Finance Committee, which is investigating how this overcharging
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Equity Release Mortgage Advice launches

Mortgage and protection network JLM Mortgage Services has launched its own broker called Equity Release Mortgage Advice (ERMA). The firm is an appointed representative of JLM and has five advisers who can offer equity release as well as standard mortgage and later life lending advice.
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Gold ETF Assets Climb to Highest Since 2013

Investors are piling into exchange-traded funds backed by gold, pushing assets to the highest in more than four years. Holdings climbed to 2,250 tons on Monday, the highest since May 2013, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The rise in ETFs comes after the metal's best year since 2010 and as
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Mortgages, firm margins help FB Financial Q4 profits

The parent company of FirstBank earned $23.0 million in the fourth quarter, more than double its number from late 2016 thanks to the acquisition of two banks and a $5.9 million income tax benefit. Adjusted for those and other one-time factors, core profits at FB Financial rose nearly 80 percent year over
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HoloLamp: Futuristic Tech Transforms Real Estate

Removing any barrier that traps the 3D content into devices like screens or VR headsets enables architects, real estate agents, civil engineers and urban planners to replace non-interactive mockups. AR glasses typically cut off vision. Using HoloLamp, architects and designer can interact with content in
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5 Reasons to Buy a Home in 2018

The prospect of homeownership should look very attractive as 2018 begins. I'm aware that a mortgage lender has a built-in incentive to say that, but if you're in the market for your next place soon, buying does have a lot of advantages over renting. Now that the calendar has turned over, we thought we'd
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Strong Multifamily Market Trajectory to Continue in 2018

MCLEAN, VA–(Marketwired – Jan 23, 2018) – According to a new analysis by Freddie Mac ( OTCQB : FMCC), the multifamily market will see continued strength in 2018, largely mirroring last year's performance. The findings were released as part of Freddie Mac Multifamily's 2018 Mid-Year Outlook and
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Managing Director, Treasury and Securities Lending Technology

The goal of the Treasury and Securities Lending Technology team is to partner closely with our business partners to define and enable innovative technology solutions for the Treasury and Securities Lending functions. This is a dynamic area that will be undergoing significant technology and process
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West leads in home price growth, but maybe not for long

Home price appreciation continued to show steady growth in January, posting a 0.9% increase from the previous quarter, according to Clear Capital's Home Data Index report. The HDI measures data in rolling quarter intervals, comparing the most recent four months to the previous three. The West
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Cerberus considers IPO for Haya Real Estate: Bloomberg

Cerberus Capital Management LP is considering an IPO for Haya Real Estate, Bloomberg reported. Cerberus is looking to sell shares in Haya, a property management company based in Madrid, as early as this year, the story said. Print
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The case for more housing assistance

When Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies released its annual analysis of the nation's housing this past summer, there was plenty of good news. The housing market had, in many ways, climbed out of the deep funk it found itself in due to the recession, with home values steadily rising in many
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SoFi officially taps Twitter exec Anthony Noto to be new CEO

The online lender announced Tuesday morning that it selected Twitter Chief Operating Officer Anthony Noto to be the company's new CEO. Rumors of Noto being SoFi's preferred choice to be its new CEO first emerged over the weekend. Noto will take over as CEO and join SoFi's board of directors on
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Lloyds Bank readying Berlin base ahead of Brexit – source

The amount will depend on the ultimate size of the Berlin business but is expected to be in the low hundreds of millions of pounds, the person said, representing less than 1 percent of the bank's overall capital. Banks are taking steps to ensure their European operations can continue to sell across Europe
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JPMorgan Chase uses tax cut to boost wages and lending, add 4000 jobs

JPMorgan Chase uses tax cut to boost wages and lending, add 4000 jobs

JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM), touted as the largest U.S. bank by assets, plans to open up to 400 branches in new markets across the country, expand its home lending to lower-income consumers and increase small-business lending by $4 billion. “Over 99 percent of American companies are small to
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Hurricanes Blamed for New Spike in Mortgage Delinquencies

December's 6.54 percent year-over-year rise marked the fourth consecutive month of annual increases to the national delinquency rate. However, there is good news: foreclosure starts hit a post-recession low in December at 44,500, while the inventory of loans in active foreclosure dropped by 152,000
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Continental Named To Fortune Magazine's 'Most Admired Companies' For Second Consecutive Year

For the second year in a row, Continental was honored as one of Fortune magazine's “Most Admired Companies” for 2018, advancing from No. 5 to No. 4 in the motor vehicle parts category. Fortune magazine recognized the company for excellence in key areas including innovation, social responsibility,
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22000 JPMorgan employees to get raises from bank's tax windfall

The New York-based bank, also said it will open branches in new U.S. markets, boost its small-business lending by $4 billion, increase mortgage lending in low- and moderate-income communities, and raise community-based charitable investments by 40% to $1.75 billion over five years.
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Tax Reform Outperforms Government Programs on Community Investment

By 2016, Hispanics improved 3 percent and African Americans fell by 2 percent. The Community Reinvestment Act is one such example, which forces banks to make loans to residents of low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two government mortgage behemoths
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Vermont Proves 'Blockchain-Friendly', Hosts Real Estate Pilot Program

Propy, Inc., a Palo Alto-based global Blockchain real estate marketplace, announced the launch of a pilot program in South Burlington, Vermont to use Blockchain technology to record real estate documentation, the latest related development in the so-called “Blockchain-friendly” state. The startup
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Property market shrugs off Brexit concerns with Midlands and the North PROPPING UP London

“Whilst one would expect the level of transactions for December to be slightly lower than the preceding months, a 3.3% drop is well within seasonal expectations and hardly suggests that the housing market dropped off a cliff last month.” Brian adds, “Taking all of this into account, for the numbers for 2017
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$10 million ICO Success Karma Announces P2P Lending Access and Exchange Listing of its' KRM …

$10 million ICO Success Karma Announces P2P Lending Access and Exchange Listing of its' KRM Token … Fresh from the success of a well-received ICO that raised $10 million, blockchain start up Karma has now announced open access to its peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform via the use of its
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Boris Johnson Demands Millions for NHS. Hammond Is Unimpressed

As Theresa May's Cabinet met Tuesday, Boris Johnson called for the prime minister to boost government spending on the National Health Service. At least one senior U.K. minister is not impressed. Arriving in Brussels, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond pointedly said: “Mr Johnson is the
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Mueller's Team Interviewed Sessions in Russia Meddling Probe

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been interviewed by investigators for Special Counsel Robert Mueller, making him the highest-ranking Trump administration official questioned in the criminal probe into whether anyone tied to the president helped Russia meddle in the 2016 election. The interview
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Official Says Americans Were Killed, Injured in Attack on Kabul Hotel

Najib Danish, spokesman for the interior ministry, said Tuesday that security forces also defused a vehicle full of explosives near the hotel after the siege ended. ___. Reach Josh Lederman on Twitter at http://twitter.com/joshledermanAP. Before it's here, it's on the Bloomberg Terminal. LEARN MORE.
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Egypt's Military to Investigate Presidential Hopeful Annan

Egypt's army said it would investigate a powerful former military chief who's challenged incumbent Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi for the presidency, a move likely to end his aspirations before formal papers have even been filed. Following Sami Annan's announcement of his candidacy last week, “the armed forces
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Welcome to the New Reality of Leaping US Treasury Debt Sales

The world's biggest bond market is about to get a taste of the future, with the U.S. Treasury expected to unveil bigger note sales for the first time since 2009 to fund deficits that are likely to deteriorate for years to come. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's debt-management squad is scheduled to
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China issues MAJOR warning at Davos: Beijing is on brink of global banking CRISIS

… the China Regulatory Securities Commission and a key architect of policy, hit back at those he accused of trying to make money from a suspected crash. He said the Chinese banking system would immediately avert a crisis by issuing a blanket guarantee that no major institution will be allowed to fail.
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Kleenex and Huggies Maker to Cut More Than 5000 Jobs

Kimberly-Clark Corp. Kleenex brand facial tissues sit on display for sale at a supermarket. Photograph by Daniel Acker — Getty Images. By Phil Wahba. 11:11 AM EST. The consumer goods price wars are taking a toll on Kimberly-Clark (kb, +3.19%), the maker of Huggies. The company said on Tuesday
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Apple Says HomePod Will Go on Sale Friday After Brief Delay

The device takes on Amazon. com Inc.'s popular Echo speakers, which the online retail giant said sold in the “tens of millions” last year, and Google's line of Home speakers. Last year, Amazon launched a pair of Echo speakers with a screen, a louder version of the original and a new model that more
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Brazil Braces for Lula Appeal Ruling, Elite Snipers Called In

Elite snipers on rooftops and naval patrol ships are being deployed to ensure security during former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's trial at an appeals court in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre. Lula speaks during a rally in Sao Paulo, on Jan. 18. Photographer: Patricia Monteiro/Bloomberg. Starting
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5 Things You Might Not Know About Tyrell Fortune

Fortune, 27, signed with Bellator MMA in 2015 and later transitioned to full-time mixed martial arts training following a distinguished wrestling career that … Prior to linking arms with Arizona Combat Sports, Fortune spent time training with the Blackzilians in Boca Raton, Florida, the same camp that was
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Pence Says 'Balanced Approach' Needed on DACA

Demonstrators supporting the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), or the Dream Act, outside the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, on Jan. 18. Photographer: Zach Gibson/Bloomberg. President Donald Trump is willing to resolve the dispute over young undocumented immigrants
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Severe delinquencies associated with Harvey, Irma keep piling up

Loans late by 90 days or more are increasingly concentrated in parts of Florida, Georgia and southeast Texas as fallout from the storms continues to weigh on the market. Florida displaced Mississippi as the state with the biggest percentage of severe delinquencies during the month as a result,
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Freddie: Moderate housing growth expected in 2018

Freddie: Moderate housing growth expected in 2018

Freddie Mac's latest outlook forecasts moderate growth for the U.S. housing market for the next two years. However, the government-sponsored … Freddie Mac said home sales, housing construction, and home prices are all expected to be modestly higher in 2018. The outlook predicted that while
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Antitrust 2018: Trends and Developments to Watch

It brought action against domestic, geographically limited conduct, prosecuting real estate investors in Alabama, California, Florida and Georgia for bid rigging schemes at public foreclosure auctions and against individuals and companies for customer allocation, price fixing and bid rigging involving
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Should You Buy Sirius Real Estate Limited (LON:SRE) At £0.608?

Sirius Real Estate Limited (LSE:SRE), a real estate company based in Channel Islands, received a lot of attention from a substantial price movement on the LSE in the over the last few months, increasing to £0.66 at one point, and dropping to the lows of £0.59. This high level of volatility gives investors
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Challenger bank Paragon boosts mortgage lending despite crackdown on buy-to-let loans

Mortgage specialist Paragon has pulled a rabbit out of the hat once more, as it has boosted mortgage lending by 84 per cent year-on-year despite a government crackdown in its core buy-to-let market. The challenger bank increased its buy-to-let mortgage book by 85 per cent to £342.9m, battling
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Housing projects underway despite post-recession challenges

Another factor in driving up rents are rising property taxes. The county's total property value dropped four straight years during and following the recession, bottoming out at $8.6 billion in 2013. It has roared back, hitting $10 billion in 2017. Higher values generally mean higher property taxes that
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BankThink Pot banking crackdown is a step backward

First, based upon the Cole memorandum, a small but growing number of banks and credit unions believed that banking marijuana businesses presented a reasonable operational risk when balanced against possible federal prosecution. The driving force behind this decision was practical: It is very hard
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JPMorgan Chase giving raises, adding 4000 jobs, boosting small business lending from Trump tax …

JPMorgan Chase & Co, (NYSE: JPM) is giving employees raises and bonuses as part of a $20 billion, five-year U.S. investment effort. JPMorgan joins a chorus of other big and regional banks and other companies giving bonuses, raises and increasing investments after tax cuts passed by President
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Housing Market Nears Potential, but Supply Shortage Continues, According to First American …

SANTA ANA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF), a leading global provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, today released First American's proprietary Potential Home Sales Model for the month of December
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More focus on mortgage financing options for the older generation

Statistics suggest that between now and 2032 there will be 40,000 interest-only mortgages maturing annually, with no obvious means for their older borrowers to repay them. Last year the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) estimated that 1.8 million people had outstanding interest-only mortgages and
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LoanDepot Turns to Humans for Fintech's Latest Real Estate Push

(Bloomberg) — LoanDepot Inc., a mortgage lender basing its growth around digital applications, isn't giving up on humans' role in the home-buying … to working with a vertically integrated firm a decade after banks with affiliated appraisers and title companies earned a bad name in the financial crisis.
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Middle East, Southeast Asia countries discuss buying Russia's S-400 systems — minister

Some Middle East and Southeast Asia countries have shown interest in buying Russia's S-400 missile systems and talks are underway now, … Russia is ready to share with its partners the experience of using its equipment and armament in Syria in the fight against international terrorism, Shoigu noted.
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CBRE Arranges $120.2M in Financing for 1104-Unit Seniors Housing Portfolio in Dallas

Aron Will of CBRE secured the financing, which included $39.2 million through Freddie Mac and $81 million through a pair of undisclosed national banks. Lisa Widmier and Imran Ahmed of CBRE represented the buyer, a joint venture between Iowa-based seniors housing operator Life Care Services
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Is Lok'nStore Group plc (LON:LOK) A Good Real Estate Bet?

Lok'nStore Group plc (AIM:LOK), a £115.85M small-cap, operates in the real estate industry which remains the single largest sector globally, and has continued to play a key role in investor portfolios as an asset class. Real estate assets usually exhibit distinct and desirable investment features compared
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4 reasons to 'keep buying bank stocks'

Virtually every one of these developments is positive for the banking industry. Moreover, in the just ended fourth quarter, banks took advantage of the need to adjust their tax structures by also adjusting their balance sheets and income statements. Losses were pulled forward so the slate could be
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EU finance ministers seek to revive banking union plan

EU finance ministers have pledged to revitalise a half-finished project to strengthen eurozone banks, saying the disagreements that stymied progress should be resolved by the summer. At a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday, the French and German finance ministers were among those stressing the need
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Historic year for equity release as lending hits all time high

The year-end figures represented a growth of 42% compared to £2.15bn during 2016. In Q4, equity release lending plans totalled more than £833m, the highest level on record for any single quarter. The final three months of the year saw more than 10,000 new equity release customers, the first time this
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Investors Title Company (ITIC) Trades at $193.80 After Triangle; Restoration Hardware Holdings IN …

Investors Title Company (ITIC) formed triangle with $182.17 target or 6.00% below today's $193.80 share price. Investors Title Company (ITIC) has $365.71M valuation. The stock increased 0.94% or $1.8 during the last trading session, reaching $193.8. About 2,999 shares traded or 35.82% up from the
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APRA faces criticism over lending restrictions

Andrew Mirams, managing director of Intuitive Finance, recently criticised the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) for not providing a clear time frame for its … Speaking on the Elite Broker podcast, Mirams said he didn't forsee the complexities in the mortgage market easing anytime soon.
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Amazon Pulls Products With Slogan 'Slavery Gets Shit Done'

Amazon declined to comment when contacted by Fortune, referring all inquiries to its policy on offensive products. That policy prohibits “products that promote or glorify hatred, violence, racial, sexual, or religious intolerance or promote organizations with such views.” Shoppers took the retailer to task on
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Romania's annual bank lending growth slows down in Dec – table

BUCHAREST (Romania), January 23 (SeeNews) – The value of Romanian banks' outstanding loans to the non-government sector grew 5.6% year-on-year to 232.3 billion lei ($61 billion/50 billion euro) in December, following a 6.8% increase in November, the central bank, BNR, said on Tuesday.
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Twitter dips after a key executive leaves for online lending startup SoFi

Twitter dips after a key executive leaves for online lending startup SoFi

Shares of Twitter slid on Tuesday morning after the online lending startup SoFi announced that Anthony Noto, Twitter's chief operating officer, will be joining the company as its new CEO, effective March 1. Twitter has suffered from several departures of key executives in the past two years as the
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Black Knight's First Look at December 2017 Mortgage Data: 90-Day Delinquencies Jump Again as …

The Mortgage Monitor report will be available online at http://www.bkfs.com/CorporateInformation/NewsRoom/Pages/Mortgage-Monitor.aspx by Feb. 5, 2018. For more information about gaining access to Black Knight's loan-level database, please send an email to dataanalyticsinfo@bkfs.com.
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Twitter Shares Fall as COO Anthony Noto Resigns to Join Lending Start-Up

The social media company announced that Chief Operating Officer Anthony Noto notified the company on Monday that he is resigning from his position to accept the CEO role at SoFi. Twitter's stock was down almost 4% in pre-market trading on Tuesday on the news, but had recovered some to trade
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Hamptons real estate market report: Q4 of 2017

Looking at the Town & Country home sales report for the final quarter of 2017, it looks like the Hamptons ended the year strong in the real estate market. As reported, 11 out of the 12 Hamptons markets saw increases or the same total number of home sales. All of the statistics are compared the fourth
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Elon Musk Has a New Salary. He'll Only Get Paid If Tesla Shareholders Get Extremely Rich

Tesla chief Elon Musk will forgo all compensation if the company does not reach milestones regarding valuation and operations, the company has announced. Tesla is worth around $59 billion today, but it's instituting a series of a dozen targets that end up with a whopping $650 billion valuation in a
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Openlink wins Central Banking Award 2018, leading among risk management services providers …

UNIONDALE, New York and LONDON, Jan. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Openlink, the global leader in trading, treasury and risk management solutions for the energy, commodities, corporate and financial services industries, has won, for the second year in a row, the prestigious Central Banking Award
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How to Optimize a PPC Campaign for Real Estate

It leaves many in the real estate industry scratching their heads and tirelessly tweaking their SEO strategy in hopes of finding the right mix. Chances are you're going to conclude that it's time to invest in PPC. Having worked at marketing agencies that specialize in real estate and now managing real
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Ladder Capital (LADR) versus Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR) Financial Analysis

Ladder Capital (NYSE: LADR) and Invesco Mortgage Capital (NYSE:IVR) are both small-cap financials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation
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Sessions Interviewed By Mueller Team in Russia Investigation

Washington (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions was interviewed for hours last week in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, the Justice Department confirmed Tuesday. The interview comes as Mueller is investigating whether President Donald Trump's actions in office, including the
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The US Housing Market: 2017 Performance and 2018 Outlook

Despite December's drop in housing starts, economists warn that the performance is not indicative of what is really going on within the US housing market.
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Rare postage stamps worth a fortune

Penny Black, Curtiss Jenny, Hawaiian Missionaries, The Declaration of Independence, and other world stamps that are a collector's item.
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Fluor named to Fortune magazine's 'Most Admired' list for 18th consecutive year

“Fluor's 60,000 global employees embody our core values of safety, integrity, teamwork, and excellence on a daily basis,” said David Seaton, chairman and CEO of Fluor, in a statement. “Fortune's recognition of the importance of these core values is a testament to the outstanding work of our employees
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Black Knight's First Look at December 2017 Mortgage Data

An additional 60,000 mortgages became 90 days delinquent in December, driven by both continued hurricane-related fallout as well as seasonal and calendar-related pressures; There are now 142,700 severely delinquent loans attributed to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, representing 20 percent of all
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LoanDepot Unveils 2 New Businesses

LoanDepot LLC, the second largest non-bank mortgage lender in the U.S., launched two new businesses to expand real estate lending through its technology platform dubbed Mello. The Foothill Ranch-based firm began a new home improvement unit that lets contractors offer financing to clients.
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SEC Chair Blasts Lawyers Over 'Disturbing' ICOs

The Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Jay Clayton, delivered a remarkable rebuke on Monday to attorneys who have helped arrange so-called “initial coin offerings” (ICOs), which are a novel and controversial form of fundraising that involves the sale of digital tokens. Speaking at a
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Opus Bank Further Expands its Pacific Northwest Commercial Banking Team Opus Bank Further …

January 23, 2018 – Opus Bank (“Opus”) (NASDAQ: OPB) announced today the expansion of its Commercial Banking team with the hires of Tim Claridge and Tony Yee, each joining Opus as Managing Director, Senior Client Manager. Tim Claridge, a 21-year banking veteran, is responsible for further
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National Asset Services Delivers Lending Source for Refinancing

National Asset Services Delivers Lending Source for Refinancing of Tennessee Shopping Center. Information contained on this page is provided by an independent third-party content provider. Frankly and this Site make no warranties or representations in connection therewith. If you are affiliated with
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Blueprint Real Estate Conference holds in Lagos

The Blueprint Real Estate Conference, an intensive one-day programme on opportunities in real estate investments within the Lagos New Emerging Cities, with new insights for first time home buyers and experienced investors, is scheduled to hold on 31 January, 2018, at the Four Points by Sheraton
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Real Estate Expert Ross Milroy Explores Technologically Advanced Luxury Condominiums in the …

Of the most substantial changes in condo living that Miami luxury condo expert and real estate broker Ross Milroy is predicting are 'self-contained, autonomous, privacy-centric pods.' “Whether it's society's dependence on social media, the changes in how the public embraces technology or simply
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Current Mortgage Rates for Tuesday, January 23, 2018

The government is back in business and mortgage rates are moving a littler lower today. We're about to get three straight days with important economic reports out, though, which could put some upward pressure on rates. If you're considering locking in a rate on a purchase or refinance, we think you
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Arch MI Releases Housing Predictions Through 2020, Including Impact of Tax Policy on Home …

Arch MI Releases Housing Predictions Through 2020, Including Impact of Tax Policy on Home …

GREENSBORO, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–U.S. housing prices will continue to increase by 2–6 percent annually, particularly in the entry-level market, according to the Winter 2018 edition of The Housing and Mortgage Market Review® (HaMMRSM), released today by Arch Mortgage Insurance
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iEmergent Joins The Mortgage Collaborative's Preferred Partner Network

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Jan 23, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Mortgage Collaborative, the nation's only independent mortgage cooperative, today announced the addition of forecasting and analytics firm iEmergent to its Preferred Partner network. iEmergent offers TMC members market-based
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Goldman Says Risk Appetite Has Reached 'Extreme' Levels

Global stocks and U.S. Treasuries are in the throes of their most “extreme” start to the year ever as bullish sentiment engulfs markets, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The bank's cross-asset measure of risk appetite around the world is the highest since it started the gauge in 1991. Euphoria is
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Hong Kong ranked world's most expensive housing market for 8th consecutive year

She believes that the island city will only see a three-percent growth in house prices this year, thanks to rising interest rates and real estate inventory. Hong Kong was followed on the list by the Australian city of Sydney and Vancouver in Canada. 293 major cities from nine countries and regions were
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Equity release lending grows by 42% to £3.06bn in 2017

Equity release lending increased by 42% to £3.06bn in 2017, up from £2.15bn in 2016, figures from the Equity Release Council Show. The market welcomed over 37,000 customers, with there being £838m of lending in the fourth quarter of 2017. David Burrowes, chairman of the Equity Release Council,
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Contrasting Manhattan Bridge Capital (LOAN) & Dynex Capital (DX)

Manhattan Bridge Capital (NASDAQ: LOAN) and Dynex Capital (NYSE:DX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and analyst
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California Public Employees Retirement System Acquires 7531 Shares of China Yuchai …

California Public Employees Retirement System boosted its stake in shares of China Yuchai International Limited (NYSE:CYD) by 6.5% in the 3rd quarter, … Separately, ValuEngine downgraded shares of China Yuchai International from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday,
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Data Sheet—How to Stay Safe from Killer Robots? Stand In a Puddle

Speaking of companies who want to come up to speed digitally and otherwise, I'm pleased to announce that later this year Fortune will launch its newest conference, Brainstorm Reinvent. Think of it as the mirror image of Brainstorm Tech in Aspen. Reinvent, which will be held Sept. 24-25 in Chicago,
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Investors Purchase Large Volume of Put Options on Moneygram International (MGI)

Moneygram International logo Moneygram International Inc (NASDAQ:MGI) saw unusually large options trading on Thursday. Stock investors purchased 1,840 put options on the company. This represents an increase of approximately 2,090% compared to the average volume of 84 put options.
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Verizon Expects $4 Billion Boost From Tax Cuts

Verizon Communications Inc. expects a massive windfall from U.S tax cuts to boost 2018 cash flow by $3.5 billion to $4 billion, giving the phone giant a lift during a challenging time. It comes as a saturated and competitive market is making it more difficult to attract new customers. Fourth-quarter earnings
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Americans Cheer Their Economy. Their President, Not So Much

Still, the largest gap between approval rating and consumer sentiment for Bush — in January of 2007, after Democrats rode a wave election to take control of both chambers in Congress — was smaller than that for Trump in October and November. The job approval ratings compiled by Bloomberg are
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Davos Bank Bosses Are Worried Markets Are Complacent Like 2006

“There is a numbness out there, there is an ambivalence out there that's concerning,” Citigroup Chief Executive Officer Michael Corbat said on a Davos panel hosted by Bloomberg's Tom Keene. “When the next turn comes — and it will come — it's likely to be more violent than it would otherwise be if we let
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If you're selling your home, these are the markets where you can get the most above your asking …

Here's one more sign that the housing market in the United States is hot and may be overheated: Nearly one-quarter (24 percent) of all home sales in 2017 were above the asking price. Research by Zillow, an online marketplace, found, on average, homes sold for $7,000 more than the sellers' asking
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Surprise, this global banking giant wants to establish its own cryptocurrency

The banking giant, which has more assets than Bank of America, has already informed the country's Financial Services Agency of its decision, although regulatory hurdles for such a move still exist. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has plans to counter the wild volatility seen in cryptocurrencies by
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Taking the Pulse of Mobile Banking in the US

While it may lack a catchy title, it is always good to see results from surveying real financial institutions. Most reports that I read don't give a full picture, and like this one, their surveys can lead to some dubious conclusions. However, by piecing them together a full picture can start to appear. In this fed
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Hurricane Aftermath Continues to Affect Mortgage Delinquency

House sinking in water, Insurance concept The state of mortgage delinquencies was a mixture of good news and bad news as 2017 wrapped up, according to a new report by Black Knight Financial Services, a provider of integrated technology, data, and analytics for lenders and servicers. Today Black
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Home Lending Advisors in Troutdale, OR

Find a Chase Home Lending Advisor in Troutdale. Speak with a Lending Advisor or schedule a consultation to see if you prequalify.
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Column: Picking a lender for your mortgage needs

Over the last few months I have had numerous inquiries about what is the most advantageous way in obtaining a mortgage and how to go about picking and choosing a lender. One who will guide them through the sometimes arduous and burdensome paper producing process of borrowing money for
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Reviewing Dynex Capital (DX) & Manhattan Bridge Capital (LOAN)

Dynex Capital (NYSE: DX) and Manhattan Bridge Capital (NASDAQ:LOAN) are both small-cap financials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings and
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Meet the baseball-wife-turned-real-estate agent who helps players find places to live in Palm …

For Meyer Lucas Real Estate, late January means the phones are always ringing and the computers always dinging. MLRE, a team of 12 agents led by founder/president Holly Meyer Lucas, has a reputation for serving baseball players and other high-profile sports figures. And many of those incoming
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Kuroda Pushes Back Against Speculation Tightening Is Near

Kuroda Pushes Back Against Speculation Tightening Is Near

Nomura Securities Chief Market Economist Tomo Kinoshita weighs in on Bank of Japan monetary policy. Governor Haruhiko Kuroda delivered a message to investors speculating that the Bank of Japan might be nearing the start of policy normalization: Not so fast. Kuroda said the BOJ wasn't in a
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Harrods Famed Food Halls Get a Grand Makeover

In this era of Amazon.com, the aim is to offer something customers can't get online, especially the chance to see, smell and decide after consulting in-house experts. The hall is now home to some big personalities, including Master Baker Lance Gardner, who has worked with some of the top chefs in
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FAU Study Finds Bank Lending to Small Businesses Still Depressed Several Years After Financial …

BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Bank lending to small businesses, a major contributor to local economies and job creation around the country, is still depressed several years after the end of the U.S. financial crisis that started in 2008, according to a new study by faculty
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UK leading the EU in P2P lending and crowdfunding

The UK is leading the pack when it comes to P2P lending and crowdfunding, with the rest of Europe trying to catch up, new research is suggesting. According to the University of Cambridge's Judge Business School, the UK is the largest alternative finance market in Europe – worth £4.9 billion. Europe is
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Somewhat Favorable Press Coverage Somewhat Unlikely to Impact Investors Title (ITIC) Share Price

Investors Title logo News stories about Investors Title (NASDAQ:ITIC) have trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to Accern. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of
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Slowing Cash Flow Could Mean a 'Nasty Surprise' for US Stocks

Amidst the euphoria over fresh record highs in U.S. stocks, Societe Generale SA is among a few investment firms now highlighting warning signs for investors. Concerns over a flattening U.S. Treasury yield curve — a sign to some of a coming economic slowdown — have quieted down for the moment,
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Ukraine needs to start export lending to strengthen its positions in foreign markets – Klimkin

Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin has said that the Ukrainian state needs to start active export credit to strengthen the position of Ukrainian goods on foreign markets. “How many years have we been talking about export credit? There is no way forward in some countries without this,” he said in
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Paradigm adds Landbay to mortgage panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services head, John Coffield says: “We are pleased to announce the addition of Landbay to our mortgage club panel. With a highly experienced team operating with an innovative, technology-enabled approach, Landbay is able to look at individual and often complex cases and
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Business Analyst/Assitant Manager-International Consumer Lending-Pricing & Analytics

American Express is a global services company and the world's largest card issuer. Our direct relationships with many millions of consumers, businesses and merchants worldwide – combined with our leading edge marketing, information management and rewards capabilities – enable us to offer an
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Biglari Capital Has Decreased Its Investors Title Co (ITIC) Position by $1.66 Million; Hcsf …

Hcsf Management Llc increased its stake in Nautilus Inc (NLS) by 4.16% based on its latest 2017Q3 regulatory filing with the SEC. Hcsf Management Llc bought 30,000 shares as the company's stock rose 5.75% with the market. The institutional investor held 751,924 shares of the consumer
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Gold Market Mulling Blockchain for $200 Billion of Supply

Blockchain technology may help keep track of the roughly $200 billion of the precious metal dug from remote mines, traded by middlemen and melted down by recyclers that's sold each year to buyers scattered around the world. The London Bullion Market Association, which oversees the world's biggest
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Buy-to-let lending fuels Paragon Bank's growth despite clampdown

Challenger bank Paragon has grown its lending by more than half in the space of a year despite a Government crackdown on its core buy-to-let mortgages market. Paragon said lending jumped 65pc to £469.8m, up from £284.3m the previous year, in a trading update for the last three months of 2017.
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Real Estate Q4 2017 Earnings Preview

Earnings season kicks off this week in the real estate sector. More than 100 REITs will report full-year 2017 earnings over the next six weeks and offer guidance for 2018. Over the past quarter, the REIT ETFs have dipped 4% as investors have soured on income-oriented sectors amid expectations of
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loanDepot Pioneers Next Era of Fintech by Expanding mello Brand into New Real Estate & Home …

IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — LD Holdings Group, LLC, parent company of loanDepot, the nation's second largest non-bank consumer lender, today announced continued expansion beyond its profitable mortgage and personal loan businesses. In Q1, a newly formed venture, mello
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Credit lending survey sugar-coats ECB ahead of policy meeting

The ECB's credit lending survey for January is a sweet tone for the ECB policymakers as they are heading for the Governing Council meeting this Thursday. The credit markets are functioning well, with the growth rate of loans continuously supported by increasing demand across all loan categories, the
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Kate Carnell says banking royal commission must pass pub test

Small business ombudsman Kate Carnell has warned the banking royal commission must not to get tied up over contractual fine print and focus instead on the spirit of the law. “The pub test is whether the public will find the actions of the banks unreasonable, unethical or even unconscionable,” Ms
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Europe Sees Way to Save Iran Deal by Placating Trump on Missiles

European governments may have found a way to save — or at least sustain — the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran that President Donald Trump has threatened to scuttle. With Trump vowing to back out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action by May if progress isn't made in toughening some of its terms,
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Life Lessons: Risks of cosigning loans

To buy a car, purchase a home or go to college, you need money! Maybe your parent will cosign your loan? But mortgage sales manager Mary Marengi says parents should think twice. The Federal Trade Commission says three out of four cosigners end up having to pay something on cosigned loans
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Top10 trends in global consumer market in 2018

According to the company's report 'Top 10 Global Consumer Trends for 2018', people's growing curiosity about their genetic make-up and a rising interest in …. This is causing real estate disruption as co-living has become the alternative accelerator ecosystem for smart minds and out-of-the-box thinkers,
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Citi gets Saudi go-ahead for investment banking business

DUBAI, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Citigroup has won formal approval from Saudi Arabia'sCapital Market Authority to begin investment banking business there, the U.S. bank said on Tuesday. More than a dozen foreign banks have licences to operate branches in Saudi Arabia, battling for business resulting from
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Portfolio landlords finding it harder to secure mortgage finance post PRA

Portfolio landlords finding it harder to secure mortgage finance post PRA

Nearly three quarters of portfolio landlords have found it more difficult to secure a mortgage since the PRA changes were introduced, Foundation Home Loans has found with BDRC Continental. The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) regulation means borrowers with four or more mortgaged
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Youth Lending Expert Volunteer, Dar Es Salaam

Apply for the youth lending expert volunteer, dar es salaam vacancy at Brightermonday Tanzania today! Subscribe to alerts for similar jobs from top companies and employers.
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Priced out of the housing market? In these three countries, prices won't rise this year

House prices are forecast to rise this year in most major global markets, but more slowly than previously, and will not increase at all in Britain, Greece and Norway, according to a new report by ratings agency Fitch. The agency tracks prices in 22 markets, and 19 are expected to see the pace of increases
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Bitcoin May Split 50 Times in 2018 as Forking Craze Accelerates

Bitcoin Cash, launched in August, is now the fourth most valuable coin, worth a total of about $28 billion, according to CoinMarketCap.com. “Bitcoin Cash was successful, quite a lot of momentum,” Charlie Hayter, CEO of coin researcher CryptoCompare, said in a phone interview. “Now other traders try to
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Americans' Trust in Institutions 'Implodes' After Year of Trump

Americans' trust in their institutions has suffered the biggest deterioration ever recorded since President Donald Trump took over the White House, according to a survey of global attitudes compiled by the New York-based public-relations firm Edelman. Among the general population, trust in U.S.
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Shutdown Drives Trump and Democrats Further Apart on Immigration

The three-day government shutdown battle may have hastened an immigration debate in the Senate, but it also deepened the acrimony and highlighted bitter divisions between the two parties that stand in the way of a compromise. Immigration hardliners and President Donald Trump's White House
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Alternative lending startup OptaCredit raises $4 million credit facility

“This strategic alliance with OptaCredit is in keeping with DMI's objective of being a flexible, innovative and impactful lender in the area of personal loans,” stated a member of DMI's Senior Management. “DMI's technology-driven underwriting and strong balance sheet is a natural partner for OptaCredit,” it
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Eight mistakes to avoid when buying your first home

“We never would recommend buying a house without doing a home inspection,” said Derrick Swaak, managing broker for the McLean office of TTR Sotheby's International Realty. “But what we do see . . . is doing a pre-home inspection. With the seller's [approval], going in and inspecting the house,
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Economic Optimism, Tsunami Warning, Fox Sky Blow: CEO Daily for January 23, 2018

Global CEOs are remarkably optimistic about the economy in the year ahead, according to a survey of nearly 1,300 of them released yesterday by PwC for the Davos confab. Some 57% said the economy will improve in the next 12 months, which is the most optimistic reading in the seven years PwC has
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Equity release lending exceeds record £3bn in 2017

One in four (25%) new customers opted for a lump sum lifetime mortgage in Q4, with the average loan amount of £101,913 relatively stable compared with Q3 (£100,389) – a rise of 2% – and up 8% year-on-year from £94,330 in Q4 2016. Across all new customers, the continuing trend towards
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An Enormous Earthquake Off Alaska Has Prompted Widespread Tsunami Warnings

A major earthquake has struck in the Gulf of Alaska, prompting tsunami warnings across parts of Alaska and coastal British Columbia in Canada. The earthquake, which the U.S Geological Survey briefly rated at a magnitude of 8.2 before downgrading it to 7.9, occurred late Monday night, hit 173 miles
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[Lee Jae-min] Growing social divide over real estate

And now, this unique renting system is playing a role in real estate price hikes. In Seoul, particularly in the Gangnam area, a Jeonse deposit for an apartment unit is set at around 70-80 percent of the sales price. Which means one could buy a unit by supplying only 20 percent of the price: you can finance
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Important metrics that needs attention before buying this stock – Papa John's International, Inc …

When looking for the right stock to invest in, there are many different aspects you have to observe. It is typically broken down between fundamental analysis and technical analysis, with fundamental analysis checking the engine of the company so to speak and technical analysis looking at the chart.
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Eight hotel trends in sub-Saharan Africa to look out for in 2018

According to Xander Nijnens, head of hotels and hospitality group for sub-Saharan Africa at JLL: “Global investor interest is likely to increase, with a search for yield in a long global real estate cycle, as well as demand for platform investments in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite high global debt liquidity, we
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RateSetter drops unsecured commercial lending products

P2p lending platform RateSetter has dropped unsecured commercial lending and refined its product offerings to businesses on a secured lending basis. For businesses, it now offers hire purchase as an asset-backed product, and development and investment loans as property-backed. The business
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Putin, Argentine president to discuss bilateral, international issues

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Argentine counterpart Mauricio Macri will hold talks on Tuesday to discuss bilateral and international issues and sign a … “But it would be wrong to reduce military and technical cooperation only to buying or selling armaments, this is a broader issue,” he said.
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Puerto Rico to Start Process of Privatizing Energy Company Prepa

The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) Palo Seco plant in Palo Seco, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 21, 2017. Photographer: Xavier Garcia/Bloomberg. Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello said he's moving to privatize the assets of the island's electric company, the utility that was so badly
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Where Amazon HQ2 Could Worsen Affordability the Most

In it, Jenny Schuetz, a fellow at Brookings' Metropolitan Policy Program, categorizes the finalists by the nature of their housing markets, demonstrating how some are in a better position to absorb the shock of the 8 million square feet in office space required for the operation—and the 50,000 or so
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Challenger bank sees 65% growth in new lending

Solihull-based challenger bank Paragon has enjoyed a strong first quarter, with new lending up 65% to almost £470m. In a Q1 trading update (covering the period between October 1 to December 31, 2017) the bank said buy-to-let lending had risen 85% to £342.9m, with other mortgage lending up 74%
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Which way KPL?League set for kick-off but no title and broadcast sponsors in sight

With barely ten-days left to the start of the 2018 Kenyan Premier League, CEO Jack Oguda says they are yet to find a title and broadcast partner for the … The betting company made good their threat to cancel all local sports sponsorship following the implementation of the 35 percent taxation law by the
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Eskom banks on new board to reopen lending taps

Eskom banks on new board to reopen lending taps

Johannesburg – Eskom Holdings is wasting no time approaching potential lenders in the hope that Saturday's board overhaul was enough to ease concerns about governance at the struggling South African utility. Eskom will ask banks for funding commitments to return its liquidity buffer to the required
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Foote sees support at CSX despite job cuts

The wheels keep spinning at Fidelity National Financial Inc. and companies affiliated with it. Or, we should say, the spinoffs keep spinning. Cannae Holdings Inc. last week announced a planned initial public offering of Ceridian HCM Holding Inc. This came two months after title insurance company
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Slovenia Readies to Recognize Palestine After Trump Embassy Move

A picture taken from the West Bank city of Ramallah shows Israel's separation barrier and the settlement of Beit El behind it. Photographer: ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images. Slovenia is preparing to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state next month amid rising sentiment among the European Union
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US Shutdown Takes Hold as Stalemate Persists

Want to receive this post in your inbox every morning? Sign up for the Balance of Power newsletter, and follow Bloomberg Politics on Twitter and Facebook for more. The U.S. government shutdown starts to bite today: Some Federal offices won't open and many services are suspended after talks in
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Germany in Focus as Europe Ponders Banking Question

FRANKFURT—Ten years ago, David Zimmer quit his management job to build his own fiber-optic network company in Germany. With €4 million ($4.9 million) in hand, he knocked at the door of about 20 banks for a €4 million loan. Private banks including heavyweights Deutsche Bank and
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Mortgage scheme: who is eligible and how will it work?

From February 1st, local authorities across the country will be offering Rebuilding Ireland home loans, a Government backed initiative which aims to offer low-cost mortgages to purchasers who have difficulty in securing finance from the main lenders. Unlike the Help to Buy grant, which is restricted to
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This Rare Bear Who Called the Crash Warns Housing Is Too Hot Again

U.S. home prices are surging to new records. Homebuilder stocks last year outperformed all other groups. And bears? They're now an endangered species. Stack, 66, who manages $1.3 billion for people with a high net worth, predicted the housing crash in 2005, just before prices reached their peak.
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AI-based chatbot gets to do banking for customers of Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Ceba, which, unlike human staff, is available 24/7, can recognize approximately 60,000 different ways customers ask for various banking tasks and will eventually be able to tell customers what they are spending their money on. Commonwealth Bank Executive General Manager Digital, Pete Steel,
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Hong Kong Tycoons' Total Fortunes Up By HK$60 Billion–Here's Why

According to Forbes' “Hong Kong's Richest 2018” feature, 2017 was a stellar year for the city's top tycoons with their collective fortunes soaring by a cool HK$60 billion. Li Ka-Shing, whose HK$5.6 billion increase brought his fortune to a total of HK$36 billion, secured his place at No.1 on the list once
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Facebook Says Social Media Is Not Always Healthy for Democracy

Facebook also talked openly about the challenge of working with government leaders who harass their own citizens — the subject of recent Bloomberg investigations. Chakrabarti wrote about a citizen in one country who told Facebook that after he posted a video critical of the government, the police
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Puigdemont Lands in Denmark as Spain Prosecutors Seek Arrest

Ousted Catalan regional president Carles Puigdemont landed in Copenhagen for meetings with Danish politicians and students, defying efforts by Spanish prosecutors to have him arrested . Puigdemont will speak at a panel debate on Catalonia at Copenhagen University later on Monday as part of a
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Freddie sees 2 years of housing growth unless this happens

The January 2018 outlook from Freddie Mac sets a mostly positive tone for the economy and the housing market but there's an elephant in the room. … Mortgage rates are low, economic growth has accelerated in recent quarters, and housing is coming off its best year in a decade,” says Freddie Mac
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Mortgage Advice Bureau shrugs off flat housing activity as productivity improves

A rise in the number of its advisers on its books helped Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) PLC (LON:MAB1) shrug off a flat housing market. MAB was one of AIM's best performers in 2017 and the shares rose again today as sales rose by 17% in the past year to £109mln. On average, the number of
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Real Estate Office Help Wanted Now!

Could you be the great assistant. I'm seeking to work full-time and handle many of the pesky administrative details of running my growing Real Estate Business? Busy Real Estate Team Leader buried…
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Analysts Set Arlington Asset Investment Corp (AI) PT at $13.81

… Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac). Receive News & Ratings for Arlington Asset Investment Daily – Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Arlington Asset Investment and related companies with
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Burger King Owner Appoints Tech Czar in Bid to Modernize Chain

Burger King owner Restaurant Brands International Inc. is creating a new C-suite role focused on technology, aiming to keep pace with fast-food rivals as they embrace mobile ordering and other digital services. Josh Kobza, who has spent the past five years as chief financial officer, is becoming chief
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RateSetter to Focus Solely on Asset Backed Lending for Commercial Loans

Peer to peer lender RateSetter said its commercial lending vertical will focus solely on secured lending in its commercial finance vertical. Following a review of its commercial finance operations, RateSetter said it would move to “simplify” its commercial finance by funding only property backed or asset
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Lenda Raises $5M To Expand Digital Mortgage Offering

“Mortgage brokers gather all your information and then send it off to someone else to process,” he explained. “That is the root cause of why customers have all these trailing documents. The model perpetuates that, and it perpetuates consumers paying commissions and fees – because all the points in
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Paragon Sees Higher Flows Of Complex Loans Following Rule Changes

LONDON (Alliance News) – Buy-to-let lender Paragon Banking Group PLC on Tuesday reported 65% growth in new lending for the first quarter of 2018 financial … The UK-listed company said it is seeing an increasing proportion of complex buy-to-let lending flows following implementation of Prudential
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UK banking watchdog defends anti-money-laundering oversight

A senior banking watchdog has defended the Financial Conduct Authority's oversight of professional bodies as part of its efforts to crack down on the £90bn of dirty money that washes through the UK each year. Under new rules introduced last week, professional bodies ranging from the Law Society to
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Spohrer lands new title sponsor

Spohrer lands new title sponsor

Gerald Spohrer has partnered with a Louisiana industrial welding company on a new sponsorship for the 2018 Elite Series season. SWAT, which stands for Specialty Welding and Turnaround, is based in Spohrer's hometown of Gonzales, La., and will take over the title sponsorship of Spohrer, who is
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Celebrating continued partnership with the banking community

In Photo: Chairman of the Monetary Board and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Nestor A. Espenilla Jr. (third from left) leads the toast during the BSP's Annual Reception for the banking community. Joining him are Monetary Board Members Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III (from
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Consumer lending drives Bank of Hawaii's gains in interest income

Bank of Hawaii in Honolulu reported strong loan growth in the fourth quarter, but its overall profit fell slightly as income from mortgage banking declined and expenses ticked up due to one-time adjustments related to the federal reduction of the corporate tax rate. Fourth-quarter net income at the $17.1
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The Tech Guy Building Wearables for America's Olympians

The U.S. Olympic Committee's biomedical engineer, Mounir Zok, is more focused on the IoT (internet of things) than the IOC (International Olympic Committee). By. Eben Novy-Williams. @novy_williams More stories by Eben Novy-Williams. January 22, 2018, 9:00 AM PST. From. Subscribe Reprints.
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PF Chang's is Spreading Good Fortune This Chinese New Year by Giving Away a Trip to Shanghai …

SCOTTSDALE, Aariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–This Chinese New Year, P.F. Chang's is spreading deliciously good fortune across the globe by sending one lucky winner and a guest to China for a seven-day trip to include dinner at P.F. Chang's new Shanghai restaurant, the brand's first restaurant in China.
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The Shutdown and Your Government Mortgage: How it Will Affect FHA, VA and USDA Loans

As you might expect from the military, the VA is fully-prepared. It even publishes a Field Guide to Government Shutdown. And its guide states that “home loan processing” is among the operations not affected by the government shutdown. One more advantage of choosing VA home financing.
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Will the Housing Market Maintain Momentum in 2018-19?

Low mortgage rates and accelerated economic growth has meant that the housing market has started the year with a bang. But will it maintain this momentum? According to Freddie Mac's January Outlook, a monthly report that looks at the housing market and economic growth, although the housing
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Pence Hails Jerusalem as Israel's Capital in Netanyahu Meeting

Mike Pence talks with Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on Jan. 22. Photographer: Ariel Schalit/AFP via Getty Images. U.S. President Donald Trump believes his decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital — a step that antagonized Palestinians
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Mortgage Rates Monday: Resuming an Upward Trend

The average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage went up four basis points, the rate for the 15-year fixed rose two basis points and the 5/1 ARM bumped upward by one basis point, according to a NerdWallet survey of daily mortgage rates published Monday by national lenders. The average rate on the
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WellCare Named One of Fortune Magazine's "Most Admired Companies"

The “World's Most Admired Companies” list is the definitive report card on corporate reputation and is developed annually by Fortune and Korn Ferry. The study surveys top executives and directors from eligible companies, along with financial analysts, to identify the companies that enjoy the strongest
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Blockchain Name Changes Are Still Paying Off

Almost three months after British IT investment firm On-Line Plc saw its shares rocket after adding the word blockchain to its name, the strategy is still paying off for imitators. Stapleton Capital Plc, a buyout firm that targets the U.K. telecommunications sector, soared more than 160 percent Monday after
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SoFi, Lending Club gear up for busy quarter

Up to four transactions from marketplace lenders SoFi and Lending Club are slated to hit the market this quarter, including prime and non-prime consumer and student loan refinancing offerings. By Sasha Padbidri; 22 Jan 2018. SoFi is preparing to bring at least one consumer loan offering and possibly
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Real Estate: Addressing the risk-return anomaly

Also a rise in stock prices of real estate companies does not mean that the Capital Flight theory is incorrect. The rise in stock prices only means listed real estate stocks were beaten down significantly below their intrinsic value. It does not indicate fresh equity investment into real estate companies.
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Demand for UK property fell more than seven per cent last year

Figures from estate agent Haart showed demand for homes fell 7.4 per cent in the year to December, falling 3.4 per cent between November and December. Meanwhile, the number of homes coming onto the market fell 16.8 per cent in the year, falling by the same percentage month-on-month.
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Supercharge your real estate lead generation with these 4 core lead sources

The No. 1 question I get again and again is: “Where should I be focusing my time and money to generate business?” A lot of people will tell you doing business by referral is the one true path to real estate success. Others will say a strict and unflagging devotion to cold calling is the key to unlocking your
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Biggest US East Coast Oil Refinery Files for Bankruptcy

Chief Executive Greg Gatta said in a memo obtained by Bloomberg News that the company had a prepackaged reorganization plan and cited the more than $800 million it paid since 2012 to comply with the U.S. government's Renewable Fuel Standard as a key factor for the decision. The company's
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Diamond Miner Can't Stop Finding Huge Stones

Fresh after finding the fifth-biggest diamond in history, miner Gem Diamonds Ltd. has discovered another giant stone in the mountainous kingdom of Lesotho in southern Africa. Gem unearthed a 149-carat, D color type IIa diamond at its Letseng mine, the company said in a statement on Monday. Type IIa
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Decline of Trust, Government Shutdown, Sanofi Buys Bioverativ: CEO Daily for January 20, 2018

The public's trust in all institutions—government, business, media and non-government organizations—has taken a nosedive in the U.S. in the last year, according to the annual Edelman Trust survey, released this morning in advance of the World Economic Forum in Davos. The decline in trust in
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4 Atlanta companies make Fortune's 2018 list of most admired companies

In 2017 in comparison, Coca-Cola ranked No. 16, with Delta at No. 31, Home Depot at No. 32 and UPS at No. 35. The top five companies on the 2018 list are Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Berkshire Hathaway and Starbucks. Check out the entire 2018 list here. To select the companies, Fortune teamed up
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Continuity Programs Introduces MyLeadDashboard.com – Automated Real Estate Marketing

WALLED LAKE, Mich., Jan. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Continuity Programs found the perfect way to celebrate its 45th anniversary – by introducing its newest product, MyLeadDashboard.com for the real estate industry. This platform offers built-in CRM, real-time reporting, and lead generation.
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All Together Now: the BBC talent show promising fortune but no fame

All Together Now: the BBC talent show promising fortune but no fame

The BBC is launching a Saturday night talent show with a difference: no judging panel, no unkind comments and no promise to turn the winner into a star. All Together Now begins on BBC One this weekend in competition with ITV's The Voice. Rather than perform before a panel of stony-faced judges,
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Israel banking system stable, housing poses biggest risk -cenbank

JERUSALEM, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Israel's financial system remained stable in the second half of 2017, with the main risk coming from exposure to the housing market, the Bank of Israel said on Monday. Factors contributing to the continued improvement, strength and stability of the banking system are
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Two top doctors are fighting for share of their dead mother's £1.5m house with their brother who …

Two top doctors are embroiled in a bitter row with their brother over their dead mother's £1.8million fortune. Dominic, 53, and Jeremy Heath, 65, left their parents' £1.5million house in leafy Hampstead, north London, as young men, each forging successful careers in medicine. However, while they went
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Real estate jobs equal 3-in-10 of all Inland Empire hiring

Work at real estate-related businesses accounted for three in 10 of all new jobs added in the Inland Empire in the past year. State jobs data for December show jobs in real estate-related fields — from construction to building supplies to lending, sales and leasing to janitorial — added 15,600 workers,
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Chartwell Investment Partners LLC Raises Position in Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE:PM)

Chartwell Investment Partners LLC grew its position in Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE:PM) by 2.6% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its … Piper Jaffray Companies reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $130.00 price objective on shares of Philip Morris International in a research note on
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5 Things: Multi-family real estate in Cochrane

The Calgary Real Estate Board says 226 attached homes — a figure reflecting townhomes and duplexes — were sold through the resale market in Cochrane last year. A year earlier, there were 190 sales sales in the segment. The average price for these homes was $335,632 in 2017, which was down
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As VOD Content Costs Skyrocket, A New Company Looks To Offer Loans

OTT Lending will primarily focus on the advertising-supported segment of the VOD industry, which is sometimes referred to as AVOD. According to a October 2017 report, AVOD expenditures will reach $29 million globally by 2022, which will more than double the industry's $12 billion value from 2016.
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The best ways to build a real estate team

There are a lot of good reasons why agents should consider creating and starting a real estate team, one of the most being to create mutually beneficial partnerships that allow everyone to take a “divide and conquer” approach. Different agents have different strengths, abilities and networks, not to
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Mortgage Lending Manager

Mortgage Lending Manager We are recruiting a Residential Mortgage Lending Manager for a solid community bank in Northern New Jersey. This financially strong,…
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Criminals Drop Bitcoin for Other Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin is the world's most popular digital currency but, in the crypto community, complaints are growing: Bitcoin takes too long to process transactions, the fees are too high, it's expensive, and too volatile. One sign of this discontent is reports that online criminals—who are among bitcoin's oldest and
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MLA Canada's Annual Real Estate Report Forecasts Over 11000 New Concrete Units in the Lower …

The annual real estate report by MLA Canada's Advisory division, analyzes eight global cities and their housing markets. The Market Intel 2018 shows Vancouver's affordability ratio is extremely high at 17.4, almost double that of more normalized cities like Toronto and Seattle, but close to Kowloon,
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Bill Neville Named LoanLogics President

LoanLogics, a loan quality management and performance analytics provider based in Trevose, Pa., has named Bill Neville as its President and Chief Operating Officer. He will also serve as a member of the company's Board of Directors. LoanLogics, a loan quality management and performance
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Two doctors fight brother over share of mother's fortune

Dominic and Jeremy Heath are fighting their brother Timothy (pictured) over their mother's fortune, including her £1.5million house in Hampstead, north London, where their 62-year-old sibling lives….
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Dridex Banking Trojan Phishing Campaign Ties to Necurs

Dridex Banking Trojan Phishing Campaign Ties to Necurs The Necurs botnet has recently been tied to Dridex malware phishing emails, dating site referrals (shown), cryptocurrency pumping schemes and more. (Source: Cisco Talos). The operators of the venerable Necurs botnet appear to be up to their
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Trump administration signals major changes for tribal lending industry

Indian Country advocates are cheering the Trump administration for dropping a case that targeted the tribal lending industry. With little fanfare,
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Flake Doubts Senate Has Votes to Break Impasse: Shutdown Update

The government shutdown entered its third day — and first day of the normal workweek — as members of the Senate were frantically trying to break their impasse over a new short-term spending bill after working through the weekend. Here are the latest developments, updated throughout the day:
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FlipOut Academy teaches how to flip homes in Buffalo market

CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A new academy called FlipOut is breathing new life into the Eastern Hills Mall and teaching people how to rehab homes here in Western New York and sell them to turn a big profit. “You can pick houses up here for $50,000 and then turn around and sell them for $150,000,”
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Dzhibrailova Earns 2017 No. 1 Companywide Top Producer Award at Zephyr Real Estate

She is #16 in the Bay Area on the LEADING 100 list as presented by the Luxury Marketing Council in conjunction with REAL Trends. She is a member of the invitation-only Top Agent Network (TAN), the Real Estate Roundtable of San Francisco, the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing and the Luxury
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Custody & Fund Services – Agent Lending Pricing Analytics – ED

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has a career opportunity for a Custody & Fund Services – Agent Lending Pricing Analytics in ED – New York.
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Rwanda's Bank of Kigali partners with Fiorano for digital revamp

The integration will allow payment channels like mobile banking and internet banking with a wide range of lending services. Fiorano said that it will replace the bank's point-to-point integration with a scalable microservice-centric architecture built over an ESB. The technology vendor will also standardise
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