AGNC Investment logo AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) was downgraded by equities research analysts at BidaskClub from a “sell” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report released on Friday, January 19th. A number of other equities analysts have also issued reports on AGNC. Wells Fargo & Co
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“However, we are very concerned that a significant number of interest-only customers may not be able to repay the capital at the end of the mortgage and be at risk of losing their homes.” Paul Smee, head of mortgages at UK Finance, the industry body that represents home loan lenders, said the FCA's
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This article first appeared in Data Sheet, Fortune's daily newsletter on the top tech news. Sign up here. My hunch is that Mark Zuckerberg has never covered a local hearing on a telephone utility's desire to raise rates. He probably hasn't sat in an airless room listening to citizens berating the Air Force's
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Five banks that lent £140m of emergency cash to Carillion in September have been accused of “irresponsible lending” by an MP investigating the firm's collapse, after they made it a condition that none of the money go to the firm's deficit-hit pension schemes. MPs on the joint committee looking into the
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Structured engagements to collect issuer feedback are being scheduled to occur over the next several months, including at the MBA's National Mortgage Servicing Conference & Expo 2018. If you are attending the MBA Servicing Conference and have questions or are interested in providing feedback,
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On Jan. 11, a group of 42 debt collection agencies awaited word on which ones had won contracts from the U.S. Department of Education. The federal government has been the main lender to student borrowers since 2010, and the deal to collect on unpaid student loans could be worth hundreds of
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Freddie Mac 6.02 Pfd (FMCKL) shares are currently appearing on the list of stocks that have dropped over the last month. In the past 4-weeks, shares have been lower -7.34%. Going back 6 months, shares have changed 23.54%. Over the last 52-weeks, shares have moved 117.22%. Focusing on more
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We're all familiar with ideas like putting impulse purchases by the tills, but AI will allow us to take that much deeper. For example, you'll be able to test and vary factors like lighting, temperature, background music, store layout and more to find new efficiencies and to make the most of your real estate.
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Tenable, a Maryland-based firm that helps companies assess cybersecurity vulnerabilities, disclosed 2017 revenues on Tuesday of $189 million, which it says reflects year-over-year growth of 50 percent. The disclosure is significant in part because the overall cyber industry, which has seen hundreds of
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Toronto's housing market has cooled for seven months, with prices falling and listings surging. The market has begun to buckle under a raft of measures to curb prices that were soaring at a 20 percent clip a year ago and saddling Canadians with debt, part of a global real-estate boom that's swept cities
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Wal-Mart Stores said on Tuesday the company will share more data with suppliers to move faster in replenishing out-of-stock items as it tries to better compete with rivals like Amazon (amzn, +0.95%). The company, which does business as Walmart (wmt, +1.09%), said its On Shelf Customer Availability
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Here is how the housing markets of Tustin and North Tustin compare on a national scale through the eyes of Zillow. The online housing tracker's national databases can help add some perspective to the high price of local living. As of November, for example, Orange County real estate by Zillow's math
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Responsible for advising clients, making, approving and servicing all types of consumer, small business, commercial loans or lines of credit, using approved lending authority. Seeks new business through outside sales calls and utilizing client relationships for loans and deposits. Manages Client
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Global banking institutions have been prosecuted for illegal conduct more than 200 times since 2005 – more than 120 times since 2010. Since 2008, banks globally have paid more than $321 billion (that's with a B, folks) for conduct such as regulatory failings, money laundering, market manipulation
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UBS Group assumed coverage on shares of Honeywell International (NYSE:HON) in a research report sent to investors on Monday, January 22nd, www.benzinga.com reports. The brokerage issued a buy rating on the conglomerate's stock. A number of other research analysts have also weighed in on
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Buying a home is one of the biggest financial investments you'll make in your life, and obtaining a mortgage is a key step in that process. Before you start home shopping, it's important to take a look at what you'll need to get a mortgage. A mortgage banker or lender can help you understand what you'll
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MOUNT LAUREL, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–KeyStoneB2B, the fintech solution that delivers competitive advantages for financial services leaders, today announces new flood zone determination services through an expansive network of providers. KeyStoneB2B simplifies loan origination for mortgage
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BidaskClub lowered shares of CACI International from a hold rating to a sell rating in a research note on Thursday, September 14th. Noble Financial downgraded shares of CACI International from a buy rating to a hold rating in a report on Tuesday, October 3rd. Seaport Global Securities reiterated a buy
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New research released today by the Central Bank of Ireland has found that the SME lending market has become more concentrated in the last six … The figures show that annual gross new lending to non-financial, non-real estate SMEs in the third quarter 2017 was 24% higher than a year ago, with the
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Freddie Mac 5.81 O (FMCCO) shares are currently appearing on the list of stocks that have dropped over the last month. In the past 4-weeks, shares have been lower -3.19%. Going back 6 months, shares have changed -5.35%. Over the last 52-weeks, shares have moved 97.50%. Focusing on more
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The rollicking real estate ride of the last two years has passed, with the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) predicting a slight increase at best over last year's average sale price of $822,681. TREB also expects the number of home sales to remain flat or drop for a second consecutive year from the
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John Charcol has appointed Walter Avrili, who started his career at the independent broker in 1984, as director of product and mortgage technical. The move will strengthen John Charcol's in-house mortgage technical service, enhancing its external relationships with lenders and improving the technical
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Mortgage lending dropped in December to a near three-year low as appetite fell among buyers for expensive homes in London and the south-east. The Bank of England said mortgages for house purchases were the weakest since January 2015 at 61,039, down by almost 6%, and remortgaging
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Toronto's housing market has cooled for seven months, with prices falling and listings surging. The market has begun to buckle under a raft of measures to curb prices that were soaring at a 20 per cent clip a year ago and saddling Canadians with debt, part of a global real-estate boom that's swept cities
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Monthly payments on a 15-year fixed mortgage at that rate will cost around $715 per $100,000 borrowed. That may squeeze your monthly budget than a 30-year mortgage would, but it comes with some big advantages: You'll save thousands of dollars over the life of the loan in total interest paid and
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Encore Wire Co. (NASDAQ:WIRE) has received a consensus broker rating score of 1.67 (Buy) from the three brokers that provide coverage for the company, … is a supplier of building wire for interior electrical wiring in commercial and industrial buildings, homes, apartments, and manufactured housing.
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Good morning, Broadsheet readers! Wynn Resorts stock is tanking, everyone is wondering who will show up for the State of the Union tonight, and Joanne Lipman has some tips for turning to your male co-workers into allies. Enjoy your Tuesday.
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Mark Fransham and Danny Dorling at the University of Oxford say action is needed on issues of welfare reform and the housing market to help those caught up in this crisis. The number of people officially recorded as sleeping on the streets of England rose from 1,768 in 2010 to 4,751 in 2017, but
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The IT in real estate market are increasing demand for smart technological solutions in the real estate sector to cater to varied preferences of real estate customers, popularity of asset & property management solutions, increasing demand for enterprise applications to manage projects, and growing need
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Licensed mortgage lender Radius Financial Group has launched a new company to service clients' insurance needs. The Norwell, Mass.-headquartered private, full-service insurance agency is called Radius Insurance Group Inc. It will offer commercial and personal insurance, including auto, home,
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First-time buyers appear to be capitalising on the December housing slump with an increasing proportion of property sales going to this group. Figures from the National Association of Estate Agents show that overall demand for housing fell in December: with 20 per cent fewer house hunters registering
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January's Lending Impact and Borrower Stories. JanInvestorImpact. This month's lending impact is all about kick-starting a healthy new year. First, we meet Arapina, an award winning bakery offering guilt-free sweet treats made from all natural ingredients. Next up, get in shape with five Funding Circle
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Jan. 30, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (NASDAQ:WHLR) (“Wheeler” or the “Company”), a fully-integrated, self-managed commercial real estate investment company focused on acquiring and managing income-producing retail properties
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Read the breaking Real Estate coverage and top headlines from around the world on Realty Fact.com. Realty Fact is a globally read 'digital real estate portal and magazine' that publishes, distributes and syndicates real estate and property market news, rates, reports, investment trends and industry data
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Is your business looking for a loan in 2018? If so, shop around the banks for the best deal on financing by all means, but look to alternative providers too; in particular, the UK's peer-to-peer lending platforms are now crying out for new customers. To understand why, cast your mind back to April 2016,
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PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Capgemini today announced that it has been named a “Leader” in Everest Group's inaugural PEAK MatrixTM2 on Digital Services in Consumer Banking. In the Everest Group analysis on Consumer Banking, Capgemini was recognized for its strong back-office modernization
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IN my many talks about Mindanao, I have likened this region to New York: If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. Last week I had the opportunity to chat with three leading Mindanao business advocates on the real estate prospects in the Davao region, Marawi and Mindanao in general.
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LENDING to small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) declined in December at the steepest rate for three years while consumer borrowing ticked back up, Bank of England data shows. The latest money and credit release from the Bank revealed SME lending declined by £0.4bn in December 2017,
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Mobile banking has become the preferred channel for consumers to conduct day-to-day business, with 53% of banking by people of all ages in 2016. As a result, financial institutions offer a wide range of mobile-based alerts for their bank accounts and payment cards. According to new research by
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Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and J.P. Morgan Chase are forming a not-for-profit healthcare venture to lower healthcare costs for their U.S. employees, the companies announced Tuesday morning, sparking a slide in the shares of a host of healthcare-related companies. The initial focus of the
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Bernhard Hodler will seek to stamp his authority on Julius Baer on Wednesday by telling investors he plans to remain in charge of the Swiss private bank for years to come. When Mr Hodler was promoted in November to replace Boris Collardi, who unexpectedly left Julius Baer for its rival Pictet, the bank
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The city maintained that so long as the property was technically in the name of the developer it was fully taxable, but Rudin's attorney argued that the property was restricted to park use in perpetuity and had “no potential for private sale or income production” because the title was committed to the city,
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At some point this year, Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo plans to roll out a ride-hailing service using driverless cars. It just bought more vehicles to make that happen. The car unit of Google's parent has finalized a deal to purchase “thousands” more minivans from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV equipped for
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Our client, a leading Middle Market Advisory Investment Bank is looking to add Associates to their TMT team. This team focuses primarily on Technology Media and Software within the middle market. They closed about 25 M&A deals last year and already have a full pipeline for the New Year. This is a
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Lantern Hotel Group (ASX:LTN), a A$3.53M small-cap, is a real estate company operating in an 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 investment trust, or a REIT, is a collective vehicle for investing
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Among the properties in which the fund is invested are the skyscraper 60 Wall Street in Manhattan, where is located the US headquarters of Deutsche Bank. Also the fund invests in student housing. According to the real estate consultant CBRE the trends to remain the same in 2018, as Singapore
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An Iranian woman raises her fist amid the smoke of tear gas at the University of Tehran during a protest on December 30, 2017. Photographer: AFP Contributor/AFP/Getty Images. The humble metal cabinets that house telephone wiring on streets the world over have become a stage for Iranian women
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Connecticut home prices — struggling to recover from the last recession — squeezed out a modest, year-over year gain in 2017 but still remain well below the most recent peak nearly a decade a ago, a new report Tuesday shows. The median sale price of a single-family house — where half the sales
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LCT Holdings Limited (SGX:BJL), a $16.21M 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 investments typically display unique and attractive investment
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Hundreds of thousands of homeowners could be at risk of losing their homes by ignoring how they will pay off their mortgage, a regulator has warned. Nearly one in five mortgage-holders has an interest-only home loan, meaning they would need savings or other funds to pay a final lump sum.
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Viceroy (@viceroyresearch) January 30, 2018. Capitec's main service is microlending to a majority low-income demographic, yet CPI out-earn major commercial banks & high-risk lenders globally. Viceroy believes this is indicative of predatory finance which we have corroborated with on-the-ground
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He explained that interest rates are determined by market factors and this influence the purchasing decisions of consumers without the need for any intervention from the authorities. It is also possible that fixing the rate for mortgages could result in people buying properties beyond their means.
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HOUSTON, Jan. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene (“Gary Greene”) today announced its continued partnership with Rebuilding Together Houston to provide no-cost critical home repairs in the Independence Heights neighborhood for homeowners in need.
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The post United Kingdom Net Lending to Individuals (MoM) above expectations (£4.8B) in December: Actual (£5.2B) appeared first on CIX Markets. Please be aware that City Credit Capital (UK) Limited, its subsidiaries and Group companies do not conduct any relationship with London Cape Equities or
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Nine Express Limited (SEHK:9), a HK$1.04B small-cap, is a real estate company operating in an 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
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NEW YORK & HONG KONG–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jefferies LLC today announced that it has entered into a strategic alliance with BOC International Holdings Limited (“BOCI”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of China. Under the agreement, BOCI and Jefferies will have the ability to jointly provide
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Photo-Me International plc (LSE:PHTM) trades with a trailing P/E of 18.4x, which is lower than the industry average of 20x. While PHTM might seem like an attractive stock to buy, it is important to understand the assumptions behind the P/E ratio before you make any investment decisions. In this article, I
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European equity benchmarks were extending losses on Tuesday as mining and banking stocks edged lower against a backdrop of declining oil prices and a drop in economic confidence in the Eurozone. The European Commission's closely-watched Economic Sentiment Indicator, a gauge of economic
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Malawi is located in Southern Africa and is a member of both Southern African Development Community and Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa economic groupings of the region. Malawi has a land area of 118,000 Km2. It has a population of about 18 million people and a rural to urban
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The Company's financial services operations reported fourth quarter pre-tax income of $23 million compared with $25 million in the prior year. The decrease in pre-tax income was primarily the result of a more competitive operating environment which impacted pricing during the period. Mortgage
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President Emmanuel Macron is meeting the music mega star in Senegal this week to promote children's education. With Africa one of his biggest foreign policy focuses — this will be his sixth trip to the continent since his May 2017 election — the 40-year-old president is riding Rihanna's coattails to both
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Donald Trump is facing a potentially awkward interview with Special Counsel Robert Mueller: A topic hovering over the encounter is likely to be the disclosure the president was considering firing Mueller as he probed Russian interference in the 2016 election. Trump's desire to dismiss Mueller last June,
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Retail Real Estate Planner in Permanent, Permanent, Planning, Oil and Gas with Shell. Apply Today.
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Local authorities are set to apply stringent eligibility requirements when the new affordable home loan scheme goes live this Thursday. This means that applicants looking to circumvent the Central Bank's mortgage lending rules may need to look elsewhere. The scheme, which goes live on February 1st,
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Plenty of first-time buyers get frustrated by competition for the limited number of available homes, but not all of them decide to open their own mortgage company. After losing multiple bidding wars as a first-time home buyer, Vishal Garg decided to start Better Mortgage, an online-only direct lender,
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Europe's top technology company SAP announced a $2.4 billion U.S. acquisition to help it boost revenues from its cloud platform and CEO Bill McDermott said it would streamline its overall business this year to bolster margins. The German company is midway through a strategic transition, aiming to
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Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banking Group (CYBG) has warned it expects expansion of its mortgage book to slow this year, as the challenger bank reported solid lending growth for the first quarter. CYBG, which floated in London two years ago after demerging from National Australia Bank, said growth in
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Paradigm Mortgage Services, has announced that it has added specialist lender, Together, to its mortgage lender panel with member firms able to access Together's range of first-charge residential mortgages from today. Together has 44 years' experience in the lending market and is committed to
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The only thing that might be colder than Toronto in January is the city's housing market. While the bleak mid-winter is never the best time to sell a home in Canada, a string of open houses in the country's largest city were chillingly empty on a recent Saturday afternoon. Tougher mortgage rules went into
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… one and financing department, where he gained experience in the securities lending and repo market. Markus Buttner, CEO at Comyno, said of Rothermich's appointment: “Philipp Rothermich´s appointment underlines the growth strategy of Comyno in 2018 to fulfill increasing customer requirements.”.
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Unsustainably high housing prices put Australia's economy “at the precipice” of a once-in-a-century bust if global borrowing costs rise more than 150 basis points, warns Industry Super Australia, the peak body for industry super funds. Housing prices in Melbourne and Sydney rose to nearly seven times
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“It was obvious to me to have Jadah join our team and allow us to utilize her knowledge of Title Alliance Ltd and the real estate industry. I'm confident she will have a notable impact on our company with her efforts to put our products and procedures into the hands of our clients.” Hill will focus on reaching
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British challenger bank CYBG PLC (LON:CYBG)reported an increase in first quarter mortgage lending but warned that growth would ease over the rest of the 2018 fiscal year. Mortgage lending rose at an annual rate of 7.4% to £23.9bn in the three months to December 31, 2017. “We anticipate that
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This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners. The messenger's core team may be based in Dubai, but a former employee claimed during a recent court battle with the Durov that part of the development was being done in St. Petersburg,
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(Reuters) – Lender CYBG Plc (CYBGC.L) posted higher mortgage lending in the first quarter, but said growth in the market would ease over the remainder of the financial year 2018. The company, which made its London debut after it was spun off by National Australia Bank (NAB.AX), said it continued to
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Clydesdale Bank owner CYBG enjoyed strong growth in lending to homeowners and smaller businesses at the end of 2017. In a trading update for the first quarter of its financial year, the Glasgow-headquartered group said its mortgage lending had risen to £23.9bm, up by 7.4% from a year earlier.
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More victims are coming to light in the wake of last week's $500 million cryptocurrency heist in Japan, including a teen pop group, a politician, and a popular comedian. Among the more than 260,000 users impacted by the attack are the “Virtual Currency Girls,” a newly formed eight-member group that
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New figures released yesterday show a 6.1 per cent jump in bankruptcies over the last year: The figures contrast sharply with very recent mortgage market indicators showing mortgage delinquency levels had actually been improving. Bankruptcies were declining nationwide in 2014 and 2015 but now
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The short seller who wrote a damning report about accounting irregularities at Steinhoff International Holdings NV has found a new target in Capitec Bank Holdings, South Africa's best-performing stock over the last decade. The shares fell the most in more than 15 years before paring losses. Viceroy
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David Duffy, chief executive of CYBG, said: “We have delivered another solid quarter of growth, despite a competitive operating environment, seeing continued momentum in both mortgage and SME lending. “While the economic outlook remains uncertain we remain focused on delivering sustainable
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The “youthquake” that helped opposition Labour Party leader wipe out U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May's majority in the 2017 election perhaps didn't actually happen. That is the takeaway from a study based on face-to-face interviews with 2,194 eligible voters between June 26 and Oct. 1.
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As a momentum indicator, the Williams R% may be used with other technicals to help define a specific trend. Investors might be looking to track the ATR or Average True Range of the stock. Currently, Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) has a 14-day ATR of 1.62. The Average True Range is an
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The categories cover all aspects of the mortgage lending industry and we invite you to nominate any company that has provided a positive experience and which you feel is most deserving of winning an award this year. Enter the name of the lender or business in the form below, filling in any relevant
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A pump jack operates in an oil field near Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016. Eddie Seal — Bloomberg via Getty Images. By Reuters. 6:01 AM EST. Oil dipped on Monday as soaring North American production was seen undermining efforts led by OPEC and Russia to tighten supplies,
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Barnett said while healthcare has dominated the commercial real estate market in the Dayton region in recent years, the Miami Valley is seeing strong activity across multiple real estate sectors for the first time since the Great Recession. “I think the general real estate sector, including professional, office,
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Mandating affordable housing units as part of new developments is known as inclusionary zoning, and it has a mixed track record. It depends heavily on how legislation is crafted for a particular housing market. But on the upside, inclusionary zoning can produce more integrated communities, and not the
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The central bank will maintain prudent and neutral monetary policy while seeking to increase flexibility and effectiveness of liquidity management, Yi said. China has conditions to keep the yuan basically stable, Yi said, adding that the regulator will look to increase the yuan's exchange rate flexibility.
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UBS, Deutsche Bank and HSBC and former traders at the banks, as well as individuals at other firms, were charged following a large-scale multi-agency probe including the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) into so-called “spoofing” in metals and equities futures. Deutsche Bank and UBS
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AG Mortgage Investment Trust Inc. (MITT) traded on unusually high volume on Jan. 29, as the stock lost 2.67% to close at $17.85. On the day, AG Mortgage Investment Trust Inc. saw 261,963 shares trade hands on 1,975 trades. Considering that the stock averages only a daily volume of 153,868 shares
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Bridging lender Octane Capital has announced that it is taking its 'productless' lending model mainstream. To date, Octane Capital has focused primarily on non-standard and complex loans. But following broker requests for it to finance more vanilla deals, the lender has now decided to open its doors to
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The global financial system is based on banks that lend money backed by real estate. Bricks and … At Cycles, Trends and Forecasts, Phil Anderson developed the real estate clock to help gauge the turning of the cycle. … Phil proves it in detail in his book, The Secret Life of Real Estate and Banking.
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Lender CYBG Plc posted higher mortgage lending in the first quarter, but said growth in the market would ease over the remainder of the financial … CYBG is one of a number of banks that emerged after the financial crisis to fill a gap in small business lending and capitalise on problems at the big banks.
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The weekly pilgrimage to Bunnings for a browse and a snag-in-bread may be losing numbers fast, with Morgan Stanley analysts predicting the hardware retailer's sales growth will halve this year as a result of cooling house prices. Increasingly cautious consumers and growing pressure on household
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As a stock with high coverage by analysts, you could assume any recent changes in the company's outlook is already priced into the stock. But what if there is still an opportunity to buy? Let's examine KEC International's valuation and outlook in more detail to determine if there's still a bargain opportunity.
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… the Term Funding Scheme (TFS), which will continue lending to providers for a little while longer. In addition, Rachel Springall, finance expert at moneyfacts.co.uk, points out that “while the TFS is open for drawdowns until the end of February 2018, banks and building societies will have up to four years
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Figures last week from industry group UK Finance had shown British banks last month approved the fewest mortgages since April 2013 and growth in consumer credit slowed. However, the BoE said its figures showed consumer lending increased by 1.52 billion pounds in December, slight above the
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The sales are the latest in a wave of real estate disposals by Wanda in recent months to raise money, amid rising Chinese government scrutiny of how it financed a decade-long overseas expansion into luxury real estate and entertainment assets. Wanda has agreed to sell its interests in real estate
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Great company to work for, I really like the new direction the business is heading to. Best company I have worked for that has developed my professional skills.
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Evergage, a Somerville startup that provides real-time personalization software, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired a 16-year-old retail tech company considered a “pioneer” in the product recommendation space. The startup said it bought MyBuys from New York-based adtech company
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Cannabis company Aphria Inc. made a massive bet on international markets on Monday, agreeing to pay around $826 million for a competitor with no record of … In Italy alone — where Nuuvera recently acquired one of only seven import licenses by buying a Genoese company — the medical market is
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Bangladesh Bank plans to curb reckless lending through the banking sector in its new monetary policy statement (MPS), announced on Monday. The new policy has also set private sector credit growth target of 16.8% against a previous projection of 16.3%. However, the target is significantly lower than
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It wasn't long ago that big money investors in the U.S. found a way to make a larger return on their funds than the small amounts of interest banks were paying —It was a simple plan. Real estate sales were high and housing prices were rising fast. Even the ordinary man and woman on the street were
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The real estate sector performs relatively in-line with the wider economy. Prosperous periods bring about high growth and inflation, leading to strong returns in real estate investments. During these times, companies such as Stewart & Wight and LSL Property Services generate high dividend income to
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Arlington Asset Investment logo Arlington Asset Investment (NYSE:AI) is scheduled to post its quarterly earnings results after the market closes on Monday, February 5th. Analysts expect Arlington Asset Investment to post earnings of $0.56 per share for the quarter. Arlington Asset Investment (NYSE:AI)
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The platform first launched in September 2017 and has expanded its scope to include new trades, including securities lending, and collateral types. More recently, Wematch expanded into Asia and completed its first trade with Hong Kong users involving Japanese equities in November last year.
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As the name implies, a mortgage REIT is a real estate investment trust that primarily owns mortgages or mortgage-backed securities, as opposed to owning properties. Although they pay some of the highest dividends in the stock market, mortgage REITs are a generally higher-risk type of investment.
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MILAN, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Italy's third-biggest bank Banco BPM could be part of a new wave of consolidation in the country, its Chief Executive Giuseppe Castagna told Corriere della Sera's L'Economia insert in an interview. Castagna, who helped create Banco BPM through the merger of Banco
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“We don't have any specific Bitcoin or crypto-currency overhaul” in the works, Morneau told Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua in a Jan. 23 television interview. The main focus on Bitcoin is “making sure that we understand what's going on underneath that market, to make sure that we aren't introducing any
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Owens Realty Mortgage, Inc., a real estate investment trust, focuses on the origination, investment, and management of small balance and middle-market commercial real estate loans primarily in the Western United States. The company has market cap of $147.32 million. It invests in first, second, and
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Key cities including Christchurch, Tauranga and Auckland have seen their property markets slow down in recent months – and the number of owners selling houses at a loss is increasing. According to data analyst CoreLogic's recent Pain and Gain Report, 0.1% of apartments and 4.1% of houses in New
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MARTIN LEWIS appeared on This Morning today, and the money saving expert revealed how to save hundreds on broadband and other household bills. By Lauren O'Callaghan. PUBLISHED: 11:23, Mon, Jan 29, 2018 | UPDATED: 11:30, Mon, Jan 29, 2018
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Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) is a direct banking and payment services company with one of the most recognized brands in U.S. financial services. Since its inception in 1986, the company has become one of the largest card issuers in the United States. The company issues the Discover
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A attendee uses a new iPhone X during a presentation for the media in Beijing, China October 31, 2017. Thomas Peter—Reuters. By Reuters. 6:24 AM EST. Apple Inc has notified suppliers that it will halve its iPhone X production target for the first quarter to around 20 million units, Nikkei reported on
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Islanders can now get a side helping of fitness when they borrow books — some P.E.I. libraries have begun lending out snowshoes. The snowshoe lending program is a new pilot project that has purchased four pairs of different-sized snowshoes for each of seven libraries including Summerside,
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That leaves the independent channel which is quite diverse in itself, ranging from large, standalone family-owned enterprises to small operators that come together in the buying groups. The latter I can speak about with some authority, having headed up one of Australia's leading dealer groups – Office
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Roger Federer powered home to beat Marin Cilic in five sets to win his sixth Australian Open and 20th Grand Slam title in a riveting final today. The Swiss defending champion dropped his only sets of the tournament before completing a 6-2, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 win over the sixth seeded Croatian in
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When a bank calls with alert about fraudulent activity, most people assume that it's their own account that's been compromised. But several banks now have alert systems to let people watch for problems in an elderly parent or grandparent's account. That's because more banks are on the front lines of
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The Nation's housing market for 2018 continues to look good according to two recently released reports. Though, first-time Millennial buyers will continue to struggle with affordability especially in high priced areas like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, New York and Washington DC. Listen to Ralph
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When the co-founder of a London communications group was invited to pitch for business with a Wall Street firm last November, the offer came with an unusual demand. The document explained that 15 percent of the scorecard for the pitch was based on the firm being able to show its commitment to
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“Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which I think were at the center of the crisis, providing 100-percent guarantees on mortgages with low-percentage down payments, was a catastrophe,” Moore said. “We've learned nothing” from the financial crisis. “Fannie and Freddie and other government units, like the
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EasyJet's newly hired chief executive officer is taking a pay cut to match the salary of his predecessor, Carolyn McCall, as the discount airline joins U.K.-wide efforts to reduce the national gender gap in remuneration. Johan Lundgren's salary, originally set at 740,000 pounds ($1.04 million), will be
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Centric Bank Finances Record Number of Small Businesses with SBA 7(a) Lending and Ranks #3 in Pennsylvania by Loan Volume PR Newswire – 49 minutes ago. PRNW – 49 minutes ago. HARRISBURG, Pa. , Jan. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Centric Financial Corporation, Inc., (“Centric”) (CFCX), the
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CRUISE trade in Portsmouth is set to surge by more than 50 per cent, with thousands more holidaymakers due to visit the city this year. Travel firms are flocking to sail to and from the city's historic harbour, with 41 cruises already confirmed for 2018, up 52 per cent from 2017's figure of 27. But officials at
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The U.S. Congress held hearings this month, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called on the world's 20 biggest economies to work together to make sure cryptocurrencies don't “become the next Swiss bank account.” The concern comes after a successful international crackdown on tax havens in
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The emerging nations are particularly bringing various reforms and regulations to boost their infrastructure growth and real-estate market. This in turn pushed the construction industry, which ultimately led to the increased demand for Self-consolidating Concrete in construction. Additionally, growing
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The specialists whom Kyrylo Shevchenko, the renowned Ukrainian banker, brought along to the bank took this financial institution from making a loss, and made it profitable. He shared his secret of success: “We have completely changed the managerial team and created the best team in the banking
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Buckinghamshire Building Society has dropped product and application fees from its first-time buyer range at up to 95 per cent LTV. The lender has three products in this range. The first is a three-year fixed rate at 3.49 per cent with £250 cashback. It is also selling a three-year discount purchase loan at
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Nam Tai Property Inc (NYSE:NTP), a $484.74M small-cap, is a real estate company operating in an 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
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Weatherford International Plc (NYSE:WFT) VP Douglas M. Mills sold 15,223 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 18th. … Citigroup boosted their price objective on Weatherford International from $5.30 to $5.60 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on
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A mortgage advisor is offering his services for free to Cornwall's public services and military personnel. James Savage, owner of Newquay-based Cheap Mortgage Quotes, is offering its range of financial advice and mortgage broker services at no cost to anyone currently employed by either the NHS,
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RE/MAX Holdings Inc (NYSE:RMAX), a $1.48B 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 investments typically display unique and attractive investment
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Property analyst and commentator Gavin Hegney said 2017 began in the doldrums but finished with the prospect of 2018 being better. Scarborough Beach is becoming a more affluent area. Photo: Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority. “So hence 2017 was the year the market was turning if you like,”
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Investors Title (NASDAQ:ITIC) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 2nd. The insurance provider reported $3.13 earnings per share for the quarter. The business had revenue of $43.14 million during the quarter. Investors Title had a net margin of 13.22% and a return on equity
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I've been attending the World Economic Forum in Davos for more than two decades, and I can't recall a time when the meeting ended with attendees as optimistic about the economic outlook as last week. Their reasons: The global economy is enjoying unusual synchronicity, with every major region
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26, the Texas Department of Banking said its cease-and-desist order issued to cryptocurrency banking platform AriseBank has taken effect, barring its services in the state. The department's banking commissioner Charles​ ​G.​ ​Cooper, said the firm has been promoting and offering banking services
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Investors Title Company, through its subsidiaries, provides title insurance for residential, institutional, commercial, and industrial properties. The company has market cap of $371.37 million. It underwrites land title insurance for owners and mortgagees as a primary insurer; and assumes the reinsurance
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AutoNation Inc. no longer refuses to hire job applicants who test positive for marijuana in drug screenings, Chief Executive Officer Mike Jackson said in an interview. The shift, which Jackson said was made quietly two years ago, shows that corporate America's hiring practices are evolving along with
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Fidelity National Financial, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides title insurance, technology, and transaction services to the real estate and mortgage industries in the United States. The company has market cap of $11.25 billion. It offers title insurance, escrow, and other title related services,
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The real estate and construction sector will create over 1.5 crore jobs over the next five years, according to the Economic Survey 2017-18, tabled in Parliament on Monday. Real estate and construction together, is the second largest employment provider in the country, next only to agriculture. It employed
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Sigrid Zialcita, Managing Director, Research, Asia Pacific, adds: “While market dynamics and global macroeconomics could dictate the allocation of funds, Singapore-based investors are largely long-term investors in real estate and we expect this broad outbound trend to continue to persist.
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MetLife Inc. uncovered a “material weakness” in financial reporting and reached out to regulators about its lapses after determining that it didn't have enough money set aside to pay some annuity and pension customers. Shares plunged 9.9 percent on the news. Full-year net income for 2017 was cut by
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Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Tempur Sealy International (NYSE:TPX) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a research report released on Friday, January 5th. Zacks Investment Research currently has $72.00 price target on the stock. According to Zacks, “Tempur Sealy International, Inc.
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The British presence in the European Union is over and Japanese businesses should be aware of the consequences, France's Foreign Affairs Minister said. Jean-Yves Le Drian was responding to a question about Brexit on the final day of a visit to Japan, during which he met with business leaders.
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Spain – The Grand Tour travels to Barcelona where Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May take on the banked (vertical) track at Autodroma de Sitges-Terramar. A bit of history. The Autodroma de Sitges-Terramar was built in 1922 for oval and motorcycle racing. Said to have been
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The amount of outstanding loans in Brazil rose in December from November but still fell in 2017, underscoring the credit m…
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Competition in reverse mortgage space a boon for consumers With Equitable Bank's recent foray into the reverse mortgage space, arguably the biggest winner is the consumer. Long the single-player domain of HomEquity Bank, which offers the CHIP Reverse Mortgage, Equitable decided there's
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The commercial side of real estate can be an appealing proposition for any investor. It offers you the ability to dip into a new pool of clients and grow your business interests. But, the commercial side of real estate is also a different beast that requires some additional considerations versus the residential
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PITTSBURGH, PA, Jan. 29, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — REAC Group, Inc. (OTC:REAC) is announcing the building of real estate communities on their realestatecontacts.com website, and will begin to offer to real estate agents, real estate offices and other real estate service providers the opportunity to
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Senior management at UBS is “immensely frustrated” at the bank's slow growth on Wall Street. To remedy this, the Swiss lender is resisting big investments and is instead relying on strategic hires, a leadership shake-up, and better sales to wealth management clients to boost earnings. UBS's investment
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A large real estate broker in Atlanta is the latest to partner with Voiceter Pro LLC to offer voice-enabled home searches on Amazon.com's (Nasdaq: AMZN) Alexa and Alphabet's (Nasdaq: GOOG) Google Home devices. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties will give people in metro
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THE Provincial Government of Negros Occidental is banking on its food sector to further strengthen the province's tourism industry by inviting more tourists to come and taste local delicacies this year. Cristine Mansinares, provincial supervising tourism operations officer, said food remains to be one of the
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New rules give supervisors the option to exclude banks' litigation payouts when calculating their so-called operational risk. If that happens, it would be a boon for Deutsche Bank and potentially improve returns for shareholders. The bank declined to comment specifically on the issue for this article.
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Cowen has appointed Michael Page as COO of its international business units Cowen Execution Services and Cowen International. Reporting to John Holmes, Cowen's COO, Page will work directly with Cowen's management team to help facilitate the growth of the firm's international businesses.
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pic.twitter.com/vJssukqgIz. — Robin Seemangal (@nova_road) January 24, 2018. First announced in 2011 with an initial demonstration flight scheduled at the time for late 2012, Falcon Heavy has been a long time coming. The project took a big leap forward in December when the massive rocket went
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Having featured consistently towards the top of the best buy tables with personal loan and credit card products for many years, it appears M&S Bank is following a similar strategy with its mortgages. Research by Moneycomms.co.uk – commissioned by M&S Bank – suggests the bank's two-year fixed rate
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The Jacksonville-based title insurance company has invested in several restaurant businesses over the years. The historical ties between Fidelity, Cannae and the restaurant businesses are one reason the proxy firms are opposing the deal. “The board does not appear to have thoroughly explored other
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For the first time since the housing bubble popped a decade ago, the median price of a property sale in Dracut exceeded $275,000 last year. Westford, Carlisle, and Dunstable also surpassed their pre-recession highs for the first time. In all, only two Greater Lowell Communities have yet to see property
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Soaring property prices and rising interest in coastal living are pushing price rises out from our cities into once-overlooked towns and suburbs. The issue is particularly keenly felt in communities within commuting distance of Australia's biggest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, as locals locked out of the
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India cannot rule out a pause in its fiscal consolidation plan in the year through March, a key government adviser said, setting the government's tone ahead of Thursday's budget. “Setting overly ambitious targets for consolidation — especially in a pre-election year — based on optimistic forecasts that carry
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Financing included a $50 million senior construction loan provided by Natixis bank and $16.2 million in preferred equity from EverWest Real Estate Partners.
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The U.S. Federal Elections Commission is moving forward with a plan to introduce new rules on political advertising on social media ahead of the 2018 election cycle. The commission has a working draft of the rules in front of it now, longtime Democratic FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub said Monday
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's property market is expected to remain sluggish in the first six months of the year, leading property consultant Knight Frank Malaysia said. The firm also said while the recent property freeze may provide a breather to the oversupplied markets, it is not expected to correct the
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While the dealmakers are widening their nets, pitching firms outside of real estate and outside New York, there are some prizes that everyone wants. “Everyone's competing for the big players,” said one Israeli investment bank executive, name-dropping several notable New York developers. Silverstein
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Falling ownership: The share of real estate sector which includes ownership of dwellings accounted for 7.7 per cent in India's overall GVA in 2015-16. The growth of this sector decelerated in the last three years from 7.5 per cent in 2013-14 to 6.6 per cent in 2014-15 and further to 4.4 per cent in 2015-16.
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CHICAGO, Jan. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors (Blueprint) today announced that Salvatore (Torey) Riso will join as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective February 1, 2018. Riso, a real estate investment veteran with 25 years' experience, including over ten
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Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT logo Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT (NYSE:EARN) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of December. As of December 29th, there was short interest totalling 941,600 shares, a growth of 38.8% from the December 15th total of 678,502 shares.
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NatWest will cut a number of residential and buy-to-let mortgage deals from tomorrow. The lender's shared equity and Help to Buy shared equity scheme products have been slashed by between 0.30% and 0.42%. Meanwhile its first-time buyer 5-year fixes between 80% and 85% loan-to-value have
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The water crisis afflicting Africa's top tourist destination is credit-negative as it will reduce revenue at a time when the city has to boost spending to ensure supplies, Moody's Investors Service said in a report Monday. The report doesn't constitute a rating action, said Moody's, which has an
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BB&T Banks and ATMS in 3800 lawndale drive greensboro nc 27455 are located near you. Find the nearest location to open a checking account, deposit funds and more.
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Katherine Graham, publisher of Washington Post, and Ben Bradlee, editor of the same, are shown. Photo credit: Bettmann Bettmann Archive. By Adam Lashinsky. 8:35 AM EST. This article first appeared in Data Sheet, Fortune's daily newsletter on the top tech news. Sign up here. I had two favorite
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Keurig is buying Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc., creating a beverage giant with about $11 billion in annual sales. The companies, both the result of previous mergers, will bring under one tent global brands like Dr Pepper, 7UP, Snapple, A&W, Mott's, Sunkist and Keurig's single-serve coffee makers.
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Was it only a month ago that I wrote about my biggest Brexit concerns? Sorry it needs repeating now; the treatment of our banks and financial services sector during the Brexit negotiations. I was certainly hoping for more clarification by now. To reiterate, financial services firms are immensely important to
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Ronda Rousey has signed a contract with WWE, making her debut Sunday night at the company's Royal Rumble pay-per-view. “This is my life now. First priority on my timeline for the next several years. This is not a smash-and-grab; this is not a publicity stunt,” Rousey told ESPN. “When I first met with
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You have to file your 2017 taxes first. But with a little strategizing, you can avoid surprises next year, too. By. Suzanne Woolley. @WealthWatch More stories by Suzanne Woolley. January 29, 2018, 2:00 AM PST. The federal tax overhaul put in place by Republicans has produced an unusual show of
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LONDON (Alliance News) – Ranger Direct Lending Fund PLC said on Monday it expects arbitration against Princeton Master Fund to conclude by … Ranger originally noted in December 2016 its partner Princeton had provided credit lines to Chicago-based online lender Argon Credit, which filed for
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KANSAS CITY, MO. — Walker & Dunlop Inc. has provided a $9.2 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Santa Fe Village in Kansas City. Built in 1965, the multifamily property includes 215 units. Jeff Schmidt and Tim Cotter of Walker & Dunlop originated the 10-year loan, which features a 30-year
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The company already makes many of the chips for its iPhones, iPads, Macs and Watches. By Mark GurmanMark Gurman. January 29, 2018. For several years, Apple has been steadily designing more and more of the chips powering its iPhones, iPads, Macs and Apple Watches. This creates a better
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Costa Rica is a country that offers opportunities. The policies that Costa Rican banks handle, although strict in requirements, have a certain flexibility that provides the opportunity for foreigners or expatriates to access a loan or mortgage. What the immigrant needs to know is what it means and how the
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Last week, the real-estate mogul said Wanda would not experience any defaults and intended to pay off overseas debt through all necessary means, including asset disposals. His Dalian Wanda has agreed to sell both of its Australia property projects for A$315m ($255m) in the latest of a wave of deals
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What do you get the shareholder that has almost everything? A fresh burst of corporate action aimed at boosting the value of their stock holdings even further, of course. European companies may be gearing up for a spending spree to rival that of their U.S. counterparts in recent years, as they seek to
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