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 Melcor Developments and Pure Multi-Family REIT generate high dividend
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STABLE LENDING. The lending environment for small and mid-sized businesses has changed little this year compared with the end of 2017. That's according to a survey of 1,237 companies taken during the first quarter and released Monday by researchers at Pepperdine University's Graziadio School
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Malaysia's AirAsia X Bhd (AIRX.KL) has no plans to buy the Airbus SE (AIR.PA) A350 widebody jet, the airline's co-group CEO said on Monday, despite the airline having 10 of them on order. A Scoot airplane takes off past an Airasia airplane at Changi Airport Terminal 4 in
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Rising interest rates typically hurt mortgage lending because home loans become more expensive, discouraging buyers. That held true during the first three months of the year, when the two largest U.S. home lenders started to feel the effects. At Wells Fargo, originations and applications for new loans
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Fannie Mae increased its second-quarter mortgage origination projection by $7 billion as refinance volume is remaining stronger than previously expected. However, if the rhetoric over foreign trade ramps up, it is possible the U.S. could go into a recession and that would not be good news for housing.
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In response to demands that he produce the evidence for his claims that immigration is driving up house prices, the housing minister has now published the calculations. Do they back up his argument? First it must be said that researching the drivers of house-price increases is fraught with difficulty as
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SAN ANTONIO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SWBC Mortgage Corporation is excited to announce that six of its originators achieved national rankings across several key mortgage criteria by the Scotsman Guide. The mortgage loan officers were recognized among more than 3,000 entrants for their
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We would not be able to justify it to ourselves or our investors, for example, when your IT person comes and says that your USD 1mn invested in bitcoins has been stolen? The infrastructure does not exist to meet the demands of international institutional investors who need facilities for saving, security,
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In an ongoing malware campaign, Cybercriminals are hijacking DNS of “vulnerable and poorly secured” Router to Distribute Android Banking Trojan.
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BRIEF-Blue Ridge Bank Announces New President And Chief Banking Officer. Reuters Staff. 1 Min Read. April 16 (Reuters) – Blue Ridge Bankshares Inc: * BLUE RIDGE BANK ANNOUNCES NEW PRESIDENT AND CHIEF BANKING OFFICER Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: (Reuters.
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MADISON, N.J., April 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate LLC today announced it is entering Australia and New Zealand with master franchisor Charles Tarbey, Chairman, CT Investment Holdings Pty Ltd. This collaboration is a significant milestone in Better Homes and
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… since 2004 (Inactive) Disciplinary action: Disbarred as an imposition of reciprocal discipline on Feb. 22 Background: Kleinsmith was disbarred in Colorado after a hearing panel determined that he billed for and received payment from a client for services performed by a third-party title company, and
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Based on a study of 44 cities and 40 advanced and emerging market economies, IMF researchers found growing house price synchronization worldwide, attributed to increased integration with global financial markets amid expansionary global monetary policy and improving world economic growth.
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Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) reported first-quarter fiscal 2018 results before markets opened Monday morning. The big bank reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.62 on revenue of $23.1 billion. In the same period a year ago, it reported EPS of $0.45 on revenue of $22.2 billion.
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American Express has decided to end its Plenti frequent shopper program. In a tweet on Monday, the company said that the Plenti program will cease to exist on July 10. Between now and then, users can continue to rack up their rewards when they buy products at participating retailers. As of July 10,
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It's spring, but more than dust is blowing into homes this windy season: Property appraisal notices are landing in mailboxes across the county. Overall, home values are up 7.6 percent the initial numbers show. “Countywide, we haven't really seen increases like this since 2008 before the housing crash,”
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The once-mighty mortgage operation at Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) is now so small that results for Q1 (reported this morning) are lumped into “all other income” in the Consumer Banking unit. Back in Q1 2009, production revenue and servicing revenue were nearly $2B each. Taken together in Q4 of
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Dr. Silvia Hodges Silverstein, Executive Director of the international legal procurement trade organization Buying Legal Council, told me that procurement is, “Buying smart. It's buying well. It's knowing who is good at what. It's about trading off reliance on traditional suppliers for new strategic partnerships.
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LenderLive Services LLC, headquartered in Denver, has acquired reQuire Holdings LLC, a Virginia Beach, Va.-based group of companies that provide compliance, quality assurance and valuation solutions for the residential and commercial real estate market. “The acquisition of reQuire strengthens our
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Mubadala Real Estate, the property division of Abu Dhabi's state investment fund Mubadala Investment Company, is in talks with potential joint venture partners to develop future projects, and plans to launch a real estate investment trust (Reit) as it prepares for an expected uptick in the UAE property
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“The reason for doing this is that I think it represents a different approach to listing and selling real estate than the traditional 'come and give me a house for sale and I'll take some photos of it and I'll put it on the Domains and I'll sell it'. This is more about a client relationship over a longer period of time,”
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If the results from Western New York's commercial lenders are any indication, the commercial loan market remained strong through 2017. Nearly every participant in this year's Business First Commercial Lenders List who took part in 2017 saw year-over-year gains in local loan portfolio value.
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The construction sector usually sees an increase in lending and investment between December and January as new commercial building projects begin for the new year, said the report. Lendy said the collapse of Carillion, the biggest construction and outsourcing firm in the UK, created nervousness
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Manchester City were crowned Premier League champions on Sunday following Manchester United's defeat to West Brom, but club sponsors Etisalat have been widely mocked for their cringeworthy celebration video. Shortly after City's title win was confirmed, telecommunication company Etisalat
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Q I currently own a house in my hometown in which my mum and younger brother have lived since she separated from my stepdad. I bought the house in 2012 for £115,000, it's now worth £135,000 and there is £80,000 left on the mortgage. Originally I lived in the house and commuted but since my
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Merkel's stance on military action confirmed the negative view of Germany already held by Trump and his team, said Jan Techau, director of the Europe Program at the German Marshal Fund in Berlin. “The German chancellor stands for rationality and thoughtfulness: two characteristics which do not
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Bloomberg's Stephen Engle discusses China's GDP data. He speaks with Rishaad Salamat and Haidi Lun on “Bloomberg Markets.” (Source: Bloomberg). Terms of Service Trademarks Privacy Policy ©2018 Bloomberg L.P. All Rights Reserved. Careers Made in NYC Advertise Ad Choices Website
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WeWork Cos. and two other companies paid about 580 million pounds ($826 million) for an office complex in the City of London district, two people with knowledge of the deal said. WeWork has begun purchasing buildings as it seeks to diversify its global portfolio of short-term co-working spaces, which
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Crooks even feels if United can follow up their raid of Chelsea for Nemanja Matic last summer with the addition of Willian, a title challenge will certainly be … “If so, Antonio Conte might as well give Mourinho the contact details of the company which engraves the Premier League trophy while he's at it.”.
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Facebook Inc. co-founder Mark Zuckerberg is set to meet with one of the European Union's leading regulators this week amid calls on both sides of the Atlantic for more oversight of digital privacy. Zuckerberg last week testified to the U.S. Congress in the wake of revelations that millions of Facebook
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Amid earnings results Friday, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo showed traction in mobile and online banking activity, with double-digit percentage growth seen in some cases, measured year over year. The headline numbers showed earnings beats for each of the banking heavy hitters.
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At almost 7,000 employees at 17 locations in Arizona, HomeSmart is the largest brokerage firm in the state, according to Real Trends 500. Widdows said HomeSmart will take over the existing office space with plans to upgrade its technology. 'We want them to continue to have consistency as they
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SetSchedule's exclusive technology analyzes data through partnerships with title companies, along with data related to permit changes, taxes, and major life events, to identify homeowners who are highly likely to sell their houses within months. SetSchedule qualifies the leads and sends them directly to
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The U.S. blocked Chinese telecommunications-gear maker ZTE Corp. from exporting sensitive technology from America, alleging the company made false statements to U.S. officials. The Commerce Department has determined ZTE made false statements to the Bureau of Industry and Security in 2016
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The Mortgage Bankers Association is calling for Ginnie Mae, states, the Internal Revenue Service and other government agencies to overcome remaining digital mortgage challenges. The association is pushing Ginnie Mae to join other agencies in accepting electronic signatures, and for the Federal
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Ross's first job in New York was with Laird, a securities brokerage firm. It didn't last long. “They were having problems, and I was released, if you will,” Ross said. He got a new job at Bear Stearns. That didn't work out either. At the investment bank, Ross clashed with a superior who didn't want Ross to
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Builder confidence edged down slightly in April as supply places a strain on builders, however confidence in the future remains on solid ground as homebuyer demand continues to surge, according to the latest Housing Market Index from the National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo.
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SAN ANTONIO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SWBC Mortgage Corporation is proud to announce two of its loan officers, Jimmy Alexander and Shane Siniard, have been ranked on the Scotsman Guide's Top VA Volume and Top USDA Volume lists, respectively. Assistant Branch Manager and Senior Loan
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Considering a career in real estate? George Morris, CEO and Lindsey Wardle, Director of Recruiting from Century 21 Everest Realty Group is here to explain why they are the group for you. “Century 21 is not about being average, it's about being exceptional.. With so much uncertainty, how fun would it
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President Donald Trump's reelection campaign continued to spend a sizable chunk of its money on legal fees in the first months of 2018, the continuation of a pattern that emerged last year. Trump's reelection campaign spent over $834, 000 on legal consulting fees in the first quarter of 2018, the three
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The last thing Facebook Inc. needs is another privacy headache — and it now has a big one. A federal judge ruled Monday that millions of the social network's users can proceed as a group with claims that its photo-scanning technology violated an Illinois law by gathering and storing biometric data
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Coinbase Inc. purchased Earn.com, a business that allows users to get paid in digital currency when they respond to emails and complete certain tasks. Earn.com co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Balaji Srinivasan, who was previously general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, will join Coinbase as
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Banking heir and cryptocurrency bigwig Matthew Mellon has died, a representative for his family said in a statement. Mellon, an early backer of global settlement network Ripple, was the ex-husband of Jimmy Choo guru Tamara Mellon and of designer Nicole Hanley, his second wife.
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According to the company, it has already identified several initial investments for the fund, including a 58-unit multifamily housing project with 5,000 square feet of commercial space in San Diego's Hillcrest neighborhood and a 3-unit student rental property located near the University of San Diego.
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Google lost a landmark, “right to be forgotten” case at the end of last week, with the High Court in London ruling that it had to delist from its search results articles relating to a businessman's past crimes. But the ruling does not put Google in a bad light, as such. Rather, it highlights that the company,
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Three-quarters of financial advice in Australia doesn't comply with the in the “best interest” of customers test, according to numbers compiled by the corporate watchdog ASIC. And the figures gets worse for setting up self-managed super funds, with 9 out 10 advisers not considering the best interests of
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The securities finance service provider already has offices in New York, London, Hong Kong and Toronto. Laurence Marshall, COO and head of EquiLend Europe, said: “EquiLend has chosen Ireland, subject to regulatory approval, to be the location for its new EU office, to ensure continued access to
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There is a wearying familiarity to much of the current discussion around house prices and availability. … While the economy may have recovered, we are still living with the consequences of the financial crash and it is in our currently dysfunctional housing market where the post-crash effects are being felt
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank has been asked by European Central Bank supervisors to calculate the potential costs of winding down its investment banking operations, a source told Reuters on Sunday. Germany's biggest lender has been calculating the financial effects of a potential move to
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Japan's financial services industry continues to be at the forefront of adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. Earlier today, Shizuoka Bank Ltd (TYO:8355) announced that it will conduct an experiment using AI technology in an effort to enhance its corporate lending services. The experiment will run
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LG has launched a new budget smartphone on Cricket Wireless, the LG Fortune 2. The handset will be available with the carrier for just $99.99. The handset comes with a 5 inch display with a HD resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels and it features a quad core processor clocked at 1.4GHz. The device has
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“Manchester has all the attributes and qualities you would expect from a major metropolitan city and I can think of no better team than Chris and Adele to help grow the brand”. London Money has appointed Chris Barker as director of Manchester Money – its new, directly authorised regional partnership.
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At issue for the SEC's enforcement division are three Los Angeles-based real estate transactions and a 2016 loan made by ABS Capital, which is owned by two Guggenheim alums, to BCBG Max Azria Group, The Wall Street Journal first reported, citing sources. The regulators are seeking documents
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“Ishaan Malhi, chief executive of online mortgage broker Trussle, says: “Mortgage Freedom Day is a great reminder of just how crucial it is to think about your mortgage. Some homeowners will probably be alarmed to find out how much of their working life is spent earning enough to pay for their home.”.
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 16, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mortgage document preparation vendor International Document Services, Inc. (IDS), announced that its clients now have the capabilities to conduct hybrid electronic mortgage closings through its flagship mortgage document
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Ephesoft, developer of supervised machine learning-based document capture and analytics solutions, has announced availability of Ephesoft Transact for Mortgage. The new solution is a cloud-based modular platform pre-trained to recognize and classify more than 600 mortgage document types,
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Google's $2.4 billion purchase of the Chelsea Market building, one of the highest-priced office sales in the city's history, helped those numbers. But other large deals also closed, such as the $700 million acquisition of the 3.25-acre St. John's Terminal site by Oxford Properties Group and Canada Pension
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Consider what Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is up against. As Greece prepares to free itself from an eight-year European bailout, its 43 year-old premier is confronting challenges at home and abroad. On the domestic front: preparations for post-bailout economic life and the first general election
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International investors ploughed £300m into Glasgow's office market in 2017, significantly outgunning domestic buyers during the city's busiest 12 months for office investment since the financial crash, according to property consultancy JLL. A total of £461 million was spent across 23 office deals in 2017,
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Lending for home renovations dropped to its lowest level in three years in February as investors spent less on properties, affordability increased and concerns about growing debt levels likely acted as a further brake. Credit for housing alterations and additions dropped nearly 11 per cent to $337 million
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The first export of natural gas from the U.S. East Coast has set sail. Dominion Energy Inc.'s Cove Point terminal in Maryland shipped its first commercial cargo of liquefied natural gas Monday, officially bringing the total number of U.S. exporters of the super-chilled fuel to two. The company last week said
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Following growth of 500% in less than a year, Just Mortgages' self-employed division has now hit 100 brokers – an increase of 23% since the end of 2017. Last week, Just Mortgages held its second annual self-employed conference where more than 90 brokers gathered at The Belfry in Sutton Coldfield.
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With regards to lending technology, 29 percent of financial institutions want to modify or improve their consumer loan origination system and 34 percent want to improve their commercial loan origination system,” said Ron Shevlin, Director of Research at Cornerstone Advisors. “Modifying, improving or if
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“Homebuyers shouldn't be discouraged by the record-breaking numbers—even with higher prices and closed transactions, this March marks the second-highest in sales in the history of the RE/MAX National Housing Report,” said RE/MAX CEO Adam Contos. “It's more important than ever to work with
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With the cost of living continuing to soar, many are thinking about how to make their weekly grocery budget stretch just that little bit further. Making small savings when you go to the supermarket can make big a difference to your wallet, and there's no need to sacrifice your health either. From buying
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The National Association of Home Builders housing market index for April is expected to hold steady at 70, reflecting a broadly upbeat outlook for the sector. The Minneapolis Fed's Neel Kashkari speaks at a “too big to fail” symposium at noon ET, and the Atlanta Fed's Raphael Bostic speaks on the
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General Supervisor of the Real Estate Development Fund Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Amoudi announced that the down payment for the first housing has … appropriate financing solutions were adopted to find new solutions in partnership with banks and finance companies in obtaining mortgage loans by
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The real-estate market is a very important part of the economy and after a nice recovery there are a few cracks forming on the periphery. The real-estate market has been steadily recovering since late 2011. Back then, a slew of housing stocks and home prices bottomed and began turning higher after the
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Fresh fear is lurking in the global financial markets, according to Tom Elliott, international investment strategist at deVere Group. Elliott, whose comments come amid increased market volatility in recent weeks, said that the fear is not solely related to concerns of an impending trade war between the US
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Bank of America Corp. said Monday that first-quarter profit rose, continuing the string of better-than-expected earnings from the nation's biggest banks. Quarterly profit at the Charlotte, N.C.-based bank was $6.92 billion, compared with $5.34 billion a year ago. Per-share earnings were 62 cents; analysts
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Today, I will be analyzing Fundamenta Real Estate AG's (BRSE:FREN) recent ownership structure, an important but not-so-popular subject among individual investors. The impact of a company's ownership structure affects both its short- and long-term performance. If an activist institution invests the
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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 Property Franchise Group and Belvoir Lettings generate high dividend income
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The National Union of Mineworkers of South Africa (Numsa) wants a total shutdown at Fortune Steel in Ekhurhuleni where seven workers were hurt in an explosion over the weekend. The scrap smelting firm, part of an Indian-based steel company, allegedly refused to call an ambulance to transport
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NEW DELHI: Buoyed by gains in Indiabulls Real Estate (up 6.67 per cent), Prestige Estates Projects (up 2.10 per cent) and DLF (up 1.83 per cent), Nifty Realty … Shares of Oberoi Realty (up 1.03 per cent), Housing Development & Infrastructure (up 0.60 per cent), Godrej Properties (up 0.15 per cent) and
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WYOMISSING, Pa., April 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. (Nasdaq:GLPI) (“GLPI” or the “Company”) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the real estate assets of six casino properties from Tropicana Entertainment for $1.21
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During the price crash of 2014 to 2017, Big Oil weathered the storm thanks to what the industry calls downstream. Margins from refining, petrochemicals and fuel stations shone as crude got cheaper, bringing in profits that helped sustain companies including Exxon Mobil Corp., Royal Dutch Shell Plc
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Following the financial crisis in 2008, credit lending collapsed, recalled Pleschinger, cited by current affairs news portal hvg.hu. Since then, measures taken by the MNB have gradually led to an easing of lending conditions by banks, and corporate and retail credit has started to grow. Retail lending has
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When it comes to winning the real-world Game of Life, there are a pair of treasured action cards everyone is eager to play. One is “Get a great new career”; the other is “Buy the home of your dreams.” For most of us, they're a critical one-two combo. Homeownership is one of the reasons we shell out
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AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) was downgraded by investment analysts at ValuEngine from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note issued to investors on Friday, April 6th. A number of other equities analysts also recently weighed in on AGNC. BidaskClub upgraded shares of AGNC
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The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa has called for the shutdown of Fortune Steel in Nigel, outside Gauteng, following workplace injuries on Saturday night. In a media statement the trade union said that at least seven workers were injured when a furnace exploded. Numsa spokesperson
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Canada's gross domestic product contracted slightly in January and home sales slowed during the first quarter of 2018, as prospective buyers faced higher interest rates and tougher mortgage-financing rules. Meanwhile, the labor market lost about 40,000 jobs in the first quarter and non-energy exports
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For now, a few big Wall Street firms let customers bet on Bitcoin through futures contracts offered by CME Group Inc. and Cboe Global Markets Inc., though such investments can be expensive, undercutting returns. Additionally, some banks have demanded clients set aside collateral equal to 100 percent
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Investors sentiment decreased to 1.05 in Q4 2017. Its down 0.11, from 1.16 in 2017Q3. It turned negative, as 12 investors sold VASCO Data Security International, Inc. shares while 47 reduced holdings. 23 funds opened positions while 39 raised stakes. 20.10 million shares or 0.93% less from 20.29
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The housing market continued to revive in March with annual house price inflation, excluding Auckland, reaching 7.2%, up from the 6.9% pace in the year ended February. House prices in Auckland rose 0.4% in the month of March, a step down from the 1.4% increase in February, taking the annual
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Even as downside risks mount, Fannie Mae continues to predict strong economic growth for 2018, according to its Economic and Strategic Research Group's April 2018 Economic and Housing Outlook report. Fannie Mae predicts full-year economic growth for 2018 will come in at 2.7%. While it explained
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Analysts say that rather than showing signs of a bubble, Hong Kong's booming housing market will continue to grow and should see prices increase by around 10% this year. “The residential property market is not in a critical stage yet,” said a researcher for Colliers International Hong Kong. “We cannot
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Bloomberg's Greg Farrell discusses the ongoing legal fight over material seized from the office of President Trump's longtime lawyer Michael Cohen. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets: Balance of Power.” (Source: Bloomberg). RELATED ARTICLES. Judge Slows U.S. Review of Trump Lawyer's
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Eli Manning hasn't lost his touch. The Giants' starting quarterback sold his waterfront home in Hoboken, NJ, for $3.55 million — the most expensive price anyone has ever paid for a condo or townhouse in the city's history, says a Douglas Elliman spokesman. The second most expensive residential sale
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The race for Al Franken's former Senate seat added another candidate Monday. Real estate developer Jerry Trooien announced a bid for the Senate seat now held by Tina Smith. Trooien, 70, is running as an independent and campaigning against what he described as the political dysfunction of the
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IRVINE, Calif. and SILICON VALLEY, Calif., April 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Ten-X Commercial, the nation's leading online and only end-to-end transaction platform for commercial real estate, today released its latest U.S. Industrial Market Outlook, including the top five “Buy” and “Sell” markets for
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With the rise of the cryptocurrency market in 2017, many new companies are appearing and a niche that is almost oversaturated in the last few months is the loan niche. Taking their business model from the High Yield Investment Programs (HYIPs) these cryptocurrency loan companies use the
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Days after visiting the presidential hopeful's promised land of Iowa, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti laid out ambitious plans to tackle one of his city's most visible and vexing problems: the tens of thousands of Angelenos without permanent places to live or sleep. Eric Garcetti. Photographer: Andrew
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Sources have said in the past that Intrum was set to buy 51 percent of Intesa's bad loan unit, with the Italian bank keeping the rest. … Such risky assets, which normally yield double-digit returns, are high on the radar of international investors who have also been snapping up Italian debt collection firms.
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Episode #3 of HousingWire's weekly newscast features Editor-in-Chief Jacob Gaffney chats with HW reporter Kelsey Ramirez about Bank of America's earnings, Zillow's move into home buying and home selling. Plus, Managing Editor Sarah Wheeler reports live from MBA Tech. HousingWire
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Join us for our Second Annual Industrial event in Chicago on August 1st as we dive deeper into trends, outlooks and what the future holds for commercial real estates hottest sector. Please send event questions and topic/speaker recommendations to Kim Pomerenk at Kim.Pomerenk@bisnow.com.
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Jeff Knight, director of marketing at Foundation Home Loans, said: “Having listened to feedback from the pool of brokers we currently work with, we have taken the initiative and upgraded our portal to better suit those engaging with it. “The improvements ensure brokers have a far better overall view of
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Big League Advance Fund is a company owned by former MLB pitcher Michael Schwimer. The company, of which Browns President Paul DePodesta is a board member, is apparently in the business of seeking out up-and-coming baseball prospects and paying them a chunk of money up front in
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Russia is using compromised computer-network equipment to attack U.S. and British companies and government agencies, the two countries warned in an unprecedented joint alert. The warning on Monday came from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation and
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The Redwood City, California-based company was a late entrant to the cloud, and has continued to face stiff competition from rivals including Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Salesforce.com Inc., all of which have continued to boost their internet-based software offerings. Catz said the company's
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On April 15, 2018, Eldorado Resorts, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), Elgin Holdings I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct ….. (vi) Each of the Sellers and the Buyer Purchasing Subsidiaries shall deliver evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Title Company regarding due
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Tony McCombie, who also works as a Realtor for Mel Foster Co. and a real estate appraiser, said common complaints about Illinois' government can deter potential home buyers especially when they could live across the border in Iowa, Wisconsin or Indiana. “In Illinois, we are our worst own enemy.
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Acacia Communications Inc. plunged after the U.S. banned American companies from selling components to China-based ZTE Corp. for seven years. Bloomberg's David Wilson reports on “Bloomberg Markets.” (Source: Bloomberg). Terms of Service Trademarks Privacy Policy ©2018 Bloomberg L.P. All
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The New York State Department of Financial Services is warning that alternative home purchase finance agreements might be a cover for predatory mortgage lending practices by unlicensed entities. Consumers who had problems obtaining mortgage financing have been turning to alternatives like
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The main villains are the heads of a genetics company who performed DNA editing experiments secretly in space. The fruits of their labor crash-land on Earth, changing George, a wolf and a crocodile into gigantic, rage-fueled monsters. The heads of the genetics company are insufferable, played so
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SpaceX and NASA have delayed a major satellite launch. The Elon Musk-led aerospace company said Monday that it had postponed a scheduled Monday launch because it must conduct additional testing related to the mission's guidance, navigation, and control systems. SpaceX did not elaborate
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LaSalle Investment Management closed the LaSalle Asia Opportunity Fund V, a closed-end, Pan-Asian opportunistic real estate fund, at $1.15 billion, a spokesman said. The total exceeds the fund's $750 million target. The fund seeks to take “advantage of mispriced assets with opportunities to add
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If the House follows suit, banks that already have enough cash will be able to celebrate by paying fatter dividends and share buybacks. Freed from the enhanced regulations, these lenders could ramp up shareholder payouts by as much as $53 billion altogether, according to S&P Global Market
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The average rate on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages edged up to 4.42 per cent, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday. Rates have ticked steadily higher ahead of the traditional spring home buying season which is just now beginning to ramp up. While the National Association of Realtors
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Deutsche Bank has been looking into the financial implications of quitting investment banking for some time and the bank's chief financial officer suggested Deutsche is the first in the queue for the ECB. The point of the exercise is to estimate how the value of Deutsche Bank's capital market and
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BBVA Colombia has secured a $150 million USD loan from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) that will be in turn put toward financing housing loans within the Andean country. IFC, which is part of the World Bank Group, said that the financing has the ability to help contribute to both the housing
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Livingston Gp Asset (Operating As Southport Capital Management) owns 0.49% invested in Investors Title Company (NASDAQ:ITIC) for 6,449 shs. Whittier Tru … Trading at $196.20 Investors Title Company (ITIC) formed triangle with $190.31 price target or 3.00 % below today's price. The stock has
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The CFPB is the first and only regulator to directly address this discrimination by focusing on its underlying cause: dealer interest rate markups, in which car dealers receive a substantial bonus from lenders for increasing the interest rate on car loans, going above the rates for which borrowers otherwise
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The lending environment for small and mid-sized businesses has changed little this year compared with the end of 2017. That's according to a survey of 1,237 companies taken during the first quarter and released Monday by researchers at Pepperdine University's Graziadio School of Business and
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The nation's homebuilders should be ecstatic about their market. Demand is high and supply is painfully low. Builder confidence, however, is slipping, as costs for materials rise. A monthly index of builder sentiment from the National Association of Home Builders fell 1 point to 69 in April. That is the
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TWIA sent a check for the agreed amount. When it arrived, the check required that Kendrick receive an endorsement from his mortgage company – Selene Finance, out of Houston. But instead of endorsing it, Selene Finance asked Kendrick to sign over the check because it had an interest in the property
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Bloomberg's Mike McKee discusses the nomination of Rich Clarida to become the vice chairman of the Federal Reserve. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets.” (Source: Bloomberg). Terms of Service Trademarks Privacy Policy ©2018 Bloomberg L.P. All Rights Reserved. Careers Made in NYC Advertise
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Steven Chubak, Instinet bank analyst, discusses first-quarter results from Bank of America. He speaks with Bloomberg's Jonathan Ferro on “Bloomberg Markets: The Open.” (Source: Bloomberg). RELATED ARTICLES. What We've Learned From Bank Earnings So Far · BofA Shares Drop With Wall Street
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BlackRock Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink's personal fortune has at last eclipsed $1 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker reports on “Bloomberg Markets.” (Source: Bloomberg). RELATED ARTICLES. Wall Street's $6 Trillion Man Fink Is Finally Worth $1
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“We are committed to evolving our culture and making Nike an environment focused on respect, equality, inclusion and empowerment,” Monique Matheson, who became chief human resources officer in July, said in a memo to employees earlier this month that was obtained by Bloomberg News.
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Investors Title Company (ITIC) Is Forming Bearish Ascending Triangle Chart Pattern at $196.20. April 16 … 2 investors sold all, 20 reduced holdings as Investors Title Company ratio increased. … Wells Fargo Company Mn holds 0% of its capital in Investors Title Company (NASDAQ:ITIC) for 37,173 shs.
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A few years ago, you may remember seeing Facebook (fb, +0.40%) posts like this dotting your newsfeed. “Today, November 30, 2014 in response to the Facebook guidelines and under articles L.111, 112 and 113 of the code of intellectual property, I declare that my rights are attached to all my personal
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The average rate you'll pay for a 30-year fixed mortgage is 4.35 percent, an increase of 6 basis points over the last week. A month ago, the average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage was lower, at 4.30 percent. The average 15-year fixed-mortgage rate is 3.75 percent, up 7 basis points over the last week.
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Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (ARI):. Active investor focuses on important indicators those changes daily in trading session that includes where the Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. stock price change moved UP, DOWN or UNCHNAGE? What is market trading price of stock?
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Everyone insists it's a routine request, but the timing couldn't be more awkward. Over the weekend, it was reported that the European Central Bank asked Deutsche Bank a few months back to calculate what the damage would be if it pulled out of investment banking for good. Deutsche was the first major
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For her work, Lapham earned the corporation's Top Producer Award last year and received this year's Realtor's Choice Lender Award from the Missoula Organization of Realtors. A 17-year veteran in the mortgage lending industry, Lapham has connected qualified clients with outside resources when
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Mortgage rates began the day at higher levels, as bond markets lost ground overnight. Bonds dictate rates, and “losing ground” means bond prices are falling. When bond prices fall, rates move higher. There's some chatter in the marketplace about developments in Syria being the motivation for every
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Veterans First will continue to assist us in growing our mortgage banking business with opportunities to expand in both size and delivery channels. Mortgage loan origination volumes in the first quarter of 2018 declined to $779 million from $879 million in the fourth quarter of 2017 as a result of the recent
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(TriceEdneyWire.com) – The housing crisis that caused more than nine million people to suffer foreclosure and even homelessness due to the economic slump across the U. S. 10 years ago, has now fully recovered for everyone – except people of color – especially African-Americans. “Black people are
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SpaceX will start production of the Big Falcon Rocket in the Port of Los Angeles, according to L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti. The mayor confirmed the company's plans with a tweet regarding his “State of the City” address. The Port of L.A. and SpaceX entered into preliminary negotiations on a lease agreement
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Once past that it is a lengthy summary of corporate lending and how that may be shifting to more reliance upon working capital credit, or cash flow lending as described. According to RBI quarterly data of December 2017, the gross bank credit to industry (Micro & Small, Medium & Large) was Rs.26.34
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If you want to see what your relationship with your bank will look like in a few years, look to the East. Consumers in Asia are rapidly using mobile banking for more services, making visits to a physical bank branch rare. In fact, visits to bank branches make up just 10% to 25% of monthly transactions in
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FREMONT (CBS SF) – A home in Fremont that has been condemned was recently sold for seven-figures, another sign that the Bay Area's housing market shows little sign of cooling off. According to the listing posted on Redfin, the home on Bruce Drive in the city's Cameron Hills neighborhood sold for
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Sixty-four consumer groups are speaking out against a Senate measure, expected to be voted on this week, that would overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's 2013 regulation on discriminatory pricing by auto lenders. The Senate is expected to vote as early as Tuesday on legislation
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(1) KRONWALL ran his heart out in the series last week but could not hold off the charge of tough Freddie Mac. Trotter now moves to the fence where he figures to be prominent from the start once again. (6) ICANFLYLIKEANANGEL did not have the best of trips but nobody was going to catch the winner
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… with the majority (61%) contributed by the US government agencies, including Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) and Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae). Auto ABS provided funding amounting to 71%
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Dallas-Fort Worth's retail real estate market is strong, with high net absorption and heavily pre-leased deliveries causing occupancy to rise to an all-time high. Occupancy and rental rates, however, are expected to level off in the short-term as construction starts slow and completions take longer to come
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SunTrust's move comes on the heels of Bank of America announcing last week that it is launching a digital mortgage platform of its own, and following the digital mortgage platform launches of Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, CitiMortgage, Caliber Home Loans, United Wholesale Mortgage, Guild
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AGNC Investment Corp. (AGNC) looks appealing as a high-yield income play in the mortgage REIT sector. AGNC Investment Corp.'s shares are now priced at a larger discount to accounting book value, and investors buying today benefit from a dividend yield in excess of eleven percent.
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Kendrick Lamar won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in music for his album DAMN., making him the first non-jazz or classical artist to win the prize. The awards were announced on Monday, with the Pulitzer Prize board calling the album “a virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and
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How Phoenix's Real Estate Market Is Fairing 10 Years After Housing Crisis … Facebook Twitter Tumblr Instagram. Phoenix was among the cities hit hardest by the mortgage and foreclosure crisis. Ten years later, the city and its real estate market have rebounded, but no one has forgotten. Facebook
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A hot real estate market has helped lease up shopping centers throughout the DFW region, with over 90 percent occupancy rate. This is the second highest occupancy rate in more than three decades. Bob Young, an executive managing director at Dallas-based Weitzman, which recently unveiled its
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“There is strong evidence that Dorego received hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks for steering Glenwood's title insurance work to companies controlled by Steven Swarzman, another potential government witness,” the Skeloses attorneys write. “When Dorego was asked at trial whether
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At 17 directors, the size of Estée Lauder's newly-expanded board far exceeds the average 10.9 directors among Fortune 500 companies, according to Equilar analysis. Lauder says that's due to the closely-held nature of the family-controlled company: there are four Lauders on the board. “We need to
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Using a computer today feels a bit like walking through a minefield, at least when we are using them to access or share personal and sensitive information. That is particularly true for our financial information, where the wrong person getting access to our data could mean a whole lot of pain. According to
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HSBC has shaken up the leadership and structure of its scandal-plagued private banking operation in the first move by John Flint, the group's new chief executive, to simplify Europe's biggest lender. The bank, which was rocked by a tax-dodging scandal at its Swiss private bank in 2015, has combined
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Get Started: Lending environment little-changed this year. The lending environment for small and mid-sized businesses has changed little this year compared with the end of 2017. That's according to a survey of 1,237 companies taken during the first quarter and released Monday by researchers at
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Hong Kong's housing policy should aim at providing affordable housing for every citizen to live in dignity, he said. On home mortgage financing, purchasing power has switched from the secondary market to the primary market lately, Yam said some of the developers are offering over 90 percent
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Magicbricks analysis of rental trends across 14 cities showed considerable variation. In general, markets with cheaper real estate were found to have the higher yields. With 3.9 per cent return, Kolkata has the highest rental yield. Furnished properties command higher rental and yield is disproportionate
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If there is no printed pre-closing occupancy form, the seller or title company should be responsible for drafting a document for your review. That document should cover the same or similar subjects as the sample. Printed pre-closing occupancy agreements often anticipate the buyer is at fault. In most
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Aries Conlon Capital, a national commercial real estate mortgage and investment banking firm, closed on a $10.15 million, non-recourse, commercial-mortgage-backed-securities permanent loan for the Best Western Castillo Del Sol in Ormond Beach, Fla. Francisco Nacorda, SVP of Aries Conlon
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Ontario – Canada-based Manufacturers Life Insur Com The has invested 0% in Investors Title Company (NASDAQ:ITIC). Bancorporation Of Mellon holds … Trading at $196.20 Investors Title Company (ITIC) formed triangle with $190.31 price target or 3.00 % below today's price. The stock has $370.01M
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To provide attendees with the most current and expert information, BuildingsNY has partnered with industry leaders (ABO/CHIP, AIA Contract Documents, ASHRAE, Con Edison, Connected Real Estate Magazine, Façade Tectonics, IFMA NYC, Hydraulic Institute, and NYARM) to curate the robust 2018
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Albany has the fifth highest mortgage delinquency rate in Western Australia and the eighth highest in the country, according to a new report from Moody's Investors Service. The four WA suburbs leading the charge are: Ballajura, Baskerville, Clarkson, and Binduli. Moody's Investors Service studied the
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According to the NYDFS, it is currently investigating whether alternative home purchase agreements, such as rent-to-own, lease-to-own or land installment contracts, currently being offered in New York are actually “unlicensed, predatory mortgage lending.” While its investigation is ongoing, the NYDFS
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Market Scenario: Traffic congestion is an ever growing problem due to urbanization, explosive growth of vehicles, growing cost of real estate and concurrent scarcity of land especially in cities. The global parking management market is projected to grow at a CAGR 12 % during the forecast period of 2017
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According to the press release, both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are recommending that lenders prepare for the change by submitting “Successful” UCD files before delivering their loans, as appropriate. In response to the joint announcement from January, IDS said that it has updated its proprietary
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While the country continues to see the effects of an improving economy and low unemployment rates, the recovery is less than ideal for those who want to purchase a home. Homebuyers are up against an increasingly expensive market, with the median home price around $300,000 — over $100,000
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Volkswagen AG plans to tweak the namesake VW brand's logo for the first time since 2012, as it prepares for the electric-car era and tries to burnish an image tarnished by the diesel-cheating scandal. The new logo will be unveiled next year, in time for the German carmaker's plans for an aggressive
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The loan origination process was created decades before online banking – or even the internet – became widespread. In that time, the technology landscape has fundamentally shifted. With access to open APIs and validated source data, lenders like LendUS are leveraging data connectivity to
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Just a few years ago, Bank of America could easily report $1 billion per quarter in its mortgage banking income. However, in the first quarter of 2018, the income from this sector was so small that it was simply lumped into the all other income section from its consumer bank. To get a better idea of just how
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Loans and leases outstanding at December 31, 2017 were $88.0 billion. The decline from the 2017 year-end to March 31, 2018 reflected acquired residential mortgage loan repayments, partially offset by growth in commercial real estate loans. Total deposits were $90.9 billion at the recent quarter-end,
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The real estate industry is estimated to be worth $217 trillion, making it one of the most lucrative sectors for investment. However, in spite of the high returns, it remains closed to a wide array of audience due to the high entry fee, slow ownership transfer, and high transaction costs. It has made the real
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This trend has been building for years, with large corporations adding lots of new executives with “chief” in their titles. But as a late-stage technology investor, mostly in companies outside Silicon Valley, I'm noticing more and more of this title inflation at smaller businesses and startups, too. Since these
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Volkswagen Truck & Bus acquired a 16.9 percent stake in Navistar in 2016 and last week joined forces with Toyota's Hino Motors as it aims to compete more effectively with global truck market leaders Daimler and Volvo . Europe's largest automaker plans to convert its truck division into a public limited
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PRISTINA (Kosovo), April 16 (SeeNews) – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on Monday it is providing a loan of up to 5 million euro ($6.2 million) to the fourth largest lender in Kosovo, TEB Bank, for financing residential energy efficiency projects. “The loan will be
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Michael Sullivan and Brett Meinzer of Berkadia's Kansas City investment sales team, along with Alex Blagojevich of Berkadia's Chicago office, represented the seller, San Francisco-based FPA Multifamily. The buyer, Landmark Realty, assumed four existing Berkadia-originated Freddie Mac loans.
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Marketplace · Careers · Credit 500 · CS SHOP · The Credit club. Topics. Alternative Lending · Car Finance · Collections/Debt Sale · Credit Risk · Litigation and Enforcement · Mergers and Acquisitions · Public Sector · Trade Credit · Turnaround Restructuring and Insolvency · Utilities & Telecoms · Register.
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MOSCOW, April 16 (Reuters) – Russian Deputy Central Bank Governor Ksenia Yudayeva said on Monday the central bank was considering new measures to limit foreign exchange loans in the banking system. Yudayeva also said the situation on the currency market was balanced, and increased
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The Bank of England has quietly warned mortgage lenders that the end of the Term Funding Scheme is a possible “systemic risk” to the country's financial system. Bank of England staff are understood to have told lenders this at the end of last year, according to the Telegraph. Experts expect that lenders
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Weatherford International plc's (WFT) witnessed a loss of -1.87% in recent trading period with closing price of $ 2.62. The company's last traded volume of 19.62 million shares was above it's an average volume of 22.98 million shares. In the trailing 12 months period, return on assets ratio of the Company
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NBC News/Wall Street Journal, Gallup and Quinnipiac University surveys show that the law started polling better earlier this year, but approval as of March was still below 50 percent. Sentiment was boosted when some companies announced bonus payouts to workers, as well as by bumps in take-home
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In advance of the book's release (it goes on sale tomorrow), Hauser wrote the following, exclusive editorial for Fortune. Like most women, I've faced a handful of occasions throughout my career when men have made sexist or rude comments to me. These situations are always difficult, and it can be
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Today is Mortgage Freedom Day, the day on which the average Brit has earned enough to pay off the annual cost of their mortgage. Homeowners will be happy to hear that it has come three days earlier than last year, implying more affordable mortgage costs on average. The day the celebration falls on
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Freddie Mac releases weekly mortgage rates. Last week, they were flat to slightly higher with the spring home buying season well underway. The average rate on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages edged up to 4.42% from 4.40%. The average rate on 15-year, fixed-rate loans held steady at 3.87%.
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Wharf Real Estate Investment Company Limited (SEHK:1997) performed in line with its real estate operating companies industry on the basis of its ROE – producing a return of8.40% relative to the peer average of 9.39% over the past 12 months. But what is more interesting is whether 1997 can sustain
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Your mobile banking app may help you avoid overdrawing your checking account or spending too much money. But if you're unsure of how secure it is, you're not alone. Reports suggest that many people still have security-related concerns when using digital banking channels. Among mobile banking
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For Novavest Real Estate AG's (BRSE:NREN) shareholders, and also potential investors in the stock, understanding how the stock's risk and return characteristics can impact your portfolio is important. Broadly speaking, there are two types of risk you should consider when investing in stocks such as
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April 16 (Reuters) – Poly Real Estate Group Co Ltd : * SAYS 2017 NET PROFIT UP 25.8 PERCENT Y/Y AT 15.6 BILLION YUAN ($2.48 billion). * SAYS 2018 DIRECT INVESTMENT IN PROPERTY RELATED PROJECT AT 257.0 BLN YUAN Source text in Chinese: bit.ly/2H21EeJ; bit.ly/2H7iPvK Further
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But now it's making a big bet on one of the stodgiest industries around—real estate. The $93 billion fund's sheer firepower has the potential to shape winners and losers in any market it decides to enter, and it is quickly doing so in real estate. The fund has met with at least 50 potential investments in the
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An Orban ally turned nemesis, Lajos Simicska, announced after Orban's re-election that he was shutting down his newspaper and radio station, which he had used to accuse Orban and his family of corruption. Simicska's Hir TV, an all-news channel, will keep broadcasting. Even that degree of pluralism,
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Builders' view of current sales conditions fell two points to 75, the outlook for sales over the next six months fell one point, to 77. A measure of buyer traffic held steady at 51. The average rate on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages edged up to 4.42 percent, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday.
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If you need to purchase Kenya Power prepaid tokens, you will have to do it at the company's banking halls. In the past few days, Kenya Power's prepaid customers have been experiencing delays in receiving electricity tokens. Through a short message service, KPLC has acknowledged and apologised
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A bank cannot 'cleanly' generate an appropriate return from financial advice and associated financial services like it does with core banking — borrowing at 'X' and lending at 'X-plus'. It all seemed so different back in the 1990s when banks started their aggressive push into what was initially called 'funds
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And its loan growth was lower than many analysts' expectations. Bank of America was not alone in its loan-growth struggles in the first three months of the year. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reported on Friday that its lending growth had slowed in the first quarter. Wells Fargo's lending fell from the year before.
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“We'll see how well tax breaks work going forward — the onus is now on the consumer,” Sharif said. “People were so built up on the economy and tax cuts, but our view is that it's more steady than acceleration.” The data on Monday also showed that a decline in gasoline costs, as reported last week in the
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Eldorado Resorts Inc. and real-estate company Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. are teaming up to buy Carl Icahn's casino operator, Tropicana Entertainment Inc., for $1.85 billion in cash, adding to a wave of consolidation in the gambling industry. Gaming & Leisure will pay $1.21 billion for most of
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Samsung could stand to realize significant savings if the company turns to blockchain for its global supply chain. Speaking to Bloomberg in an interview published on Sunday, Samsung blockchain chief Song Kwang-woo said that the company will decide soon whether the use the blockchain ledger to
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The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has accused Fortune Steel of flouting health and safety protocols when at least seven workers were injured after a furnace exploded at the plant in Nigel in Ekurhuleni. Numsa has reportedly called for the company's operations to be closed
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Governments in major cities in China should focus on restoring the housing market's “stability and predictability” to ensure the economy can withstand a sudden fall in house prices, according to research published by the International Monetary Fund. In the paper, which looks to understand how China
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Decentralized lending platform ETHLend is planning to expand its current crypto-to-crypto business model to cover fiat lending, whereas users can pledge cryptocurrencies and receive fiat currency as a loan. Built on the ethereum blockchain, ETHLend provides a global lending market that connects
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However, if you are building an investment case for AAB, ownership structure alone should not dictate your decision to buy or sell the stock. Rather, you should be looking at fundamental drivers such as the intrinsic valuation, which is a key driver of Aberdeen International's share price. I urge you to
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After protests in Philadelphia over the weekend, the movement to boycott Starbucks is going global. Last Thursday, a Starbucks manager in Philadelphia called the local police because two black men were sitting inside the cafe without having ordered anything. The incident resulted in the two men being
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Bank of America's earnings rose in the first-quarter, and the company said it plans to open 500 new branches as it issued upbeat financial results that topped Wall Street forecasts and continued strong results by most major U.S. banks. The Charlotte, N.C.-based banking giant on Monday reported net
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Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, will be in a federal courtroom on Monday, arguing that he has the right to review documents that FBI agents seized when they raided his office and residences last week. Reporters will be in the courtroom, too. The media is excited about what
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The experts will delve into a host of topics relating to the financial market. Some of the key topics set to be discussed are 'Undercurrents in our Shores – Equity', 'Undercurrents in our Shores – Fixed Income', 'Island of Opportunity – Real Estate', 'Through the Spy Glass – Sector Analysis (RE, Infra, BFSI)'.
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As the bank earnings flurry rolls on this week, the financials sector should be able to play catch-up and return to being one of the best-performing groups in the … Financial stocks and banking should thrive in this environment, given the economy and consumer balance sheets are strong, which altogether
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Legal lending limit: This is a legal limit on the total amount of loans and commitments a financial institution can have outstanding to any one borrower. The limit usually is determined as a specified percentage of the financial institution's own net worth or equity capital. Its purpose is to avoid excessive
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PLEASANTON, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ellie Mae® (NYSE:ELLI), the leading cloud-based platform provider for the mortgage finance industry, announced today that it has launched a new major release of its Encompass® digital mortgage solution. The release of Encompass 18.2 will help lenders of
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Oil retreated from its highest close in three years in New York as Middle East tensions abated on speculation that U.S.-led military intervention in Syria won't go beyond the weekend's missile strikes. Futures slipped as much as 1.9 percent in New York. President Donald Trump declared “mission
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The government intends to use those results as a bellwether for shale's viability in Colombia, buying it a few more years in the unconventional resource debate. The wait will be less beneficial, however, for international companies operating in Colombia, which are much further along than Ecopetrol in
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