March existing home sales rose 1.1 percent from February, to 5.6 million (SAAR), according to the National Association of Realtors. Sales were down 1.2 percent from a year ago. The median, seasonally adjusted price of existing homes sold last month rose 0.6 percent from February and 5.8 percent
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The resulting home mortgage-interest deduction â once considered a tax break too sacred to touch â will be used by just 13.8 million taxpayers, down 57%. In 2017, about 12.4% of the tax break went to households with incomes exceeding $500,000, and 36.5% of the benefit went to people earning
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Personal information of visitors that owners of malicious websites could harvest by exploiting this flaw included full names, email addresses, location, job title, company, and zip codes. After Cable alerted LinkedIn about the said vulnerability, LinkedIn issued a patch for the vulnerability and also issued a
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With seven bankruptcies in its first 100 years, you can forgive Aston Martin, the British bespoke carmaker, for wanting to focus on its âSecond Century.â That's the name given to its strategy promising a wholesale reinvention of 007's favored marque. With new leadership, the storied luxury brand has been
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THDA kicked off the calendar year with its strongest January ever for home loan production, followed by its second strongest February. With the March numbers now in the books, THDA has officially posted its best-ever first quarter with more than $110 million in home loan applications, which is 61
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Bengaluru has emerged as the front-runner in south India's property market with housing demand and supply in the city being higher than Hyderabad and Chennai during the January-March period, according to a research report. Anarock Property Consultants said that Bengaluru witnessed increased
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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – On today's edition of Rob Black's Winners and Losers, our financial expert Rob Black and KRON4's James Fletcher discuss three winners and no losers. Rob also answers today's viewer question, “When will mortgage rates dip again?” Winner: US existing home sales rise
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He has led government efforts to deflect international criticism of the âdrug warâ by rejecting outright reports of high death tolls as âalternative facts.â And he has dismissed statistical evidence and well-documented accounts of a surge in killings of suspected drug users and dealers since Duterte took office
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Real estate is an industry that is continually fuelled by innovation in many of its applications and technologies. It has been an avid adopter of the latest trends in design and architecture, while meeting the changing needs and demands of its consumers. Recently, significant steps are being made towards
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Walmart is reportedly closing in on a big acquisition of Flipkart, and that single move could ignite yet another major fight between the big-box retailer and Amazon. India's retail market could face a major upheaval soon if Walmart can close a big deal with e-commerce giant Flipkart. According to
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Investors sentiment decreased to 1.05 in Q4 2017. Its down 0.11, from 1.16 in 2017Q3. It dived, 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 million shares
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Khater brings more than 20 years of extensive housing finance research and economic forecasting expertise to his new role at Freddie Mac. As chief economist for the GSE, he will lead its researchers in providing insights and analysis on economic trends and policy issues affecting Freddie Mac and the
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Goldman Sachs has been a leader in helping clients navigate crypto markets, and was among the first Wall Street firms to clear Bitcoin futures offered by Cboe Global Markets Inc. and CME Group Inc. The company was considering whether to start a trading desk to make markets in digital currencies,
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But his equivocations came too lateâlike it or not, the spotlight had been trained on Hannity, much to the displeasure of his Fox colleagues. And as its glare intensifies, further revelations about the de facto White House adviserâthis time concerning his massive real-estate portfolioâcould boost the
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Donald is going to be 74, 73 for the next [election] and maybe he should just go and play golf and enjoy his fortune,â she told the tabloid. âI think he probably [misses] a little bit of freedom, I don't think he probably knew how much is involved of being the president. It's so [much] informationâyou have to
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Republicans are showing little appetite for big action in what may be their last months in full control of Congress. The House took much of last week off and doesn't get back to Washington until Tuesday. The Senate is bogged down in confirmation hearings. And many lawmakers are already focused on
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The average interest rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage for the week ending April 19 was 4.47%, according to Freddie Mac, up from 3.95% at the beginning of the year. That may be persuading some current owners to stay put. “They have these historically low mortgage rates and it take a lot to
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Saturday's announcement by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that his country will stop testing nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles is a sign that Kim is ready to do a deal with Donald Trump — and that he understands how a deal with Trump can be made. It's a delicate dance that
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The world's biggest retailer is nearing a deal to buy a majority stake in India's top online retailer for at least $12 billion, people familiar with the matter said. Flipkart Online Services Pvt's major investors, including SoftBank Group Corp., are on board with Walmart purchasing as much as 80 percent of the
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The mortgage lending market is starting to slow, particularly for large, national banks. As a result, a handful of them, including Bank of America Corporation (BAC), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), are pouring tons of money into mortgage apps and websites, betting that
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