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BNP Paribas' asset management arm launched a lending platform, dubbed SME Alternative Financing, focused on small- and medium-sized
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Decentralized lending platform ETHLend will be adding support for MyBit's MYB token on its platform. Built on the ethereum blockchain, ETHLend
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Mortgage rates moved in different directions today, but one key rate floated higher. The average for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage climbed, but the
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Eurozone policymakers need to improve the regulations governing the managers of banks “as soon as possible”, the senior supervisor of the
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Warsaw remains the leader on the investment market in Central and Eastern … The speakers pointed out that last year alone the sum of all real estate
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The B.C. government is rolling out a new set of rules designed to protect individuals from exorbitantly high fees when cashing their BC Employment
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The Company's core business focuses on originating, acquiring, financing and managing commercial mortgage loans and other commercial real
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Indian banking authorities have ruled that banks must remove all ATMs still running Windows XP. It has given them a deadline of June 2019 to remove
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GlobalReal Estate SoftwareMarketreport provide emerging opportunities in the market and the future impact of major drivers and challenges and,
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dropped its investigation into allegations that Zillow Group Inc. violated Section 8 of the Real Estate
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MTV has resumed production on the television show Catfish after launching an external investigation over allegations of sexual misconduct against
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Navarro said markets should “let the process work” and President Donald Trump is “going to get good information this week on where the chess board
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Fortune announced this afternoon that Tim Cook will speak at its Fortune CEO Initiative this evening at 6PM PT/9PM ET. The interview will be led by
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The Treasury curve just keeps getting flatter. The gap between 2- and 10-year yields reached a fresh year-to-date low Monday, underscoring the
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Wells Fargo & Co. has laid off 130 Twin Cities employees who work in its home mortgage business, the bank said Monday. The bank cited “continuing
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The value of the housing market in England and Wales plummeted more than £1.2 billion (US$1.59 billion) last year in its first fall since 2011,
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Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, which has received considerable research attention in recent years, has emerged as a viable platform to provide an
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The first quarter of 2018 was dominated by economic forecasts calling for a rough first quarter for the Canadian housing market, followed by a recovery
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Renewed Homes LLC is a company that buys unwanted houses from … accepts, the company will close the deal to a reputable title company.
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French banking group BNP Paribas is to offer business loans to small and medium-sized businesses in the UK for the first time. The company has
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Farnworth says the changes will help some of B.C.'s most vulnerable people who use non-traditional lenders and credit providers to cash social
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Wells Fargo & CompanyWFC is slashing 100 jobs in its mortgage operations branch located in Fort Mill on account of subdued activity in U.S. housing
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Accord's mortgage manager Ben Merritt says these ERC-free deals gives customers the flexibility to repay the loan or transfer it to a fixed rate deal at
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Glenwood allegedly steered $20,000 worth of title insurance work to Adam from … Glenwood also helped secure work for Adam at AbTech, a company
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Marcus, the consumer lending arm for Goldman Sachs, wants to become the one-stop shop for many of your financial matters, except for one: credit
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The securitization is backed by mortgages that were primarily sourced through the firm's three affiliated mortgage lenders, Angel Oak Mortgage
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This highlights how far — in a relatively short time — consumer buying power has expanded, allowing increasing large numbers of people to afford
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Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) told her supporters to harass members of the Trump administration. “Let's make sure we show up wherever we have to
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Advantex Marketing International Inc (CNSX:ADX) trades with a trailing P/E of 1.5x, which is lower than the industry average of 15.8x. While this makes
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Scott Pruitt's ethical lapses that have triggered some 13 federal inquiries should not distract us from the profound damage he is trying to do to the
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A flood of private equity investment into the institutional middle market has pushed the share of highly leveraged deals in the sector to record highs,
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A Harvard report shows the housing market is still hard on low and moderate … The State of the Nation's Housing Report conducted by Harvard's Joint
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… and markets following the re-election of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. They speak on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas.” (Source: Bloomberg)
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that Secretary Ben Carson approved a disaster recovery plan to help
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President Donald Trump's administration has proposed the privatization of mortgage financing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as part of
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Roofstock analyzed employment growth and expansion of the prime renter cohort — primarily millennials age 20 to 34 — to determine which real
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Members of the St. Joseph County Commission on Aging Advisory Board heard last week from Kelly J. Murdock of Community Research Services
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The Indian banking system, which is facing temporary challenges in terms of non-performing assets (NPAs), is confident of regaining it's glory,
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The payday lending bill is front and center this week as supporters and opponents clash over the measure. Consumer advocates are trying to fight
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AFTER years of slow and steady, Brisbane's housing market is finally about to speed up, leaving its southern counterparts behind in the property race.
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A report from Freddie Mac echoes what many industry watchers have been saying for months: Lack of housing inventory poses a greater threat to the
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Black Knight has rolled out a new consumer-focused application for mortgage servicers that enables borrowers to make mortgage payments anytime,
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Credit reporting firms with significant operations in New York will face new cybersecurity and registration requirements to stave off concerns related to
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Europe's top banking regulator has warned the financial industry its preparations for Brexit are “inadequate” and urgently need pushing forward as
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Nigeria's government plans to inject 500 billion naira ($1.4 billion) into its low-cost mortgage lender over the next five years in an effort to spur home
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New home sales get a bump despite mortgage rate increase. Duration: … AT&T to launch wireless plans bundled with video after its Time Warner win.
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“For many people, a house is the single greatest asset they'll ever own. With that in mind, and employing a 'design thinking' approach, we've
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Canada has some of the highest household debt levels in the world, but last week a new report from Statistics Canada found that that could be starting
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Real Estate Software Market 2018 report focuses on the major drivers and restraints for the Global key players. It also provides analysis of the market
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The Real Estate Software Market status and outlook of global and major regions, from angles of manufacturers, regions, product types and end
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Europe's banking watchdog has warned that firms are unprepared for a no-deal Brexit and are dragging their heels on contingency plans despite a
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A proposal by the Trump administration to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is drawing both praise and condemnation. The proposal was
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In the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS), mortgage rates have now declined in three out of the last four weeks. The average rate
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By Lucia Mutikani. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sales of new U.S. single-family homes increased more than expected in May as transactions in the
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Instead, they found themselves confronted with more austere, hard-hearted bankers from Westpac who appeared to be on a mission to reduce the
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More lenders are relaxing affordability criteria to make it easier for borrowers to qualify for mortgages and larger loan amounts, brokers have
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… for roughly the past half decade since the housing market bottomed out,” Terrazas said. “And there's still plenty of room to grow because as it stands,
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A peer-to-peer lending company says it can help farmers who want to apply for grant support to help them diversify or get more efficient, but who don't
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Bank of Scotland is offering first-time buyers, home movers and those who switch from another lender £500 to spend on a new online mortgage gift
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“We are pleased the CFPB has concluded its inquiry into our co-marketing program,” Zillow said in a statement to HousingWire. “As we have said
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6, 2017, photo shows a new home for sale in a housing development in Raeford, N.C. On Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, Freddie Mac reports on the week's
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Mortgage debt outstanding remains below pre-crisis levels and home equity is growing, even as overall consumer debt is on pace to surpass its
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Commerzbank, Germany's second largest bank, is exploring the use of artificial intelligence to write analyst reports, in another sign of a shift in how
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As an increasing number of Americans enter their retirement, more and more people will seek help in their daily lives. And that's where a new startup
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The concept is known as “time banking.” It's a form of alternative currency—instead of using cash, community members can trade skills and services.
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Markets, including the U.S. housing economy, aren't always rational. No matter how many booms and busts markets endure, there is always a
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