Blackstone, Indiabulls to launch commercial real estate platform, says report

Blackstone, Indiabulls to launch commercial real estate platform, says report

Private equity firm Blackstone Group Lp and Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd (IBREL) is planning to develop a commercial properties platform with
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UK house price growth slows to five year low

The average house price in the UK has topped £215,000 for the first time – but annual growth in property values has slowed to a five-year low
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Are Rising Rates Affecting Housing Markets?

The US government's ten-year yield (IEF) remained close to the 3% mark even after a minor pullback from the four-year high it saw in recent months.
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Experts Ranked the Most Dangerous Countries for Women. The US Made the Top 10

What do Syria, Somalia, Yemen, and the U.S. have in common? Besides the travel ban imposed by the last on the first three, these four countries are
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State of the Hogs: Arkansas rides good fortune to Game 1 win

There were some strange plays that only can be attributed to good fortune as Arkansas defeated Oregon State 4-1 Tuesday night. The victory put the
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Microsoft Improves Biased Facial Recognition Technology

As Microsoft's Research Director Eric Horvitz recently told Fortune, Microsoft is still considering the ethical issues that might arise when using
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The Billionaire Space Race Is Making Life Difficult for Airlines

On Feb. 6, Elon Musk's SpaceX launched its largest rocket into the blue Florida sky. Onboard was “Starman,” a dummy strapped into the billionaire's
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Trump Decides Against Harshest Measures on China Investments

The announcement tamped down fears of an abrupt escalation in the trade war between the U.S. and China that had roiled financial markets on
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New Lennar Communities in Folsom

Home sizes at Braeburn range from approximately 3,236 to 3,773 square … Lennar's Financial Services segment provides mortgage financing, title
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LCQ3: Maximum coverage for mortgage loans provided under Mortgage Insurance Programme

In February 2015, the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited tightened the arrangements under the Mortgage Insurance Programme (MIP) by
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Trump Presses Congress to Act After Judge Orders Kids Reunited

A federal judge ordered the U.S. to reunite immigrant children who were separated from their families at border crossings and to stop detaining
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Mobile homes to become more popular as affordable housing woes continue

Still, these loans are likely to become more popular. Mortgage financing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac both see mobile homes as a solution to
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Real estate transparency improves globally

CHICAGO, June 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Governments worldwide have been gradually forging greater transparency in real estate markets,
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America's Trucker Shortage Is Hitting Home

I just don't see it happening in the next five years.” A version of this article appears in the July 1, 2018 issue of Fortune with the headline “America:
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Finnish Formula 1 star Nico Rosberg has invested in one of Sweden's most talked-about startups …

The startup offers a 0.95% three-year fixed mortgage rate for lenders who move their existing mortgages to its online platform. After three years, the
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Bank Of England: Financial Stability Report – June 2018

In recent months, corporate bond spreads have increased and mortgage loan spreads have widened a little. Non‑bank lending to riskier companies
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TRANSACTIONS: Meridian negotiated six new mortgages for total of $15.3M; GCP arranges $27.8 …

The loans feature rates of 3.67 percent and five-year terms. Judah Hammer negotiated these transactions. A new mortgage of $6,500,000 was placed
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Coinbase CEO Launches Crypto Charity Fund, Aims to Raise $1 Billion

“I started thinking about this last year when I saw all this money people were making in crypto,” Armstrong told Fortune. “The goal is to target people in
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AT&T Is Sneakily Raising Almost $1 Billion With a Higher Fee Buried on Wireless Bills

Get Data Sheet, Fortune's technology newsletter. The carrier said the fee was similar to levies at its rivals and had not been raised in several years.
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Bad credit loans: How much does bad credit cost me?

How do you know if you can get a “prime” loan, or if you need bad credit loans instead? … Related: What credit score do you need for a mortgage?
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Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (ACRE) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for June 28, 2018

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (ACRE) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for June 28, 2018

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation ( ACRE ) will begin trading ex-dividend on June 28, 2018. A cash dividend payment of $0.28 per share is
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What's the Outlook for Medical Office Buildings?

Medical real estate (MOB) is a sector undergoing some changes, but its … health care real estate outlook for 2018, 39 percent of the market value for
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New digital lender '86400' launches in Australia amid poor big bank PR

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A new digital lender led by a number of banking heavyweights and backed by Australia's largest independent payments
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Real Estate Agents Answer: What Makes A Winning Offer?

Unfortunately for buyers, these days, we are definitely in a seller's market. Inventory is low and, increasingly, multiple buyers are finding themselves
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Pending-home sales slide to a 4-month low as supply dries up

Big picture: The story in the housing market is still all about supply, not demand. “Realtors in most of the country continue to describe their markets as
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We're probably at peak housing. Here's what that means.

But under normal circumstances, a correction in housing, like in any market, is normal, foreseeable – and possibly, though not certainly – upon us.
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NAR: Is inventory the biggest threat to Realtors?

“With the cost of buying a home getting more expensive, it's clear the summer months will be a true test for the housing market. One encouraging sign
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6 Major Misconceptions On The State Of Today's Commercial Real Estate Market

To bring commercial real estate owners, investors and tenants up to date, Bisnow debunks six common misconceptions that professionals in the
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UK house price growth drops to five-year low as London remains worst-performing region

Nationwide's chief economist Robert Gardner said annual house price growth has stayed within a “fairly narrow range” of 2-3 per cent in the last year,
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This Day In Market History: The National Housing Act Of 1934

The National Housing Act helped keep the housing market moving when there was very little liquidity in the traditional lending market throughout the
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Pending home sales drop for fifth straight month in May

Potential home buyers pulled back from a pricey and competitive housing market in May, signing fewer contracts to buy existing homes. A monthly
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Can Positive Housing Market Aid KB Home's (KBH) Q2 Earnings?

KB Home is well poised to gain traction on the current positive housing scenario. … Here are some companies in the Zacks Construction sector, which
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Dallas is top US home market in new Chase consumer poll

Dallas' housing market gets top marks in a new consumer study by JPMorgan Chase. The banking giant teamed up with Pulsenomics to ask
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Nationwide property report:London house prices falling at fastest rate in almost a decade — but …

The slump in London house prices is accelerating with the market now falling at its fastest pace for almost a decade, new figures reveal today.
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REAL ESTATE SALES & LEASES

EMS Real Estate Investments LLC purchased a 4,899-square-foot office building at 707 North Courthouse Road, North Chesterfield, from The Harway
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Home prices are plummeting in Puerto Rico—what buyers need to know

Hurricane Maria exacerbated problems for Puerto Rico's already-struggling real estate market — creating opportunities and pitfalls alike for would-be
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She helps wealthy clients find temporary housing. Here's what she's learned amid Nashville's boom.

More CEOs and executives are leasing luxury homes in Nashville, indicating a tight housing market, but also an uptick in wealthy people trying Music
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Anarchy in Bike Lanes—and Housing Markets

Nicole Gelinas joins Brian Anderson to discuss how cities with bike-sharing programs deal with theft and vandalism and how tech-based rental
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Perception of foreign ownership heavily influences housing prices: CMHC

A real estate sign is pictured in Vancouver on June 12, 2018. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says homebuyers in Toronto,
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US pending home sales unexpectedly fall in May

Pending home contracts are seen as a forward-looking indicator of the state of the housing market because they become sales a month or two later.
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6 tips to get the right size when shopping online

6 tips to get the right size when shopping online

Check the size chart: One of the most crucial aspects of buying footwear … to take the correct measurement of your feet before online shopping. … M of Indian/local apparel brand is usually in line with size S of international brands).
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Chef Boyardee and Birds Eye Are Getting Together in a $8.1 Billion Merger Between Conagra and …

Conagra Brands agreed to buy Pinnacle Foods for about $8.1 billion in cash and stock, gaining freezer-aisle brands such as Birds Eye to capitalize on
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Global Real Estate Software Market Current and Future Prospect by 2023: Yardi Systems, Accruent …

Global Real Estate Software Market research report portrays transparency from the market perspective which consists of the overall strategies of the
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New Cuscal-backed digital bank wants to shake up deposits

The latest digital bank to emerge in the local market, Cuscal-backed 86 400, is confident it can become a scale player because the major banks “have
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In the Bay Area, Households Making $117,00 Are Now Considered Low Income

In California's notoriously pricey San Francisco Bay Area, households earning around $117,000 a year are now considered “low income,” according to
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'Deceived by Design:' Google and Facebook Accused of Manipulating Users Into Giving Up Their …

The issue—which Fortune has noted before—is that some of the privacy settings clearly steer people towards choosing certain options. For example
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Michael Bloomberg Reportedly Mulling a Presidential Run in 2020

Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, is considering running for president in 2020, according to CBSNewYork, which
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Facebook Is Reversing Its Ban on Cryptocurrency Ads—But There's a Catch

Back in January, Facebook announced a ban on cryptocurrency-related advertising on its platform—a move that was soon echoed by Google.
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FCA bank review heighten calls for a clampdown on unfair UK fees

High overdraft fees and lower interest rates allow the UK's biggest banks to generate as much as half of their current accounts profits from just 10 per
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Property's digital skeleton key

But a broader industry trend is emerging, as technology allows the use of real estate in all product types to get broken up into smaller pieces and
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'The Lean Startup' Author Eric Ries Talks About His Long-Term Stock Exchange

Speaking Tuesday during the Fortune CEO Initiative conference in San Francisco, The Lean Startup author made his case for his new company, with
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Milo Yiannopoulos Jokes of Death Squads Murdering Journalists

Milo Yiannopoulos made his living by writing extreme remarks for conservative site Breitbart about women, feminism, people of color, and transgender
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Report shows there is 'no such thing as free banking' – financial regulator boss

LONDON (Reuters) – One in ten customers generate between a third and a half of all profits from British banks' current accounts, according to a review
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A JetBlue Pilot Accidentally Triggered a Hijacking Alert. Panic and Chaos Ensued

A radio equipment problem on a JetBlue flight caused a security scare at JFK airport on Tuesday evening. The flight, which was taxiing for departure to
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How Corporate America Is Trying to Innovate Workplace Culture

And executives, speaking at Fortune's CEO Initiative in San Francisco on Tuesday, offered a number of ways they've gone about this. For Aneel Bhusri
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Real Estate Market Trends: Single-Family Residences by City

Let's look at the 5-year sales trends, for single-family Flathead residences, by city (see chart). Kalispell median sold prices have rocketed 39 percent
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"Do Some Uncomfortable and Inconvenient Things": A Civil Rights Champion's Call to Action for …

Occupying the closing speaker's slot at Fortune's CEO Initiative in San Francisco on Tuesday, Bryan Stevenson, the law professor, anti-death-penalty
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How Weight Watchers and Ford Are 'Redesigning' Their Businesses

That's one takeaway from a discussion of social impact and design during the Fortune CEO Initiative conference in San Francisco on Tuesday.
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Facebook Kills Solar-Powered Drones for Internet Service

Facebook said on Tuesday that it's dropping its in-house effort to build high-flying drones that could beam Internet service to locations below that
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Kennedy Wilson Completes Irish PRS Joint Venture With AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets

BUSINESS WIRE)–Global real estate investment company Kennedy Wilson … Strong economic growth and favorable demographic trends underpin
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Weekly mortgage applications fall sharply as potential homebuyers drop out

Weekly mortgage applications fall sharply as potential homebuyers drop out

Homebuyers are pulling away from this summer's expensive and competitive housing market, even as interest rates settle. Total mortgage application
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Homebuyers with children could be stopped from getting a mortgage

BEING a parent could stop you from ever buying a house, according to experts. Stricter rules that came into place in 2014 under the mortgage market
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MBA: Mortgage application activity declines again, decreases 4.9%

The Federal Housing Administration share increased from 10.1% the prior week to 10.2%, and the Veterans Affairs' share of applications increased
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Focus on this debt for a better retirement

If possible, try not to let your mortgage payments follow you into retirement, said financial advisor Winnie Sun. “When you have a mortgage, you really
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Should you pay off your mortgage before you retire?

Winnie Sun, co-founder and managing director or Sun Group Wealth Partners lists the pros and cons of paying off a mortgage before retirement.
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After Housing Controversy, BJP Struggles with New Complaints of Corruption in West Bengal

The Wire understands that over the last month, a number of BJP workers and party activists have approached West Bengal BJP president with
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Bank offers zero-down mortgages at luxury condo tower

At Arabella, a high-end condominium tower along the West Loop, buyers with good credit can qualify for a mortgage with just 10 percent down.
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US Mortgage Applications Post Biggest Drop in Four Months: MBA

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. mortgage applications recorded their steepest weekly fall in over four months even as most home borrowing costs fell in
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Make Payments and More on Your Watch with Rocket Mortgage for Wearables

We're bringing the Rocket Mortgage for Wearables companion app to the Apple Watch as well as Wear OS by Google. If you want to make a payment
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Renters pay too much for too little, new studies show

Things aren't looking good for renters. According to new data, most can't afford to live where they want, and the places they can afford? They don't
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Red Sea Housing Goes Solar with REDAVIA for Cost-Effectiveness, Reliability

MUNICH & ACCRA, Ghana–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Red Sea Housing Services (RSHS), a global leader for modular living and working environments for
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MBA: Mortgage Applications Fell 4.9%

After increasing 5.1% the previous week, mortgage applications retreated and fell 4.9% during the week ended June 22, according to the Mortgage
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When to Hire a Mortgage Broker

Let's say you're doing some mortgage research on your own—you've already talked to a financial planner and ready to take your next step in the
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Startup Hometap wants to invest in your home equity

“For us, it's really about rewarding a homeowner for what they've been able to accomplish,” Hometap CEO Jeffrey Glass told HousingWire. “They have
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Manchester Woman Accused of Banking Fraud in South Windsor

SOUTH WINDSOR — Federal marshals on Tuesday snagged a Manchester woman accused of banking fraud in South Windsor, local police said.
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FCA boss: 'No such thing as free banking'

A report by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said banks were also benefiting from customers taking loans and credit cards with the same bank.
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SimpleNexus raises $20M in growth capital

The company, which was a 2018 winner of HousingWire's Tech100, offers a private-label digital mortgage platform and mobile app designed to
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Bank of England Says Global Financial Markets Risks Are 'Material'

The Bank of England warned Wednesday that global financial markets risks were on the increase, owing to rising debt levels in China and political
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Impac Mortgage, Starwood Property Trust formalize non-QM collaboration

Impac Mortgage Holdings and Starwood Property Trust have formalized their relationship after collaborating in the non-qualified mortgage (QM) space
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UK financial entrepreneur Anthony Thomson is launching a new digital bank in Australia

British banking pioneer Anthony Thomson, the entrepreneur who founded the highly successful Metro Bank in the wake of the GFC (the UK's first new
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Starz Real Estate se presenta como la nueva plataforma europea de préstamos de bienes …

Starz Real Estate se presenta como la nueva plataforma europea de préstamos de bienes …

LONDRES, 27 de junio de 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Starz Real Estate ha anunciado hoy que se presenta como la nueva plataforma de préstamos
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Trump Organisation's real estate partner in India accused of fraud

Two high-profile hedge funds have accused Lalit Goyal, the managing director of Ireo, one of India's biggest property developers, of the theft of
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Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing Billions Into Real Estate Technology

Last year, Softbank launched the Vision Fund, a nearly $100 billion venture capital fund with a mission to invest in technology entrepreneurs solving
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Pacific Union Launches Commercial Real Estate Division In Los Angeles

Luxury real estate residential brokerage firm Pacific Union International is getting into the commercial real estate game in Los Angeles. The San
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Drilling Down With AI To Enrich The Real Estate Investing Experience

You can't browse through a real estate investment publication without seeing a headline discussing artificial intelligence (AI). Many articles will note
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Engie pushes emission solutions in China; in deal with real estate co

BEIJING (Reuters) – French utilities and gas company Engie has tied up with a Chinese real estate company to help industrial parks and cities in
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Metro Bank founder joins digital challengers in Australia

Serial banking entrepreneur Anthony Thomson, co-founder of Metro Bank in the UK, is helping to set up a new digital bank in Australia that aims to
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Harcourts real estate agent racks up $1 billion in sales

She's the billion-dollar real-estate agent. After 28 years in the business, Harcourts Grenadier Christchurch consultant Alison Aitken has sold a
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Judge Trims FCA Claims Over Foreclosure Services Billing

… has pared down False Claims Act litigation alleging that Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the government were overcharged for foreclosure services,
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Data shows BC's biggest hubs for globally-owned real estate

VANCOUVER—New data released by Statistics Canada show where B.C.'s biggest hubs of “transnational” real estate marketplaces are located, with
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Semtech and Lowan Transform China's Energy Use Trends with LoRa Technology

Semtech and Lowan Transform China's Energy Use Trends with LoRa … Lowan's urban smart-grid solutions give real-time data on metering usage over …. BUILDING & REAL ESTATE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING & REAL ESTATE.
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Why your mortgage might cost you more than a payday loan – and how to make sure it doesn't

Mortgages should be pretty simple. You borrow a sum of money in order to buy a house, and pay it back in stages, with a bit of interest on the top.
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Freddie deepens credit risk transfer portfolio with new reinsurance transaction

Gina Healey, vice president for credit risk transfer at Freddie Mac, said that some 15 reinsurance companies participated in the deal, bringing the total
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Renowned Real Estate Agency REMAX Targets Chinese Investor Markets

HONG KONG, June 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Chinese investors are expected to remain active in the European real estate market in 2018 despite
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Patel takes reins at Asbury Group

He's also worked in leadership roles at Freddie Mac, MCI, Spring/Nextel, and was a consultant with Fannie Mae. He completed his bachelor's degree
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Families earning $117000 now qualify as "low income" in California's Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO — A report out this week from the Department of Housing and Urban Development finds the median price for a single-family home in
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raceAhead: CEOs Taking A Stand

By way of evidence, Fortune's president, Alan Murray, ticked through a lengthy list of recent corporate responses to important social issues, ranging
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Hans Rusli: Technology is the Key to Helping Mortgage Lenders Reduce Costs

PERSON OF THE WEEK: Hans Rusli is CEO for IndiSoft, a provider a compliance, vendor management and valuation software to the mortgage
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Bank of America and Safeguard Properties Sued Over Property Maintenance

The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) has joined forces with 19 fair housing organizations and two homeowners in Maryland in a federal Fair
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D-FW homeowners spend as much of their income on mortgages now as before the recession

Mortgages in Dallas-Fort Worth are taking a bigger chunk out of each paycheck than they have in a decade, according to a new study, and rents are
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Union Bank Appears Poised to Retain City of Santa Barbara's Banking Services

Union Bank Appears Poised to Retain City of Santa Barbara's Banking Services

Bob Samario, the city's finance director, recommended that the city sign a new, 3-year contract with Union Bank, but finance committee member Gregg
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Rabobank 'nearly wrecked us' Qld cattle farmer tells banking royal commission

Ms Brauer told the banking royal commission on Wednesday they were quite taken back by the email, but it planted the seed of interest, especially for
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Lloyds Banking Group to become first founder of LORCA

Lloyds Banking Group is set to become the first founding partner of a government-funded cyber innovation centre that has opened in London.
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Son of Toronto real estate tycoon who wrote graphic novel sentenced to life for murder

A Canadian real estate tycoon's son who wrote a graphic novel that features gruesome killings was sentenced Tuesday in California to life in prison for
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TCI, Axon accuse Indian real estate company of $1.5 billion fraud: Report

Hedge funds The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (TCI) and Axon Capital have accused real estate developer IREO Management of
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EU banks face money laundering action after Malta, Latvia cases

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union banks face an anti-money laundering crackdown before the end of the year following allegations of
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China's banks embrace Communist Party committees in risk crackdown

BEIJING (Reuters) – China's listed mid-tier and regional banks will face added pressure to curb risky activities following the formal establishment of
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Farmer sad and mad over banking 'jerks'

A Queensland cattle farmer has told the banking royal commission her dealings with Rabobank came at great financial and emotional cost.
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Banking royal commission: Cattle grazier blasts bankers as 'bullies'

A Queensland farmer has told the banking royal commission she was surprised a banker was not carrying a baseball bat when he visited her family's
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Bank of England takes swipe at EU over Brexit arrangements

The Bank of England has warned of the prospect of an unprecedented financial crunch next March with trillions of pounds of derivatives effectively
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Disruptive Impacts of Technology in Finance and Banking Sector

Several key businesses have incorporated numerous proofs of concepts into finance sector in order to develop solutions such as online banking,
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Here's Why Context Will Play A Bigger Role In Banking

“For banks undergoing digital transformation, the risk of slow and disruptive implementation is a pressing concern,” Maakan said. “Working with IBM
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Retail lending up 25%, number of a/cs 32% in FY18: Cibil data

The report found robust growth in all consumption lending products consumer durable loans, credit cards and personal loans – during the period under
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Will Technology Replace The Real Estate Profession?

The technology-driven disruption of the real estate industry has not turned out to be as dramatic as many thought it would. The real estate agent is not
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Heard on the Street: 'Handy Andy' shutting down real estate office

Andy Mulholland, a constant fixture on Rochester billboards in recent years, announced Tuesday that he is shutting down Handy Andy Real Estate
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2018 will be the year of open banking. Here's everything you need to know.

This change will give these companies access to payment data, which means there will be more competition in areas that banks have traditionally
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Real Estate Sector Looks Ready To Outperform in 2H 2018

As trade tension increase, investors are adopting a more defensive posture. The Real Estate sector (NYSEARCA:IYR) is beginning a bottoming
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Banking royal commission hears farmers forced to shoot cattle

The banking royal commission has heard farmers were given dodgy advice by the banks, leaving them in the dark when the situation became dire.
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World Finance Banking Awards 2018 reveals industry's leading players

Stability has largely returned and the banking sector has a demonstrated a newfound resilience even when faced with significant external challenges.
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Banking inquiry leaves Miles farmers feeling shortchanged

MILES farmers Joe and Gail Courte say they feel extremely frustrated that their submission to the Banking Royal Commission was almost completely
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Ohio Senate Won't Pass Payday Lending Reform Before Summer Break

Ohio Senate Won't Pass Payday Lending Reform Before Summer Break

A group of advocates, Ohioans For Payday Lending Reform, are collecting signatures for a fall ballot initative that would cap Ohio's interest rates on
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Retail lending up 25%, number of accounts 32% in FY18: Cibil data

Retail lending saw rapid growth in FY18, with the loan book rising by 25 per cent and the number of outstanding accounts by over 32 per cent, along
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Retail lending sees rapid growth in FY18 with loan book rising by 25%, number of accounts by 32 …

Mumbai: Retail lending saw rapid growth in FY18, with the loan book rising by 25 percent and the number of outstanding accounts by over 32 percent,
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Navigating risks in the lending landscape

Risk is inherent in lending. Because there is risk in lending to members, we earn a premium when a loan is repaid in the form of interest and fees.
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Dallas-area home prices growing at slowest pace in five years

Dallas-area home prices are up by only 5.7 percent in the latest survey – the smallest year-over-year gain in more than five years. Nationwide home
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Banking royal commission: ANZ tells struggling farmers it should show more empathy

When does a bank need to show empathy? And should it? These were the questions which dominated the banking royal commission hearing in
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Your Money: Mental math needed to evaluate home renovation value

Yet given the current dynamics of the U.S. housing market, separating out from the asking price the exact amount you spent years ago on subway tile
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Inside The South Florida Real Estate Market

Let the sun continue to shine upon the South Florida real estate market like it has this past season. The maturation of South Florida's communities,
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Home Builder Lennar Sees 'Solid Fundamentals' Lifting Operations, Housing Market

Lennar Corp. said strong demand for new homes and higher selling prices drove earnings growth in the most recent quarter, as the nation's largest
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Lib Dems propose land-buying agency to boost house building

Cable is due to say: “In due course, the owners would sell into a pool, retaining any housing market inflation but not the discount to market value which
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Oil prices lifted by Libya supply uncertainty

“This uncertainty is likely to deter international customers from buying Libyan oil. In 2015, an attempt to bypass the NOC when selling Libyan oil failed
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More anecdotes of mortgage rejection

So he rolled into his local bank branch recently and asked to have a chat with someone about a potential mortgage. The staff member pulls up his
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Seattle has hottest housing market for 20th month in a row | GeekWire

Seattle has the hottest housing market in the country for the 20th month in a row, according to the Case-Shiller national home price report, but there
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Banks must get Adeosun's approval before lending to states – DMO

To reduce their exposure to huge indebtedness, the state governments can no longer borrow from the banks or the bond market without the express
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TC Habitat for Humanity gets $25M line of credit

The state housing finance agency is providing a new $25 million line of credit to the Twin Cities affiliate of Habitat for Humanity, the local group said
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Banks tighten lending as borrowers' budgets blow-out

Higher wages would help households manage their debt loads, but mixed corporate earnings makes big gains in incomes unlikely. Gabriele Charotte.
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SBA increases disaster recovery lending for small businesses through EBL Pilot Program

With severe weather season upon us, SBA wants to make sure SBA Lenders and small businesses are aware that this Pilot Program is available for
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Govt targets predatory lenders, mobile traders, debt collectors

Sweeping changes in a government discussion paper on money lending practices could, if adopted, effectively shut down payday lending and limit
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Melania Trump plans another trip to see immigration centers

She is planning another visit to immigration centers housing migrants who have … Posted in State, Wire News on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 5:48 pm.
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Urban Land Institute Looking to Honor Local Real Estate Projects Via its Annual 'Impact Awards'

Roger Staubach's name is at the top of that list due to his success in building his real estate brand, his involvement in a wide range of community and
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10 options if you have real estate wealth

10 options if you have real estate wealth

Refinance and buy more real estate. By using historically low interest rates to create leverage for additional investments, you can build the portfolio
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Millennial Buyers Face Tough Housing Market

Yvonne Jimenez Smith and her husband, Brandon Smith, spoke in whispers recently as they visited a white stucco house they planned to buy on a
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Henrico real estate company acquires apartment complex in Petersburg

With the acquisition, Capital Square now manages real estate assets valued at more than $700 million. Louis Rogers, founder and CEO of Capital
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HSBC is using a blinking, humanoid robot to add the 'human touch' to banking

With the growth of digital banking, the industry has been grappling with what to do with physical branch spaces. Branches are becoming less
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Shares in Chinese real estate companies are getting hammered

Shares in listed Chinese real estate companies have slumped by more than 13% this week. The index has now fallen since 35.6% since January 21,
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UK house prices in June grow at slowest rate for five years

UK house prices have grown at the slowest rate in five years in June, with London remaining the weakest spot as strained household finances and
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Germany's Banks Betting Billions on Tech to Boost Revenue

German banks — jostling for position in one of Europe's most competitive markets — will plow billions of euros into digitization over coming years to
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ANZ apology five years late for Tasmanian couple at banking royal commission

A Tasmanian former farming couple who say their dealings with ANZ left them destitute have received an apology from a bank executive five years on.
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Memphis Real Estate Company Victims Of A Global Cyber Scam

Memphis Real Estate Company Victims Of A Global Cyber Scam … real estate company and its clients who are victims of a global cyber scam.
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Why southeast Asia's largest bank is wary of lending to Indian corporates

Singapore's DBS Bank is all set to become one of the first foreign lenders to kick-start full-fledged operations in India. From October this year, the
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Euro zone corporate lending growth hits post crisis high

FRANKFURT, June 27 (Reuters) – Lending growth to euro zone companies hit its best rate last month since the bloc's debt crisis while a broader
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Comprehensive Plan update delayed as activists seek more detail on housing

Comprehensive Plan update delayed as activists seek more detail on housing … and strategy for combating racial inequity in the housing market.
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RHB waives instant transfer fees on online banking

KUALA LUMPUR: The RHB Banking Group (RHB) has waived fund transfer fees for its instant transfer service on the RHB Now online banking
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Rotary Club plants lending library at Rock Creek Park

The Rotary Club of Dawson County recently installed a Little Lending Library near the playground and Rotary Island at Rock Creek Park to help
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Dublin rises to sixth in Europe for commercial real estate investment

Dublin has climbed one place to sixth out of 130 European cities for commercial real estate investment, according to a report from Savills Investment
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Pepper the robot is now working at a bank in New York City

The robot takeover of retail banking has begun. It's starting at HSBC's main branch on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and involves a friendly robot called
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Eurozone bank lending to businesses picks up

FRANKFURT–The recovery in eurozone bank lending continued in May, a trend which should underpin corporate investments in the region.
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Starboard Commercial Real Estate Announces 750 Florida Street in San Francisco For Sale

SAN FRANCISCO, June 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Starboard Commercial Real Estate, privately owned and San Francisco-based commercial real
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Starz Real Estate Launches as New European Commercial Real Estate Lending Platform

Sightway Capital and David Arzi Forming Platform to Focus on Underserved Borrowers. LONDON, June 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Starz Real Estate
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The Housing Market Is In Good Shape

Specifically for housing, we need a few indicators to be positive, starting with the jobs market, which is in great shape. Although wage growth is still
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Property market: a slowly deflating bubble

Property market: a slowly deflating bubble

The real estate industry is currently in the midst of a slowly deflating property bubble, according to recent research by an economics professor from
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Mortgage campaigner Hall shares 66pc pay rise at firm

Mortgage campaigner David Hall shared in a 66pc pay rise last year at his private ambulance firm as expansion costs resulted in the company
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Home prices jump almost 20 perent

A lack of houses for sale led to a surge in home prices last year across Indiana, according to a report from Indiana University's Kelley School of
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Number of people in mortgage arrears keeps dropping – but this is the type of good news we never …

THE most recent mortgage arrears statistics have been released by the Central Bank. They are now broken down by entity type as well as by arrear
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See where home prices increased the most across the US

Homesellers are reaping the benefits of steadily skyrocketing home prices, especially on the West Coast, according to a new report from real estate
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New Vida mortgage helps Bank of Mum and Dad avoid stamp duty surcharges

House-Keys-Mortgage-Estate-Agent-700.jpg Specialist lender Vida Homeloans has launched its first Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor mortgage, aimed
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Toronto Is (Still) The Fastest Cooling Real Estate Market In Canada

Canadian real estate sales continue to cool, with few exceptions. Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) numbers show all but 6 major markets
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Staffing, tech shortfalls plague mortgage vendor management, survey shows

Most mortgage lenders and banks do not maintain a comprehensive vendor management strategy, exposing institutions to increased compliance risk,
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WENY News – Housing market remains strong, despite mortgage rate worries

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates, and that's led some to worry that mortgage rates will spike and put an end to
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Your Mortgage: Got an escrow shortage? Here's how it happens

By Mike Miles. When we underwrite a borrower, we calculate the full mortgage payment due as part of the debt-to-income calculation. A full mortgage
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Cleveland Fed President Mester to Speak at 2018 Community Banking Research Conference

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta J. Mester will deliver the opening keynote address at the sixth annual Community Banking in the
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Wells Fargo Cuts Mortgage Jobs, Raises Credit Card Rewards

Last week, it slashed about 100 jobs in its mortgage operations branch in Charlotte, NC due to slowdown in mortgage business, and another 63 in
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Supply fears have been exaggerated in Dubai

As we get to the halfway stage of the year, what is clear is that the real estate (and the equity markets as well) market thus far remains sluggish.
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Ruling party's Meade banking on upset in Mexico election

MEXICO CITY (AP) — For much of the past century, it was hard to get elected to any office in Mexico — even to get a government job — without being
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Mortgage approvals hit four-month high

Mortgage approvals for house purchases picked up for a second month running in May to reach a four-month high, according to figures out today.
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Tales of farmers forced off their land at banking royal commission

A Queensland grazier in his 80s was forced off his land despite never missing a mortgage payment after ANZ Banking Group devalued his property
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Case-Shiller: Home prices continue upward trend

Zillow Senior Economist Aaron Terrazas states current housing market trends are unusual and creating a false sense of security for homebuyers and
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Global Real Estate Software Market Trends, Drivers and Growth Projection Up to 2025

In this report, LP Information studies the present scenario (with the base year being 2017) and the growth prospects of global Real Estate Software
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Should CRE Players Return to Defensive Investing?

Over the last eight years private equity real estate has witnessed some of the best total returns in its history. This has also coincided with the longest
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Real Estate Investment Platform StraightUp Announces Merger With Slice, A Blockchain-Powered …

NEW YORK, June 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — StraightUp, an innovative real estate-focused platform giving investors access to previously unavailable
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Nine News does mortgage panic

Nine News does mortgage panic

Who will they blame? Round and round she goes, nobody knows where …. 'mortgage brokers'!!! And to show they are 'independent statutory body',
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Housing and economic outlook shows optimism in housing market

The majority of Americans are still feeling good about the housing market, according to the National Association of Realtors' Housing Opportunities
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UK housing market lull drags into summer, says Nationwide

Annual growth in house prices fell to its slowest pace in five years as the lull in the UK housing market dragged into summer, the Nationwide said.
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Commerce Minister Kris Faafoi meets with predatory lending victims

Commerce Minister Kris Faafoi went to Porirua to meet with victims of predatory lending, after releasing a discussion paper outlining the findings from
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High prices push down mortgage approvals

The number of mortgages approved for house purchases last month was down 4.3 per cent compared with a year earlier as economists warn that
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Climate risk joins ethics in driving lending decisions

The 2015 Paris Agreement has raised the reputational costs of lending to carbon-heavy companies and accelerated a global move towards a
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Trump-imposed auto tariffs would harm housing market

“Unemployment is the single greatest influencer on the housing market,” said Ron Butler of Butler Mortgage. “Massive unemployment is devastating to
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John Lewis to close Waitrose stores as profits slump – business live

Economist Howard Archer of EY Item Club has spotted that UK house prices actually flatlined in the last three months, compared to the previous
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London's property prices leads to exodus of early 30s

London's expensive property prices are leading to an exodus of people in their early 30s from the capital, according to a report showing the economy
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Gap narrows between two-and five-year mortgage fixes

It shows that the gap between average interest rates on two- and five-year fixed rate mortgages is at its narrowest for five years. Mortgage lenders
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US Mortgage Names Reverse Mortgage Director

U.S. Mortgage Names Reverse Mortgage Director … U.S. Mortgage Corp. has hired Steven J. Sless as its new National Reverse Mortgage Director.
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The Shifting Landscape Of Lending: NBFCs Give Banks A Run For Their Money

NBFCs and Fintechs Are Leveraging An Integrated Technology Approach And Great Customer Service To Corner Banks In The Lending Market Inc42
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Banking sector says willing to lend helping hand to SOEs

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa's banking sector has promised to help state-owned enterprises with expertise and resources, but it won't go any
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CIBC: Should We Be Concerned About Its Decelerating Mortgage Growth Rate?

CIBC's Canadian residential mortgage origination volume is expected to fall by 50% in the second half of 2018. CIBC has a mortgage portfolio with
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Council funded housing scheme £560000 over budget

A spokesman for the city council said: 'This is a completed housing scheme involving 46 houses and nine bungalows which cost £6.54m to develop in
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Unison Home Ownership Investors raises $40 million in Series B

“As housing affordability continues to decrease, especially in urban areas, Unison brings a new financial solution for homeownership that benefits
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Fitness Tracker Market Analysis, Growth, Vendors, Shares, Size, Trends, Challenges with Forecast …

Fitness Tracker Market Analysis, Growth, Vendors, Shares, Size, Trends, Challenges with … Building/Real Estate ,Public Utilities ,Mining Oil well.
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Morning Brief: Real Estate Trends for May 2018

“While some REALTORS® are reporting signs of slowing, those signs have yet to be reflected in the numbers,” states Steve Danyliw, Chairman of the
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Australia, NZ central banks shun "volatile" digital currencies

[WELLINGTON] The central banks of Australia and New Zealand ruled out on Tuesday the notion that they would issue official cryptocurrencies
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Iran protests over currency drop: Euronews Answers

To tackle the currency issue specifically, the government has banned financial exchanges from buying or selling foreign currency, but the trade has
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