What most people don't know is that in the State of Michigan, Real Estate Law does not require an Earnest Money Deposit for a Real Estate Purchase
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The “Business Process Management (BPM) in Real Estate Market Report” additionally depicts definite data about strategies and methodologies
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Back in October last year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced its new 1,690-page-long payday lending rule that included several
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Transactions in Calgary's resale housing market continue to lag from year-ago levels. According to the Calgary Real Estate Board, MLS sales so far
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BUSINESS WIRE)–Senior Housing Properties Trust (Nasdaq: SNH) today announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2018.
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The size and fragmentation of the Private Client Market segment, … market trends in the commercial real estate market or the general economy;
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Real estate is more than a passing trend for global institutional investors, as evidenced by the growing number of allocations to the asset class of
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Residential real estate investment in areas like Dallas, Texas can assist with monthly cash flow to help build a real estate investment portfolio.
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Real estate investment companies (REICs) are increasing the share of hotels in their Greek property portfolios, with investments reaching 50 million
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“Our collaboration with HomeLight gives them the tools and information they need to better understand real estate trends in their local market and
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Bucking the downmarket trend, asking prices are up on the Palm, Al Furjan, Jumeirah Village Circle, reveals a latest report by Dubai based real estate
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Topics covered throughout the conference are wide-ranging and include economic updates, residential and commercial real estate trends, social
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An embattled national mattress retailer embroiled in a real estate scandal is … “The irrational behavior has been disruptive, and Mattress Firm pulling back on advertising has been damaging to mattress industry traffic trends.”.
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“REALTORS® understand better than anyone that the U.S. real estate market continues to be seen as a safe, secure and profitable place to invest in
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As Ben Lane reported on Monday, real estate giant Zillow is getting into the mortgage business, and judging by the stock's rocky movement on
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Historically, the average rebound in real estate has lasted seven years, … Trends like cloud computing, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles,
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In collaboration with its preferred partner, HW Tech100 winner LBA Ware, The Mortgage Collaborative announced Tuesday the release of its
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In a special sponsored supplement to the August issue of HousingWire Magazine, The Housing Industry Gives Back, we recognize some of the
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WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CIM Group today announced that it has acquired Trellis House, a newly-constructed, 6-story, mixed-used
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In much of the country, July real estate sales appeared to moderate in much of the country, he says. “While Toronto bucked that trend with an
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Bridgewater-based Atlantic Real Estate Services has announced it will serve as exclusive broker to Goodman North America in marketing its
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At this time, I'd like to welcome everyone to the Granite Point Mortgage Trust's Second Quarter 2018 Financial Results Conference Call. [Operator
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“Trump's negotiating stance has clearly been emboldened by the resilient markets,'' said Michael Collins, a senior portfolio manager at PGIM Inc., on
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Financial stocks were higher in afternoon trading, including a more than … The company also said it was acquiring Mortgage Lenders of America for
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It might even—and it is hard to tell, hard to disentangle the effect of the buyback from the effects of announcements of good news, etc.—but it might
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Home Bank NA, a subsidiary of Home Bancorp, has implemented the Loan Fulfillment Center (LFC) from Mortgage Cadence, an Accenture company.
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Facebook has hit back at criticism it received for allegedly asking banks for financial information on its users. The backlash followed a report which
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“There should be pilot programs where the regulators and the banks work together” to allow testing of new products, she said. “If we can create a
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Mexico's state-run housing lender Fovissste said it issued mortgage loans this year to the tune of almost 35.2bn pesos (US$1.90bn). The funds .
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KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc. (NYSE:KREF) Q2 2018 Earnings Conference Call August 7, 2018 9:30 AM ET. Executives. Sasha Hamilton – IR.
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Retail chain Mattress Firm Inc. is working with a restructuring adviser as it looks to substantially trim its real-estate portfolio of more than 3,300 stores,
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Buyers continue to get good news in latest real estate report – Photo. Buyers continue to get good news in latest real estate report · Mendocino wildfire
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Philadelphia experienced 2.8% growth in wages over the last year, compared to the U.S. overall, which saw just 2.2% pay growth in during the period
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Zillow Group Inc. on Monday announced the acquisition of a national mortgage lender to assist with home purchases as it continues to expand
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… for sale to investors Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, or a score in the mid to upper 600s for a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insured loan.
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“This program allows the property owner to achieve the same returns via the workforce housing mezz loan as they would through a standard rent
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Mr. Kornfeld sold millions of dollars' worth of commercial mortgage loans issued by the Woodbridge Group. 1 Global Capital is also known as 1st
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Banking & Securities – For almost two decades, Deloitte has taken a leadership role in advancing the World Economic Forum's objective of “Improving
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Swiss startup Liquineq has come up with a bank funds transfer platform that uses blockchain for security and scales to millions of transactions per
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Facebook has denied a report that it reached out to banks for access to consumers' financial data in order to add new services to its Messenger
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Seven government-owned banks are functioning without their chiefs and the term of three other CEOs will end by the middle of August creating a huge
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Banking and investment fees could cost Americans more than $1.1 million over the course of their lifetime, according to a new report from NerdWallet.
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Instead Facebook is working with banks to support chatbots that allow users to access banking services right from within its Messenger app.
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Facebook is enticing major U.S. banks to divulge consumers' personal information in exchange for other data, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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A real estate company advertising for Greg Laurie's SoCal Harvest event has removed billboards for the event at an Orange County mall. The billboard
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UK-based digital bank Starling Bank has introduced banking-as-a-platform offer, which allows businesses to offer their own retail banking services
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Active regulators is nothing new in the Australia financial services space. In this particular case, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission
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Indian banks reported a total loss of about Rs 70,000 crore due to frauds during the last three fiscals up to March 2018, the Rajya Sabha was informed
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Facebook's push to gain access to users' banking data and other sensitive financial information could help make online banking more efficient — or it
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Aronoff would get the prime lending rate, then 3.45 per cent at large Canadian banks — an attractive deal for a loan not secured by real estate.
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The open banking software vendor TrueLayer has raised $7.5 million to help it expand into Europe and take advantage of opportunities from PSD2,
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A multibillion-dollar Italian banking conglomerate has stopped advertising with Facebook until the social media company improves its ethical
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Australian financial institutions including the big four banks would be forced to break up their businesses and perform just one of four key functions in a
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It is no secret that most social media giants want to enter the banking sector, but Facebook is now coming up with a concrete proposal to the sector for
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Chase, Wells Fargo and Bank of America all require balances of $1,500 to avoid fees on their basic accounts. There are workarounds. Customers can
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Facebook is coming for people's banking information next, a report claims. Facebook already knows a ton of data about its users anyway, so why not
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… tweeting that he's considering taking the electric-car maker private. He speaks with Bloomberg's Shery Ahn and Tom Giles on “Bloomberg Markets.
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The initiative acts similar to rent control—which has been gaining traction in many parts of the country—by keeping units in private hands and
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The findings are in line with the results of several studies this year, including one by Freddie Mac which found that affordability challenges are
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Freddie Mac has announced two new affordable rental programs. The first is a pilot in three markets (Atlanta, Orlando, and Tallahassee) that supports
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The UK's prudential regulator has come under fire for being slow to act on the potential systemic threat of equity release mortgage (ERM) lending by
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These include selling bad loans to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the FHA. The most recent suit over this was settled for a $2.1 billion fine just last
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According to a recent study by the Urban Institute, helping people understand their financing options for manufactured housing could increase the
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bankrolled fewer single-family loans through the first half of this year compared to the first six months of 2017.
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Freddie Mac's (OTCQB:FMCC) is starting a pilot program that will provide multifamily property owners favorable pricing and additional debt capital in
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WASHINGTON — Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could require as much as $78 billion in bailout money in the event of a serious
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Ascent Real Estate, a member of Hotel Brokers International, announced the successful sale of the Comfort Inn & Suites, in Rifle, Colorado.
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IN THE one year between the Fortune 500 lists for 2017 and 2018, the number of women among the CEOs of these 500 companies dropped from an
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Freddie Mac , the country's largest backer of apartment loans, is rolling out a new program that will offer lower-cost financing to owners who agree to
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But will the flood of bad news affect policy related to oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? Analysts say the biggest impact of all the attention
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Loans including the HomeReady and Home Possible programs from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, respectively; and, the FHA loan, VA loan, and
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The sale was subject to a $2.3 million Freddie Mac loan. Located at 2201 Riverside Drive in the Upper Arlington submarket, next to the Scioto Country
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Aukum Group picked up the 1986-built property in January 2018 for $19.5 million, or $104,659 per unit. Freddie Mac financed the acquisition with a
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As the up-and-coming generation of real estate leaders in the Magic City, here's what they identify as issues to overcome.
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Freddie Mac is financing an initiative that supports both affordable housing and the surrounding community. The Government Sponsored Enterprise
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NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Two Harbors Investment Corp. (NYSE: TWO), a leading hybrid mortgage real estate investment trust (REIT) that
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Johannesburg – The winner of the biggest PowerBall jackpot – R145 million – said on Tuesday that he was still in shock and disbelief following the
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Three mansions along Newport's famed Bellevue Avenue have hit the real estate market. Snug Harbor has the highest price tag out of the three as it's
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7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Broe Real Estate Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Broe Group, today announced the purchase of a three building
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Colony Credit Real Estate, Inc. (NYSE:CLNC) Q2 2018 Results Earnings Conference Call August 7, 2018 10:00 AM ET. Executives. Lasse Glassen
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The outreach to lenders comes with the yuan approaching 7 to the dollar. Only one of 20 traders and analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News said the
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A big voice in Boston real estate is retiring. David Begelfer will step down at the end of the year as chief executive of NAIOP Massachusetts, the
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Lading-Lading, Indonesia (AP) — Soldiers have pulled a man alive from the rubble of a large mosque flattened by an earthquake on the Indonesian
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The CNBC report below shows how rising rates are affecting mortgage applications and the housing market in general. To watch the full video, click
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They're Donald Trump's kind of business. They dominate the domestic market, rack up a trade surplus by selling to foreigners, and do a lot of their
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Two years ahead of the next Olympics, Tokyo 2020 is already miles ahead of its predecessors when it comes to tech and security. NEC Corporation, a
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The firm will provide mezzanine debt to owners at below market cost, which could be appealing to real estate investors facing a rental market that has
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Apple Music is rolling out a new feature that promises to help you enjoy music with friends. Friends Mix is a new addition to the algorithm-based mixes
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The Trump administration is planning to make it more difficult for legal immigrants to become citizens, NBC News reports. According to their sources,
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Stan Kroenke's takeover of Arsenal could put his personal fortune at risk if he fails to keep up repayments. Billionaire Kroenke today confirmed that he
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It followed the news that Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund had built a … In an interview with Bloomberg News in January 2015, he spoke of the
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Coping with the tragic plane crash that took the lives of three of their own real estate agents Sunday afternoon, Pacific Union International executives
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Fortune has yet to ascertain the veracity of the tweet, and will update this article once Tesla responds. Musk's social media message came shortly after
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Avis Budget group announced on Monday that it's adding thousands of rental vehicles to the fleet of ride-hailing heavyweight Lyft. The cars, which will
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Hilltop Residential has purchased the 398-unit Villas at Bunker Hill apartments at 9757 Pine Lake Drive. Chris Curry, Todd Marix and Estee Ibáñez of
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“The vast majority of Android's installed base are lower-end handsets with less functionality and in markets with low per-capita-income (hence are not
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The four-bedroom house on a 1.3-acre lot on Sheridan Road was not listed publicly but sold while on real estate agents' Private Listing Network,
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Bloomberg's Vincent Cignarella examines the mixed-risk appetite signals in financial markets. He speaks with Bloomberg's Abigail Doolittle on
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Mortgages to millennial borrowers for new home purchases continued to climb in June, accounting for 91% of closed loans, according to the latest
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… director, discusses the outlook for Turkey's economy with Bloomberg's Shery Ahn and David Westin on “Bloomberg Markets: Balance of Power.
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A father-and-son team with a garage full of electric cars forces a Southern stronghold of gasoline power to face the quietly whirring future. By.
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West Virginia is offering mobile voting for troops serving overseas this November, becoming the first state to utilize an app for federal elections.
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Verus Mortgage Capital, a non-QM correspondent investor backed by Invictus Capital Partners, recently increased loan amounts and debt-to-income
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Although the Federal Housing Finance Agency put caps on the government-sponsored enterprise's multifamily business of $36.5 billion, it designed
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The stock drop comes as Zillow announced the purchase of the 300-person Mortgage Lenders of America, signaling that it's getting serious about
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Five years after it faced a franchise-threatening PR disaster, SeaWorld is finally rebounding from the fallout from the Blackfish documentary film.
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Zillow Group makes a push into mortgage originations but also announces a small loss and disappointing revenue numbers in some product
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Bank of America downgrades Zillow (Z -17.1%)(ZG -17.9%) from Buy to Neutral and reduces the price target by $10 to $60, a 2% upside to yesterday's
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… $2 billion stake in the electric-car maker. Bloomberg's Riad Hamade has more on “Bloomberg Markets: Balance of Power.” (Source: Bloomberg)
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… lessons learned during his military experience to public service in the Missouri statehouse. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets: Balance of Power.
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV has won tweets of praise from President Trump for its decision to shift pickup production from Mexico to Michigan.
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Following the closing of a $21 million first mortgage loan secured for a Virginia community, Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has arranged a $22.3
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This is the web version of Data Sheet, Fortune's daily newsletter on the top tech news. To get it delivered daily to your in-box, sign up here. (Today's
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Dennis Lower, longtime president and CEO of Cortex, a self-styled innovation hub and technology district in St. Louis, calls the sprawling,
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Diversity may save lives. Female heart attack patients treated by female doctors were between two and three times likelier to survive than female
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THIS IS PART XIV of LARB's serialization of Seth Greenland's forthcoming novel The Hazards of Good Fortune. Greenland's novel follows Jay
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A man from New York is suing Rachael Ray's “natural” dog food brand, Nutrish, for allegedly containing the “potentially harmful” herbicide glyphosate.
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Zillow has now entered the mortgage space. As soon as the email alert from HousingWire hit my inbox, I could already see the responses in my head.
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Digital tools can reduce physical barriers and help families prevent elder fraud. And the market is likely to grow. By. Emma Kinery. More stories by
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As anyone that's watched “The Founder” knows, McDonald's isn't just a fast-food chain but also a brilliant $30 billion real-estate company. Part of its
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Apple might find itself in the middle of a possible trade war between the U.S. and China, a state-run media outlet said on Tuesday. The state-run
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Just as real estate is all about location, location, location, how one … state of the real estate market in Crawford County depends on perspective,
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South America's only solar-thermal project is resuming construction just as the technology it uses risks being overtaken by a cheaper alternative.
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Good morning, Term Sheet readers. Media executive Jeffrey Katzenberg just raised $1 billion in funding to create high-quality content for a mobile
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The tech industry finally did the right thing and pulled the plug on conspiracy loon Alex Jones. Sites like Facebook and YouTube announced Jones,
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California's Mendocino Complex fires, already the largest in California's history, burned another 6,900 acres overnight. And firefighters lost ground
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7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Realtors®, members of the National Association of Realtors®, will travel to Hanoi, Vietnam to join experts in the real estate
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… JPMorgan Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon that U.S. yields could reach 5 percent. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets.” (Source: Bloomberg)
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Under direction, the Senior Real Estate Agent plans, organizes, supervises, and integrates the work of assigned staff and consultants engaged in
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Meadow Partners and Slate Property Group have refinanced their mixed-use development at 1 Flatbush Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn with a $125
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Lancaster Pollard Mortgage Company, LLC originates, underwrites and services mortgage loans insured or guaranteed by governmental agencies.
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Residential real estate sales in the Montreal area rose in July by one per cent compared with the same period in 2017, reaching the highest level
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$35/SQ. FT. $128,240 approximate annual rent. 25-11 38th Avenue (at 27th Street). Long Island City, Queens. A 10- to 15-year lease is available for a
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It has not been a good summer for beer in Europe. First, the U.K. had to ration beer during the World Cup because of a carbon dioxide shortage.
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The appointment of Rayman Kaur Mathoda to the post comes close on the heels of Xome's purchase of Assurant's Mortgage Solutions unit. In addition
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Spain's national rail infrastructure company will host a new international hyperloop research center built by Virgin Hyperloop One. The center will be
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NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France will be taking an indefinite leave of absence after being arrested for driving while intoxicated and criminal
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Median property taxes range nationally between $8,477 dollars and $776. New Jersey is the most expensive state for property tax purposes.
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Shares in Tesla Inc. climbed 6.8 percent to $365.36 at 1:47 p.m. Tuesday in New York, putting his fortune above $25 billion after the company's
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The NFL sidelines are going to look a little different this year. For the first time, the cheerleading squads of two teams will include men. The Los
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House Speaker Paul Ryan said he's “very comfortable with the decisions” he's made during the Trump administration. “I would make them again, do it
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7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — C.A. Fortune, a leading consumer products sales and marketing agency based in Chicago, continues to grow and expand its
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And Tesla has been clear that its auto-steering feature in the Model S might not operate as well as it should on hills. Tesla declined Fortune's request
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… company's production targets, gold prices, discovery costs and his growth strategy. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets: Asia.” (Source: Bloomberg)
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The ratio of legal to illegal activity in Bitcoin has flipped, according to Lilita Infante at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. When Infante started
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Median prices in the area through the first half of 2018 were up only 5 percent from the same period last year, according to data from local real estate
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One of Britain's richest men has said he would bet his entire £3.5 billion fortune that Britain will get free trade with the EU if there is a no deal Brexit.
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Carl Icahn has some thoughts about insurer Cigna's proposed mega-deal with pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) Express Scripts—and he's not
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A tourist plays with water in Daxi Village of Anji County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 7, 2018. The tertiary industry of Daxi Village generated
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LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–RealtyMogul, an online marketplace that pioneered providing direct real estate access to discerning investors,
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Who's afraid of a weaker rand? Not the South African Reserve Bank, according to a new study examining the pass-through of currency fluctuations to
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For instance, if you were trying to purchase a home far away from your … in employment can raise questions about whether there are other loans in the
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Last month, it was back in the news for broadcasting another forced confession — this time a teenager who posted a video of herself dancing without
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Mortgage credit accessibility kept climbing in July, mostly thanks to an expansion of jumbo loan products offered, pushing the jumbo index to its
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Shares of Zillow (Z) plunged nearly 20% Tuesday after it announced a plan to buy Mortgage Lenders of America, a home loan bank based in Kansas.
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Wells Fargo disclosed in its latest corporate quarterly report (pdf) to the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission that it erroneously denied mortgage
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In both instances, the Mezzanine Loan is originated simultaneously with a Freddie Mac first mortgage loan in a streamlined, single-source process.
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Zillow is the site people visit to see how much their home (or their neighbor's) is worth. But the company is not content only
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Communities that have seen their share of oil booms and busts view the man camps as a necessary part of supporting the current economic
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LoanStream Mortgage, a California-based mortgage lender that specializes in wholesale lending through mortgage brokers and consumer direct
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… company's purchase of a mortgage originator. He speaks with Bloomberg's Jonathan Ferro on “Bloomberg Markets: The Open.” (Source: Bloomberg)
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