Oprah Winfrey Launches a Frozen Pizza Line

Oprah Winfrey Launches a Frozen Pizza Line

The launch comes one year to the day that Winfrey, one of Fortune's Greatest Leaders, began selling grocery-store refrigerated soups and side dishes.
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Zeroing in on remedies for Minnesota's housing crunch

Absent from the recommendations are calls for dramatic public-sector intervention in the private housing market. Rent control — a proposal that
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Aretha Franklin Didn't Have a Will, So Her Finances Will Be Made Public

Sign up: Click here to subscribe to the Broadsheet, Fortune's daily newsletter on the world's most powerful women. As of now, the full value of
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California Congressman Duncan Hunter Spent Campaign Funds on SeaWorld, Video Games, and …

Get CEO Daily, Fortune's newsletter for leaders. Hunter has previously blamed the video game purchases on his son, and there's certainly evidence
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Facebook cuts thousands of ad targeting options after HUD's housing discrimination allegation

Late last week, the Department of Housing and Urban Development filed a complaint against Facebook, claiming that the social media giant's
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Are real-life Legolands the answer to affordable housing?

They're called Bloks – not exactly Lego blocks, but not unlike them either. They are prefabricated housing units, similar to shipping containers, that can
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Existing home sales crawl at slowest pace in two years

The median existing home price for all housing types increased to $269,600 and surpassing last July's $258,100. This is a 4.5% increase from July
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Cerberus plots $500 million expansion of FirstKey Homes single-family rental portfolio

The news comes at an interesting time, considering that earlier this week, the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced that Fannie Mae and
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Regtech Report, Episode #2: Robots aren't coming for your mortgage jobs

For episode #2 of HousingWire's Regtech Report, Editor-in-Chief Jacob Gaffney is joined by Jason Roth, co-founder and chief technology officer of
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Mike Eshelman, head of consumer finance at Jornaya, to speak at engage.marketing

Buying a home is an emotional touchpoint for borrowers, and providing an experience that is fast but compliant, automated but still personal, is a tall
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Looking for the best time to refinance? Wait until 2020

“Everyone is getting ready for the coming refi opportunity in 2020,” one mortgage lending CEO tells HousingWire. “We are all position today to be
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Unity Bank, Finastra announce partnership

This week, Unity Bank, a Wisconsin based lender, announced a partnership with HW tech 100 winner Finastra to streamline its Total Lending solution.
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Serious delinquency rate hits lowest level since Great Recession

Ten years after the housing market collapsed, TransUnion released a report examining some of the changes to consumer credit since the Great
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DHA Unveils New Advisory Board for the Opportunity Rising Foundation

DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DHA (formerly, the Dallas Housing Authority) is honored to announce the new advisory board for the Opportunity Rising
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Mortgage applications see 4.2% boost

The Federal Housing Administration share of mortgage apps dipped from last week's 10.4% to 10.2% and the Veterans Affairs' share of applications
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Buoyed by court's decision, HUD vows to continue altering Obama fair housing rule

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said Wednesday that it will continue moving forward in its effort to change a controversial
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Robert Broeksmit officially takes over as MBA CEO

Stevens took over as the CEO of the MBA in 2011, after serving as the Federal Housing Administration commissioner in the Obama administration.
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Alterra Home Loans opening new branches to boost African-American homeownership

Alterra Home Loans is making good on its commitment to increase African-American homeownership, announcing today that it will open another new
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P2P Cryptocurrency Lending Grows Increasingly Popular in China

China is reportedly witnessing a surge in peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency lending amid the country's recent liquidity crunch and the virtual currency
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Title Insurance Market 2018-2025| Size, Share, Growth, Global Industry Key Players Fidelity …

Global Title Insurance Industry 2018 research report added by orianresearch.com to its vast repository provides important statistics and analytical data
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Starwood Property Trust Completes $374 Million Residential Non-Agency Securitization

Starwood Property Trust Completes $374 Million Residential Non-Agency Securitization

The Company's core business focuses on originating, acquiring, financing and managing commercial mortgage loans and other commercial real
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Fed Signals Readiness to Hike Again If Economy Stays On Track

U.S. central bankers are ready to raise interest rates again so long as the economy stays healthy, according to a record of the Federal Reserve's most
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Turkey-US Tiff Shows How Deep NATO's Problems Run

NATO is having a rough summer. Fresh off President Trump's deliberately disruptive behavior at the alliance summit in July, NATO has suffered a
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Cohen Attorney Davis on Trump, Payments, Impeachment

… in Cohen making payments to two women on his behalf before the 2016 election. He speaks with Bloomberg's Kevin Cirilli on “Bloomberg Markets.
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Buhari has changed fortune of youths through agric, says APC chieftain

Benin – Chief Francis Inegbineki, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says President Muhammudu Buhari's revolution in agriculture,
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Wisconsin millionaires bequeath fortune to scholarship fund

Despite their lack of formal education, the Somerset, Wis., couple amassed a fortune running Dalson Foods, a global meat-trading business, and
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A Neanderthal Mom and a Denisovan Dad: 90000-Year-Old Bone Fragment Reveals Startling …

Genetic analysis of a 90,000-year-old bone fragment found in a Siberian cave showed that it came from a female whose father was a Denisovan and
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Amazon Alexa Fellowship Program Is Heading to 14 More Universities

Get Data Sheet, Fortune's technology newsletter. Last week, St. Louis University said it would install 2,300 Echo Dot speakers in the private college's
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Kremlin Says It Doesn't Understand What Facebook and Microsoft Are Talking About

The Kremlin on Wednesday dismissed claims by Facebook that Russian intelligence has been running disinformation campaigns on the tech giant's
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Toby Cosgrove: Why We Need Artificial Intelligence in Health Care

… of knowledge in health care doubled every 150 years,” Cosgrove told me in March during Fortune's Brainstorm Health conference in Laguna Niguel,
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Bas And J. Cole Celebrate Good Fortune In 'Tribe'

From Bas' forthcoming album Milky Way, the track cherishes basking in good fortune while you're still in the thick of it. As a follow-up to his most recent
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'The Big Bang Theory' Will End After 12 Seasons in 2019

After 12 seasons, the popular CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory will finally come to an end, the show's network, studio, and executive producer
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Prison term given for Fortune Lake cabin arson

CRYSTAL FALLS — A Crystal Falls woman who helped her boyfriend burn down a cabin on Fortune Lake in Crystal Falls Township last year was
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The Legal Marijuana Market Is Catching Up to Beer and Wine

… and medical marijuana is legal in 30 states and Washington, D.C.. Sign up: Click here to subscribe to the Broadsheet, Fortune's daily newsletter on
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New Series 'Exodus' Reveals the Human Realities of Climate Change

… trying to tell stories that are broader and more diverse and more global, because the problem is worldwide, global, and diverse,” Hayes tells Fortune.
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Hughes Named to Fortune's Change the World List

Hughes, an EchoStar company, was named to the 2018 Fortune Change the World List, a ranking of top companies that make positive social impact
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Uber Is Finally Growing Up

When Dara Khosrowshahi left Expedia to take over for Travis Kalanick as CEO of Uber, he assumed responsibility for resolving a series of potentially
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Pumpkin Spice Latte Could Give Starbucks Stock a Jolt, Analysts Say

The Pumpkin Spice Latte is making a comeback at Starbucks next week. And when it does, it could give the company's stock price a much-needed
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Facebooks Bans Second App Ever Over Privacy Issues as Cambridge Analytica Fallout Continues

In a statement to Fortune, Stillwell disputed Facebook's conclusion, saying that “all necessary consents were explicitly and repeatedly provided by all
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Now You Can Read Entire Books on Instagram Thanks to the New York Public Library's 'InstaNovels'

The New York Public Library is introducing a new way for you to get your read on: the “InstaNovel.” As of Wednesday, the NYPL will begin posting
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A Snapshot of the Mortgage Market

A Snapshot of the Mortgage Market

Recent data from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act illustrates progress in the mortgage market. Loan denial rates are decreasing; loan originations
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UPDATE 3-RBC sees slowing mortgage growth due to tougher rules

TORONTO, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Royal Bank of Canada expects its mortgage sales growth to slow in the second half as tougher lending rules
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This Ontario mayor is lending his home to Syrian refugees

This Ontario mayor is lending his home to Syrian refugees. Mayor Eric Duncan explains why he lent his home for 5 months to a family of Syrian
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These 4 Deaths Will Revolutionize the Middle East

There is now a consensus that any political transformation of the Middle East — a long-cherished goal of both U.S. policymakers and millions who live
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Mortgage Applications Rise After 4 Weeks of Declines

Mortgage loan rates remained unchanged last week, with the 30-year fixed rate loan ending the week at 4.64%, according to Mortgage News Daily.
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Tiger Woods Comeback Draws More Fans to PGA Events

… to expect at The Northern Trust tournament in Paramus, NJ. They speak with Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn on “Bloomberg Markets: European Close.
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Existing-home sales unexpectedly slump to two-year low

… two years, signaling higher prices and tight supplies continue to squeeze demand, a National Association of Realtors report showed Wednesday.
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Golfer Snedeker Beats Pressure by Focusing on Trophies, Not Cash

… this week's Northern Trust event in Paramus, New Jersey. He speaks with Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn on “Bloomberg Markets.” (Source: Bloomberg)
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Trump Endorsements No Longer Look Like a Golden Touch

Mikhaila R. Fogel, Susan Hennessey, Quinta Jurecic, Benjamin Wittes at LawFare on the Cohen and Manafort news. 6. And my Bloomberg Opinion
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Yes, Social Network Use Leads to Violence

Distracting news events — reported, of course, mainly by traditional media — tend to reduce hate crime levels, too. Drastic action against hate speech
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What Is a Mortgage Note—and Do You Know Where Yours Is?

“Oftentimes, owner financing can be a form of financing for buyers who experience difficulties obtaining a traditional mortgage loan through a bank,”
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Trump Didn't Consult McGahn About Hush-Money Payments, Source Says

Trump said in an interview with Fox News the payments were “not even a campaign violation” because “they weren't taken out of campaign finance.
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Alterra Adds Three Branches to Build African-American Homeownership

… is 20 percent below the national average,” said Slayton. “Today, less than one percent of all mortgage originators in America are African-Americans.
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Subservicer Review; Note on Chenoa; Upcoming Training and Events

Register for an exclusive webinar presented by the CMBA Mortgage … loan originators and processors will join at the AIME Fuse 2018 National … besides the legal headline news from the Trump Administration, we've had the MBA's
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Trump Denies Cohen's Claims as Scrutiny of Campaign Intensifies

Trump told Fox News on Wednesday that he only learned of the payments “later on.” His statement contradicts a guilty plea Tuesday by Michael
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Tim Cook Is Poised to Reap $120 Million of Stock After Rally

“I don't really think about it,” Cook said in an interview in February, when Bloomberg asked him about the milestone. “I still view Apple as a pretty small
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Why Reverse Mortgage Lenders Should Pay Attention to HUD's Facebook Crackdown

But that can be a problem for any housing-related company — including lenders, real estate agents, and landlords — because of federal protections
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Leveraged-Loan Lovefest Will End in Heartbreak

But that's largely where the good news ends. …. will need all the support it can get, judging by data compiled by Bloomberg News's Lara Wieczezynski.
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Existing-Home Sales Drop for Fifth Straight Month

… according to new data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). … With mortgage rates stabilizing over the summer, look for housing market
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Trump Learns the Cost of One-Way Loyalty

“I'm going to surround myself only with the best and most serious people. We want top-of-the-line professionals.” — Donald Trump, Aug. 8, 2015.
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Jamaica Mortgage Bank targets $1.3b for lending

Jamaica Mortgage Bank targets $1.3b for lending

Jamaica Mortgage Bank, JMB, aims to lend $1.3 billion to developers for housing construction this fiscal year. If the state-owned financier hits the
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Mortgage defaults improved but originations still down from crisis

Better consumer credit quality helped push the serious mortgage delinquency rate to its lowest level since the Great Recession, but originations
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Banks have 'sufficient cushion' for further realty credit: QCB

In order to assess the credit risk from mortgage loan in Qatar, the QCB had conducted stress test by assuming stressed scenarios like fall in value of
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MBA: Mortgage Applications Rise 4.2%

On an unadjusted basis, the Market Composite Index measure of mortgage loan application volume rose 3% over the previous week. The Refinance
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Watt accuser asks Congress to compel him to testify on harassment suit

She also said that both the agency — which supervises mortgage-financing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — and its inspector general have
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Should we fear a tidal wave of mortgage resets?

For starters, just over 30% of the $1.7 trillion outstanding home loans (investor plus owner occupier) are IO loans, and around two thirds of those
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Lockheed Poised to Get $11 Billion F-35 Contract Despite Delays

… the planes to U.S. and international customers through June 30, the Defense Contract Management Agency said in a statement to Bloomberg News.
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Home Price Gains Continue to Dampen Demand

The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said sales of previously … over the past year, it's evident that the quick run-up in mortgage rates earlier
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Mortgage application volume rises for first time in six weeks

Mortgage applications rose for the first time in six weeks as interest rates held steady, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. The MBA's
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HUD Proceeds With AFFH Changes After Court Ruling

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced that it will proceed with amending the Obama-era Affirmatively Furthering
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Northern Trust CEO Says Golf Sponsorship 'Excellent Investment'

… the use of blockchain technology to manage investment funds. He speaks with Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn on “Bloomberg Markets: European Close.
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Alterra Home Loans Opens Three New Branches as it Targets the Underserved

As part of its effort to increase homeownership among African Americans in the U.S., the Legacy Division of mortgage lender Alterra Home Loans
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The Fed May Be About to Make a Mistake

Periods of the Fed being more hawkish than markets have coincided with declining yields. Conversely, when the Fed is less hawkish than the market
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Centrum to take over L&T Fin's supply chain lending

Mumbai: Jaspal Bindra and Chandir Gidwani-led Centrum Capital is set to acquire L&T Financial Services' supply chain-lending business that has a
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Why Linde, Praxair Deal Has Sprung a Leak

… require the pair to breach a self-imposed threshold for disposals. Bloomberg's Benedikt Kammel reports on “Bloomberg Markets: European Close.
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Fannie and Freddie to Exit Single-Family Rental Market

The government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, will conclude their single-family rental pilot programs and terminate
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Report Offers 30 Ideas for Replenishing Minnesota's Affordable Housing Shortage

Minnesota needs to build thousands of extra homes per year to address its problem with affordable housing crunch, according to a report issued by a
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Bitcoin Technical Sign Suggests Selloff May Be Almost Over

Bitcoin believers may be able to breathe a sigh of relief: A key technical signal could augur the end of the latest selloff. The GTI VERA Convergence
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Banks' lending to private sector declines by N600.60b

“If lending is declining, it shows that there is a lot more work to be done. Some of the issues affecting private sector lending need to be revisited.
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Angel Oak Capital Advisors Issues Its Largest Securitization Fully Backed by Affiliated Loans

Its team of mortgage experts continues to pioneer a fresh, commonsense approach to overcoming today's mortgage lending challenges. They operate
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Realtors Charged With Defrauding Lenders In Kickback Case

Realtors Charged With Defrauding Lenders In Kickback Case

… repairing foreclosed homes their way, according to an indictment unsealed Monday charging the pair with defrauding Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and
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National Association of Realtors® Commends FHFA Decision to Abandon Single Family Rental …

August 22, 2018 (STL.News) The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will conclude their
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The 3% Down Mortgage Is Back

For just a 3 percent down payment, certain consumers can now get a loan from both government-sponsored lenders (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac)
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Priderock Acquires $154M AZ Portfolio

The community was purchased for $56.6 million and subject to a $40.9 million loan held by Freddie Mac. Interior features include wood-style plank
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Existing-Home Sales Fell 0.7% in July

According to Freddie Mac, the average commitment rate for a 30-year, conventional, fixed-rate mortgage decreased to 4.53% in July from 4.57% in
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Hunt Real Estate Capital Finances the Construction of a Workforce/Affordable Multifamily Property …

The loan is one of the first Freddie Mac non-LIHTC Forward Permanent Loans that are intended to facilitate the development of Workforce Housing
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Fannie and Freddie End Funding of Single-Family Rentals

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has pulled the plug on pilot programs run by both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs) to finance
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FHFA Ends Fannie, Freddie's Single-Family Rental Pilots

FHFA Ends Fannie, Freddie's Single-Family Rental Pilots … plug on the single-family rental pilot programs underway at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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New Opportunities Open Up in Capital Markets Amid Dodd-Frank Rollbacks

This regulatory reduction is not unprecedented, as it follows a pattern seen throughout the nation's history: tightening lending standards during a
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KeyBank Secures Construction Loan for Affordable Housing in Austin

KeyBank's Commercial Mortgage Group secured a $29.4 million Freddie Mac Tax Exempt Loan (TEL) that follows a three-year commitment with one
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What travelers need to know as Hurricane Lane approaches Hawaii and the American Dream is …

Industry groups and housing advocates are applauding a decision by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to no longer backstop investor purchases of rental
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Unexpected dip in sales hits American housing market

The median price of an existing home in the United States has risen year-on-year for 77 consecutive months. It was $269,600 in July, up by 4.5 per
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Portland metro home prices cross into 'unaffordable' territory

The median home price, according to the Regional Multiple Listing Service, hit $417,900 in June. At that price — assuming a 20 percent down payment
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Home flipping once again on the rise in metro Atlanta

There were more than 1,400 house-flip sales in metro Atlanta during the first quarter …. “Right now, it is just not a dominant force in the housing market.
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The ranking of Canada's best and worst cities for homebuyers has changed radically

After a rough start to 2018 amid rising interest rates and new federal and provincial housing rules, Canada's real estate market is bouncing back.
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Unity Bank signs for Finastra Total Lending

Unity Bank, whose holding company is based in Augusta Wisconsin, and which has branches in Minnesota, has selected Finastra's Total Lending
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Reducing housing costs requires more multi-housing options and innovation in construction …

The housing market in the U.S. has been stuck in a conundrum for a while now. After the recession of 2008, housing needs had understandably
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Here are all the details about DC-area housing market in July

WASHINGTON — The Washington-area's housing market continues to suffer from a lack of houses and condos for sale, although price fluctuation from
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ECB policy changes foreign-denominated lending – Bank of Spain paper

In The relevance of currency denomination for the cross-border effects of monetary policy, Isabel Argimón looks at how ECB policy affects lending by
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US Commerce Dept. Warns Housing Inventory Still Short

… producing new single-family housing stock at a rate that is similar to the trough of a typical recession,” said Freddie Mac chief economist Sam Khater
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Existing-home sales cool again

Existing-home sales cool again

The U.S. housing market showed more signs of slowing down in July. Existing-homes sales fell for the fourth straight month, hampered by higher
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New apartment supply slumps as lending dries up

“The main reason is the banking industry decided about 12 months ago to stop lending to developers. That has slowed the supply,” Evans says.
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Nonbanks eat up lending market share with 40% increase in loan origination

Private equity firms, pension funds and government funds are delving into higher-risk lending including construction and bridge loans, while big banks
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Fla. Housing Market: Sales, New Listings, Median Prices Up in July 2018

22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Florida's housing market reported more sales, rising median prices and more new listings in July compared to a year ago,
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Toll Brothers Isn't Worried in the Slightest About a Housing Swoon

While some continue to report fantastic quarterly results, others are starting to show signs that the housing market is slowing down. Toll Brothers'
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Class action lawsuit filed against Federal Housing Finance Agency and Treasury Department

… “Fannie”) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac” or “Freddie;” Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac together, the “Companies”).
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Credit union lending strategies for a rising interest rate environment

With the Fed finally raising rates after years of keeping them near zero, credit unions could begin to see their annual loan growth slowing down in the
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Australia Mutiny Wounds Turnbull, Helping Labor's Election Hopes

That's good news for Bill Shorten, 51, whose Labor party led Turnbull's ruling coalition by 10 percentage points in a poll released on Monday.
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How Millennials Drove the Housing Shift From Buying to Renting

Tom Shapiro, president and chief investment officer at GTIS Partners, examines the factors pushing the U.S. housing market to renting from home
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Bull Marathon: S&P 500 On Track For Longest Bull Market On Record

Homebuilders Jump On Earnings Ahead of Data: The housing market is a key part of the economy, and Tuesday's bump in homebuilder share prices
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Home Sales Tumbled In July for the Longest Slump Since 2013

… interest rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage in July was 4.53%, up from 4.03% in January and 3.97% in July 2017, according to Freddie Mac.
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Freddie Mac Securities REMIC Trust 2005-S001 — Moody's downgrades 11 US RMBS bonds …

Rating Action: Moody's downgrades 11 US RMBS bonds issued prior to 2009Global Credit Research – 22 Aug 2018. Read the full article at Moody's.
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Grandbridge Real Estate Capital Appoints Matthew Rocco as New President

… efforts, Rocco will be responsible for the company's Agency Underwriting (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHA) and Balance Sheet Closing groups.
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Freddie Mac reports $1.45B SLST deal, largest this year

Freddie Mac (OTCQB:FMCC +7.2%) reports a $1.45B seasoned loans structured transaction–or SLST–of a pool of seasoned re-performing loans.
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Suburban Dallas Community Changes Hands

In April, JLL's Capital Markets team secured financing from Freddie Mac for Frontline Holdings to purchase Rock35, a 144-unit community in Round
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Springfield housing market on the rise – Western Mass News – WGGB/WSHM

“We are back to the height of the market and moving past that, so now people have the equity in their home and they can move on and move up and
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S&P Reaches New High as Rally Continues

The S&P reached a new intraday record on Tuesday though it closed slightly behind the mark. Nevertheless, the major indices have put together four
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Freddie Mac Announces Largest SLST Deal of 2018

MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 22, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced an approximate $1.45 billion Seasoned Loans
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US home market slips, but prices and sales jump in Massachusetts

“Higher mortgage rates and fading consumer sentiment have weighed down activity this summer,” Len Kiefer, deputy chief economist at Freddie Mac
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Fannie, Freddie will stop backing single-family rentals

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored enterprises that help lubricate the U.S. mortgage market, will stop backing loans for
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US Existing-Home Sales Unexpectedly Fall to Two-Year Low

US Existing-Home Sales Unexpectedly Fall to Two-Year Low

Sales of previously owned U.S. homes unexpectedly dropped for a fourth month to the weakest in more than two years, signaling higher prices and
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Why Lowe's is closing stores and slashing inventory

The home improvement retailer did report earnings that topped forecasts on Wednesday, thanks to a healthy housing market. Shares surged more
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RBC forecasts slowing mortgage growth due to tougher lending rules

Royal Bank of Canada shrugged off concerns about trends in consumer credit and the global economy to report higher third-quarter profit and revenue
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Clouds clear, and Lowe's delivers strong second quarter

Lowe's is preparing for a more constrained housing market, as higher mortgage rates combined with steadily rising real estate prices have dampened
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Op-Ed: How Hurricane Harvey regulation impacted housing affordability

The impact on new homes could be considerable and particularly devastating in terms of affordability for those just now entering the housing market.
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US: Division between a strong economy and a sluggish housing market likely to continue – Wells …

“Rising home prices and tight inventories continue to limit existing home sales. Total resales of existing homes once again fell short of expectations
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Payday Lending Initiative: How Activists Plan to Stop 200 Percent Loans

“We want to stop predatory lending in our state and ensure that all lenders have to play by the same rules.” At this writing, the Colorado Secretary of
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What could Brexit mean for the UK property market?

“There is likely to be a surge in demand for property as more people seek out safe and secure assets that are able to weather periods of economic and
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Sarasota-Manatee condo market strong

The highlight of July's residential real estate market report on Southwest Florida can be summed up in one word: condos. “The condo market is strong,
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Prices continue to rise in Dayton-area housing market

The Dayton-area housing market continues to reach new heights. The average sale price of a single-family home or condominium in July was
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Quicken Loans: United Wholesale workers are subverting our mortgage lending operations

What started as a simple announcement early last week that C2 Financial would discontinue offering Quicken Loans' products via its mortgage broker
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Unity Bank chooses Finastra for lending processes

Unity Bank has selected Finastra's Total Lending solution to streamline its commercial lending and consumer lending processes, including its
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Central Ohio home sales, prices rebound in July

“The Ohio housing market heated up in July, as the rate of sales reached record levels,” said Tiffany Meyer, president of the Ohio Realtors trade group.
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Unity Bank streamlines lending processes with Finastra

With Finastra's Total Lending, Unity Bank has the tools to remain competitive in a strategically important marketplace. New York, August 22, 2018,
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TradeStation Launches New Fully Paid Lending Program That Enables Equities Account Holders …

Award-Winning* Broker Introduces New Program Allowing Qualified Accounts the Opportunity to Earn Interest Income on Lendable Securities.
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Sovereign Lending Group makes the list 6 years in a row!

Sovereign Lending Group makes the list 6 years in a row! … “Sovereign Lending Group is now a member of a select group of companies to be on the
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The Lending Cupboard secures $97000 provincial grant

Red Deer – North MLA Kim Schreiner presents a cheque to The Lending Cupboard's Executive Director Dawna Morey and thanks volunteers for their
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How Will Blockchain Impact The Lending Industry?

Blockchain is one of the most exciting and talked-about emerging technologies. Providing the operational framework for cryptocurrencies, Blockchain's
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Bitcoinist Partners With Cryptocurrency Lending Platform INLOCK

INLOCK, a lending platform for cryptocurrency holders, has partnered with Bitcoinist to help educate the public on the spendability problem and how
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Opinion: SMEs 'starved of funding' as UK sees collapse in lending

Damon Walford, Chief Development Officer of online peer-to-peer lending platform ThinCats, on why so many small and medium-sized businessess
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Report: Resort home sales in Hawaii increased last year

Report: Resort home sales in Hawaii increased last year

The number of sales last year is the highest since the more than 1,700 resort homes sold in 2007. “The market is accelerating,” housing market
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Luxury Home Market Treats Toll Brothers Splendidly

The company's average price for a delivered home increased from $791,400 in the third quarter a year ago to $851,900. The average price of net
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World's Biggest Wealth Fund Struggles Under Weight of Trade War

The world's biggest wealth fund benefited in the months through June from a rally in U.S. markets, fueled by tax cuts. Like many global investors,
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Three makes a trend, as CLSA becomes third bank to forecast Hong Kong's home prices to drop

Hong Kong home prices will drop 15 per cent over the next 12 months, investment bank CLSA said, joining an increasing number of financial
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Trump Promised to Bring Back Coal. It's Declining Again

More than any other recent president, Donald Trump came to office promising to revive coal and restore mining jobs. Nineteen months into his term,
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Japan Delivers $9 Billion Blow to Mobile Phone Operators

Japan's wireless carriers tumbled in Tokyo after the government's spokesman said they have room to cut phone bills by about 40 percent, sparking
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Wannabe Wine Connoisseurs Can Now Buy Instant Cellars for $5000

Dreaming of being a wine collector with a killer cellar but don't know how to turn your fantasy into reality? I understand. The whole prospect of
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India's GDP Fracas Could Hurt Modi and Maul Rupee Bears

Just as some analysts were starting to believe in a reset for the Indian rupee, with the government becoming more relaxed about letting it weaken,
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BHP's Costs Crash Diet Is Running Out of Steam

David Fickling is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering commodities, as well as industrial and consumer companies. He has been a reporter for
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UK Government Posts Biggest July Budget Surplus in 18 Years

The U.K. budget surplus in July surged to the biggest since 2000 for the month as tax receipts picked up. The surplus on the month was 2 billion
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UK Manufacturing Growth Resilient on Pound Weakness, CBI Says

UK Manufacturing Growth Resilient on Pound Weakness, CBI Says

U.K. manufacturing continues to benefit from the weaker pound, the Confederation of British Industry said in a report published on Tuesday.
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'Watch What Trump Does, Not What He Says'

Markets work best when businesses are making decisions based on economic factors, not on whether the president will attack them on Twitter.
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US Deports Suspected Nazi Camp Guard, 95, to Germany

A 95-year-old man from Queens, New York, who has lived in the U.S. for almost 70 years was deported to Germany because he lied about his
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Trump Proposes Unwinding Obama's Coal-Plant Pollution Curbs

The approach shows the Trump administration abandoning Obama's expansive view of what constitutes the “best system of emission reductions” for a
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The Future Of Money In Real Estate

The Future Of Money In Real Estate

The same potential impact can occur in places we use or put our money, such as real estate . Already, we are seeing new ways to pay for real estate
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City approves contract with Clemons Real Estate to sell 600 N. Main

Clemons Real Estate will represent the city of Mt. Vernon in the sale of the former MRC campus at 600 North Main. The Mt. Vernon Board of Aldermen
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Casey Stowe finds career in love of real estate, historic preservation

He was talking about his love for real estate, old buildings and historic preservation. Stowe said he is only aware of it in hindsight, but he traces that
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This $450K Hamilton real estate listing looks like a horror movie set

It looks like a scene ripped straight out of a horror movie — and it could be yours for just under half a million dollars.
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Real estate: The forgotten piece of the innovation puzzle

Shaun Bond holds the West Shell Jr. chair in real estate and is a professor in the Department of Finance and Real Estate in the Lindner College of
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Real estate briefs: 1001 McKinney lands energy tenants

Courney Cole of HFF worked with Canada-based Nicola Crosby Real Estate to arrange an acquisition loan on behalf of the buyer through Principal
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Key decision coming in real estate court case

TORONTO — The end might be near for a seven-year battle that has kept the public from easily finding sales data for homes in the Greater Toronto
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Overstock.com to move into real estate

Online discount retailer Overstock.com has announced plans to move into the real estate market with the purchase of Houserie, a property
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Putting your best real estate foot forward

There are many things to consider when listing your home for sale. After choosing the right real estate agent, determining your time frame and pricing
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RealFoundations Elevates Three Real Estate Industry Veterans to Serve as Senior Managing …

22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — RealFoundations, one of the world's foremost providers of consulting and managed services for the real estate industry,
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TH Real Estate sells $291M stake in Back Bay office

Norway-based Norges Bank Real Estate Management, which manages unlisted real estate assets of the Norwegian government's pension fund, has
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Chick-fil-A Leader Joins Inspire Brands as SVP of Real Estate

Don Crocker has joined Inspire Brands as Senior Vice President of Real Estate, a new role that will support Inspire's plan to supercharge the long-term
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The First Step To Investing In Real Estate? Just Do It

As a successful real estate investor, and a woman, I am often asked how I got started in this field. I have pondered this question for over 20 years, and
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Equity Residential Buys 378-Unit Troy Boston High Rise

The community is certified to LEED® Gold standards. The property has a walk score of 96 and is located less than 0.5 miles from both the MBTA Red
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Long-time southern Maine real estate team joins Portside Real Estate

Portside Real Estate Group announced the addition of McFarlane Field Associates as part of its expansion in southern Maine. According to a Portside
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House Hunting in … Sweden

… an agent with Skeppsholmen Sotheby's International Realty, which has the listing … The half-acre property is entered through ornate cast-iron gates.
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Key decision coming in legal battle over privacy of Toronto real estate data

The Supreme Court of Canada said it will announce on Thursday morning whether it will hear an appeal from the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB)
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