Research: Real Estate Crowdfunding Market Share & Trends 2018 Analysis Report: Facts & Factors

Research: Real Estate Crowdfunding Market Share & Trends 2018 Analysis Report: Facts & Factors

The market research firm Facts and Factors have recently added the latest study on, titled “Research: Real Estate Crowdfunding Market Share
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S&P Global Ratings sees 'positive early progress' in Deutsche Bank restructure

Deutsche Bank has made “positive early progress” in its massive multi-year restructuring program, according to S&P Global Ratings. In a note
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South Korea financial regulator sees bubble in housing prices

[SEOUL] South Korea's top financial regulator said on Tuesday that a property market bubble in the country could potentially burst, issuing a stark
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Twitter scumbags scam 64-year-old lady out of $158K Bitcoin fortune

Two men have pleaded guilty to defrauding a 64-year-old woman out of more than $158,000 worth of Bitcoin, The Oregonian reports. The brothers
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Fortune Electric (TPE:1519) Seems To Use Debt Quite Sensibly

We can see that Fortune Electric Co., Ltd. (TPE:1519) does use debt in its business. But the more important question is: how much risk is that debt
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Finding Your Right Mortgage Product: Four Alternative Options

For many Americans, the process begins with taking out a mortgage, because buying a home with straight cash is not always possible, nor is it the
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Experts predict housing crisis for 2020

Next year will be hard on the housing market, especially in some major cities. Atlanta is not among those predicted to be hard hit. As demand heats up
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A Tough Year for Emerging Markets Ends With Money in Bank

Emerging markets are about to end a turbulent year in which U.S.-China trade tensions dominated headlines and central banks around the world
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Should You Be Worried About Insider Transactions At Logitech International SA (VTX:LOGN)?

So shareholders might well want to know whether insiders have been buying or selling shares in Logitech International S.A. (VTX:LOGN).
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Customers Featured in Mortgage Bankers Association's 2019 Mid-Year Rankings of Top …

DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–FICS® (Financial Industry Computer Systems, Inc.), a leading mortgage loan origination software, residential servicing
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Investors Who Bought Guotai Junan International Holdings (HKG:1788) Shares Three Years Ago …

As an investor its worth striving to ensure your overall portfolio beats the market average. But in any portfolio, there are likely to be some stocks that fall
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Multifamily Real Estate Analyst

Job opening for Multifamily Real Estate Analyst at Freddie Mac.
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Public Relations: TV maintains its power in real estate PR – by Harry Zlokower

Public Relations: TV maintains its power in real estate PR – by Harry Zlokower … (properties and events) and even more importantly issues and trends.
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Public Notices week of December 17, 2019

… JR., ZORA FISHER, conveying certain real property therein described to WARRANTY TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, as Trustee, as same appears
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St. Petersburg entertains offer for prime downtown real estate

PETERSBURG — The city has owned prime downtown real estate on Central Avenue since the sleepy days of St. Petersburg, before there were
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First-Time Home Mortgages in UK Tick Up in October

In total, home loans to first-timers totaled 32,260 in October, accounting for roughly half of all new mortgages to buy a home, according to UK Finance,
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Home sales, prices rose in Humboldt County in November

12 Freddie Mac post on mortgage rates. “Often, while higher mortgage rates are deleterious, improved economic sentiment is the reason that these
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'Tis the Season for Holiday Movies—and Hallmark and Lifetime Aren't Afraid of Netflix

Imagine you're trapped inside a Christmas movie. What would it look like? Would there be an indomitably cheerful grandmother baking endless
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Washington Real Estate Investment Trust Enters Oversold Territory

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (Symbol: WRE) presently has an above average rank, in the top 50% of the coverage universe, which
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Friedman Real Estate sells 200000-SF distribution warehouse in Illinois

Friedman Real Estate recently sold 2600 Wirsing Parkway in DeKalb, Illinois. The property is a 202,000-square-foot, five-star distribution facility that
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Real estate stocks see best returns in 5 years, but trail S&P

Real estate stocks see best returns in 5 years, but trail S&P

Declining interest rates have helped push real estate stocks to their best returns in five years. Real estate stocks as a whole had returns of more than
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TREASURIES-US Treasury yields steady; investors cautious despite strong housing data

(New throughout, updates prices, market activity and comments) By Ross Kerber BOSTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury yields were steady on
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US-China Deal Will Be a Short-Term Truce

Yet, it's not how the equity markets see the situation. Instead, they are pricing the deal as simultaneously improving both the immediate and
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A Private Equity ETF For Income Seekers

Leave it to ETFs to democratize this market segment, too. … such as private equity, credit, infrastructure, and real estate,” according to Barron's.
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House Sets Vote on $1.4 Trillion Federal Spending Bill

WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled House is voting Tuesday on a $1.4 trillion government-wide spending package with an unusually large
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Real estate developer proposes massive downtown St. Pete project

Property Markets Group wants to replace the St. Petersburg Municipal Services Center at Fourth Street and Central Avenue with a 1.5 million square
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Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Loans Explained

Many commercial real estate loans, however, have adjustable interest rates. … The mortgage note designates when the interest rate will reset. It could
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Shocking percentage of Americans don't know their credit score

“There is no doubt, access to credit creates upward mobility and traditional lending relies almost exclusively on credit scores. People can't solve
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e.surv: Resi mortgage approvals increase by 2%

The number of residential mortgages approved saw a month-on-month increase of 2% in November according to the latest Mortgage Monitor by e.surv
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Rise of fintech spurs surge in loans to underserved groups: Better.com

The online mortgage lender's Consumer Trend Report for 2019 showed its … loan officers, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Deep Dive: How The Challenger Bank Technology Gap Is Helping Fraudsters

Open banking requirements are also leading to changes in how FIs must store and process data, increasing the fraud challenges confronting the
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When the Present Becomes a William Gibson Sci-Fi Novel

Fortune sent writer Adam Erace to check it out and he's back with a report that's just short of a rave (and Erace admits he's not much of a Star Wars fan)
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Rock Island continues effort to fill vacant commercial real estate property in city

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) – As the City of Rock Island continues work to try and attract new businesses to the area, city staff learned one of its biggest
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Torelli Properties Announces Launch Of Quality Real Estate Services In Dallas-Fort Worth

DALLAS-FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Torelli Properties, a newly established real estate company founded by Denise
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WSJ Wealth Adviser Briefing: OPEC Doubts, Tech Banking Expansion, Reluctant Spouses

European banks face sticky costs and a challenging revenue environment amid low interest rates, a situation that may lead lenders to cut their ROTE
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Why The New Bank Will Be Platform-Based

Traditional banks are experiencing a period of unprecedented disruption driven by an evolving customer base, demands for new services, and new
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Report: 91 Fortune 500 Companies Effectively Paid No Federal Taxes in 2018

A new study reveals how 91 of the Fortune 500 companies effectively paid no federal taxes in 2018. The study by the Institute on Taxation and
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Which US Bank Has A Larger Commercial Banking Business: Wells Fargo or Bank of America?

Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) is the third-largest bank in the U.S. by assets, and is best known as the largest originator and servicer of mortgages in the
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M10 CEO: What Central Banks Want In New Global Payments Rails

M10 focuses on creating a digital money solution to help global banks quickly and affordably handle international transfers, settlements and
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Your Top Business Predictions for 2020

Thank you to everyone who submitted their top business predictions for the upcoming year. I sorted through hundreds of emails ( ), and I have
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Wall Street's Insidious Plan to Monopolize the US Housing Market

Wall Street's Insidious Plan to Monopolize the US Housing Market

The 2008 housing crisis allowed Wall Street firms to buy suburban single-family housing all over the country at rock-bottom prices. There is almost
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Banking 2020 – Trends & Conclusions

Interviewees to WWL's research into the banking market reported increased collaboration between banks and fintech firms again this year.
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After The Disruption: Alt-Banking Goes Straight, Chases Bad Guys

As alt-banking matures and FinTechs mushroom, challenger banks are losing their cool “disruptor cred” and blending into the banking landscape.
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Alaska USA Federal Credit Union Selects MX For Digital Banking

MX will enhance mobile banking experience for credit union with more than 660,000 members and 74 branches worldwide. SILICON SLOPES, Utah
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Will CRA revamp stimulate lending in down-and-out neighborhoods?

Proposed changes to the Community Reinvestment Act could serve as a catalyst for banks to become more active in financing projects inside
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Boca ATC acquires 144-unit apartment portfolio in Boca Raton

Working exclusively on behalf of Boca ATC, JLL placed the 10-year, fixed-rate loan with Freddie Mac. The loan, which funded Boca ATC's acquisition
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House Passes $1.4 Trillion Spending Bill

The Democratic-controlled House voted Tuesday to pass a $1.4 trillion government-wide spending package, handing President Donald Trump a
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LA is the hottest housing market in California

… U.S. rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage was 3.7% in November, more than a percentage point lower than a year ago, according to Freddie Mac data.
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Lloyds Bank to shrink branches and give staff iPads

Lloyds will shrink hundreds of its branches by scrapping cashiers and giving staff iPads so that customers can discuss mortgages via video link.
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Guaranteed Rate partnering with Goldman Sachs' Marcus to offer personal loans

Guaranteed Rate is no stranger to partnering with some of the biggest names in housing and real estate. The lender is already part of a joint venture
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ALTA's Title and Settlement Agent Registry Now Integrated with Mortgage Cadence

Mortgage Cadence, an Accenture company, has integrated data from the American Land Title Association (ALTA) Title & Settlement Agent Registry
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Has A Potential To Grow Up ::Freddie Mac, (OTC US:FMCC)

Trading tendency (“Loss” ↓ ) on Monday, December 16, 2019, of the Freddie Mac, FMCC of exchange OTC US. Review Of The Freddie Mac In Stock
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SouthPoint Bank opens LPO in Alexander City

SouthPoint Bank in late November opened a mortgage loan production office, focused on existing home purchases and new construction at 1995
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Changes in the Housing Financing Fund

Changes in the Housing Financing Fund … activities would be separated from the financial management related to the Fund´s older loan portfolio.
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South Korea's Moon Picks Ex-House Speaker to Be Prime Minister

South Korean President Moon Jae-in named a former parliament speaker known for working with the opposition to be prime minister, as he looks to
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Terreno Continues to Expand, Buys East Rutherford Property

… solid demographic trends and witness healthy demand for industrial real estates. … Currently, Terreno Realty carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
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Neuberger Berman Real Estate Securities Income Fund Inc. (NRO) Stock Movement Under Active …

Now we here analyzed the 20 SMA trends of Neuberger Berman Real Estate Securities Income Fund Inc.. We compared the recent price movement of
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Does Pyxus International, Inc.'s (NYSE:PYX) CEO Pay Reflect Performance?

Shareholders may want to check for free if Pyxus International insiders are buying or selling shares. If you want to buy a stock that is better than Pyxus
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World's biggest banks paying $386 million to settle allegations of price-fixing Fannie Mae, Freddie …

Sixteen of the world's biggest financial institutions will pay a total of $386.5 million to settle claims that the banks conspired to fix the prices of bonds
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France fines Bloomberg news agency €5m over Vinci hoax

France's markets watchdog has fined US news agency Bloomberg €5m after it published a fake press release that triggered a $5bn fall in the share
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SoftBank's Son Makes a Pitch for Japan-Led Asia AI Superpower

SoftBank's Son Makes a Pitch for Japan-Led Asia AI Superpower

He envisions Japan taking a leading role and believes the combined populations and markets could give the countries a fighting chance against the
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Negative Interest Rates Are Destroying Our Pensions

A new survey shows unorthodox monetary policies are eating away at our nest eggs. Relief may be at hand. By. Mark Gilbert. December 16, 2019
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2019 Was Great for European Markets. Now for the Bad News

With the Stoxx 600 now trading at a record high after surging 24% since the start of the year, 2019 is on track to be the third-best year for European
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UK Banks Drop After Stress Tests as Analysts See Lower Returns

Lloyds Banking Group Plc and Barclays Plc were among the biggest decliners, falling as much as 5.6% and 3.7%, respectively, with the sector also
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Macerich's Scottsdale Fashion Square Sales Witness Growth

Macerich Company (The) (MAC): Free Stock Analysis Report ….. announced a new joint venture to acquire the B-Piece from Freddie Mac's previously
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Millennials, down on their housing luck, will be outdone by Gen Z

Pity the poor Millennials as they begin turning 40 in 2020. Their housing luck hasn't been good. Gen Z-ers, still in their early 20s, will have a much
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Fannie Mae secures reinsurance for another $18.5bn of mortgage risk

The Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) has completed its eighth and final Credit Insurance Risk Transfer (CIRT) deal of 2019,
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Praxis Capital Expands Atlanta Footprint With $41M Buy

… the buyer: A $19.7 million loan from Bridge Investment Group and a $12.3 million Freddie Mac loan for The Reserve and Friendly Hills, respectively.
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Southern California house prices jump 7.5% in November, Realtors report

Southern California house prices jumped 7.5% in the 12 months ending in November, the biggest gain in the state, the California Association of
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Group pays off mortgage for fallen Fort Worth officer's family

11 surprised the family of a fallen Fort Worth police officer Tuesday by paying off their home mortgage. Officer Garrett Hull was killed while responding
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MyBankTracker.com Releases its Best of Banking 2020 Awards List, Highlighting Most Consumer …

17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — MyBankTracker.com, a comprehensive resource for financial products, is releasing an exhaustive list of the top banking
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Microaggressions Could Lead to a Blowup in Your Company

When Fortune visited the DRC's cobalt mines last year (two-thirds of the world's cobalt supply comes from the country), they found children “working
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First Internet Bank Partners With Votaire to Encourage Healthy Savings Habits

FISHERS, Ind.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec 17, 2019–. First Internet Bank, a pioneer in branchless banking, today announced its partnership with Votaire
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WWE To Reveal New United States And SmackDown Tag Team Title Designs Soon?

WWE To Reveal New United States And SmackDown Tag Team Title …. new United States Title belt has been delivered to the company, but there's no
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Bailing out bankers is all the rage again

After the financial crisis, Europe's political leaders put together a complex set of rules to make it harder for future governments to bail out banks.
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“Greenwashing” Isn't Enough. Fashion Designers Must Do More.

Star designers including Tony Fadell, Daan Roosegaarde, and Bill McDonough were among the most compelling speakers at the Fortune Global
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ISLA eyes ESG principles formation for securities lending through new council

The International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) has formed a Council for Sustainable Finance (ICSF) in a bid to introduce and promote
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Such Is Life: How Titan International (NYSE:TWI) Shareholders Saw Their Shares Drop 68%

Over three years, Titan International grew revenue at 8.1% per year. … If you are thinking of buying or selling Titan International stock, you should
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Banks' Demand for Fed Liquidity Softens After Some Modest Short-Term Rate Pressure

Large banks' demand for Federal Reserve liquidity waned considerably on Tuesday relative to recent weeks. The New York Fed injected $58.75
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National MI Integrated with Tyltest's Lightning Estimates Tool

Private mortgage insurer to provide lenders with automated pre-application mortgage insurance estimates, allowing loan officers to deliver fast and
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The RE/MAX Essential Guide to the real estate consumer

The RE/MAX Essential Guide to the real estate consumer

There are many non-negotiables that today's discerning real estate consumers are demanding from their full-service agents. They expect them to
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Trump Is Beating His Main 2020 Democratic Rivals—Even as Impeachment Looms, Poll Shows

President Donald Trump tops his main Democratic rivals in head-to-head matchups, even as he faces impeachment, according to a new USA
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This Booming European Economy Is Missing One Thing

It's one of Europe's strongest economic growth stories this year, yet one of the world's worst stock market performances. While Poland enjoys a
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Mortgage prisoners could win compensation as legal battle launched to help hundreds of …

MORGTAGE borrowers trapped on expensive rates with defunct lenders could be offered compensation if a legal battle launched today wins its case.
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Trump Christmas Wish: A New Fed Rate Cut

Christmas is only a week away, and President Trump made it clear what he wants: Not a gift for Santa, but a gift from Federal Reserve Chairman
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Florida Real Estate Developer Creates First Single Family Home to Receive LEED Zero Certification

Pearl Homes, a developer of sustainable smart home communities and a LEED-certified residential developer, recently announced that it has fulfilled
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EU and its lending arm sign $75 mln of infrastructure deals with Bosnia

SARAJEVO, Dec 17 (Reuters) – The European Union and its lending arm, the European Investment Bank, have signed deals with Bosnia worth 68
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Highs and lows

Chadney Bulgin mortgage partner Jonathan Clark is critical of Halifax's product guide, which he says continues to baffle, “offering close to
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Cuomo proposes new regulations on real estate agents to prevent discrimination

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing new regulations on the real estate industry aimed at preventing housing discrimination. The new rules announced
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What to Do When You Need a Home Repair You Can't Afford

If you have at least 20% equity in your home, you'll generally be eligible for two different financing options: a home equity loan, or a home equity line of
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Builder Confidence at 20-Year High

Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes reached its highest level since June 1999, according to the latest National
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Boeing's Overseas Airline Customers and Suppliers Sink on the Airline's Decision to Halt the 737 …

The fallout of Boeing's decision to halt production of the 737 MAX reverberated around the globe on Tuesday. Boeing's European suppliers were
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Does The Meliá Hotels International, SA (BME:MEL) Share Price Fall With The Market?

This means that — if history is a guide — buying the stock would reduce the … You can see Meliá Hotels International's revenue and earnings in the
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Johnson Rules Out Extension as EU Warns of Cliff: Brexit Update

Boris Johnson spooked markets by putting the threat of a no-deal Brexit back on the table. His plan to change the law to ensure the transition phase in
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2019 Global Blood Banking Market Outlook – Supplier Shares, Country Volume & Sales Forecasts …

“Global Blood Banking Market Outlook: Supplier Shares, Country Volume and Sales Forecasts for Typing, Grouping and Infectious Disease NAT
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Gen Z homeownership rate likely to outpace millennials: Zillow

Without the baggage of living through the Great Recession, homeownership rates for Gen Z should exceed that of millennials, a plurality of
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The Boris Bounce: Will House Prices Go Up In 2020?

Following on from last week's landslide Conservative election victory, there is a certain expectation that confidence and stability will begin to return to
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Direct Lenders Stay in Vogue as Fundraising Tops $23 Billion

Direct lending had another strong year for fundraising as investors piled into higher-yielding assets, though the new capital is likely to fall short of a
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KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (KREF) Stock Analysis offering an attractive story

Here we welcome to the world of short-term trend followers of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (KREF). Now we here analyzed the 20 SMA trends
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Wealth Taxes Don't Reduce Inequality

The biggest problem with wealth taxes, at the center of economic policy discussions this year, isn't so much that they are difficult to collect and
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Senate Democrats demand FHFA offers more details on GSE reform

Senate Democrats demand FHFA offers more details on GSE reform

… and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuch to provide more details on administration plans to end the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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An Impeachment Senate 'Trial' Is Unlike Any Other

The jockeying has already begun over the structure of President Donald Trump's Senate trial. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has discussed
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The End of Econ Blogging's Golden Age

The field was rigid and closed until Mark Thoma's Economist View's opened the … you might name Paul Krugman, or my Bloomberg Opinion colleague Tyler … Thoma posted off-the-cuff thoughts on policy, data, theory and news.
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FAR Announces HomeSafe Product Changes, Line of Credit Growth

Finance of America Reverse (FAR) today announced a series of changes to its product suite of HomeSafe proprietary reverse mortgage loans,
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Boeing Halting 737 Max Production (Podcast)

Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Airlines Analyst George Ferguson and Bloomberg News Aerospace Reporter Julie Johnsson, talk about Boeing halting
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Why things look good for the housing market right now

Single‐family housing starts, the biggest sector of the market, were at a rate of 938,000 in November, 2.4 percent above the revised October figure of
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Boris' Brexit Pledge Is Gift For 2020 Markets: Ashworth (Radio)

Marcus Ashworth, Bloomberg Opinion European markets columnist, on the pound sell-off following Boris Johnson's 2020 Brexit pledge. Hosted by
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China Overnight Lending Rates 62% Higher Than US

News Analysis. The overnight bank lending rates in China has moved 62 percent higher than in the United States as fears of financial risk and inflation
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PSA's Board Approves Merger With Fiat Chrysler

The board of French carmaker PSA Group unanimously approved a merger with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV that will create the world's
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PREVIEW: Lending to little ones

The Toy Lending Library is now located inside First United Methodist Church near downtown Sioux Falls. This new location provides more space to
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WAMC Housing Series Part 2: Short-Term Rentals And Berkshire County's Housing Crisis

Miller says the burgeoning market could test Lenox's housing supply, “where already home purchase prices are relatively high.” Then there are the
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Redfin mortgage opens Tempe hub

This week Redfin Mortgage opened a new office in Tempe to support the rapid growth and geographic expansion of its lending business. Redfin's
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Ketchum Affordable Housing Project Faces Setback

Blaine County has the most expensive housing market in Idaho, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, a national nonprofit.
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Wells Fargo & City of Philadelphia Resolve Discrimination Suit

Among other mortgage lenders — Citigroup C, JPMorgan JPM and Bank of America BAC — have also been sued for discrimination in lending
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Abrigo Partners with Accusoft to Provide an All-in-One Lending & Credit Risk Solution

TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Accusoft announced a partnership with Abrigo, a leading technology provider of compliance,
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LI home sales cool but prices keep rising, data show

The average mortgage rate was 3.73% last week, down 0.9 percentage points from a year earlier, mortgage giant Freddie Mac reported. However
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Home starts top forecasts, permits highest since 2007

Demand has been fueled by mortgage rates near a three-year low as the job market remains resilient and wage gains help put money into the pockets
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A Wild Post-Brexit Ride for UK Banks

That was quick. The British pound has already given up almost all its postelection gains, and a rally in U.K. bank shares has cooled. Boris Johnson's
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US Home Starts Exceed Forecasts, Permits Highest Since 2007

Construction of new U.S. homes increased more than forecast in November and permits to build climbed to a 12-year high as the housing-market
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The year in real estate technology

Technology touched every part of the industry this year, as massive amounts of capital continued flowing into real estate, both for startups and
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Lucky Wheel of Fortune player wins more than $1M

Lucky Wheel of Fortune player wins more than $1M

Another person is a millionaire thanks to a Las Vegas Wheel of Fortune machine. According to a tweet by IGT, a slots player won $1,150,709 recently
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We got a first-hand look at the tech used at SoftBank-backed real estate brokerage Compass …

SoftBank-backed real estate brokerage Compass is developing what it calls the first end-to-end software platform for real estate agents. Compass's
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When slow home prices are a good thing

Two housing economists said Chicago should be using its affordability as a badge of honor, especially as millennials age into their homebuying years.
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Aramco Drops for First Time Since Last Week's Record IPO

… for the first time since the oil giant's record initial public offering last week, and ahead of the stock's inclusion into the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
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Mortgage Outlook Findings Reveal What to Expect in 2020

Today's release of Fitch Ratings' Global Housing and Mortgage Outlook for 2020 offers an if not overwhelmingly optimistic forecast for both Canadian
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The Ascent's Best Cities for a High Salary and Low Cost of Living — How Does the Real Estate …

These cities vary greatly in size and in the number of available homes on the market. As a benchmark, the median existing-home sold price in the
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Good news for sellers as housing market in the Valley sees growth

(WKBN) – Are you looking to buy or sell your home? With two weeks left in 2019, the state of the Valley's housing market is looking good for sellers.
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Optimistic About 2020 Housing? There's No Other Way to Be

Good enough to invest it on something like a 30-year mortgage that, according to Freddie Mac, averages 3.69 percent right now (at press time).
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Coming in 2020: Home prices are changing, but where?

Unsurprisingly, the market has seen home prices climb up to about 60% since they last bottomed in 2012. The question that many real estate
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Direct Lenders Eye Bigger Slice of Leveraged Debt Market in 2020

Europe's direct lending market is expected to brush aside concerns about the global economy next year and keep up its strong run of dealmaking and
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Trump Plans to Attend World Economic Forum in Davos Next Month

President Donald Trump is planning to attend next year's World Economic Forum in Davos, according to four administration officials, after skipping the
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Muddy Waters Short Report Sends NMC Health to Record Plunge

NMC Health Plc shares tumbled the most on record after the hospital operator became the latest target of short seller Carson Block's Muddy Waters
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Realty Views: Good News On Lending

… Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is raising the conforming loan limits for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to $510,400, up from this year's limit
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House Federal Funding Legislation Brings Certainty, Stability to Housing Market

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — National Association of Realtors® president Vince Malta issued the following statement after the
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Austin on pace to beat home sales record despite housing crunch

The Austin area housing market is on track to end the year with record-breaking sales despite experiencing a critical shortage of homes, according to
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Foreclosure starts fell in November, ATTOM reports

Among metro areas that have at least 200,000 people, Buffalo, New York had a foreclosure in one in every 798 housing units; Atlantic City, New
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Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation declares $0.09 dividend

Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation (NYSE:ANH) declares $0.09/share quarterly dividend, -10% decrease from prior dividend of $0.10.
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Chicago home prices have been slow all decade, and that's good, according to these economists

Home prices have grown by about 10 percent in the past decade, compared to growth of more than 60 percent in seven other major US cities.
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New York City Suburbs Lure Millennials With Luxury Digs, Ax-Throwing Bars

Yonkers and New Rochelle have their eyes on young professionals priced out of Manhattan and Brooklyn. By. Prashant Gopal. @mrgopal More
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Can Data Driven Lending Displace VC Funding For Some Firms?

CircleUp's lending platform was founded in 2017 to fill that hole and has underwritten about $300 million in loans since then. Volume will likely be up
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Bank ETFs Can Keep Surging in 2020

Bank ETFs Can Keep Surging in 2020

… diversified banks, regional banks, other diversified financial services, and thrifts & mortgage finance sub-industries,” according to State Street.
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Gregg Wallace: MasterChef presenter has amassed a huge fortune – what's his net worth?

GREGG WALLACE, 55, the MasterChef presenter embarks on a festive adventure around Europe tonight to learn how the humble market stall has
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Seniors get cold shoulder as real estate iconʼs charity shuts home

Seniors living with a charity founded by real estate icon Leonard Stern are facing a Christmas nightmare after being told their home was closing.
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PennyMac Broker Direct Joins the Lender Price Marketplace

Lender Price distributes the Marketplace pricing engine through a partnership with the National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB). Together
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Senior Housing Wealth Breaks Another Record

… in the latest NRMLA/RiskSpan Reverse Mortgage Market Index report published by the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA).
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Foreign Buyers Piling Into US Stocks: Bullish or Bearish?

Coincidence? As early as 1996, we at EWI noticed that “heavy foreign buying” of U.S. stocks tends to correspond to certain junctures in the markets.
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More Than Half of Non-QM Loans Applications Fail

A new data report from Computershare Loan Services, a third-party mortgage service provider, has determined that 54.4 percent of non-QM loan
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Redfin: iBuyers Snapping Up More Properties

A new data report from Redfin has determined iBuyers purchased 3.1 percent of the homes sold during the third quarter across 18 metro areas where
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New guidance for RMBS loans may help market triage TRID errors: Fitch

… only riskier TRID errors to assign grades to loans sold into residential mortgage-backed securities, reducing rating-related compliance burdens.
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Leases? Where the GSA is going, it might not need leases.

The federal government has tended to be more of a lagging indicator than a leading one when it comes to commercial real estate trends, the push
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Real Estate Insider: Metro Detroit development was in flux in 2019

A commercial real estate executive hasn't been heard from in months after being implicated in a Ponzi scheme. The Ilitch family's District Detroit still
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Foreclosure Filing Rate Keeps Dropping

Last month saw 49,898 residential properties with foreclosure filings, down 10 percent from October and down six percent from a year ago, according
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International Bank of Commerce Enhances Retail Banking Experience With ARGO Technology

“We are excited to partner with IBC Bank and assist in transforming their retail experience,“ said Todd Robertson, Senior Vice President, ARGO.
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MoneyLion, an online lending startup that raised over $200 million touting itself as an affordable …

MoneyLion, an online lending startup that raised over $200 million touting itself as an affordable banking option, is adding stock-trading in 2020.
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Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRE) Stock Movement Under Active Watch

Here we welcome to the world of short-term trend followers of Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRE). Now we here analyzed the 20 SMA
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LA couple who bought their first home for $599000 share a crucial first step they took

A mortgage pre-approval analyzes your creditworthiness and tells you how much money you can afford to borrow at a specific interest rate. Ultimately
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The impact of artificial intelligence in the banking sector & how AI is being used in 2020

Most banks (80%) are highly aware of the potential benefits presented by AI, per an OpenText survey of financial services professionals. In fact, many
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PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE:PMT) Shareholders Have Enjoyed A 32% Share …

Unfortunately for shareholders, while the PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE:PMT) share price is up 32% in the last three years, that falls
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I'm 27 and put 17% of my income into my 401(k), but that's keeping me from buying a home. What …

While saving for retirement is incredibly important, so is having the financial freedom to make other worthwhile investments like home ownership.”.
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Apollo Global Management Reaches Analyst Target Price

There are 10 different analyst targets contributing to that average for Apollo Global Management Inc, but the average is just that — a mathematical
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US Housing Market Continues to Outperform Expectations

US Housing Market Continues to Outperform Expectations

Lower mortgage rates in combination with a strong economic outlook once again caused the housing market to deliver better than expected numbers
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Real Estate Acquisition Company Acquires Student Housing Property in Los Angeles

17, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hubilu Venture Corporation (the “Company”) (OTC PINK: HBUV), a publicly traded real estate consulting, asset
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Auto Lending Remains Robust; Defaults Stay Low

U.S. consumers, particularly automotive buyers, are keeping the lending industry busy. And in what's good news to lenders, they're paying back their
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Jim Valentine: Real estate during the holidays

While most people are full of seasonal warm fuzzy feelings, don't let those influence you to the detriment of your real estate objectives. If you get an
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Plastics to grow, but underperform overall US economy, in 2020

The segments of the economy that will benefit next year from these trends include residential construction and real estate, lawn and garden equipment
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Breathing A Sigh Of Consolidation As Markets Continue To Digest Trade, Brexit, Fed News

Healthy Housing: There have been lots of winners during the 2019 trading year, and the housing market participated. A strong jobs market and low
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Percepio offers free Tracealyzer in exchange for story

Bloggers are also requested to provide their full name, job title, company name and logo. While all copyright remains with the author, participating
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Ask Eli: The Real Story About 22202 Property Values (Amazon Zip Code), Part 1

Can you shed some light on what's actually happening in that market? … To generate reliable real estate trends, you either need a lot of data points
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Dawn Wants to Change the Way We Wash Dishes

Dawn liquid detergent has been a staple on kitchen countertops since 1972. And aside from a few new scents and bottle redesigns, Procter & Gamble
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Peak Subsidiary ASSC Helps Qualify Client for $3.8M Line of Credit

In addition to providing its clients with a comprehensive offering of supply-chain services, ASSC uses the Company's Cubeler Lending Hub platform to
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'Wheel of Fortune' host Pat Sajak gives first post surgery interview

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) – Good Morning America will have the first exclusive interview with Wheel of Fortune host, Pat Sajak, since having
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Senior Housing Wealth Reaches Record $7.19 Trillion

NRMLA/RiskSpan Reverse Mortgage Market Index Hits All-Time High of … The National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) is the
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Wells Fargo to pay Philadelphia $10 mln for predatory lending suit

Wells Fargo & Co on Monday said it will pay Philadelphia $10 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the U.S. mortgage lender of targeting that city's
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Warren Backs Down on Medicare for All, Now Says It's a 'Choice'

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren is starting to back away from a full-blown Medicare for All plan on the campaign trail, as she faces
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BC real estate outlook 2020: a forecast summary

Looking back to last year's round-up of B.C. housing market forecasts, on the whole, the pundits had it not far off. Many predicted that sales in 2019
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Boris Johnson's New Priorities See the UK Boycott Davos

Boris Johnson will not attend the World Economic Forum in Davos next year, nor will any of his ministers, a U.K. official said. The prime minister won
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Fitch forecasts slow mortgage growth

Amid high housing prices and tougher mortgage rules, Fitch Ratings is forecasting tepid mortgage growth in Canada over the next couple of years.
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JPAR is giving agents a cut of a new mortgage venture

The new business, created in a partnership with Avenu, allows agents to buy into a piece of the profits generated through a mortgage platform.
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Your Mortgage: Refinancing 101

This weekly Sponsored Column is Produced by Fountain Mortgage. Located in Prairie Village, Fountain Mortgage is dedicated to educating, and thus
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Ten stars who blew their footballing fortune and ended up broke after reports Gyan claims to have …

FROM rags to riches and back again. Former Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan, who was earning £227,000-a-week at Shanghai SIPG, became the
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Guaranteed Rate names senior vice president

Guaranteed Rate names senior vice president

… at Guaranteed Rate and with agents throughout the Midwest to provide consumers with the company's innovative platform and mortgage solutions.”.
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US housing starts increase; permits hit 12-1/2-year high

Though housing accounts for a only fraction of gross domestic product, … The housing market is regaining momentum after the Federal Reserve cut
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Northern Trust expands collateral management capabilities

ISLA has formed a 'Council for Sustainable Finance', shortly after the world's largest pension fund partially withdrew from lending citing ESG-related
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'Decade of the central bank' ends with the Fed and its global cohorts in need of some new tricks

The central bank announced it would start using digitally created money to buy mortgage debt in an effort to drive down interest rates and resuscitate a
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A Bunch of Top-Ranked Mega Cap ETFs to Bet on for 2020

We enumerated the reasons in detail below for buying mega-cap ETFs: … companies, which derive majority of revenues from international markets.
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America's housing market is coming back to life just in time to boost the 2020 economy

New York (CNN Business) America's housing market has come back to life in the final months of the year, and promises to boost the economy in 2020.
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19% of Americans Are in Debt Because of This Home-Related Expense

These include your mortgage payment, property tax bill, and homeowners insurance. Some financial experts advise lobbing regular maintenance
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Hong Kong Unemployment Rises to Highest Level Since 2017 in November

Hong Kong's unemployment rate rose to the highest level since 2017 in November, as months of protests continued to damage the Asian financial
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If You Bought Honeywell International In 2009, Here's How Happy You Are Today

Many investors out there refuse to own any stock that lacks a dividend; in the case of Honeywell International Inc, investors have received
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The Ongoing Effort to Write Wall Street Out of the 2008 Financial Crisis

The Ongoing Effort to Write Wall Street Out of the 2008 Financial Crisis … Pinning the blame for the mortgage crisis on the dancers who agreed to take
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US housing market reviving in time to boost 2020 economy

(CNN) – America's housing market has come back to life in the final months of the year and promises to boost the economy in 2020. Low mortgage
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How Analysts Feel About Principal Real Estate Income Fund (PGZ) After Forming Bullish Multiple …

… 2019 as well as Seekingalpha.com's news article titled: “U.S. mortgage rates inch up: Freddie Mac – Seeking Alpha” with publication date: July 26,
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Disney Selling Santa Hat Cotton Candy at The House of Good Fortune In Epcot

If you are familiar with Epcot and The House of Good Fortune at the China pavilion, then you know about the amazing cotton candy flowers the artist
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Ukraine Farmers Who Endured Hitler and Stalin Now Fear Markets

Tamara Tarasenko's life began against the backdrop of the violent struggles for land in Ukraine, known as “the breadbasket of Europe.” Now she's 80
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Corporate tax bills were slashed by nearly half last year under Trump's tax law — and they're now …

Roughly 91 Fortune 500 companies paid no federal taxes at all, despite generating $101 billion in profit all together, the report said. The study is likely
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Chinese fridge maker sells $200m fintech acquisition for 30 cents

HONG KONG — China's top fridge maker has sold its peer-to-peer lending subsidiary for 2 yuan (30 cents) just two years after paying $200 million for it
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Colony Credit Real Estate (CLNC) Stock Movement Under Active Watch

Here we welcome to the world of short-term trend followers of Colony Credit Real Estate (CLNC). Now we here analyzed the 20 SMA trends of Colony
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Global Online Real Estate Marketplace Market 2019-2026 | Top key players are Biproxi, Inc., Zillow …

The Global Online Real Estate Marketplace Market 2019 Research Report is a professional and in-depth study on the current state of the Online Real
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US housing market regaining steam; manufacturing stabilizing

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. homebuilding increased more than expected in November and permits for future home construction surged to a
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EU and Its Lending Arm Sign $75 Million of Infrastructure Deals With Bosnia

SARAJEVO — The European Union and its lending arm, the European Investment Bank, have signed deals with Bosnia worth 68 million euros
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