Last year's housing market was one for the record books, with the gains partly driven by tightening inventories and exceedingly low mortgage rates. In some pockets of the country, housing prices rose well over 10 percent on average. But, it's not only the big coastal cities that are seeing huge growth.
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We're only four months into 2018, but if you're of an optimistic disposition you will be feeling good about this year already. Banking is an industry in which pay is aligned to revenues. And in 2018, revenues in investment banks are (so far) growing. Morgan Stanley is the latest bank to report its results for
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Congratulations. You've paid your mortgage for the year. Or at least you would have done if every penny you've earned every day since 1st January had gone towards it. This week marks the point in the year that the average earner bringing in £27,700 with the average mortgage repayment costs of
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Senators Pat Toomey and Jerry Moran were especially passionate about rolling back safeguards against racial discrimination in auto-lending. But that rule, like so many other Democratic assaults on individual liberty, had been established years ago â and thus lay outside the reach of the CRA.
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In episode 13 of our Center for REALTOR® Development podcast, guest Bobbi Decker joins Monica Neubauer to talk about their experiences with the senior market and as Seniors Real Estate Specialist Designation® (SRES®) instructors. Decker, who has been in real estate for 35 years, got started
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The Baton Rouge real estate market is shaking off the effects of the August 2016 floods, which boosted demand for apartments and led to a surge in homebuying, and the surge in petrochemical construction, which led to increased demand for industrial and office space. Speakers at the annual Trends in
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I'm going to defend this title to the deathâ¦he's still very good, but not at the same levelâ¦ever since the knockout loss Pacquiao suffered at the hands of Juan Manuel Marquez.â Pacquiao will not only be challenging Matthysse for the WBA title, he will also be co-promoting the fight with his company MP
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Facebook Inc. is building a team to design its own semiconductors, adding to a trend among technology companies to supply themselves and lower their dependence on chipmakers such as Intel Corp. and Qualcomm Inc., according to job listings and people familiar with the matter. The social media
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Occasional sighting of Bitcoin whales are leaving advocates of the biggest cryptocurrency anxious after what's already been a choppy week of trading. Sudden market swings in the cryptocurrency this week have left price charts looking like a jack-o-lantern's smile. And some investors are blaming the
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WASHINGTON, DC (April 18, 2018) â Today, the Senate voted 51-47 in favor of the CUNA-backed disapproval for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) indirect auto lending bulletin. CUNA wrote a letter to Congress on Tuesday supporting S.J. Res. 57, which would void the bulletin using
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A senior Commonwealth Bank executive has been accused of intentionally giving misleading answers to the banking royal commission over how the bank treated its customers. CBA executive general manager commonwealth private Marianne Perkovic was taken to task by counsel assisting the
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Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, discusses a possible meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump, the missile strikes in Syria, and trade sanctions on Russia. He speaks with Bloomberg's Shery Ahn and David Westin on “Bloomberg Markets: Balance of
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RIGA, April 18 (Xinhua) — The number of people in Latvia expecting housing to become increasingly costly in following months has been on the rise for several months already, the latest SEB Housing Price Indicator showed Wednesday. These expectations have been fueled by people's growing income
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The largest manufacturer of bump stocks, which allow semiautomatic weapons to fire rapidly like automatic firearms, announced Wednesday that it will stop taking orders and shut down its website next month. The announcement comes about a month after President Trump said his administration would
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Wrestling icon Bruno Sammartino has died at the age of 82, World Wrestling Entertainment announced on Wednesday. Sammartino is recognized as the longest-reigning WWF/E Champion in history, holding the company's premier title for nearly eight years. Born in Italy, Sammartino moved to Pittsburgh
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The Phoenix Theatre is hoping to get some help from the city of Indianapolis to finalize financing for its $11 million new home. The building is nearing completion downtown at the northeast corner of Illinois and Walnut streets, and has a grand opening scheduled for April 28. The theater has raised about
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What authority does the European Union have over your real estate business? That's a tricky question, but an E.U. rule that takes effect next month could end up affecting your business in some manner. That's because any European that comes to your web site to browse listings will be covered by what's
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JPMorgan Asset Management is aiming to beat other investment managers in its research coverage of mainland Chinese equities as the country's share market opens up to overseas investors. A number of international fund managers are increasing their investment in A-shares listed on the Shenzhen
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The currency isn't fully reacting to electoral risk as investors wait until the vote gets closer and as positive news on a Nafta deal becomes the main driver for investors, according to Marco Oviedo, chief Latin American economist for Barclays Plc. The Reforma survey interviewed 1,200 people between
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The April 21 event at the Chase Center on the Riverfront, running from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., offers educational seminars on every aspect of homebuying, as well as the chance to connect with service providers in the real estate, financing, and home buying fields. The event, in its eighth year, typically draws
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