The real estate sector performs relatively in-line with the wider economy. Prosperous periods bring about high growth and inflation, leading to strong returns in real estate investments. During these times, companies such as Melcor Developments and Pure Multi-Family REIT generate high dividend
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STABLE LENDING. The lending environment for small and mid-sized businesses has changed little this year compared with the end of 2017. That's according to a survey of 1,237 companies taken during the first quarter and released Monday by researchers at Pepperdine University's Graziadio School
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Malaysia's AirAsia X Bhd (AIRX.KL) has no plans to buy the Airbus SE (AIR.PA) A350 widebody jet, the airline's co-group CEO said on Monday, despite the airline having 10 of them on order. A Scoot airplane takes off past an Airasia airplane at Changi Airport Terminal 4 in
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Rising interest rates typically hurt mortgage lending because home loans become more expensive, discouraging buyers. That held true during the first three months of the year, when the two largest U.S. home lenders started to feel the effects. At Wells Fargo, originations and applications for new loans
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Fannie Mae increased its second-quarter mortgage origination projection by $7 billion as refinance volume is remaining stronger than previously expected. However, if the rhetoric over foreign trade ramps up, it is possible the U.S. could go into a recession and that would not be good news for housing.
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In response to demands that he produce the evidence for his claims that immigration is driving up house prices, the housing minister has now published the calculations. Do they back up his argument? First it must be said that researching the drivers of house-price increases is fraught with difficulty as
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SAN ANTONIO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SWBC Mortgage Corporation is excited to announce that six of its originators achieved national rankings across several key mortgage criteria by the Scotsman Guide. The mortgage loan officers were recognized among more than 3,000 entrants for their
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We would not be able to justify it to ourselves or our investors, for example, when your IT person comes and says that your USD 1mn invested in bitcoins has been stolen? The infrastructure does not exist to meet the demands of international institutional investors who need facilities for saving, security,
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In an ongoing malware campaign, Cybercriminals are hijacking DNS of “vulnerable and poorly secured” Router to Distribute Android Banking Trojan.
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BRIEF-Blue Ridge Bank Announces New President And Chief Banking Officer. Reuters Staff. 1 Min Read. April 16 (Reuters) – Blue Ridge Bankshares Inc: * BLUE RIDGE BANK ANNOUNCES NEW PRESIDENT AND CHIEF BANKING OFFICER Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: (Reuters.
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MADISON, N.J., April 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate LLC today announced it is entering Australia and New Zealand with master franchisor Charles Tarbey, Chairman, CT Investment Holdings Pty Ltd. This collaboration is a significant milestone in Better Homes and
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… since 2004 (Inactive) Disciplinary action: Disbarred as an imposition of reciprocal discipline on Feb. 22 Background: Kleinsmith was disbarred in Colorado after a hearing panel determined that he billed for and received payment from a client for services performed by a third-party title company, and
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Based on a study of 44 cities and 40 advanced and emerging market economies, IMF researchers found growing house price synchronization worldwide, attributed to increased integration with global financial markets amid expansionary global monetary policy and improving world economic growth.
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Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) reported first-quarter fiscal 2018 results before markets opened Monday morning. The big bank reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.62 on revenue of $23.1 billion. In the same period a year ago, it reported EPS of $0.45 on revenue of $22.2 billion.
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American Express has decided to end its Plenti frequent shopper program. In a tweet on Monday, the company said that the Plenti program will cease to exist on July 10. Between now and then, users can continue to rack up their rewards when they buy products at participating retailers. As of July 10,
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It's spring, but more than dust is blowing into homes this windy season: Property appraisal notices are landing in mailboxes across the county. Overall, home values are up 7.6 percent the initial numbers show. âCountywide, we haven't really seen increases like this since 2008 before the housing crash,â
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The once-mighty mortgage operation at Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) is now so small that results for Q1 (reported this morning) are lumped into “all other income” in the Consumer Banking unit. Back in Q1 2009, production revenue and servicing revenue were nearly $2B each. Taken together in Q4 of
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Dr. Silvia Hodges Silverstein, Executive Director of the international legal procurement trade organization Buying Legal Council, told me that procurement is, âBuying smart. It's buying well. It's knowing who is good at what. It's about trading off reliance on traditional suppliers for new strategic partnerships.
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LenderLive Services LLC, headquartered in Denver, has acquired reQuire Holdings LLC, a Virginia Beach, Va.-based group of companies that provide compliance, quality assurance and valuation solutions for the residential and commercial real estate market. âThe acquisition of reQuire strengthens our
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Mubadala Real Estate, the property division of Abu Dhabi's state investment fund Mubadala Investment Company, is in talks with potential joint venture partners to develop future projects, and plans to launch a real estate investment trust (Reit) as it prepares for an expected uptick in the UAE property
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