Barclays unveils green mortgage

Barclays will next week launch a green home mortgage that gives a rate discount for energy efficient properties. The product is the first in the UK to give cheaper rates to those buying homes with an A or B EPC energy efficiency rating. The product will give discounted rates on two- and five-year fixed
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And about 31% of urban renters do not see homeownership in their future, up from 27% in August. Freddie Mac's renter research is based on a survey conducted online from January 30 to February 1 among 4,115 adults aged 18 and over, including 1,209 renters, by Harris Poll, on behalf of Freddie Mac.
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Cape Town – Role players in the property and business sector have paid tribute to property icon and businesswoman Pam Golding, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 90. Samuel Seeff, group chair of the Seeff Property Group, told Fin24 that Golding made a significant contribution to the real
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DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Top Ten residential mortgage lender PrimeLending1, a PlainsCapital Company, kicks off a spring employee-driven fundraising campaign to support the North Texas chapter of Make-A-Wish. The company plans to raise enough money, at least $10,000, through employee
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Stronger selling pressure, especially in insurance, real estate and transport counters, was witnessed on the Qatar Stock Exchange, which remained above 8,700 levels on Wednesday. Local retail investors turned net sellers and there was substantially weakened buying interests from Gulf institutions as
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Investors sentiment decreased to 1.13 in Q4 2017. Its down 0.16, from 1.29 in 2017Q3. It dived, as 16 investors sold Superior Industries International, Inc. shares while 38 reduced holdings. 18 funds opened positions while 43 raised stakes. 21.51 million shares or 4.98% more from 20.49 million shares in
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Capacit'e Infraprojects receives repeat orders worth Rs 365.50 Crores from Oberoi Realty Group … The order is worth Rs 145.50 Crores (including taxes) This is the 3rd order from Oberoi Realty Group. … Subscribe to our mailing list and get interesting real estate stuff updates to your email inbox.
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SHERMAN OAKS, Calif., Apr 04, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — SHERMAN OAKS, Calif., April 4, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Matic, a fintech company whose technology enables borrowers to purchase homeowner's insurance during the mortgage transaction, today announced it has
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In a release, HarborOne said that having Merrimack in the fold allowed the company to “significantly increase the size of its fee-based mortgage banking business and secure a stronger foothold” in lending markets in the New England region. “This is a natural evolution for the robust mortgage business
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It is eight and a half years since it announced its intention to buy itself out of its joint venture with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), and ever since then it has faced questions about its future. It has a powerful (although second-best) retail distribution network in Japan but faces challenges at
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Recently, HousingWire exclusively reported that United Wholesale Mortgage would be ending its 1% down program, in which the lender was gifting the entire 2% of the down payment to the borrower and not pricing the gift into the loan. But now, lenders who sell their loans to Fannie Mae can begin
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The House opted for a tiered system that would impose a 4 percent state tax on rentals by individuals who offer no more than two rooms for rent. Short-term rentals made through a professional property manager or investor host would be taxed at 5.7 percent and 8 percent, respectively. The Senate says
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The hold-up is reportedly with property lines in the area, school board president Jeff Bordley told The Daily Journal, adding attorneys and the title company are working to address it. “The board should be receiving an update or resolution to this issue, hopefully, at the April meeting,” he said. The next
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(Steve Griffin | Salt Lake Tribune file photo) The November opening of a new headquarters building by Salt Lake City-based Alsco, short for American Linen Supply Co., was part of a record-setting year for the Wasatch Front's commercial real-estate sector. By Mike Gorrell. · Published: 3 hours ago
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Every trading day indicate diverse behavior and trends about Investors Title Company (ITIC) stock. Now we observed the different factors that seen on close of Tuesday session. At the end of the day, it's only a stock's performance that matters. Active investor focuses on important indicators those changes
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It's 17 years since he quit his investment banking role at Goldman Sachs, but he is spruiking a deal for AGL to sell its Liddell power station to fellow energy operator, Alinta, without a mandate from either. Despite previous attempts by the government to pressure AGL into keeping Liddell open beyond
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The Union government has informed the Parliament that the regulations framed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) apply equally to both public and private sector banks, in the light of the ongoing debate that the regulator doesn't enjoy full regulatory supervision over state-run banks as against private
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Enter the fortune-telling tea cup, which first emerged in the early 20th century. Thanks to its paint-by-numbers approach to tasseography, anybody could tell a fortune. Soon, a number of porcelain-makers in the U.S. and England were making their own versions. From the outside, some fortune-telling
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President Trump may insist—as he did on Twitter Wednesday morning—“We are not in a trade war with China,” but the $50 billion in tariffs his administration proposes putting on Chinese goods has already spooked markets, with a broad sell-off hitting U.S. stocks. The damage could also extend to the
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… begin offsetting its energy use with generation from Invenergy's Santa Rita East wind farm in Texas in the third quarter of 2019. — From news reports. Coming today. 8:30 a.m.: Commerce Department releases international trade data for February. 10 a.m.: Freddie Mac releases weekly mortgage rates.
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