China Home Prices Rise in Fewer Cities as Cooling Measures Bite

China's home prices rose in fewer cities in January as the government persisted with an almost two-year campaign to cool the market. New-home prices, excluding government-subsidized housing, climbed in 52 of 70 cities tracked, compared with 57 in December, the National Bureau of Statistics said
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“Additionally, first-time homebuyers continued driving the growing trend towards using lower down payment mortgages, recording the most quarterly loans of this type in 18 years. This coincided with loans backed by private mortgage insurance having one of their best quarters on record, at 157,000
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01402946-1730-11e8-9e9c-25c814761640. US Politics & Policy. 4:41 PM Thursday. Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac: hostages of Mnuchin Premium. The Treasury is exacting a hefty return from investors. The Treasury is exacting a hefty return from investors.
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Banks want to lend. Businesses want to borrow. On the face of it, this seems like a perfect match. But for reasons that baffle many small businesses, loans often remain elusive. That's changing, though, thanks to high integrity accounting. What is high integrity accounting? Simply put, it's when an
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Price joined the San Francisco office of Bentall Kennedy LP, a real estate investor, asset manager and developer, in 2012. She heads up the Toronto-based company's U.S. division that manages $20.275 billion in U.S. assets, including $1.5 billion in the Bay Area. Prior to her current role, Price worked
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Welcome WashingtonFirst Mortgage clients to Sandy Spring Bank. WashingtonFirst Mortgage is now part of Sandy Spring Bank.
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Equifax announced Thursday it is creating some changes to its digital security system through its new integration with Entersekt, a push-based authentication and mobile app security company. The credit bureau explained its new integration will add an additional layer of security protecting its online and
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The real estate investor who owns the downtown Nashville office building home to Country Music Television has added a Brentwood building to his portfolio. The 68,000-square-foot office building at 214 Overlook Circle sold this month for $15.3 million, according to newly filed public records. That price
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TPG Specialty Lending logo TPG Specialty Lending (NYSE:TSLX) posted its earnings results on Wednesday. The financial services provider reported $0.45 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.45, Briefing.com reports. The firm had revenue of $48.80 million during the
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New construction home sales — houses and condos — declined by 48 per cent in January in the Toronto region, compared to the frenzied real estate market in the same month last year. It's a 31 per cent drop from the 10-year average and reflects a supply shortage that has also helped push up prices in
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(CNN) — As Donald Trump Jr. prepared to take the stage Friday at a conference for business leaders in New Delhi after a nearly weeklong visit to India, the event's organizers made a late change to the title of his public remarks. The modification, after several days of intense criticism over potential
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Jeremy Corbyn isn't due to outline his Brexit policy until Monday, but the opposition Labour Party leader may have already revealed his key line. If so, it spells more trouble for Theresa May's government. “We have to have a customs union,” Corbyn said this week when asked about the U.K.'s relations
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Latvia has been scrambling to defend the integrity of its banking system in the wake of the arrest of Ilmars Rimsevics, governor of the Latvian National Bank and a board member of the European Central Bank (ECB) and separate accusations of sanctions-busting directed against ABLV, The country's
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The Trump administration's policies will raise U.S. wages without causing broader inflation, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in an interview, brushing aside signs that investors are growing nervous about rising prices. “There are a lot of ways to have the economy grow,” Mnuchin said aboard a
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Under the terms of the agreement, The Perfect Circle and PlutusX will form a separate subsidiary to be wholly-owned by The Perfect Circle that will focus on the development of a blockchain-enabled full-service banking platform that will include a number of new and innovative products that will include,
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Open banking is forcing banks to think twice. It's making them consider how agile they are, how they interact with customers and whether they have the right culture to support a rapidly changing environment. Just about every company at the moment is in a race to put their customers first. Some are doing
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In this article, I will take a quick look at Acorn International Inc's (NYSE:ATV) recent ownership structure – an unconventional investing subject, but an … While insider buying is possibly a sign of a positive outlook for the company, selling doesn't necessarily indicate a negative outlook as they may be
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In an interview with Fortune, Blecharczyk, the company's chief strategy officer, characterized Airbnb Plus as the company's most important new feature. “Here's a set of properties that we actually sent someone to inspect,” he said about the difference between the typical homes people see on Airbnb and
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Banning this type of purchase is not in their best interest. So far, they seem to acknowledge exactly that, although things can still change. Local traders have also begun to explore international options. Buying cryptocurrency in other countries is still possible, for the most part. It is a very troublesome
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Create residential (including luxury homes) real estate logo: we provide customized client care. richmcdonald2099812288 needed a new logo and social media pack design and created a contest on 99designs. A winner was selected from 149 designs submitted by 35 freelance designers. 149. entries.
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