China to implement city specific policies to cool overheated property market – Fitch

China to implement city specific policies to cool overheated property market – Fitch

China's local governments struggle to rein in soaring housing prices which are fuelling concerns of a property bubble. Prices in 100 major Chinese
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LoanScorecard Launches Product and Pricing Engine

… with live rates in seconds, but presented in a way that supports a lender's brand,” LoanScorecard Executive Director Ben Wu said in a news release.
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M&T Bank launches mortgage assistance program for minority neighborhoods

Aiming to help underserved borrowers buy a home, M&T Bank announced a new mortgage subsidiary program for certain minority neighborhoods in
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Freddie Mac: Mortgage Rates Basically Flat

The average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) was 3.42%, unchanged from the previous week. A year ago at this time, the 30-year FRM
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EU's Dombrovskis says European banking sector working well

European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis addresses a news conference at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium,
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MBA: USDA, FHA refi loans help loosen mortgage credit in September

“While these programs accounted for most of the increase, we also observed investors continuing their rollout of the new Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
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The digital mortgage makes its way to local, smaller lenders

The idea of a fully digital mortgage sent shockwaves through the industry nearly a year ago, but now that lenders have had a year to digest their first
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BRIEF-Atrium Mortgage Investment says "reforms announced by federal government relate to …

BRIEF-Atrium Mortgage Investment says “reforms announced by federal government relate to insured residential mortgages and will have no direct
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Honeymoon Over For Seller's Market When New Mortgage Rules Hit

He announced several new rules and regulations aimed at ensuring that Canadian borrowers only take on mortgages they can afford, including
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Podcast: A fourth quarter economic update for real estate

This week our favorite economist, Steve Cook, the publisher and editor of “Real Estate Economy Watch,” is back with his fourth quarter economic
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D-FW tops the country in office building leasing

… area led the country in net office leasing with 3.6 million square feet of transactions, according to commercial real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield.
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RBI suggests wider definition of banking outlet

The Reserve Bank of India proposes to give a breather to banks, especially small finance banks, by bringing all places of their business, including
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Hurricane Matthew Path: Will Donald Trump's Most Prize Real Estate Possession Get Hit?

Republican presidential nominee's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, was closed Thursday as urricane Hurricane Matthew aimed its fury at
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Marc Cohodes is short Equitable Group, Canadian housing and Home Capital Group

… and Home Capital Group Inc. Cohodes also unveiled a new short position in Equitable Group Inc., a Toronto-based provider of mortgage financing.
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Can I get out of a bad home mortgage loan?

After all, current mortgage rates are about half what they were 17 years ago, and auto loan rates have experienced a similar drop over that time.
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Shortage of homes defies effort to rein in prices

Australian policymakers say efforts to rein in the runaway housing market are working. But on the ground there's a fresh bidding frenzy, as fibreboard
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Could Deutsche Bank's £36TRILLION in risky derivatives lead to Lehman-style collapse?

According to reports, the bank whose share price has plummeted by almost half in just a year, is sitting on a massive trove of questionable products
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Letters Article on European Investment Bank agricultural lending program missed key questions …

Currently I am working with Credit Dnipr bank; formerly I worked for the IFC (World Bank group). I help develop strategy for lending to the small and
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Development of REIT industry seen to help address housing backlog

Ojastro underscored the need to develop and expand the country's secondary mortgage market, especially with the ASEAN financial integration
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Mortgage fraud 'systemic' in Australia, UBS survey shows

Mortgage fraud is “systemic” in Australia, with more than a quarter of recent home buyers admitting they misrepresented some information on their
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