Coldwell Banker Resort Realty named to Real Trends 2018 Up-and-Comers.

For 31 years, REAL Trends has been the undisputed leader in ranking the performance of the top residential real estate brokerage firms. This year, over 1,250 firms qualified for our Up-and-Comer ranking. REAL Trends has been The Trusted Source of news, analysis, and information on the residential
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Ultimately though, Edna Mashaal and her firm took home an award at the Long Island Business News Real Estate Awards for being the top residential broker by volume, producing $98.879 million. “I'm competing with offices of over 300 per office,” Edna Mashaal, who founded her firm in 2002, said in an
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Trump Administration's trade war with China has already sparked fears about its potential impact on the markets for steel and aluminum. But the battle could also have a serious impact in an unexpected place: California's wine country. During his time in office, President Obama held a dinner for China's
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Blend explained that the resource and cost savings from using its tech to finance a mortgage, “can also make it more worthwhile for builders to focus on entry-level homes, something much needed in a housing market that is in the midst of an affordability crisis and has seen slowing home sales and
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“I have been in this industry for more than 18 years, so I know buying your first home can be daunting,” Bill Stern, Sales Manager at Access National Mortgage, said. “But, the audience was active and engaged throughout the seminar.” Stern presented on the financial benefit of ownership and special
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“I am excited about this great opportunity to represent one of real estates premier brands,” Townsend said. “The association with Berkshire Hathaway and Starck will bring into play the power of an international leader in real estate and the financial world. This will allow me to offer my clients best-in-class
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Telegram did not respond to requests for comment from Fortune. The firm is thought to be using the proceeds from the private funding rounds to build a blockchain network, the Telegram Open Network (TON). The network would allow Telegram's 200 million users to pay for services on that blockchain,
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The average for a 15-year refi is currently running at 3.65 percent, down 6 basis points from a week ago. Monthly payments on a 15-year fixed refinance at that rate will cost around $724 per $100,000 borrowed. That's clearly much higher than the monthly payment would be on a 30-year mortgage at that
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The future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac remains up in the air in the absence of formal legislation. Bloomberg News. The sharp debate over the Senate's banking relief bill this past month has renewed doubts that a bipartisan consensus on housing can be reached anytime soon, according to sources
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“Landbay is a Specialist Mortgage Marketplace lender. We direct-match retail and institutional investors' money into BTL mortgages using p2p technology. For borrowers, we aim to provide the fastest turnaround of any Buy-to-Let lender at pricing that can compete head-on with banks. For retail investors
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Owning investment properties has allowed me to create passive income and build wealth, but one of my favorite things about being a real estate investor is the ability to impact the lives of others. I love that I am able to be an example for my tenants and their children. The fact that they are able to see me
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Capstead Mortgage logo Capstead Mortgage Co. (NYSE:CMO) declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 15th, NASDAQ reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 29th will be given a dividend of 0.16 per share by the real estate investment trust on Friday, April 20th. This represents a
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These transactions, recorded the week of March 19, are compiled from information on file with the respective counties. They represent sales of $78,000 or more. PEORIA COUNTY. 2527, 2529 & 2603 W. Farmington Road, West Peoria, Wanda K. Harper to Cook Enterprises LLC Farmington Road Series,
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This justifies the premium pricing of mid-range spa furniture over the mass-range segment and drives the spa furniture market. Extensive spa and fitness facilities have become common at hotels and real estate developments. These spas compete by adopting various marketing strategies to attract their
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Neo-liberal banking reform was launched in the early 1990s to address the low profitability of the public banking system and the large presence of non-performing assets. It set itself the objectives of cleaning out NPAs, recapitalising the banks and modifying banking practices to restore profitability and
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A natural gas company is seeking commitments to expand a pipeline that runs through North Dakota. Alliance Pipeline's announcement this week comes as the state's oil and gas regulators are encouraging new infrastructure investment to handle growing volumes of natural
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The Chinese economy is experiencing a slowdown since 2014, which will have an adverse impact on the country's hydraulic pumps market. In 2014, the Chinese economy grew by only 7.4% which is mainly because of the poor performance of the country's real estate sector and the huge manufacturing
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The idea of “bail-in” in cases of serious banking instability has been widely discussed in India ever since the introduction of the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill. Given the large non-performing loans of public sector banks, the Government of India and the Reserve Bank of India as the
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… exceeds any possible interpretation of Texas tort reform statutes,'' Andrew Gray, spokesman for the bank, said in an e-mailed statement after the verdict. The original $8 billion award was the largest jury verdict of 2017, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. It's also the ninth-largest in U.S. history.
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Conversations about pay in the banking industry typically focus on whether executives at the top are paid too much or workers at the bottom are paid too little. But new data available as a result of the Dodd-Frank Act is drawing rare attention to the compensation of employees in the middle. In what will
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