February real estate market remains strong

February real estate market remains strong

Total sold dollar volume, median price, and units sold in the Fredericksburg area all enjoyed a year-over-year increases in February. There was also a decrease in days on market, according to a report prepared by the Fredericksburg Area Association of Realtors. Total sold dollar volume increased 10
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India's banking clean-up act is going to hurt its foreign trade

Importers are impaired, exporters are nervous, cost of credit could be on its way up, the rupee may weaken against the dollar, and investors are stunned. Stocks of public sector banks fell over 2 percent in early trade on Wednesday. All because the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided on March 13 to bar
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Moody's: Outlook on Kuwait's banking system remains stable as robust economy supports asset …

Limassol, March 14, 2018 — The outlook for Kuwait's banking system is stable as the credit standing of Kuwaiti banks will be supported by steady non-oil economic growth and solid financial fundamentals over the next 12 to 18 months, says Moody's Investors Service in a report published today.
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Las Vegas worst area for affordable housing for poor, report says

UNLV professor and affordable housing expert Karen Danielsen said the problem will get worse if Southern Nevada's population continues to grow as it has in recent years. “Developers do not typically build housing for the poorest of the poor,” she said. “So because demand for market-rate housing is
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Bitcoin exchange in banking tie-up with Barclays

A major bitcoin exchange has struck a banking relationship with Barclays, a move that marks a break in the ranks of UK lenders who have been shunning the cryptocurrency industry as it comes under growing scrutiny from regulators. San Francisco start-up Coinbase, one of the better-known digital
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Homelessness Solutions Will Only Help Downtown Commercial Real Estate, Say Experts

Salt Lake City—The proposed de-centralized homeless shelters won't just benefit the homeless—they'll economically benefit the downtown area, said multiple commercial real estate industry veterans. Last week, Utah Business held its annual Commercial Real Estate Roundtable at Holland and Hart's
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Auckland housing market losing steam, says Real Estate Institute of New Zealand

Auckland's overheated housing market is slowing, with price growth lagging behind other main centres, according to the latest monthly data from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand. The median number of days it took to sell a property in Auckland – a gauge of underlying demand – increased by six
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US Unemployment Headed Below 3% Unless Fed Acts to Slow Growth

A more aggressive Fed would run the risk of roiling financial markets — Hatzius says investors are only pricing in four or five hikes in 2018-2019 — and raise the chances of a recession. Even with such rate increases, unemployment will still settle well below Fed officials' 4.6 percent estimate of its long-run
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What Rexit Really Means for Oil

The second, and bigger, issue is how Tuesday's news fits with a broader escalation of the administration's economic nationalism. It comes soon after the announcement of tariffs and the resignation of Gary Cohn as the president's top economic advisor. If Tillerson's firing did have anything to do with his
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Japan's regional banks are struggling, but analysts like other parts of the sector

Japan's regional banks are struggling due to the country's shrinking population and prolonged, low interest rate environment. Half of the more than 100 regional banks lost money on their core lending and fees business in the financial year to March 2017. Japan has made progress in turning around its
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Campbell Picks Publicis Groupe After Massive Agency Review

MEC's New York office was Campbell's U.S.media buying and planning agency beginning in 1999, and the agency also won international buying and planning assignments in 2006. The agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Included in Publicis' scope will be Campbell's
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Early Reports Show a Slow Down in Inflationary Measures

The biggest report came out before the opening bell this morning; the Consumer Price Index, also called the CPI. This report is a great indicator of inflationary measurers and has a ripple effect impacting both the Housing market index, and housing starts data, both of which are due out later this week.
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Australian property hot for Chinese buyers

ON THE MOVE: Chinese New Year is a favoured time for consumers to go abroad and consider investing closer to Australian landmarks like … More than three quarters of Chinese travellers will consider buying property overseas in 2018, according to research by international property portal Juwai.com.
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House committee to 'wait and see' on payday lending reform bill

Arthur Orr's Senate Bill 138 cleared the Senate last week and now moves to the House Financial Services Committee, chaired by Rep. Ken Johnson, R-Moulton. Orr last week called that committee the “Bermuda Triangle” for payday lending reform. Asked Tuesday if the committee would take up the bill,
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Investors Real Estate Trust's (IRET) CEO Mark Decker Jr. on Q3 2018 Results – Earnings Call …

Hello, everyone. And welcome to the Investors Real Estate Trust Fiscal Third Quarter 2018 Results Conference Call. All participants will be in listen-only mode [Operator Instructions]. Please note this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Matt Volpano. Please go ahead.
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Harcourts' average selling price slips in Auckland and Wellington, rises elsewhere

February's sales figures from the country's largest real estate agency show different trends in Auckland and Wellington compared to the rest of the country. Harcourts' national sales figures show the agency sold 1838 residential properties throughout the country in February, down 2.5% compared to
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Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PEI) – Stock Analysts: Should You Listen?

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PEI) stock was most active stock of Wall Street Market on Monday. Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust moved -0.40% to 9.89. PEI received interesting focus from Active Investors and it has been trading on front line as seeing to it recent volume.
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How setting the right rewards can help curb bad banking behaviour

In light of the gobsmacking revelations of dishonesty and fraud within National Australia Bank's “Introducer” program within the banking royal commission yesterday, a discussion paper on financial services culture issued by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority this week provides a timely deep dive into
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Commercial lending stabilises in January

Home loan commitments to owner-occupiers rose 0.5 per cent in January to $21.2 billion, close to November's three year peak. According to CommSec, all new lending commitments, which takes in housing, personal and commercial loans and lease finance, rose 0.5 per cent in January to $71.5 billion,
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