Here Are the 10 Best-Selling Video Games on Amazon in 2017

If anything is certain from Amazon's list of best-selling video games of 2017, it was good to be Nintendo. Amazon's list of its best sellers of 2017 is dominated by Nintendo, which took seven of the top ten slots, according to Amazon. Those games were flanked by another long-time gaming franchise in Call
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NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) today released a research report entitled, “U.S. Title Insurers 2018 Outlook.” … has also steadily increased since September, as measured by the 'National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index' (HMI).
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Canadians short on retirement funds may be turning to using their home equity. Numbers from Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) show that reverse mortgages experienced huge double digit growth in October 2017. That's good news for reverse mortgage lenders, but bad news
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The stock of OLAM INTERNATIONAL (OTCMKTS:OLMIF) registered an increase of 4400% in short interest. OLMIF's total short interest was 4,500 shares in January as published by FINRA. Its up 4400% from 100 shares, reported previously. With 200 shares average volume, it will take short sellers 23
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With the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) currently considering changing the credit score requirements for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, representatives from both FICO and its potential competition have been weighing in on the potential changes. On December 20, 2017, the FHFA issued a
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It may be a new year, but the first housing data report of 2018 picks up where 2017 left off: Home prices are still rising. According to new data from CoreLogic, home prices nationally were up one percent in November from October and up by seven percent from one year earlier. Four states reported
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The UK's four big High Street banks closed, or announced plans to shut, a total of 948 branches during 2017. The banks blamed the advance of technology, with customers turning to the internet and smartphones for day-to-day banking. However, one town in Flintshire believes that the economic hit
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Brazil's President Michel Temer is recovering from a urinary tract infection from complications related to surgery last month, according to a member of his cabinet. Temer is resting at the official Jaburu residence and taking antibiotics to combat the infection. He will travel to Sao Paulo in coming days for
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A combination of rising interest rates, a stronger economy and a new tax code could contribute to an exceptionally strong year for the home equity line of credit (HELOC), according to a forecast from Greg McBride, Chief Financial Analyst for Bankrate. McBride is predicting three rate hikes from the
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A growing number of cities across the US are considering launching city-owned “public banks,” reports Deonna Anderson in Next City. Among these are Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Oakland, California; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Santa Fe, New Mexico; and
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Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) announced on Tuesday that he would retire at the end of his term this year, leaving the door open to former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney to seek the open seat. Romney, who has not revealed his plans, responded on Facebook to
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Following some policy and leadership changes during the president's rocky first year in office, some analysts are now wondering if banks will respond by increasing lending or be content to offer pay raises and bonuses to employees and hike dividends for shareholders. Most of the region's biggest
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The years 2017 had some serious ups and downs, and the real estate market was no exception. As luxury real estate brokers, we had a firsthand look at the way this year shaped the market, specifically in the Big Apple. One major benefit for New York City? A-listers played a colossal game of Monopoly
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As a student of history and the markets, I believe the real estate industry is the healthiest it's been in more than three decades. Although sales and home prices are close to where they were before the housing boom, there's more economic stability. Overall, I expect the housing market to remain solid, led
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“Having experienced the devastation that the 2008 mortgage crisis wreaked on our low income members, we need the CFPB to protect communities targeted by … The DOJ added that the Credit Union National Association has filed a brief supporting the Mulvaney appointment, although Lower East Side
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Data from ULI's Emerging Trends in Real Estate® 2018 report are generally positive for the Queen City. While the city does rank in the middle of the pack among cities in the “Investor Demand” and “Development/Redevelopment Opportunities” rankings, Cincinnati is ranked number five in “Homebuilding
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Find out more about SelectLeaders job postings by viewing the online job postings in more detail. Senior Vice President, Global Real Estate and Korn/Ferry International.
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Many Washington lobbyists will be getting refund checks in coming weeks, because Sen. Orrin Hatch has called off his 2018 re-election bid. Hatch, you see, was the leading recipient of lobbyist cash for 2018, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Last time Hatch got beat by some Democrats
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It otherwise maintained the State's mortgage-lending rules. When asked what might prompt a tightening of the rules, Central Bank official Mark Cassidy, then head of financial stability, told commission members that it would be down to “dynamics between pricing and credit and whether valuations were
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Fannie Mae's serious delinquency rate climbed to a high not seen since March 2017, but remained lower than it was 12 months prior, according to the agency's latest monthly report. The share of single-family loans with serious delinquencies was 1.12% in November 2017, up from 1.01% the previous
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