Here's What Analysts Expect from the Housing Market in 2018

Freddie Mac and the National Association of REALTORS® are great for giving us numbers, but in terms of which housing trends are actually expected to prevail in 2018, that's the domain of Zillow and Trulia. Zillow says builders will focus on entry-level homes, responding to the demands of millennials
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Almost three-quarters used mortgage financing. While second homeowners can still deduct the interest on new mortgages up to $750,000, experts predict that many people will no longer itemize their expenses on Schedule A. The new tax rules raise the standard deduction to $24,000 for a married
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Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company is the biggest in the world and officials have said they expect an IPO to value the firm at around $2 trillion. (That would give Aramco a value five times that of Exxon Mobil.) CEO Amin Nasser told CNNMoney last year that the IPO was on track for 2018, but the
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With all the acronyms and jargon in the small business lending space, it can be hard to keep up. That said, “SBA loan” is one acronym every small business owner needs to know. Let's explore all things SBA loans—from what it is, to how to secure one for your small business—so that you can master all
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A reduced lending cap for multifamily loans set by the Federal Housing Finance Agency doesn't appear to be an issue for 2018. It appears unlikely that Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae, according to Globe St.com, will reach their 2017 lending caps of $36.5 billion. Those caps are set to be reduced to $35
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PHILADELPHIA—The gentrification of the Fishtown neighborhood here looks like something city planners dream of, with developers renovating old row houses as young professionals, along with new restaurants and businesses, pile in. But home prices have shot up so quickly in recent years that the
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Dubai resident Sharjil Saleem makes a living investing in domain names and brokering domain name deals — several of which have been valued as high as six figures. In October, he brokered a $2 million deal for the sale of domain ETH.com — nearly 100 times the $19,800 he originally paid for the
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The delinquency rate for loans in commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) fell in December to their lowest reading since September 2016, according to data from Trepp. The CMBS delinquency rate last month was 4.89 percent, a decrease of 29 basis points from the November level—the greatest
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To guard against insider trading and financial conflicts, members of Congress and federal officials must file regular reports on their assets — including stocks, bonds and derivatives. Yet there's no explicit mention in the disclosure requirements about bitcoin and the other cryptocurrencies that are drawing
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by James Thomson. Small business and family enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell says banking royal commissioner Kenneth Hayne will find it “incredibly challenging” not getting bogged down in individual cases of disaffected borrowers as he seeks to balance these with broader sectoral issues.
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FY18 Actual Real Estate & Personal Property bills were mailed on Dec. 31. The FY18 Tax Rate was set at $18.13 per thousand. The third and fourth quarter bills are included with this mailing. Third quarter bills are due Feb. 1. Fourth quarter bills are due May 1. Checks should be made payable to the
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When Michele Buck was tapped to run Hershey (hsy, -0.69%) in March 2017, she became the first female CEO in the company's 123-year history. Fortune included her on our 2017 list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business for the first time. And she is now a member of the elite club of women CEOs
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While much housing hand-wringing about tax reform has focused on the deductibility of mortgage interest and state and local real estate taxes, less attention has been paid to a provision that would end tax-exempt treatment for private activity bonds that support about one-half of all affordable multifamily
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Venezuela's one-year default probability has climbed to a world-leading 93.4 percent, according to a Bloomberg model that weighs a nation's external debt load, economic growth forecast and political risks. With so many variables at play in Maduro's calculations for the next year, it's worth looking at
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The deal is the latest in a string of massive utility mergers: The industry saw a combined $68.2 billion of acquisitions in 2017, the most in a decade, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Stagnant electricity prices and tight profit margins have stoked the buying spree. For more on the utility buying
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The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) resumed its tracking of home loan applications after a two-week holiday break. … The Refinance Index decreased seven percent from two weeks ago, but the refinance share of mortgage activity increased to 52.0 percent of total applications from 51.8 percent
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Our range of services includes commercial lending across a variety of platforms such as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, CMBS, FHA, USDA, bridge and proprietary loan products. Loans are offered through Greystone Servicing Corporation, Inc., Greystone Funding Corporation and/or other Greystone affiliates
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“We will want to explore all the opportunities,” Fox said in an interview with Bloomberg Television during a trip to Beijing on Wednesday. “I would say that we would be foolish not to look at all the potential.” Fox explained that the TPP agreement would need to be finalized first, adding that the issue isn't
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