Higher Yields Pull Office Investors toward Value-Add Acquisitions

Higher Yields Pull Office Investors toward Value-Add Acquisitions

… 3.6 percent off transaction volume in the second quarter of 2016, according to the latest Office Investment report from real estate services firm JLL.
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PHOTOS: We found Denzel in Lynn

Thomas Grillo Thomas Grillo is an award-winning business reporter who has worked at Boston's major newspapers covering real estate trends such
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Prominent Trends in ETF Investment Portfolios

Investors have also become overweight real estate in the ongoing search for income in a low-yielding environment. SSGA warned that real estate
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Adjustable Rate Mortgage vs Fixed Rate Mortgage

Featured Image for Adjustable Rate Mortgage vs Fixed Rate Mortgage. If you're in the market to purchase a home or looking to refinance an existing
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Japan embraces fintech's hard-boiled wonderland

Banks and politicians in Japan are getting ever more energetic for fintech with grand plans for APIs, artificial intelligence (AI), digital currencies,
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Real estate notes: Townhome project sales loom

A local real estate investment and development entity undertaking townhomes in McKissack Park has renamed the project Elevate at MedWest.
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Redfin: Condos More Cost-Effective Than Dorms

Redfin compared the monthly dorm rate at 195 public colleges with the median monthly mortgage on a condo in each of those cities and found 47
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Urban Institute: Here's how HARP gave a much-needed revamp to the refinance market

“In 2009, the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, introduced the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP)
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Marketplace News: Major Changes to Reverse Mortgage Program

For example, the current reverse mortgage approval amount for a 65 year old borrower with a $500,000 home is $271,000. In October, the approval
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Prosper Announces $50 Million Series G Investment

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Prosper, a leading marketplace lending platform for consumer loans, today announced a $50 million
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With Uber and Lyft in Philly, taxi loans are underwater, like mortgages in 2008

Like the mortgage mess, lenders drew up medallion loans with huge balloon payments, made to people who couldn't afford them but who never
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Freddie Mac Prices $464 Million Multifamily K-Deal, K-MP1, Backed by Properties Controlled by …

MCLEAN, VA–(Marketwired – Sep 22, 2017) – Freddie Mac ( OTCQB : FMCC) recently priced a new offering of Structured Pass-Through Certificates (K
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An LGBT-Friendly, GOP-Authored Fair Housing Bill Is Now Waiting for Congress to Act

For years, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two of the world's largest financial institutions, enjoyed a sanctioned monopoly. Confusingly, these fully
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Independent Portfolio Consultants Inc. Has $831000 Stake in Philip Morris International Inc (PM)

BidaskClub upgraded shares of Philip Morris International from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, June 21st.
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10 Real Estate Features That Need To Stay Traditional

There is no doubt that the real estate market has come full circle in terms of technology use. From drones to virtual tours and digital staging, a buyer
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Mortgage rates rise for first time in seven weeks

21, according to Freddie Mac. That's the first increase in seven weeks and reverses a steady drop in rates after they topped 4% in mid-July. The rate
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The race is on in Lynn's Ward 1

But Meimeteas, a real estate agent at Boston Signature Homes in Swampscott, said he is confident of a win. “The turnout was very low and getting 40
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Improving banking system & encouraging private sector investment key: FM Arun Jaitley

The government will take steps to find adequate resources to support debt-laden banks in order to help them participate in India's economic growth,
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CFPB finalizes alignment of Regulation B and Regulation C requirements regarding collection of …

… that can be used to collect the revised HMDA demographic data until the 2016 URLA prepared by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae is implemented.
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HousingWire Honors Mike Zarrilli of DocMagic with 2017 Insiders Award

The HousingWire Insiders Award honors the “unsung heroes” behind the success of several of the industry's prominent companies. These are the
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