House's Private-Activity Bond Repeal Harms Housing Production

Recent analyses by Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) and Freddie Mac have shown that the United States produces about 400,000 new apartment units annually. By eliminating tax-exempt multifamily housing bonds and 4% LIHTCs, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act recently
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Meanwhile, Wright said Seneca has been pleased with RM Secured Direct Lending's progress in building up a portfolio of secured asset loans to UK borrowers, backed by predominantly senior secured rights over assets and/or income streams. “With the latest equity raising through a C share issue,
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Nationwide, home values increased 0.16% from August to $282,000, which is another high point, according to Black Knight. But it is the sixth month in a row where the rate of appreciation slowed. There was a 6.36% year-over-year increase in home values during September. The annual appreciation
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(WASHINGTON) — Sales of new U.S. single-family homes unexpectedly rose in October, scaling their highest level in 10 years amid robust demand across the country, offering a boost to the housing market. The Commerce Department said on Monday new home sales increased 6.2 percent to a
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Financial technology start-ups like Revolut and Trussle threaten established banks in the UK's £1.3 trillion mortgage market, with four in 10 customers being open to Fintech competitors instead. In the 'Battling for Buyers' report, behavioural science experts Decision Technology (Dectech) found
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The upbeat report from the Commerce Department on Monday was the latest indication that housing was regaining momentum after treading water for much of the year because of a dearth of homes for sale and shortages of labor and suitable land for building. It underscored the economy's strength early
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Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund boosted its stake in shares of Weatherford International by 35.9% in the third quarter. Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund now owns 412,589 shares of the oil and gas company's stock valued at $1,890,000 after buying an
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Taurus Asset Management Llc increased Eog Res Inc (EOG) stake by 6.06% reported in 2017Q2 SEC filing. Taurus Asset Management Llc acquired 7,530 shares as Eog Res Inc (EOG)'s stock declined 5.27%. The Taurus Asset Management Llc holds 131,887 shares with $11.94 million value, up from
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Clydesdale, Santander and NatWest retained their crowns at MortgageForce's 2017 awards held last week at the Marriott Hotel in Heathrow. NatWest was awarded best all round lender for the fifth year in a row. Meanwhile Clydesdale won best high net worth lender for the third year on the bounce and
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Nov. 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (NASDAQ:WHLR) (“Wheeler” or the “Company”), a fully-integrated, self-managed commercial real estate investment company focused on acquiring and managing income-producing retail
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The great Fortune writer Carol Loomis used to recall how the male writers would always travel with their female research assistants, who would take notes during interviews, transcribe them and do the heavy lifting while the writer was out on the town. Dan Okrent, a former editor of Life magazine, had a
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Executive Conversations is a HousingWire web series that profiles powerful people in the financial industry, highlighting the operations and the people that make this sector tick. In the latest installment, we sit down with Sarah DeCiantis, chief marketing officer of United Wholesale Mortgage, to talk about
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… bitcoin trade. Bitfinex requires initial equity of 30 percent of the position. Short-margin trading positions on Bitfinex, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency exchange, were at around 19,188 bitcoins on Monday, versus 23,931 long positions, according to bfxdata.com, which tracks data on the bourse.
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Canadian real estate giant Brookfield is a relatively new player in Japan, but Patrick Boocock, managing partner and country head at Brookfield Asset … The panel also touched briefly on two sectors that have attracted much recent interest and which also seem to lock in with long-term trends. Japan's
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Rabat – The rate of bancarization reached 71 percent in June against 69 percent six months ago, according to the latest indicators of the banking system provided by Bank Al-Maghrib. The number of ATMs also increased in the last six months, to 6.309 versus 6.283 in December 2016. Bank density
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“The stabilization of energy prices provides a solid base for the Houston office market and real estate in general. Major investors and institutional buyers returned to Houston real estate in 2017, setting the stage for more acquisitions as confidence grows,” Deal said. “Economists forecast improving job
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Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla will be the only defendant in a U.S. trial over Iranian sanctions violations, the judge overseeing the case told potential jurors. Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab was also scheduled to be tried, but he hasn't appeared in court for the start of the trial. His absence
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However, Capital One stands out in this list as the only bank to double down on auto lending despite deteriorating market conditions. While Capital One's auto loan charge-off rates have been hurt over recent quarters, we believe that the bank's expertise in the card lending industry – which also has a
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