Housing prices here almost back to pre-crash levels

Housing prices here almost back to pre-crash levels

Housing prices in Evanston have recovered better than those in most Chicago area neighborhoods — but are still slightly below levels from a decade
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Ashford Trust refinances maturing mortgages, sells two hotels

The Wachovia 1, Wachovia 2, and Wachovia 6 loans (maturing in April 2017) and JPMorgan Chase Marriott Fremont Loan (maturing August 2019)
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Why To Buy In The Fall

The post Labor Day housing market signals to many would-be home buyers to table the home search until spring. Housing inventory in our area tends
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Shanghai Composite Index's Real Estate Sector Hit, But Great Start To The Week For Chinese …

The news came after news that Beijing was looking to let some of the air out of the frothy Chinese real estate market, possibly stimulating fund flows
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Government launches debt and money guidance service

Government ministers today agreed to launch a single public financial advice body to replace the Money Advice Service (MAS). The new body will
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Deutsche's Private Banking Head in Asia Departs

Investors in crisis-hit Deutsche Bank have no doubt been hoping that the bank can settle a major investigation with the U.S. Justice Department quickly
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Slovakia P2P Lender Žltý melon Appoints Head of Risk Management & Announces Partnership …

On Monday, Slovakia-based peer-to-peer lending platform Žltý melon announced it appointed Michal Milko as Head of Risk Management. Milko joins
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​Buying Real Estate With Cash, Lending or Crowdfunding?

Traditionally, financing can be all cash, through joint venture financing, or through various sources of lending. Buying an investment property with cash
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Centrum bets big on housing, SME lending

Financial services group Centrum Capital is overhauling its business under its executive chairman Jaspal Bindra, former Asia-Pacific chief of Standard
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Ulster Bank sells off £2bn of loans to vulture fund Cerberus

However, there are no residential mortgages as part of this tranche on this side of the border. But around 1% of the loans involve farmers and other
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New Underwater Refinance Program Available October 2017

According to mortgage rule-making agency Freddie Mac, the outlook for 30-year fixed mortgage rates will average 3.6% through the end of 2016.
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U.S. mortgage rates hold steady, remain historically low

U.S. mortgage rates were unchanged this week and remain at their 10-week low mark, according to Freddie Mac. The 30-year fixed mortgage
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Business Backing: Unique Enterprise Gets Shot At Launch Through Nontraditional Financing

“We turned to Kiva because they are very nontraditional in their lending process,” says Keely. “They began as a microlending and microfinance
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What you need to know about Manhattan's housing market heading into 4Q

According to Bloomberg and other media outlets, N.Y.C. real estate buyers just aren't approaching the market with “the same intensity” they had years
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Homeowner insurance coverage levels fall in hurricane-prone areas

Hurricane insurance is often supplemental, but is typically required by mortgage lenders if the home is located in a storm-prone market like Florida.
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Icelandic tourism boom lifts economy, skews housing market

Housing shortages and high prices, partly stoked by tourists wanting to see everything from the Northern Lights to landscapes used in the HBO TV
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Feds go after deceptive car-title lenders

Auto title-loan companies provide loans to car owners who offer the title to the vehicle as collateral. The loans typically are for a very short term and
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These government-backed high-interest green loans are turning mortgage lending upside down

But perhaps most important is the fact that PACE loans take priority over the mortgage in situations like foreclosures, a feature that subverts the entire
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Ranger Direct Lending fund adds AltFi Data's p2p benchmark index

The £221m Ranger Direct Lending fund has adopted the Liberum AltFi Returns Index (LARI) as its benchmark to show its performance against the
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Founders Financial Securities Lowers stake in Starwood Property Trust (STWD)

… subsidiaries focuses on originating acquiring financing and managing commercial mortgage loans commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS)
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