Housing Stratification: Fewer Starter Homes, More Premium Homes

Housing Stratification: Fewer Starter Homes, More Premium Homes

The bubble of the mid 2000s represented a major turning point for the US housing market. The entry level segment of the market experienced far more distress than other higher priced segments and was riddled with underwater borrowers and foreclosures. The initial market response was a plunge in
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Adani Is Said to Delay Australia Coal Shipment, Eye Export Deals

Indian conglomerate Adani Enterprises Ltd. will miss its original deadline to start shipping thermal coal from one of the world's biggest planned mines due to funding difficulties, even as it eyes export deals with Asian companies. The billionaire Gautam Adani-backed company has abandoned a 2020
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Investors Aren't Breaking Up With Tech—Yet

After all, the portfolio manager of the $4.5 billion Wells Fargo Growth Fund beat 93 percent of peers over the past year by piling into Amazon.com Inc. and Google's parent Alphabet Inc. But between Facebook Inc.'s privacy scandal and the back-to-back fatal crashes at Uber Technologies Inc. and Tesla
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Angel Oak hires new mortgage head as new issue nears pricing

Namit Sinha has been hired as head of mortgage strategies at Angel Oak, after spending four years at Canyon Capital where he set up the firm's residential loan trading business as well as covering structured credit. He was previously at Nomura Securities as executive director of mortgage trading, .
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Hasbro CEO Admits Making Mistake With 'Last Jedi' Toys

Chief Executive Officer Brian Goldner says the company made an error by releasing toys too far ahead of the franchise's most recent movie, “The Last Jedi.” That contributed to disappointing sales of the products during the holidays — a season that was already hurt by the bankruptcy of Toys “R” Us Inc.
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Asian Banking Is About to Get Interesting

Their next steps are likely to be hikes, with the Philippines following suit. While these nations' central banks are minnows relative to the Bank of Japan and People's Bank of China, their rate decisions would show that emerging-market policymakers expect their economies to heat up after a long period of
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UPDATE 1-India's PNB to settle nearly $1 bln to peer banks in claims over fraud

In what has been dubbed as the biggest fraud in India's banking history, two jeweller groups have been accused of defrauding banks by raising loans from overseas branches of Indian lenders using nearly $2 billion of fraudulent guarantees issued by rogue PNB staff at a Mumbai branch. PNB's board
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FHFA Announces Date for GSE Common Security Debut

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has announced the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) will begin issuing a new common security called the Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security (UMBS) on June 3, 2019. The new security, which will be issued through the GSEs' joint venture
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AfDB seeks Sh200bn in public market deal for on-lending

Market News. AfDB seeks Sh200bn in public market deal for on-lending. Wednesday, March 28, 2018 20:57. By JAMES NGUNJIRI … It is the regional lender's first public market deal of 2018 and is to be redeemed on March 22, 2021. AfDB is rated the highest quality ratings by Moody's Investor Service,
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Icons of real estate share stories, impart wisdom

The panel, called Icons of Real Estate, consisted of Chad McWhinney, Kevin Brinkman, Connie Dohn, Larry Kendall and Martin Lind, who collectively have over the past four decades played critical roles in changing the landscape of Northern Colorado through myriad community developments,
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IBERIABANK names chief diversity officer

IBERIABANK has hired Monica R. Sylvain and the company's first chief diversity officer, the company announced. Sylvain, who was also named an executive vice president, will report to President and CEO Daryl G. Byrd and serve as an executive officer on IBERIABANK's leadership team. “We know that
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Terra Firma Capital Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter & Full Year 2017 Financial Results

Loan and mortgage investments at December 31, 2017 is $119.0 million, an increase of $23.0 million or 24% from September 30, 2017. Revenues decreased by $400,000 to $3.0 million, compared to $3.4 million during the three months ended last year. Net income and comprehensive income
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Banking on sustainable energy projects in Ireland

Ireland must adopt more efficient and green energy. Herein lies an opportunity for businesses and developers in Ireland. Energy Cork will host a one-day conference on 12 April at the Clayton Hotel Cork City entitled “Energy Finance for a New Era”. National and international bankers, investors, energy
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Lender consolidation looms as liquidity dries up

There is an oncoming liquidity crisis that will force consolidation in the mortgage industry as margins tighten and funding sources dry up. … While MSRs for sale are scarce and that is a positive for prices, some mortgage bankers are not seeing the benefit because that is being offset by lower gain-on-sale
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Compliance a crucial aspect of real estate lending technology

When it comes time to considering technology, one area non-bank lenders in real estate finance cannot ignore are compliance challenges, Digital Risk LLC's senior vice president of client services Leo Loomie cautions. Mr. Loomie works with large banks, non-bank lenders and GSEs on managing loan
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Charlotte Talks: Charlotte's Hot Housing Market, Spring Real Estate Outlook

Charlotte has one of the hottest housing markets in the country, but that's not necessarily a good thing if you're in the market to buy. Rising sale prices, combined with an historically low inventory have made it particularly tough for first-time home buyers. Home builders are focusing on the luxury market
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Home Prices Surging Despite Increasing Mortgage Rates

Home mortgage rates have been climbing since the start of 2018, but that isn't having an impact on home values, with prices jumping 6.2% in January. This week, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index reported a 6.2% annual gain in home prices in January. That is lower
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Plainview firm charged with overbilling

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman announced the lawsuit against Rosicki, Rosicki & Associates, which focuses on foreclosure, and its affiliates Enterprise Process Service as well as Paramount Land, a title company. Authorities said the organization engaged in a scheme “to generate false and
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Privacy Crisis Costs Facebook Top Five Ranking in S&P 500 Market Cap Club

Bruised by a privacy crisis, the social media giant lost its position among the top five S&P 500 companies by market value to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., as noted in Bespoke Investment Group LLC research. Facebook fell out of the club on March 19 and the gap widened to about $42 billion
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Facebook Ordered to Comply With US Tax Probe of Irish Unit

Facebook Inc. must allow a U.S. judge to inspect documents it has avoided showing the Internal Revenue Service as part of an investigation into the company's use of an Irish subsidiary for tax purposes. U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler ordered Facebook on Tuesday to let her review a selection of
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