Is Seattle's housing market taking a turn? The boom isn't ending, but new data shows big slowdown

Is Seattle's housing market taking a turn? The boom isn't ending, but new data shows big slowdown

Seattle's rip-roaring real estate market, fueled for years now by the city's historic population growth and, at least to some degree, foreign investment,
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Bengal concern over lending to MSMEs

Calcutta: Bengal finance and industries minister Amit Mitra has expressed concern over a potential credit squeeze for the micro, small and medium
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SEBI extends trading hours for securities lending and borrowing segment by over two hours till 5 pm

New Delhi: With a view to facilitate physical settlement of equity derivatives contracts, markets regulator SEBI on Friday extended the trading timings in
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Nigeria's central bank to stimulate lending, buy corporate bonds to boost growth

ABUJA, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Nigeria's central bank plans to stimulate lending to manufacturers and invest in corporate bonds to revive the economy
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New York Public Library is lending out smart clothes to help people find work

A library in New York is lending out “work fashion” for people needing smart attire for a business interview who otherwise could not afford it. New York
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Pair of Fort Myers, Estero apartments fetch $100 million in sales

Berkadia obtained the funds from Freddie Mac's “Green Up” program, which stipulates borrowers must commit to initiatives including water usage
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Fannie/Freddie Invoke Disaster Policies in Wake of Hurricane Lane

The rain is still pouring down in Oahu, but Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are ahead of the game. Both GSEs have already announced that their
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Banging The Drum For Beazer Homes

Lumber prices have also started to crumble as well, improving margins for home builders. In addition, one of the biggest issues in the housing market
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Wells Fargo to Cut Over 600 Mortgage Employees

Wells Fargo & Co. is cutting 638 mortgage employees as the nation's largest home lender contends with a slowdown in the business. “After carefully
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What a difference a day makes

The backing was part of Freddie Mac's affordable SFR pilot program—a … Investors believe that the Fannie-Freddie market participation through the
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Sign of a slowdown? Wells Fargo cutting 600 mortgage jobs nationwide

Wells Fargo said it would lay off more than 600 employees in its home … Nonbank home mortgage lenders, which the federal government does not
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Berkadia Secures $51.9M Acquisition Loan for Multifamily Community in New Jersey

Berkadia utilized the Freddie Mac Mod Rehab Loan Program, allowing the borrower to have a floating rate during the renovation period that will
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John McCain Discontinues Medical Treatment for Brain Cancer

Senator John McCain is discontinuing medical treatment for the aggressive brain cancer that's kept him home in Arizona and away from the Senate
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Mueller Probe Intensifying to Breakneck Pace, Ex-Deputy Asst. AG Litman Says

… immunity to Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization's chief financial officer. He speaks with Bloomberg's Kevin Cirilli on “Bloomberg Markets.
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House of the Week: English-style cottage in Westvale restored to 1920's fashion

Monthly Mortgage: $738 (based on this week's national average rate of 4.6 percent, according to Freddie Mac, for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage with a
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Fannie, Freddie remind servicers of options as Hawaiian hurricane approaches

Hurricane Lane is set to make landfall over the weekend and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are reminding servicers of their options in the wake of the
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Investors Lose Fight Over Fannie, Freddie Profits

(CN) – The Eighth Circuit ruled Thursday that the federal government's diversion of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac profits to the U.S. Treasury
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Luxury Home Market Stays Strong: ETF & Stock Picks

There's no doubt that the U.S. housing market is struggling. Land and labor shortage, resulting in inventory crunch and rising mortgage rates,
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Trump Insiders Could Offer 'Holy Grail' of Long-Hidden Finances

So is David Pecker, whose American Media Inc. made “catch and kill” deals that helped keep illicit affairs out of public view, as Vanity Fair first reported
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Coalition receives advice on expanding affordable housing

Nancy Bridges said she attended the meeting because she's concerned about affordability issues in Bowling Green's housing market. Bridges, who is
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