Local real estate agent receives Sterling Society award

Local real estate agent receives Sterling Society award

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New England announced that Mark Pitzi, a real estate agent affiliated with the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office in Beverly, has been recognized with the Coldwell Banker International Sterling Society award. Pitzi will be honored during a
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Ex CEO of payday lending company seeks top job at consumer watchdog agency

Under Mulvaney, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the CFPB has taken a decidedly friendlier approach to the financial industry including cutting down on enforcement and dropping investigations or lawsuits against payday lenders and other companies. (AP Photo/Alex
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Build Up Buffalo – Offering Boutique Real Estate Services

Erin Carmina and Maggie Hamilton Winship have opened a boutique property brokerage firm that specializes in finding real estate for nonprofits and up-and-coming businesses. Small businesses are the building blocks of Buffalo. Eager entrepreneurs abound. Unfortunately, there are constantly missed
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Select Banker, Northern Boulevard, Queens/LI, NY

Learn more about applying for Select Banker, Northern Boulevard, Queens/LI, NY at Santander Bank.
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RBC Chief Sounds Alarm on Flood of Foreign Cash in Canadian Real Estate

McKay, whose bank is Canada's largest mortgage lender, says he's supportive of government taxes and other measures targeting foreign buyers, as well as other regulatory efforts to cool the country's housing market. He's seeing some impacts from these rule changes, with “a little bit more healthy
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Homebuilder taps former Stearns exec to 'optimize' its mortgage JVs

Brian Hale, the former head of Stearns Lending, will be leading a new financial services unit at William Lyon Homes that encompasses two joint ventures the builder has with mortgage companies. Hale, who has been named president of financial services, “will focus on optimizing our financial services
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Cryptominer Hut 8 Slumps on Canada Exchange Trading Debut

This is also why many competitors are entering the market, because of the margins,” Chief Executive Officer Sean Clark said in a Bloomberg TV interview Tuesday from Toronto. “With these margins, competitors undoubtedly come in. But what makes us different is we have our chips allocated through
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How Many American Jobs Could Be Lost Thanks to Trump's Steel and Aluminum Tariffs

President Trump's proposed steel and aluminum tariffs aren't just unpopular—they may have adverse effects on American workers. According to a study by the Trade Partnership, the tariffs could ultimately cost more American jobs than they would create. Read: How Donald Trump's Steel
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Bakersfield voted number nine housing market to watch

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – Bakersfield has been voted number nine in realtor.com's ten housing markets to watch, especially the North West area. According to the article, young families are drawn to the area because of “the quality of life and a strong school system” and retirees get the most “bang for their
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Senate advances plan to weaken Dodd-Frank banking rules on bipartisan vote

A plan to scale back post-financial crisis banking rules cleared a key Senate hurdle Tuesday on a large bipartisan vote, with more than a third of the Senate Democratic caucus joining united Republicans to move the measure toward passage. The vote was 67 to 32, well over the 60 votes needed in the
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As prices rise, first-time buyers face greatest home shopping hurdles

With buyers scrambling for homes on anticipated mortgage rate growth, house values continued to rise at the start of the year, making entry-level homes even less attainable, according to CoreLogic. Home prices increased 6.6% year-over-year in January, and are projected to appreciate another 4.8%
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Refinance Calculator : Should You Refinance Your Mortgage?

HARP: The Home Affordable Refinance Program is available to underwater homeowners with a loan owned by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. Conventional Refinance: This loan lets you refinance out of any other loan type. For instance, it can eliminate FHA or conventional mortgage insurance when you
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Little Q4 Movement in Commercial and Multifamily Delinquency Rates

During the fourth quarter, the delinquency rate for banks and thrifts (90 or more days delinquent or in non-accrual) was 0.51 percent, down by a scant 0.02 percent from the fourth quarter, while the rate for commercial mortgage-backed securities (30 or more days delinquent or in REO) was 4.08 percent,
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How Evareium are disrupting the global real estate industry, Stefan Hickmott at Dubai Blockchain …

US$ 220 trillion global real estate industry which, including travel, tourism and leisure, is the largest industry in the world contributing over US$ 10 trillion annually to the global economy. Within this vast, physical world, Evareium has formulated an entirely digitalized future, where asset-backed,
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Why McDonald's Is Switching to Fresh Beef

McDonald's says it's switching from frozen beef to fresh in some 14,000 U.S. locations by early May. The company officially rolled out the concept at 3,500 stores today. Sorry about your luck, Hawaii and Alaska. You'll still get frozen beef. It's the latest in a series of moves by the chain (which have
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Warren slams senators for backing bank deregulation bill

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Tuesday blasted Republicans and fellow Democrats for backing a sweeping rollback of banking regulations that the Senate will likely pass as soon as this week. Lawmakers will vote to begin debate on the legislation on the Senate floor later this morning, a move that
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Toronto Police Arrest 4 Men In $17-Million Mortgage Fraud Investigation

According to a police statement, mortgages were to be secured on properties, but were never registered and were misrepresented to the mortgage lenders; the men pretended certain individuals and companies were the property owners when in fact they were not, and; false title insurance certificates
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BOK Financial Mortgage appoints Lee Wardlow director of loan servicing

As director of loan servicing, Wardlow will lead all mortgage servicing functions for BOK Financial Mortgage including servicing, non-performing servicing, servicing administration, cash and investor accounting. “Lee has a strong history of leading multiple servicing streams like ours while ensuring
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Marriott International Sends Global Media Account to Publicis

The appointment concludes a review launched last October. MEC had handled media buying and planning for Marriott International since 2011. Publicis will create a dedicated Marriott One Media unit from its SapientRazorfish and Spark Foundry agencies, which will partner with Marriott's internal media
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NTC promotes executive

Nationwide Title Clearing (NTC) has promoted Danny Byrnes to vice president of sales and marketing, the company announced. … “Danny has been instrumental in planning and executing the strategy that has achieved a 350 percent growth since his career started with our company. With his in-depth
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