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Mansion Global Daily: Branded Buildings Reign in Miami, Luxury Sales Stay Strong in Manhattan and More … buildings set to open in South Florida by 2021, the sunny region has seemingly become the unofficial home of the branded building, helped in large part by its international buying demographic.
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Last week, the average rate in the U.S. for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 4.33% with points of 0.6, according to mortgage buyer Freddie Mac. “What we have here is the possibility of this interest rate really going to about 5% in the next year to 18 months,” Eppli said. James Imhoff, chairman of First
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Investors sentiment increased to 1.34 in Q3 2017. Its up 0.05, from 1.29 in 2017Q2. It improved, as 7 investors sold Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. shares while 31 reduced holdings. 15 funds opened positions while 36 raised stakes. 15.45 million shares or 1.72% less from 15.73 million shares in
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Vestager has become a scourge of the U.S. tech industry, levying record fines against Google and tackling tax deals at Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. But at the same time, the 57-year-old Mundt has become the toughest national regulator in the EU. After tackling beer and sausage cartels, he's made a
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Consumer lending for Alibaba's (NYSE:BABA) Ant Financial has reached at least $95B, according to Bloomberg sources. The Huabei (provides revolving credit lines to Alipay users) and Jiebei (short-term lender) units have helped double Ant's total consumer lending since the start of 2017. Growth came
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National lender Caliber Home Loans has launched a new mobile platform that allows borrowers and other participants in a mortgage transaction to receive real-time information throughout the process. The software comes in three different versions. Caliber Home Loans for borrowers allows borrowers to
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Magazine Advertising Procurement Research – Market Trends and Spend Analysis by SpendEdge … “The major end-user segments of the global magazine advertising market, include retail, BFSI, real estate, travel and tourism, and FMCG,” says SpendEdge procurement analyst Tridib Bora. “Also
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… at $5,500 (several times the national average), was scandalous enough. But what really frustrated him was that almost no one at the medical center would tell him the price to begin with. This essay appears in today's edition of the Fortune Brainstorm Health Daily. Get it delivered straight to your inbox.
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Sweden's government wants to add supply to a housing market that's just gone through its biggest price slump in a decade. The Social Democrat-led ruling coalition is intending to make property construction a key plank of its campaign ahead of the September election, according to Peter Eriksson, the
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… portfolio of $78.3 billion. The pension made some interesting stock trades in the fourth quarter, including buying more International Business Machines (ticker: IBM) and Amazon.com (AMZN), while selling DowDuPont (DWDP), Oracle (ORCL) and AT&T (T). IBM shares slipped 4%, excluding dividends,
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Weight Watchers International (NYSE:WTW) was upgraded by Sidoti from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report issued on Monday, March 5th, Marketbeat.com reports. Other research analysts have also issued reports about the company. B. Riley raised their price target on Weight
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Stewart Information Services Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides title insurance and real estate transaction services worldwide. The company has market cap of $985.92 million. It operates through two divisions, Title Insurance and Related Services, and Ancillary Services and Corporate
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Some Democratic lawmakers, community activists and low-income-housing advocates have raised the alarm over the prospect of diminished mortgage disclosures by banks. Removing the spotlight, they say, could allow lenders to unfairly deny loans or charge excessive interest and escape notice.
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In spite of a slower first half in which Poland temporarily lost its leading position in Central and Eastern Europe to the Czech Republic, 2017 ultimately proved to be very good for the commercial real estate investment market in the country. The transaction volume achieved in the entire year was one of the
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A Clovis man accused of operating a real estate Ponzi scheme pleaded guilty on Monday to mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering as party of a plea deal, the U.S. Attorney's Office reported. Seth Adam DePiano, 36, admitted to defrauding investors of about $24 million and agreed to pay restitution
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Amazon's voice-activated assistant Alexa continues to get more capable and can now make calls to iPads, Amazon Fire tablets, and other Android-based tablets. The technology giant said Monday that people can now send free text messages or make video and audio calls to other tablet owners,
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“In thinking about the cracks in Canada's financial system, the housing market and highly indebted households spring immediately to mind,” he writes in a recent note. “These vulnerabilities are no secret, and a raft of statistics and graphics can be trotted out to construct the supporting arguments.”.
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In some states, the buyer pays for the title search and title insurance; in others, the seller pays. In some states, the buyer pays the recordation and transfer tax; in others, the seller pays and in some states, these costs are shared equally. Q: We have had a long-standing dispute with a home improvement
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Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan has announced plans to establish a $250 million multifamily affordable housing fund that is designed to preserve 10,000 existing affordable housing units while developing 2,000 new units. During his annual State of the City speech, Duggan debuted the Affordable Housing
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HousingWire's March issue outlined the long-term consequences [subscription required] of student debt on the housing economy. As it turns out, student debt is taking a much larger toll on the housing economy than previously thought. But now, as Gen Z steps into the college arena, the crisis is set to
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