Median borrower income for first-time buyers on the rise and rise

She hadn't rooted out the federation's quarterly market monitor but had heard the headline figures on the radio. In its monitor released late last month, the BPFI said the median borrower income for first-time buyers now stands at €67,500. When we were buying our first homes, as single women in our
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BlackRock Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Titan International by 0.7% during the fourth quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 6,335,601 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $81,603,000 after buying an additional 44,239 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its
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In most cases, people want to be able to buy a home where they work, but that is becoming increasingly harder nationally. Across the country, median sale price has gone up on average 10 percent from last year. And as I'm sure you can guess, wages are not increasing at that same pace. It's no secret to
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This double whammy facing both property owners and would-be buyers is the new federal tax law along with the rise in mortgage interest rates. It's no secret that Monterey Bay Area residents face some of the highest housing prices in the nation. But changes in the U.S. tax code are going to strip off
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Oaktree Specialty Lending logo Comerica Bank bought a new position in Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp (NASDAQ:OCSL) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund bought 21,500 shares of the credit services provider's stock, valued at approximately
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The five-bedroom 5,760 sq. ft Victorian home was built in in 1907 and overlooks Puget Sound. According to real estate agent Jeff Jensen, it hasn't been on the housing market for over 30 years, and the photographs show how diligently the home has been cared for. It still boasts original Victorian
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About 130 skiers had to rescued from a broken chairlift at Camp Fortune on Saturday afternoon. Marketing manager Erin Boucher said the “Pineault quad” suddenly malfunctioned at about noon, leaving the skiers stranded on the four-seater lifts, one of seven at the Chelsea facility. Because there was a
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American buyout firm KKR, immortalised in the 1980s bestseller Barbarians at the Gate, has told the government it wants to acquire the homes of thousands of bank customers whose mortgages are unsustainable. KKR is one of two investors to express an interest in the government's mortgage-to-rent
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Investors Title (ITIC) traded up $0.36 during trading on Friday, hitting $194.49. The company had a trading volume of 4,949 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,131. The company has a market capitalization of $366.13, a PE ratio of 14.34 and a beta of 0.68. Investors Title has a fifty-two week low
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Salt Lending (SALT) had a good 24 hours as the crypto jumped $0.373 or 12.52% trading at $3.3534. According to Global Crypto Experts, Salt Lending (SALT) eyes $3.68874 target on the road to $9.00552484455231. SALT last traded at BitTrex exchange. It had high of $3.3684 and low of $2.9635 for
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TPG Specialty Lending (NYSE: TSLX) and Pennantpark Floating Rate Capital (NASDAQ:PFLT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations,
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The typical home is being snapped up in 33 days in metropolitan Melbourne, making it Australia's equal fastest selling capital city housing market with Hobart, according to CoreLogic. CoreLogic research analyst Cameron Kusher said a short days on market period reflected “much stronger demand”,
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“There is work involved — you have to find the space,” said Dan Wurtzel, the president of FirstService Residential New York, which manages properties in New York. “The staff isn't set up to do this.” Buildings that do participate tend to be condos and co-ops because residents who own their apartments
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Paschal Donohoe, the finance minister, has signalled the planned loan sale by Permanent TSB may be broken up into lots. Such a move would raise expectations that restructured mortgages could be sold to one of the pillar banks and not private equity. Donohoe's intervention comes as customers who
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Washington – President Donald Trump is lending the weight of the White House to a congressional candidate who hopes to keep a Pittsburgh-area House seat in Republican hands. Trump plans a rally in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, on Saturday night for Rick Saccone, a state representative in a tight
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The number of active listings on the market dropped from 169 in January to 146 in February. At the rate homes are selling, it would take about 1.5 months to sell all that inventory. In a balanced market, it takes about six months to sell through the inventory. But the market has clearly tipped in favor of
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The deduction that has the highest value for most people is the mortgage interest deduction that you can take if you itemize and use a schedule A. You can still deduct the interest you pay on your mortgage up to $500,000 if you file separately or $1 million if you file jointly. Most of us aren't paying that
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“Indeed towards the end of last year Rokstone did a £25 million purchase for a Middle East client in Knightsbridge. However, Stamp Duty, political weakness and Brexit have caused some amongst the global super-rich to delay buying homes in London. Instead, we are seeing an upturn in “try-before-
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E.On in advanced talks to buy RWE's Innogy: Bloomberg … DE), Bloomberg News reported on Saturday. … A deal to acquire Innogy, which has a market value of around 19 billion euros ($23.38 billion), could be announced as soon as Monday, Bloomberg said, citing people familiar with the talks.
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More notable recent Bilfinger SE (ETR:GBF) news were published by: Bloomberg.com which released: “Bilfinger Seals $282 Million Sale to Implenia to Exit Building” on December 22, 2014, also Seekingalpha.com with their article: “Bilfinger: An Estimation Of The Company's Asset Value” published on
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