Old Republic International (ORI) Lifted to Buy at Zacks Investment Research

According to Zacks, “Old Republic International Corporation is Chicago-based and is an insurance holding company whose subsidiaries market, underwrite and provide risk management services for a wide variety of coverages in the property and liability, mortgage guaranty, title and life and health
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Norwich – A longtime employee of a local real estate firm was charged with first-degree larceny Monday following an investigation into alleged financial misappropriations over several years, police said. Marianne Boyd, 59, of 128 Pollys Lane, Uncasville, was charged with one count of first-degree
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have been named among the Most Admired companies in their respective business categories by Fortune magazine. … “We're delighted to be recognized on Fortune's list of Most Admired companies for 2018 and so proud of our more than 37,000 associates who made this possible,” BB&T said in a
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A tight supply of homes helped push prices to an all-time high but put a damper on sales in 2017. … That's up from $167,000 in 2016 and 6 percent more than the inflation-adjusted median price in 2007, when the U.S. housing market collapse triggered the deepest recession since the Great Depression
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Mr. Jordan, who stepped down from the company's management last year but still holds the title of chief executive officer, was disavowed by the company over the weekend after he publicly described an encounter with someone who recognized him from his SCOTTeVEST television commercials.
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Municipal Banking. The First National Bank of Long Island specializes in supporting the financial needs of local municipalities and school districts. Many of our existing municipality clients today include towns, villages, fire districts, water districts, libraries and school districts. We offer a wide range of
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Now, from his perch in Whitefish, Mont., he says his “Housing Bubble Bellwether Barometer” of homebuilder and mortgage company stocks, which jumped … Last month, a gauge of confidence from the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo rose to the highest level in 18 years, and starts of
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The Thorn Group has settled with the corporate regulator ASIC (Australian Securities and Investments Commission) a long-running investigation into breaches of responsible lending practices by its consumer leasing business Radio Rentals. The investigation centred on the failure of Radio Rentals to
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Experts Say This Spring's Housing Market Will Be More Competitive Than Ever. January 22, 2018. Crocheted house. Photo: Pixabay. Two major factors will affect homebuying and selling this spring — mortgage rates that are now rising, and fewer homes available for sale. According to Mortgage News
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The UK is one of the only major markets where house prices are unlikely to grow in 2018, according to new forecasts from Fitch Ratings. The ratings agency's annual housing and mortgage outlook predicted average prices in the UK will be flat this year, with declines in London and the South East due to
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Rising home prices in Sioux Falls last year are likely unsustainable and could create problems for families trying to afford a house this year, according to economists for a national provider of homeowner's insurance. The same goes for South Dakota's second biggest city. Both Sioux Falls and Rapid City
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The current federal government shutdown will have no direct impact on Freddie Mac, since we are not a government agency and are not funded through the congressional appropriations process. For guidance on how the shutdown may impact your borrowers who work for the federal government, here
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JUNO BEACH, Fla., Jan. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) has once again been ranked No. 1 overall among electric and gas utilities on Fortune's 2018 list of the “Most Admired Companies” – the 11th time in 12 years. NextEra Energy, whose principal subsidiaries are Florida
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My client based in Cheltenham are currently recruiting for a Mortgage Administrator to join their fun and vibrant team on a permanent basis. This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate with previous mortgage experience or for a bright, pro-active administrator looking for a varied role!
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Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) said it was glad to see that the proposal would preserve the role of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the secondary mortgage market. ICBA President and CEO Camden Fine said community banks depend on Fannie and Freddie for direct access to the
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HARTSVILLE, S.C., Jan. 22, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sonoco (NYSE:SON), one of the largest global diversified packaging companies, has been selected for Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies in the packaging sector, and named first in its industry. Among industry peers, Sonoco ranked
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NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–letgo, the largest and fastest growing app to buy and sell locally, announced today that tens of millions of people who have already downloaded its free marketplace app can now browse and list housing and other property across the country. The company said this new
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Could a central bank solve cryptocurrency woes by issuing a “safe” version of its own? Not so fast, says Bengt Holmstrom, a 2016 recipient of the Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Speaking at a seminar in Helsinki on Monday, Holmstrom said the very safety promised by a
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Business Analyst – Mortgage migration 2 Business Analysis Contractors are required for large Financial Services Client based in Halifax on an initial 5 month contract. Working on a mortgage migration programme, the successful candidate will be responsible for contribution to the scope, business
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