Opinion | Why real estate makes a poor emergency fund

Opinion | Why real estate makes a poor emergency fund

This story is a text-book example of why real estate is such a clunky, and sometimes dangerous, asset to own, maintain and dispose, and why it is a
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Fidelity, Stewart Information call off merger

“Fidelity is the largest insurer of title insurance in the nation and Stewart is the fourth largest,” J. Robert Hunter, CFA's director of insurance and former
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Trump's Fannie-Freddie plan finds GOP favor and Democrats' scorn

Trump's Fannie-Freddie plan finds GOP favor and Democrats' scorn … administration's plan for freeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from federal
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Dimon: Treasury's GSE plan 'going in the right direction'

The Treasury Department's plan released last week to unhook mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from their conservatorships has the
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Trump officials defend pan for mortgage giants

WASHINGTON — Trump administration officials on Tuesday defended their plan to Congress for ending government control of mortgage finance
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Taiwan's President Rises From the Ashes With a Hand From Hong Kong

Heading into 2019, Tsai Ing-wen looked at risk of becoming Taiwan's first one-term president. Then came the unrest in Hong Kong. Tsai had clawed
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Fannie Mae provides Hurricane Dorian aftermath assistance

In an interview with HousingWire, Fannie Mae Vice President for Housing Access, Disaster Response and Rebuild Michael Hernandez said that up to
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Google and Facebook Get Some Very Unwelcome News

Margrethe Vestager has been reappointed as Europe's antitrust regulator. Big Tech now faces a two-pronged attack in Brussels and the U.S.. By.
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The Stock Market Is Acting Stranger Than Usual

… that's a stretch, but it's hardly the oddest thing happening in the markets. … hawkish, according to Bloomberg News's Lucia Kassai and David Wethe.
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California's housing market is overburdened. Loosening laws on 'granny flats' can help

With more millennials projected to be in the market for homes over the next decade and a senior population that is expected to grow more rapidly than
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Axiom International Investors LLC DE Raises Stock Position in Stifel Financial Corp (NYSE:SF)

Axiom International Investors LLC DE grew its position in shares of Stifel Financial Corp (NYSE:SF) by 16.3% during the 2nd quarter, according to its
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Bolton's Exit Shifts Outlook for Oil Market Roiled by Sanctions

The firing of U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton is giving oil markets some supply comfort, with initial expectations that U.S. foreign policy
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AmEx Says 70% of Its New Credit Card Customers Pay Annual Fees

Annual fees aren't scaring customers away from American Express Co.'s credit cards. Roughly 70% of cardholders the lender added in the second
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Why the Arab World Isn't Outraged by Netanyahu's West Bank Vow

BEIRUT — At one time, if the prime minister of Israel had vowed to extend Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank, the
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Governor Polis announces dozens of new appointments to Boards and Commissions

Keith Alan Moy of Denver, Colorado, to serve as a public member, and ….. The Title Insurance Commission is an advisory body to the Commissioner of
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Housing prices on the rise

National home prices increased 3.6 percent year over year in July 2019, and are expected to increase an additional 5.4 percent by July 2020,
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Rent Cap Bill Won't Fix California's Housing Crisis

When California lawmakers vote on a rent cap bill in the coming days, they must consider the consequences it will have on our state's housing crisis
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Cabinet Secretaries Defend Plan to End Federal Control of Mortgage Market Titans

The Trump administration wants to return Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which in effect back about half of the nation's $10 trillion in home mortgages,
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Banking Group signs letter of intent

The name of the bank and terms of the transaction will be disclosed in a press release, following the signing of a definitive agreement expected
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The New Apple Watch Has a Menstrual Cycle App: Brainstorm Health

Lloyd Minor, Dean of the Stanford School of Medicine, is up with an op-ed on Fortune explaining why he believes it's so important for tech giants like
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