Real estate: High home prices may be hitting their limit

Real estate: High home prices may be hitting their limit

There is so much demand for housing and so few homes for sale that prices have nowhere to go but up — unless, of course, they get so high that
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4th Straight Day Without Bad News For Mortgage Rates

Mortgage rates improved moderately today, making this the 4th straight business day without any new weakness (aka “higher rates”). It's necessary to
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Orange and San Bernardino county housing markets remain strong amid softening elsewhere in …

A typical late-summer softening in home sales appears to be taking hold pretty much everywhere in the state and region except for Orange and San
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First-mortgage default rate on the rise

Default rates for first mortgages increased in August from July along with the second consecutive monthly increase for the composite consumer
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Outsized price gains for entry-level homes reducing affordability for potential buyers

26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Nationwide's latest Health of Housing Markets Report (HoHM Report) found that entry-level homebuyers could be the most
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Senate GOP Kills Health-Care Bill, Ending Obamacare Repeal Quest

Senate Republicans gave up on their last-ditch bid to repeal Obamacare Tuesday as opposition in their own ranks ended months of fruitless efforts to
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Data Breach Forces Equifax Chief to Step Down

Equifax has abruptly announced the retirement of Richard Smith as chairman of the board and CEO, effective today. Mark Feidler, a current board
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Uber's UK Problems Mount With Sexual Discrimination Suit

Uber Technologies Inc. faced another legal setback in the U.K. as a 44-year-old female driver sued for sexual discrimination, claiming the company's
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Trump administration sanctions North Korean banks, bank workers

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is targeting eight North Korean banks and 26 individuals “linked to North Korean
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Canadian Real Estate Prices Fall For A Third Month In A Row

Canadian real estate markets are taking a breather. Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) numbers show 2017 is the first-time in years we've
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Accessible real estate

Our plan for 2017 and 2018 is to deliver real estate developments that are accessible for each socio-economic segment in Dubai. With that in mind, we
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Featured DUMBO Real Estate: $1.8M 2-Bedroom Loft With Skyline Views

DUMBO, BROOKLYN — This week's featured real estate listing is a two-bedroom at 70 Washington St. with an asking price of $1,780,000.
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Post-handover schemes: boon or bane?

While the number of mortgages issued has increased significantly in recent years, with 6,200 properties purchased with mortgage finance in the first
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Equifax CEO steps down after massive data breach

Equifax CEO and Chairman of the Board, Richard Smith, announced he is retiring, effective Sept. 26, amid the massive data breach the credit bureau
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Ecobank Takes Power Of Mobile Banking To New Heights With Xpress Cash Cardless Cash …

World Bank data indicates that in Sub-Saharan Africa only 34 per cent of adults had a bank account in 2014, up from 24 per cent in 2011[1]. However
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China continues shadow banking crackdown with Guangzhou raid

The Chinese Government has continued its assault on the country's shadow banking sector following the shutdown of an illegal operation on
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Home Prices Rose Again In July With The Pacific Northwest Seeing The Biggest Gains

The latest S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index shows a 5.9% annual gain for July. The rise beat economists' expectations and was
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BNY Mellon Leaders Recognized by American Banker as 2017 Most Powerful Women in Banking

NEW YORK, Sept. 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — American Banker has recognized three of BNY Mellon's female leaders in its 15th annual “Most Powerful
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Blend Wants To Bring The $2 Trillion Mortgage Market To The Modern Era

The $2 trillion mortgage market has long been awash in paperwork. Nima Ghamsari, Blend's CEO, and his two cofounders, Erin Collard and Eugene
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Singapore Home Prices Have Bottomed, Hong Kong's Are 'Crazy': BNP Says

Singapore home prices have reached a bottom and will rebound, while Hong Kong's “crazy” housing market will continue to defy gravity, according to
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