Real Estate Indicators

Mortgage rate: (South Carolina, 30-year fixed) 3.92 percent as of Jan. 23, up 0.02 percent from a week earlier. Source: Zillow. Median home price: $268,643 (December), up 10.1 percent from $243,950 a year ago. Source: Charleston Trident Association of Realtors. Inventory: 4,673 homes listed for sale
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According to a new report by Private Finance, Nottingham and Liverpool are the best spots to invest in real estate. Both cities have average rental yields of about 6 percent thus far in 2018, bringing them to the top of the 50 cities surveyed for the report, according to Mansion Global. Though the two cities
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Lending programs seem to grow by the What are the benefits of crypto lending? There are many benefits of borrowing your money on crypto-exchanges to margin traders. Dec 24, 2017 ETHLend, the decentralized lending ecosystem on the Ethereum network launched their new improved decentralized
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Congress must underscore the “political cost” that President Donald Trump would pay if he fires Special Counsel Robert Mueller, said former Defense Secretary Robert Gates. It's not clear that lawmakers would have the authority to stop the president with legislation if he decided to fire an executive
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Las Vegas' growing trade show season has led to investments in new convention space, rooms and related properties, Restrepo said. He expects $1.3 billion of hotel construction investments in 2018 and $12.4 billion between 2019 and 2023. Restrepo said he predicts investments made in 2018 will go
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The total assets of Oman's Islamic banks and windows surged to RO3.7bn as of the end of November 2017, accounting for 11.9 per cent of the sultanate's total banking system assets. Islamic banking entities provided financing to the extent of RO3bn as of the end of November 2017 compared to
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Analysts expect Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. (NYSE:BXMT) to report $0.57 EPS on February, 13.They anticipate $0.00 EPS change or 0.00% from last quarter's $0.57 EPS. BXMT's profit would be $61.13 million giving it 13.93 P/E if the $0.57 EPS is correct. After having $0.63 EPS previously,
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More notable recent Salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE:CRM) news were published by: Seekingalpha.com which released: “Salesforce: Is The Stock Fairly Valued?” on January 25, 2018, also Bloomberg.com with their article: “Twitter Rises on Renewed Sale Speculation and an Endorsement from Citron”
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There is no need to spend a small fortune on new cleaning products – you already have the ingredients at home. A hundred years ago people used soot as toothpaste, often buying it from their chimney sweep. Today, you should be able to root around the kitchen cupboard and find the basic ingredients
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Earlier this month, sources claimed Ant – who is thought to be worth £62million thanks to his 20-year career as one of TV's most bankable presenters and a host of endorsement deals – will be happy to divide his fortune up equally with Lisa. That would mean his ex could walk away with a cool £31million.
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TPG Specialty Lending, Inc. (NYSE:TSLX) closed at $19.57 after seeing 220601 shares trade hands during the most recent session. This represents a change of -0.41% from the opening. The shares have moved -1.51% on the week. The closing price represents the final price that a stock is traded for on
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David Lykken and Mark Jones have launched a new podcast series entitled, Lykken On Leadership. It's a weekly podcast that interviews leaders from the Real Estate and Mortgage Industry. The Professor's Background He is Jack M. Guttentag, now Professor of Finance Emeritus, formerly Jacob Safra
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More notable recent PetroChina Company Limited (OTCMKTS:PCCYF) news were published by: Bloomberg.com which released: “Even China's Biggest Stock Flop Is Joining the Hong Kong Surge” on January 24, 2018, also Reuters.com with their article: “Hong Kong stocks power to new high led by
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Fortune Brands Home & Security logo Strs Ohio lessened its stake in shares of Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc (NYSE:FBHS) by 33.1% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 333,900 shares of the industrial products company's
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London (AP) — The prime minister of Ireland said Saturday he will campaign for a liberalization of the country's strict abortion laws in an upcoming referendum on the divisive issue. Leo Varadkar said he hopes the referendum will be held this summer. The date of the referendum and its wording have not
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This is a real time view of the critical technical pivot points for Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corporation (NYSE:WMC) . The technical pivot points we look at all surround the stock price movement from the last 10-trading days through the last year. Here are the pivots, starting with the tightest measures
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Analysts at KBW predict Bank of America's earnings will increase 17.8 percent in 2018 once the tax cut is factored in, compared to an expected 13 percent earnings increase for banks overall. Assuming KBW's estimates hold, that means the bank could pocket an additional $3.8 billion or so in 2018.
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Stories of a cacao shortage—or extinction—are guaranteed to strike fear into the hearts of chocolate makers and consumers alike. The most recent media coverage suggests we will run out of chocolate by 2050 because of climate change in West Africa. Is this serious, or is the prediction just a story for a
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Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf says a $105 billion takeover offer from rival Broadcom is too far off in price. Big takeovers have a way of placing pricing power in the hands of the merging companies. So when Broadcom Ltd. went public with a hostile $105 billion bid for Qualcomm Inc. — potentially
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TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Columbia Banking System, Inc. (NASDAQ: COLB, “Columbia”) announced the appointment of Janine Terrano to the Board of Directors of the company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Columbia Bank, effective January 24, 2018. Ms. Terrano will be a
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