Real Estate Organizations Collaborate on Best Practices for Buildings

Real Estate Organizations Collaborate on Best Practices for Buildings

To offer guidance to the market-rate sector, the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), along with building service workers union 32BJ SEIU and the
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FFIEC Announces Availability of 2019 Data on Mortgage Lending

Covered institutions include banks, savings associations, credit unions, and mortgage companies. The HMDA data are the most comprehensive publicly
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Tips for house hunting during coronavirus pandemic

INDIANAPOLIS – The housing market is adapting to the coronavirus crisis, finding ways to interact with buyers while avoiding any contact. Despite the
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What brokers are saying about retail real estate in the Albany region

Brownell of Vanguard-Fine LLC, MacAffer of CBRE-Albany and Parisi of Trinity Realty Group share their insights and observations of the past few weeks
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$50m in CARES Act funding to help families with rent, mortgage payments

“The program will help cover rent and mortgage payments on behalf of households who are experiencing financial instability due to the pandemic,”
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Should you buy or rent? Low mortgage rates make it a good time to buy a house in some markets

As such, it remains to be seen just how local housing markets calibrate to new conditions, realtor.com economic analyst Nicolas Bedo writes in the
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Banks should match rate discounts for low-wealth Blacks

Title insurance? It's like a license to print money, especially on a refinance where there is almost zero risk to the title insurance company. Look at high
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Hogan Lovells teams up with FTI Consulting to launch AI banking compliance tool

Banks, larger investment firms, payment and electronic money institutions all fall under the EBA's remit and are required to update existing outsourcing
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Federal banking agencies ease Volcker Rule restrictions

However, President Donald Trump had campaigned in 2016 on rolling back what he saw as over-regulation of the banks that he said had weighed on
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Coronavirus Grinds US RMBS Non-QM Originations to a Virtual Halt

… continued support from the Federal Reserve to purchase Agency MBS bonds has allowed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to continue acting as an
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What Is a Conventional Mortgage?

These are also called jumbo loans, and because they have a higher balance and are not eligible for purchase by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, they
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Pandemic risk poses major questions of commercial property market

Quoted by the Guardian on Tuesday, property consultant Tony Lorenz, of real estate specialist Lorenz Consultancy, said the trends he was seeing
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Creating Human Experiences in a Digital Mortgage World

For decades we longed for digital mortgages to save us from tedious paperwork and corporate inefficiency. But now that the digital mortgage is here,
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Former 'Girls Next Door' star Kendra Wilkinson passes California real estate exam

“What I've been working on during quarantine finally paid off by passing my California real estate exam on the first try,” she wrote. “Kids n couple friends
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France, UK Offer to Limit Digital Tax Scope After US Threat

… make a political agreement within reach this year,” according to a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin obtained by Bloomberg News.
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COVID-19's effect on Dallas real estate market will benefit suburbs

According to Dr. James Gaines, chief economist for the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University, sales of existing homes in Texas fell in May to their
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Consumer advocacy group lashes banks over COVID-19 performance

Commonwealth Bank and ANZ figured in the high 40s. Choice CEO Alan Kirkland said the report highlighted the legwork banks need to do to correct a
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Watch live: SEC's Jay Clayton testifies at House subcommittee hearing on markets and lending in …

The hearing will center on “Capital Markets and Emergency Lending in the COVID-19 Era” and comes at a time of heightened market volatility given
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First Community Bank to build branch office in Brookland

“First Community Bank is excited to be a part of that growth and to provide community banking to Brookland's citizens and businesses.” In addition to the
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Class action lawsuit targets Outer Banks real estate firm over vacation rentals

The plaintiffs reserved vacation homes through real estate broker Surf or Sound Realty, the defendant, and paid in full to rent the properties, according
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