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Virgin Hyperloop One said on Monday it has raised $50 million in new financing and named British billionaire and founder of the Virgin Group, Richard Branson, non-executive chairman. Hyperloop One said in a statement that it would rebrand itself to Virgin Hyperloop One. Monday's funding was raised
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“Housing market conditions are improving partially because of new policies aimed at providing regulatory relief to the business community,” NAHB Chairman Granger MacDonald said. Derived from a monthly survey that NAHB has been conducting for 30 years, the index gauges builder perceptions of
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PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Integrated Ventures, Inc. (OTCQB: INTV) today announced it has launched “CryptoFunder,” a financial blockchain platform which acts like a decentralized and encrypted lending ledger that offers a secure, efficient, verifiable and permanent way of storing
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Citi and CME Clearing have implemented a collateral management distributed ledger technology (DLT) developed by Baton Systems, a payments technology provider. The platform allows a bank to view the collateral in its ledgers in real time and send cash or securities to a clearing house instantly.
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In Indonesia, one of the products that is growing rapidly is peer-to-peer (P2P) micro lending. PT Amartha Micro Fintek (Amartha) is the pioneer of micro P2P lending platforms in Indonesia. Established in 2010 as a micro-finance institution, Amartha now offers an opportunity for investors who want to
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A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in HON. Burt Wealth Advisors boosted its stake in Honeywell International by 65.4% during the second quarter. Burt Wealth Advisors now owns 759 shares of the conglomerate's stock worth $101,000 after buying an additional
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NEW YORK, Dec. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Hunt Mortgage Group, a leader in financing commercial real estate throughout the United States, announced today it provided a conventional Fannie Mae loan in the amount of $28.4 million to finance the acquisition of a multifamily property located in Reading
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New Delhi: Mortgage lender HDFC will raise Rs 2,000 crore by issuing debt securities on private placement basis. The '7.55 per cent … of the Corporation. The proceeds of the present issue would be utilised for financing/refinancing the housing finance business requirements of the Corporation,” it said.
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Hunt Mortgage Group has provided $28.4 million in financing for the acquisition of Reed Farm Apartments, a 242-unit community in Reading, Penn. The Fannie Mae loan has a 12-year term with a 30-year amortization period and a 11.5-year yield maintenance period. The property had been previously
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John Skipper, ESPN, Inc. President and Disney Media Co-Chairman during the press announcement of U.S. Soccer and MLS sign landmark 8-year Television and Media Rights Partnership with ESPN, Fox and Univision Deportes. Ira Black—Corbis/Getty Images. By Bloomberg. 11:54 AM EST.
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On Monday, the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) — more commonly known as homebuilder sentiment — hit an 18-year high of 74, topping expectations for a reading of 70 and well above last month's reading of 69. This index is calculated on a scale of
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US homebuilder sentiment climbed to its highest level in more than 18 years in December data on Monday showed. The National Association of Homebuilder's housing market index climbed to 74 in December, topping economists' estimates for a reading of 70, according to a Thomson Reuters survey.
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Single-family measures Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac highlight in their respective final plans also include additional support for energy-efficient financing and renovation, including in Freddie's case a new renovation mortgage product. Freddie Mac's final plan also creates additional loan purchase
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The next show titled 'The Address', airing every Wednesday, looks at the real estate space. For those listeners seeking a platform to get all their answers for their home-buying needs, RJ Evita and real estate/ home decor experts discuss industry trends and most importantly demystify the real estate world
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The company has market cap of $6.29 billion. It operates through Title Insurance and Services, and Specialty Insurance divisions. It has a 22.44 P/E ratio. The Title Insurance and Services segment issues title insurance policies on residential and commercial property, as well as offers related services
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This Administrative Lead Technician works in the Real Estate Division of Boulder County Parks and Open Space to manage the data, documents, and files relating to Boulder County's open space property interests and assist with land and water transactions. The Real Estate Administrative Lead
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Builder confidence shot up in December, reaching the highest level the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has recorded in 18 years. NAHB said its Housing Market Index (HMI), which is cosponsored by Wells Fargo, gained 5 points to 74 from a downwardly revised (from 70) November
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I am not going to list the changes here, as there are too many, but instead focus on housing and mortgages, and the news is not particularly good. …. If you are an aggressive and service oriented mortgage banker who is focused on Regional and National growth, please email me with your contact
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It is fair to say that the media can manipulate many areas of everyday life and business. They play a significant role in politics, as seen by the Brexit debacle, and they play a significant role in the way in which the UK housing market is perceived. Is that a fair comment?
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The firm owned 10,226 shares of the restaurant operator's stock after buying an additional 3,841 shares during the period. Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI's holdings in Restaurant Brands International were worth $653,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Other hedge funds and other institutional
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