The World's Least Affordable Housing Market Is …

The World's Least Affordable Housing Market Is …

For the ninth year in a row, the urban planning policy group Demographia has named Hong Kong as the world's least affordable housing market.
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IMF Says US Has to Address Its Large Fiscal Deficit

Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, deputy director of research at the International Monetary Fund, discusses the outlook for the global economy and the need
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Trump and Pence Make Surprise Visit to MLK Memorial

President Donald Trump made an unannounced visit to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in the National Mall Monday morning, where he laid a
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Lower rates boost US housing market potential

“The decline in mortgage rates is a welcome relief to prospective home buyers who have mostly experienced a year of rising rates and house prices,”
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Mega Real Estate Agent Ryan Serhant Breaks Down How to Sell and Earn More

We've long heard and read about the rise of social media influencers. The business of influencer marketing itself has become a billion-dollar
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WFG Adds Jessica M. Figueroa as Senior National Commercial Underwriting Counsel

WFG National Title Insurance Company has announced that Jessica M. Figueroa has joined the company as Senior National Commercial
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Featured Industry Leader: Patrick Deady, First VP, Rhode Island Mortgage Bankers Association

How and why did you get involved with the Rhode Island Mortgage Bankers Association and can you share the track that led to the leadership role in
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Why these mortgage companies are teaching their LOs to originate reverses

Traditionally, mortgage originators have focused on standard loan products, referring out prospects interested in reverse mortgages to specialists who
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Broker Charles Cameron bought by private equity firm

Lonsdale has promised the investment will big a wave of development into digital and mobile technology to support mortgage broker Charles
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Ohio Realtors Pres. Says Shutdown Has Slowed FHA Loan Approvals

When it comes to financing a home purchase, roughly 1-in-5 buyers rely on the help of an FHA loan, which is basically a mortgage that's insured by
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Indonesia banking: Lost one Winarta? Not to worry, here's another

It's because Eric is the brother of Robby Winarta, who was Credit Suisse's head of Indonesia investment banking for five years up until last year, and
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Property Partner Launches “Opportunistic Fund” to Pursue Motivated Sellers in Cooling UK …

The once red-hot UK property market has cooled a bit. As Brexit fears persist, London property prices have declined dramatically from their peak more
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Feds provide furloughed workers form letters to ask mortgage and credit companies for a break

The OPM advises workers first call their mortgage and credit card companies and try to negotiate a reduced payment, and then send the letter as a
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SN Servicing fined for failing to maintain New York zombie homes

SN Servicing must pay a six-figure fine for failing to maintain a pair of vacant homes in New York, the state's financial regulator announced last week.
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AstroBank acquires banking operations of USB Bank

AstroBank has completed its previously announced €40.2m acquisition of the banking operations of its rival Cypriot banking company USB Bank.
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Google Gets $56.8 Million Fine as France Uses New EU Privacy Law

Alphabet Inc.'s Google was at the receiving end of a hefty fine of 50 million euros ($56.8 million) by France's privacy regulator, which used its new
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BOE's Van Steenis on the Future of Digital Banking

Huw van Steenis, senior adviser to Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, discusses the U.K. financial industry's technological development.
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“Leading banks continue to raise the bar on mobile functionality”

We started the year hearing from Spanish banking giant BBVA that over 50% of its customers now access products and services through remote
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No More TV and iPad Giveaways for New Zealand Homebuyers

The change in attitude is tightening the screws on the property market and raising fears that New Zealand could join Australia in seeing house prices
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NAR takes GSE reform fight to House

“NAR believes the discussion draft contains many provisions that should serve as the backbone for comprehensive housing finance reform.
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