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• This open house was so popular it’s criminal

  13-03-2015 22:10
  
  Don’t let anyone tell you that there isn’t demand for housing out there, especially in Boston. According to a report from CNBC, a recent open house in Boston was so popular that neighbors called the police because more than 100 potential homebuyers showed up at once and blocked off the street.
  
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• Are we headed for another subprime lending crisis in the United States?

  13-03-2015 21:34
  
  The Motley Fool turns its eye toward subprime lending, that old devil, and asks if we’re heading back down a bad road.
  
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• Why there won’t be a Quicken Loans Billion Dollar Bracket Challenge this year

  13-03-2015 21:25
  
  Anyone hoping to parlay a perfect NCAA Tournament bracket into a billion dollars this year is out of luck. Hate to be the one to break it to you, but there will be no Billion Dollar Bracket Challenge in 2015. The cause of death? Lawyers.
  
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• NAFCU throws its support behind community lending regulatory relief bill

  13-03-2015 20:28
  
  Credit unions and smaller lenders need relief from proposed new regulations and rules on credit unions’ mortgage servicing assets, NAFCU says. Here's why.
  
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• Wrigley rooftop debt sold to pair of Chicago real estate investors - Crain's Chicago Business (blog)

  13-03-2015 20:08
  Crain's Chicago Business (blog)
  Wrigley rooftop debt sold to pair of Chicago real estate investors
  Crain's Chicago Business (blog)
  Mortgage debt on two rooftop properties across from Wrigley Field has been sold to prominent Chicago real estate investors Jerry Lasky and Murray Peretz. articlePara - html? A venture managed by Chicago commercial real estate investors Jerry Lasky and ...
  
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• The Lucky 7 best neighborhoods for St. Patrick’s Day

  13-03-2015 20:03
  
  Put Uber on speed dial, put on your green and your drinking shoes, because Tuesday is St. Patrick’s Day and that means pub crawls.
  
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• Vinik real estate team brings on urban planning guru to accelerate plans - Tampa Bay Business Journal

  13-03-2015 19:45
  
  Tampa Bay Business Journal
  Vinik real estate team brings on urban planning guru to accelerate plans
  Tampa Bay Business Journal
  Author Jeff Speck, a city planner and architectural designer who advocates for cities to develop through smart growth and sustainable design, has joined Jeff Vinik's real estate team as a consultant. Ashley Gurbal Kritzer: Reporter- Tampa Bay Business ...
  
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• World Group Commercial Real Estate acquires PropertyBanc - Omaha World-Herald

  13-03-2015 19:41
  
  World Group Commercial Real Estate acquires PropertyBanc
  Omaha World-Herald
  Omaha-based World Group Commercial Real Estate has acquired the local PropertyBanc Inc., in a deal expected to strengthen the company's industrial-related services. World Group's staff of about 40 will expand by five, as PropertyBanc brokers move into ...
  
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• Scavengers raid foreclosed home

  13-03-2015 19:07
  
  A Dallas neighborhood is up in arms after the contents of a foreclosed home were dumped onto the home’s front lawn, drawing a crowd of people who rummaged through the items in search of valuables.
  
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• EXIT Real Estate Solutions earns Rising Star Award - The Tennessean

  13-03-2015 18:27
  
  The Tennessean
  EXIT Real Estate Solutions earns Rising Star Award
  The Tennessean
  EXIT Real Estate Solutions earned several agency and individual honors, including the 2014 Brokerage Rising Star Award, at the recent EXIT Realty Tennessee Awards Banquet. Based in Hendersonville, EXIT Real Estate Solutions rode the strength of an ...
  
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• Entrepreneur Henk Rogers tells real estate execs: Help Hawaii move more ... - Pacific Business News (Honolulu) (blog)

  13-03-2015 18:10
  
  Pacific Business News (Honolulu) (blog)
  Entrepreneur Henk Rogers tells real estate execs: Help Hawaii move more ...
  Pacific Business News (Honolulu) (blog)
  Henk Rogers is bullish on renewable energy — so much so that he is one of the few Hawaii residents to live entirely off the electric grid. In his keynote speech this week at NAIOP Hawaii's annual symposium in Honolulu, the serial entrepreneur, who ...
  
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• Nomura is first to fight FHFA toxic mortgage lawsuit in court

  13-03-2015 17:52
  
  Nomura Holdings is about go where no big bank, not Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, or Bank of America, has gone before — to a courtroom to face off against the Federal Housing Finance Agency to fight a toxic mortgage lawsuit.
  
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• Real Estate Notebook: Boca brokerage opens at Town Center Mall - Sun Sentinel

  13-03-2015 17:51
  
  Real Estate Notebook: Boca brokerage opens at Town Center Mall
  Sun Sentinel
  In the search for luxury homebuyers, a Boca Raton-based brokerage headed to the mall. Edge Real Estate recently opened an office in the Town Center Mall, next to Tiffany's. The "real estate lounge" features four high definition televisions showing ...
  
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• On the move: Texas Relocation Network Conference discusses real estate markets - Chron.com

  13-03-2015 17:44
  
  Chron.com
  On the move: Texas Relocation Network Conference discusses real estate markets
  Chron.com
  Earlier this month, relocation industry leaders converged in Dallas to discuss current trends in global mobility at the annual Texas Relocation Network (TRN) Conference. TRN is a recognized regional group of Worldwide ERC (Employee Relocation Council).
  
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• Ask a Real Estate Pro: Written pact is key when buying home with sibling - Sun Sentinel

  13-03-2015 17:37
  
  Ask a Real Estate Pro: Written pact is key when buying home with sibling
  Sun Sentinel
  Board-certified real estate lawyer Gary M. Singer writes about the housing market at SunSentinel.com/business/realestate each Friday. To ask him a question, visit SunSentinel.com/askpro. lRelated Ask a Real Estate Pro: Home equity line can be ...
  
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• The BBJ's top real estate stories of the week: March 13, 2015 - Boston Business Journal

  13-03-2015 17:10
  
  Boston Business Journal
  The BBJ's top real estate stories of the week: March 13, 2015
  Boston Business Journal
  A rendering of the 60-story Millennium Tower luxury condominium development that's under construction now in Boston's Downtown Crossing neighborhood. Catherine Carlock: Real Estate Editor- Boston Business Journal: Email | Twitter. Hey y'all. (That's ...
  
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• Pagliara: Government's profit sweeps of Fannie and Freddie put taxpayers at risk

  13-03-2015 16:53
  
  The Hill ran an opinion piece from Tim Pagliara on how he thinks the status quo and the Third Amendment Sweep puts taxpayers more at risk. Here’s why.
  
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• Urban Institute: 3 big impacts of mortgage repurchase clarifications

  13-03-2015 16:42
  
  A new study by the Urban Institute shows that the efforts by the FHFA and the GSEs have had an impact for lenders on mortgage repurchases. Here’s how.
  
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• National MI promotes Michael Dirrane to chief sales officer

  13-03-2015 16:28
  
  Prior to joining National MI, Dirrane served as an executive vice president with PHH Mortgage, where he lead the company’s corporate sales, including retail, private label, wholesale and correspondent lending channels.
  
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• Austin and SXSW's Waning Weirdness? Blame Spiking Real Estate Prices and a ... - Billboard

  13-03-2015 15:52
  
  Billboard
  Austin and SXSW's Waning Weirdness? Blame Spiking Real Estate Prices and a ...
  Billboard
  Atmosphere during 20th Annual SXSW Film and Music Festival on March 18, 2006 at 6th Street in Austin, Texas. Sam Newman/WireImage. 25. 31. 0. Forces stronger than art are putting the city's famed music scene under heavy pressure. On Feb. 12, Sergio ...
  
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• 4 Promising Real Estate Mutual Funds to Consider - Zacks.com

  13-03-2015 15:40
  Wall Street Journal
  4 Promising Real Estate Mutual Funds to Consider
  Zacks.com
  Real estate has been through tough times recently. However, securities from this sector should continue to be an integral part of portfolios with a long term horizon. Over the years, mutual funds from this category have continued to perform favorably ...
  Handling the globalization of real estate: thoughts from the Canadian marketInman.com
  Real-Estate Investors Sing Praises of ECB's Bond BuysWall Street Journal
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• Committed to the job: Pete Nelson marks 50 years in real estate business - Hastings Star Gazette

  13-03-2015 15:13
  
  Hastings Star Gazette
  Committed to the job: Pete Nelson marks 50 years in real estate business
  Hastings Star Gazette
  Pete Nelson, center, has been selling real estate for 50 years. He currently works for Todd (right) and Luke Siewert. Star Gazette photo by Katrina Styx. Committed to the job: Pete Nelson marks 50 years in real estate business. By Katrina Styx Today at ...
  
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• Low oil prices a credit positive for most ABS sectors

  13-03-2015 15:10
  
  The big drop in oil is having an impact on a lot of asset-backed securities, and here’s how it will affect mortgage-backed securities.
  
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• 'MARK ALWAYS KEEPS HIS PROMISES': Zuckerberg accused of breaking his ... - Business Insider

  13-03-2015 15:04
  
  Business Insider
  'MARK ALWAYS KEEPS HIS PROMISES': Zuckerberg accused of breaking his ...
  Business Insider
  Mark Zuckerberg is in the midst of an increasingly revealing legal battle regarding a home purchase he made in 2013. Zuckerberg reportedly scooped up the four houses adjacent to his Palo Alto home when he heard that a developer planned to build a large ...
  Here's why Mark Zuckerberg's would-be neighbor is suing himFortune
  
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• Average mortgage loan size outpaces home prices

  13-03-2015 14:35
  
  The increase in average loan sizes for purchase mortgage applications has outpaced the recovery in house prices. Here’s what it means.
  
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• Capital class 2 real estate sales tracker: Feb. 2015 - Capital New York

  13-03-2015 11:27
  
  Capital class 2 real estate sales tracker: Feb. 2015
  Capital New York
  Welcome to Capital's Class 2 real-estate sales tracker. This is a monthly feature, presented in an interactive map organized by ZIP code, of real-estate sales. Each month we'll look back at property sales in the five boroughs over the preceding two ...
  
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• Non-traditional real estate agency expanding into Portland area - Press Herald

  13-03-2015 09:02
  
  Press Herald
  Non-traditional real estate agency expanding into Portland area
  Press Herald
  The groom's family tried persuading the bride to return, but she refused, saying she was misled. More Headlines. US wholesale prices down for fourth straight month · IRS says 4,500 Maine taxpayers owed millions in 2011 refunds. More in News. Local ...
  
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• UPDATE: Real estate veteran Ehret opening office for Avison Young - Indianapolis Business Journal

  13-03-2015 05:57
  
  UPDATE: Real estate veteran Ehret opening office for Avison Young
  Indianapolis Business Journal
  Bill Ehret, who co-founded the largest commercial real estate brokerage in Indianapolis, has left the company to open a local office for global firm Avison Young Inc. Toronto-based Avison Young said Thursday that Ehret, 55, had left Cushman ...
  
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• Local real estate experts are optimistic for 2015 - The Virginian-Pilot

  13-03-2015 03:30
  Local real estate experts are optimistic for 2015
  The Virginian-Pilot
  Local real estate experts believe outside investors will infuse Hampton Roads with cash in 2015 - whether it's through the purchase of industrial, office, retail or multi-family property. Low interest rates coupled with the potential to make bigger ...
  
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• NAR Makes Global Connections at MIPIM

  13-03-2015 00:00
  NAR shows its commitment to global commercial real estate interests and highlights investment opportunities in the U.S. at the...
  
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