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• U.S. Senator: CFPB is rogue agency dishing out malicious financial policy

  23-03-2015 23:16
  
  It’s clear that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and its behavior elicit strong opinions from Capitol Hill and beyond. And now, one U.S. Senator is calling the CFPB a “rogue agency” that needs to be seriously reined in.
  
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• WinWater prepping vanilla jumbo mortgage bond

  23-03-2015 22:36
  
  For the third time this year, WinWater Home Mortgage is preparing to bring a prime jumbo residential mortgage-backed securitization to market. WinWater Mortgage Loan Trust 2015-3 is backed by 382 loans with a total principal balance of $287,742,280.
  
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• Parkside Lending adds Robin Gilmore as EVP of operational strategy

  23-03-2015 21:31
  
  Parkside Lending, a national wholesale and correspondent lender, announced the addition of two industry veterans as part of the company’s “continued, substantial growth.”
  
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• This graphic sums up February’s tepid existing home sales

  23-03-2015 21:29
  
  Monday’s existing-home sales report from the National Association of Realtors didn’t show too much improvement from January’s giant fall. This chart shows just how minuscule the change is.
  
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• Freedom Mortgage looks to hire more than 75 employees

  23-03-2015 21:13
  
  Freedom Mortgage wants to hire 75 or more new employees to fill its latest office opening in Maryland. Know someone for the position?
  
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• Solar panels: Home sale deal killer?

  23-03-2015 21:00
  
  One couple panicked when selling their home and paid the $20k+ solar panel lease outright. The new owners, no doubt, appreciated the lower electricity bills. Other home sales, with solar panels, aren't going as well.
  
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• 24 more MLSs agree to send listing data to Zillow and Trulia

  23-03-2015 18:54
  
  With the real estate listing data provided by ListHub set to disappear from Zillow and Trulia in just over two weeks, the Zillow Group is continuing in its recruitment of multiple listing services to provide direct feeds to the sites to mitigate the loss of the ListHub data. Meet the 24 newest members of the Zillow Group's listing network.
  
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• Fannie Mae: Multifamily gains boost housing

  23-03-2015 18:23
  
  Housing did not start the new year off well, with industry reports painting a flat market at best. But amid the less than positive news, there was one sector that is pulling the housing recovery along.
  
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• Ocwen fires back at “disingenuous” charges of negligence

  23-03-2015 17:42
  
  Ocwen Financial is doubling down in its fight against a group of mortgage bond investors that accused the nonbank off ailing to properly collect payments on mortgage loans and breaching its bond covenants, charging the investors, which include BlackRock, MetLife, and Pimco, of having a “pro-foreclosure, anti-modification” agenda.
  
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• 3D printing: A game changer for affordable housing

  23-03-2015 17:41
  
  Across the world architects are racing to build the world's first 3D printed houses. While the cost for these houses is a lot cheaper, they give up a lot of amenities. Watch the video and see if this is somewhere you could live?
  
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• David Copperfield Floods Apartment Building in Non-Trick - Curbed NY

  23-03-2015 16:55
  
  Curbed NY
  David Copperfield Floods Apartment Building in Non-Trick
  Curbed NY
  The Galleria is no longer one of the most expensive condo towers on 57th Street, but it may now be the wettest, as the rooftop pool in illusionist David Copperfield's 8,000-square-foot penthouse "spontaneously burst earlier this month," flooding the ...
  
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• Couple accuses real estate firm of breach, fraud - Southeast Texas Record

  23-03-2015 16:00
  
  Southeast Texas Record
  Couple accuses real estate firm of breach, fraud
  Southeast Texas Record
  A Galveston County couple has sued a real estate company and three affiliated individuals, alleging negligence and breach of warranty in a property listing and sale. home-for-sale Jim and Sandra Concagh filed a lawsuit Dec. 23, 2014, in Galveston ...
  
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• Existing home sales slightly rebound after last month’s plummet

  23-03-2015 15:38
  
  While existing-home sales did slightly tick back up in February, the National Associations of Relators’ latest report reveals the housing market still has some headwinds to overcome for the spring homebuying season.
  
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• Canadian Consumer Confidence Gains for Third Week on Real Estate - Bloomberg

  23-03-2015 15:15
  Canadian Consumer Confidence Gains for Third Week on Real Estate
  Bloomberg
  (Bloomberg) -- Canadian consumer confidence gained for a third consecutive week, as worries about the nation's economy and real estate market wane, survey data from Nanos Research Group show. The Bloomberg Nanos Canadian Confidence Index rose ...
  
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• I Tried To Use A Hookup App As A Real Estate Listing - BuzzFeed News

  23-03-2015 14:58
  
  BuzzFeed News
  I Tried To Use A Hookup App As A Real Estate Listing
  BuzzFeed News
  When guys on Grindr asked me what I was looking for, I wanted to respond, “A permanent address.” posted on March 22, 2015, at 8:18 a.m.. Matt Ortile. BuzzFeed Staff. Tweet. Bookmark it. Tweet. Tweet. View this image ›. Jenny Chang / BuzzFeed.
  
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• Norway's Biggest Wealth Fund Focuses to Buy Real Estate in Asia - Realty Today

  23-03-2015 13:57
  
  Realty Today
  Norway's Biggest Wealth Fund Focuses to Buy Real Estate in Asia
  Realty Today
  Norway's wealth fund, The Government Pension Global Fund, plans to buy Asian real estates, reports Bloomberg. Like Us on Facebook. With its almost $870B worth of fund, The Government Pension Global Fund's recent decision in investing in real estate ...
  Norway's $870bn sovereign fund to invest in Asian real estateInternational Business Times UK
  Norwegian wealth fund eyeing Asian real es
  
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• Popular real estate destinations for second homes and how to leverage the intel - Inman.com

  23-03-2015 11:05
  
  Popular real estate destinations for second homes and how to leverage the intel
  Inman.com
  Everyone knows that warm-weather climates attract vacation homes, but not every broker is located in a sunny situation. Each area of the United States has its own popular vacation destination, and knowing this can help you get a leg up on the ...
  
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• How to pull off successful event marketing in real estate - Inman.com

  23-03-2015 10:04
  
  How to pull off successful event marketing in real estate
  Inman.com
  The ramp-up to the spring real estate season brings several things every year, an increase in postcards, reminders of daylight saving time and yet another article proclaiming the death of the open house. The arguments don't vary much from year to year.
  
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• Black Knight: Foreclosure inventory reaches lowest level since 2007

  23-03-2015 10:00
  
  January’s jump in foreclosure starts reversed course - and then some - in February, dropping by 15% to 79,700 for the month, its lowest level since last November, and the third lowest point in at least seven years. Here's what happened.
  
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• Zhuhai Real Estate Developer Joins Ranks Of China's Billionaires - Forbes

  23-03-2015 08:24
  
  Zhuhai Real Estate Developer Joins Ranks Of China's Billionaires
  Forbes
  Liang Shezeng has joined the ranks of the world's billionaires following gains in the share price of his Shenzhen-listed property development company, Guangdong Shirongzhaoye Guangdong Shirongzhaoye. Liang, 82, injected 76% of his property business, ...
  
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• Elkin real estate agent honored - Elkin Jonesville Tribune

  23-03-2015 07:01
  
  Elkin real estate agent honored
  Elkin Jonesville Tribune
  A local real estate agent was recently recognized by Century 21 for her sales success over the past year. Debbie Simpson, sales affiliate with Century 21 Hudspeth Properties in Elkin, was recognized as “a top-producer nationwide” when she received the ...
  
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• Real estate investments offer advantages - The Durango Herald

  23-03-2015 06:57
  
  Mainebiz Daily
  Real estate investments offer advantages
  The Durango Herald
  Many homeowners think of their home as an investment, and it is true that many owners who have owned their home for a long time have significant equity. In some cases, it is their financial nest egg. There are a number of investments that can be made ...
  Real estate emerging as alternative to stocks, bonds and mutual funds for IRA ...Mainebiz Daily
  
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• Real estate transactions March 23, 2015 - Bradenton Herald

  23-03-2015 05:39
  Real estate transactions March 23, 2015
  Bradenton Herald
  $2,400,000 Busse Carol L, Carol L Busse Revocable Trust to Bulaga Bryan, Bulaga Abigail, Lot 33 Blk B Concession, O.R. Book 02559 Page 4131, March 11. $2,200,000 Mackenzie Erdmen T, Mackenzie Karen S to Oneill Timothy J Jr, O'Neill Melinda K, Blk ...
  
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• Monday Morning Cup of Coffee: Don’t fight Mother Nature or the Fed

  23-03-2015 05:01
  
  Whether you’re talking the mortgage investment side with agency and non-agency mortgage bonds, or the housing side with mortgage lending and home sales – it’s like everything is frozen and you want to hold, rather than let it go.
  
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• Fall River real estate board recommends Healy school sale - Fall River Herald News

  23-03-2015 04:55
  
  Fall River real estate board recommends Healy school sale
  Fall River Herald News
  The City Council Committee on Real Estate voted to recommend the sale of the Harriet T. Healy School to developer Alex Stylos of Sherwood Building Co. of Somerset last week. email · print. Comment. Jo C. Goode Herald News Staff Reporter. The Herald ...
  
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• YU Adds Real Estate Course to - The Commentator

  23-03-2015 04:38
  
  Nigerian Bulletin
  YU Adds Real Estate Course to
  The Commentator
  In 2010, amidst a slow national recovery from the recession, undergraduates struggling to find gainful employment were left questioning their decision to attend college. News authorities such as TIME Magazine, US News, The New Yorker and The New York ...
  10 Start-up Tips For A Thriving Real Estate Business In NigeriaNigerian Bulletin
  
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• Real estate trust may sell off NH ski areas - Concord Monitor

  23-03-2015 04:37
  
  Concord Monitor
  Real estate trust may sell off NH ski areas
  Concord Monitor
  Vacationers ski at Mount Sunapee on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. Many Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire schools are on vacation this week, while Concord and schools further north will have next week off. (Alexander Cohn/ Monitor file). Snow guns ...
  
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• Biggest Wealth Fund Ready to Buy 'A Lot' of Asian Real Estate - Bloomberg

  23-03-2015 00:16
  
  International Business Times UK
  Biggest Wealth Fund Ready to Buy 'A Lot' of Asian Real Estate
  Bloomberg
  Pedestrians walk past commercial buildings in the Ginza district of Tokyo. Japan's commercial real estate market is showing signs of a recovery and office vacancies, a measure of unoccupied space, in Tokyo fell to 5.3 percent in February from 7 percent ...
  Norway's $870bn sovereign fund to invest in Asian real estateInternational Business Times UK
  Norwegian wealth fund eyeing
  
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• What Has Homebuilders Worried?

  23-03-2015 00:00
  Homebuilding continues to lag behind pre-recession levels, even as the economy shows gains and buyer demand is high. Why are builders still so...
  
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• Solar Panels Can be a Deal Killer

  23-03-2015 00:00
  More home owners are being lured into contracts for leasing solar panels. But they're finding it's creating problems when they go to sell...
  
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• Investors Gamble on Trophy Spec Homes

  23-03-2015 00:00
  Some developers and investors are building multi-million dollar homes on spec, before a buyer is ever lined up. Their move could prove risky.
  
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• Here's Where Hiring is on the Rise

  23-03-2015 00:00
  Usually a hot housing market trails a hot job market. Could the same hold true for these booming employment centers? Find out the current job hot-...
  
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• A Growth in Housing Counseling

  23-03-2015 00:00
  "Seeing that more people are realizing the value of housing counseling is a sign that the next wave of home buyers will be better prepared to...
  
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