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• Top 5 Real Estate Lawsuits Aspiring Landlords Need to Know | Andrew Lieb ... - Huffington Post

  23-07-2015 23:53
  
  Top 5 Real Estate Lawsuits Aspiring Landlords Need to Know | Andrew Lieb ...
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  There are so many get-rich-quick schemes for investing hard-earned savings in real estate to generate a huge passive income through rentals. Wake up--nothing in life is always roses, and not everyone can be Kiyosaki's Rich Dad. This is the list of the ...
  
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• Freddie Mac launching new risk-sharing deal structure: The cash securitization

  23-07-2015 23:45
  
  Freddie Mac is bringing another mechanism for sharing its credit risk to market – one that hasn’t been seen much since the crisis – a cash securitization. Here are all the details.
  
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• Real Estate Notebook: Mattamy Homes buys Minnetonka Country Club for housing ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  23-07-2015 23:41
  
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  Real Estate Notebook: Mattamy Homes buys Minnetonka Country Club for housing ...
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  Renée Jones Schneider • Star Tribune The Minnetonka Country Club shut down last fall, and it has been sold for housing development. The sale follows a long-standing family feud between siblings over who had the authority to sell the property, one of ...
  
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• CoreLogic 2Q revenue hits $386M, misses expectations

  23-07-2015 23:20
  
  CoreLogic’s second-quarter revenue jumped 5.5% from prior-year levels thanks to higher U.S. mortgage origination volumes, market share gains in core underwriting solutions and demand for property data and analytics.
  
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• Veros connects Sapphire to FHA electronic appraisal portal

  23-07-2015 22:57
  
  Veros Real Estate Solutions' web-based, residential collateral valuation management platform, Sapphire, now offers a direct connection to the Federal Housing Administration Electronic Appraisal Delivery portal.
  
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• Stewart exiting delinquent loan servicing business

  23-07-2015 22:49
  
  Citing shrinking revenue caused by a shrinking amount of delinquent loans, Stewart Information Services Corporation announced Thursday that it intends to end its delinquent loan servicing business by the end of 2015.
  
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• Boston Real Estate: Vibe Residential Aims to Connect Young Professionals with ... - BostInno

  23-07-2015 22:44
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  Boston Real Estate: Vibe Residential Aims to Connect Young Professionals with ...
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  With more than 148,000 students enrolled in institutions of higher education last year, Boston is also home to many recent graduates and young professionals. However, the average age of a broker is 58, according to student startup Vibe Residential. For ...
  
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• Bank of America shakes up senior management

  23-07-2015 22:13
  
  Despite seeing a $3 billion jump in its net income in the second quarter, Bank of America is shaking up its senior management, replacing Bruce Thompson, the bank’s chief financial officer and chief risk officer, and making other moves.
  
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• Real Estate Company McGeough Lamacchia Rebrands as Lamacchia Realty | Waltham ... - Patch.com

  23-07-2015 20:39
  
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  Real Estate Company McGeough Lamacchia Rebrands as Lamacchia Realty | Waltham ...
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  Lamacchia Realty, formerly known as McGeough Lamacchia Realty, was launched today under its new brand. The renamed, full service real estate brokerage serving the Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire markets will continue to be led by ...
  Real Estate Company McGeough Lamacchia Rebrands as Lamacchia Realty - MarketWatchMarketWatchall 4 news articles »
  
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• Fannie Mae: First half of 2015 paves way for stronger year

  23-07-2015 20:24
  
  The first half of this year performed a lot better than what was originally expected, giving extra momentum to the start of the second half of the year. Therefore, the Fannie Mae housing forecast remains largely unchanged, with leading indicators pointing to continued improvement.
  
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• Real Estate Spotlight: Retro glass home - seattlepi.com - seattlepi.com

  23-07-2015 19:26
  
  Real Estate Spotlight: Retro glass home - seattlepi.com
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  For views that'll make you forget you live in the city, look no further than this home at 3701 E. Valley St. The four-bedroom, four-bathroom home is listed for $4.786 million. Built in 1959, this home has been tastefully updated while still retaining a ...
  
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• The HousingWire Vanguard Awards: For elite leaders of housing finance

  23-07-2015 19:00
  
  The Vanguard Awards are an open recognition program designed to highlight “leaders of the year," and will be featured in our double December/January special issue. So if you rock at work, tell us about it.
  
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• The HousingWire Vanguard Award: For elite leaders of housing finance

  23-07-2015 19:00
  
  The Vanguard Awards is an open recognition program designed to highlight our own “leaders of the year” each year at HousingWire, and will be featured each year in our double December/January special issue. So if you rock at work, tell us about it.
  
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• Black Knight: Foreclosure inventory drops to lowest level since 2007

  23-07-2015 18:53
  
  The national foreclosure inventory continued to drop and dipped to the lowest level since 2007. Meanwhile, the delinquency rate dropped 3% from May.
  
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• Hudson's Bay Chairman Says Real-Estate Venture Could Be Model for Retailers ... - Wall Street Journal

  23-07-2015 18:49
  
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  Hudson's Bay Chairman Says Real-Estate Venture Could Be Model for Retailers ...
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  Hudson's Bay Co. HBC 0.44 % Chairman Richard Baker says a joint-venture his company set up for some of its real estate could be a model for rivals that are under pressure to extract value from their properties. Macy's Inc. is one company under such ...and more »
  
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• Crapo, Warner urge Congress not to use Fannie, Freddie fees for federal spending

  23-07-2015 18:08
  
  Reaffirming their position that the fees charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should not be used to fund federal spending, Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., sent a letter to the Senate leadership, asking them to reconsider the use of g-fees to offset the cost of a massive transportation bill.
  
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• Redfin debuts new housing demand index, and it's got some bad news

  23-07-2015 18:00
  
  Although homebuyer demand was up year over year in June, on a monthly basis, the decline was steeper than previous years.“This year’s seasonal slowdown is more extreme than normal due to buyer fatigue over high prices and low selection, combined with gradually increasing mortgage interest rates,” Redfin’s new housing report said.
  
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• Hamptons real estate sales slowing down - CNBC.com - CNBC

  23-07-2015 17:01
  
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  Hamptons real estate sales slowing down - CNBC.com
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  After a record breaking number of home sales in the Hamptons in 2014, things are beginning to cool down in the luxury real estate destination. Both sales and median prices of Hamptons real estate are down in 2015 from where they were last year ...
  Real Estate Sales in Hampton is Going Down : News : Realty TodayRealty Todayall 9 news articles »
  
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• Altisource announces acquisition of CastleLine

  23-07-2015 16:57
  
  Altisource Portfolio Solutions, a marketplace and transaction solutions provider for the real estate, mortgage and consumer-debt industries, announced Thursday that it is acquiring CastleLine Holdings, a specialty risk management and insurance services firm.
  
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• Northwest real estate find: Langley - seattlepi.com - seattlepi.com

  23-07-2015 16:18
  
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  Northwest real estate find: Langley - seattlepi.com
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  Having a garden party will never be easier than with this private home. This three-building home on a little less than half an acre outside Langley -- on the south end of Whidbey Island -- is an island retreat with some spectacular accents. Built of ...
  
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• Freddie Mac: Mortgage rates retreat from yearly high

  23-07-2015 16:08
  
  After moving to the highest level of 2015 one week ago, mortgage rates retreated slightly, according to Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey. According to Sean Becketti, Freddie Mac’s chief economist, the slight decline was driven by mixed economic and housing data.
  
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• Real estate search giant Zillow buys Cincinnati startup DotLoop - Cincinnati ... - Cincinnati.com

  23-07-2015 12:35
  
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  Real estate search giant Zillow buys Cincinnati startup DotLoop - Cincinnati ...
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  Seattle-based real estate search giant Zillow Group has reached a deal to buy Queensgate-based DotLoop. Terms of the deal were not disclosed Wednesday afternoon, but Zillow expects to close the purchase in the third quarter of 2015. Launched in 2009 ...
  Dotloop acquired by online real estate giant Zillow - Cincinnati Business ...Cincinnati Business Courier
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• RealtyTrac: Single-family home sales reach highest level since 2006

  23-07-2015 06:01
  
  Adding another layer of confirmation onto the prevailing thought that 2015 is a healthy year for housing, single-family and condo sales reached the highest level since 2006, according to a new report from RealtyTrac. Here's how it all breaks down.
  
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• Man dressed as woman accused of attacking real estate agent | www.wsbtv.com - WSB Atlanta

  23-07-2015 05:16
  
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  Man dressed as woman accused of attacking real estate agent | www.wsbtv.com
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  Jeffrey Wayne Shumate is currently in Gwinnett County Jail facing aggravated assault, false imprisonment and battery charges. Man dressed in women's clothes attacks real estate agent gallery · Man dressed in women's clothes attacks real estate agent ...
  Arrest made after real estate agent attacked by man in women's... | www.ajc ...Atlanta Journal Constitution
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• Bay Area real estate market heating up, encourages sellers | abc7news.com - abc7news.com

  23-07-2015 03:14
  
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  Bay Area real estate market heating up, encourages sellers | abc7news.com
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  The Bay Area real estate is heating up again, which is encouraging to sellers and discouraging to buyers looking for bargains. Embed. <iframe width="476" height="270" src="http://abc7news.com/video/embed/?pid=873527" frameborder="0" ...
  
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