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• LandSafe, FNC, RELS: Acquisitions behind the CoreLogic success

  20-04-2016 23:54
  
  CoreLogic snatched up several companies over the last six months all with one purpose in mind, building out its property valuation capabilities. The company released its first-quarter earnings on Wednesday, and looking over the results, their 'strategic' moves paid off. Here's how.
  
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• Home prices see highest increase since 2007

  20-04-2016 23:08
  
  Although prices have increased across the nation, it should be no surprise that the highest increase was seen in California. Sellers are happy, buyers are struggling, but what is it doing to the market as a whole?
  
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• Real Estate Agent Tricked Coachella-goers Into Posting His Name to Facebook - Curbed LA

  20-04-2016 22:41
  
  Curbed LA
  Real Estate Agent Tricked Coachella-goers Into Posting His Name to Facebook
  Curbed LA
  Thanks to the mischievous antics of a luxury real estate agent, many Coachella-goers this past weekend accidentally posted photos to Facebook of the good times they were having at Rami Atherton. That's right. In what seems to be a preposterous scheme, ...
  
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• The Marijuana Business Is Really the Real Estate Business - Inc.com

  20-04-2016 22:09
  
  Inc.com
  The Marijuana Business Is Really the Real Estate Business
  Inc.com
  Selling weed seems like a cash cow, but the real money these days is in the real estate that represents the most crucial part of the cannabis business. By Will Yakowicz. Will Yakowicz is an award-winning journalist and a staff writer for Inc. magazine ...and more »
  
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• Haisler: McHenry County real estate market picking up - Northwest Herald

  20-04-2016 22:04
  
  Haisler: McHenry County real estate market picking up
  Northwest Herald
  It's that time of year when so many people are considering moving. Maybe it's because spring has finally sprung and they don't want to do their own backyard work. Maybe it's because they're just bursting at the seams. Whatever the reason, the spring ...
  
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• California AG backs expansion of Homeowners' Bill of Rights

  20-04-2016 21:52
  
  California Attorney General Kamala Harris is throwing her support behind a bill that expand the state’s Homeowners’ Bill of Rights to include a provision designed to help widowed spouses and children stay in their homes after the primary mortgage holder passes away.
  
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• California home sales slowed way down in March

  20-04-2016 21:24
  
  This is crazy. Normally, at this time of year, home sales start booming in the Golden State. This year, they aren't. So, what's going on? PropertyRadar says this is the answer.
  
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• Apartment boom pushes commercial real estate - CT Post

  20-04-2016 21:23
  
  CT Post
  Apartment boom pushes commercial real estate
  CT Post
  The newly renovated interior of Ada's Kitchen & Coffee that re-opened in February 2016 at 112 Riverside Avenue in Greenwich, Conn. The availability of financing for commercial real estate projects continued into the early months of 2016 with area banks ...
  
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• Shares of MGM real estate subsidiary up 4.8 percent on first day of trading - VEGAS INC

  20-04-2016 21:16
  Shares of MGM real estate subsidiary up 4.8 percent on first day of trading
  VEGAS INC
  MGM Growth Properties CEO James Stewart, third from right, rings the New York Stock Exchange opening bell to celebrate his company's IPO, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. He is joined by company CFO Andy Chien, right, and New York Stock Exchange ...and more »
  
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• This week in real estate market reports - The Real Deal Magazine

  20-04-2016 20:58
  
  This week in real estate market reports
  The Real Deal Magazine
  Brooklyn saw average asking office rents dip during the first quarter while Manhattan's office rents were up for the 12th consecutive month, according to the latest reports from Colliers International. On the residential end, Soho topped PropertyShark ...
  
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• Buying Real Estate Notes for the Small Investor - Huffington Post

  20-04-2016 20:48
  
  Huffington Post
  Buying Real Estate Notes for the Small Investor
  Huffington Post
  There is a lot of information out there about buying notes as a real estate investment niche strategy. It can be very profitable, particularly if you approach it with more than one strategic goal. There are investors doing this now, and some are ...and more »
  
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• Japan's baby crisis may be causing US home prices to rise - Business Insider

  20-04-2016 20:33
  
  Business Insider
  Japan's baby crisis may be causing US home prices to rise
  Business Insider
  For instance, the lack of new infants being born in Japan, its "baby crisis," may be driving up real estate prices in the US. Now here's how this works: Due to the aging of the Japanese population, the country's insurance companies must invest more of ...and more »
  
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• Trump: If I win, Yellen's days at the Fed will be numbered

  20-04-2016 20:21
  
  If Republican frontrunner Donald Trump secures a victory in November’s election and is sworn in on Jan. 20, 2017 as this country's next president, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen may shortly find herself out of a job.
  
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• Next major issue lenders need to tackle: Cybersecurity

  20-04-2016 20:00
  
  As fast as the digital world is growing, the number of hackers trying to take it down are growing faster. The threat is rising exponentially, not decreasing. And if the people and families behind the information your company is storing aren't enough motivation to be diligent in this area, the trillions in lost revenue should be. So how susceptible are you?
  
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• Fundrise ditches traditional crowdfunding to focus on REITs - The Real Deal Magazine

  20-04-2016 19:34
  
  The Real Deal Magazine
  Fundrise ditches traditional crowdfunding to focus on REITs
  The Real Deal Magazine
  Fundrise has abandoned the real estate crowdfunding model it pioneered – at least for now. The company will instead focus on managing its non-traded REITs, new filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission show. The strategic shift by one of the ...and more »
  
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• Treasury committing $1 billion more to fight blight, help struggling borrowers

  20-04-2016 19:15
  
  In February, the Department of the Treasury announced that it planned to boost the Hardest Hit Fund by as much as $2 billion. The first round of funding saw the Treasury Department allocate $1 billion. And Wednesday, the Treasury announced the second round of funding, with $1 billion more now set aside to fight blight and help struggling homeowners.
  
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• Arden Group nears halfway point for $250M real estate fund - Philadelphia Business Journal

  20-04-2016 18:48
  Philadelphia Business Journal
  Arden Group nears halfway point for $250M real estate fund
  Philadelphia Business Journal
  The Philadelphia area is home to many of these pooled investments that target commercial properties. Subscribe to get the full story. Already a subscriber? Sign in. Subscribe to get the full story. Already a subscriber? Sign in. SPECIAL OFFER. Print ...
  
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• How an online real estate company optimized its Hadoop clusters - CIO

  20-04-2016 17:31
  
  CIO
  How an online real estate company optimized its Hadoop clusters
  CIO
  Every night, Trulia crunches more than a terabyte of new data and cross-references it with about 2 petabytes of existing data to deliver the most up-to-data real estate information to its users. Here's how it ensures consistent quality of service from ...
  
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• Odds and Ends – Marquette real estate students win regional competition - BizTimes.com (Milwaukee)

  20-04-2016 17:28
  
  BizTimes.com (Milwaukee)
  Odds and Ends – Marquette real estate students win regional competition
  BizTimes.com (Milwaukee)
  A team of Marquette University real estate students from the College of Business Administration took first-place honors the NAIOP Minnesota Case Competition for the third straight year. Marquette competed against teams from St. Cloud State University ...and more »
  
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• 3 Real Estate Trends to Watch This Spring - TheStreet.com

  20-04-2016 16:48
  
  TheStreet.com
  3 Real Estate Trends to Watch This Spring
  TheStreet.com
  Spring is often the most active season for the real estate industry. The days last longer, offering buyers more favorable opportunities to view homes. The homes themselves look more aesthetically pleasing. There also tend to be more properties for ...and more »
  
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• MBA: Mortgage applications barely move after last week's highs

  20-04-2016 13:05
  
  It was a humdrum week for mortgage applications coming off of the previous week’s highs. This time around, the seasonally adjusted Purchase Index decreased 1% from one week earlier.
  
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• Tampa Bay Real Estate: Fewer homes for sale, prices rising - WFLA

  20-04-2016 12:33
  
  WFLA
  Tampa Bay Real Estate: Fewer homes for sale, prices rising
  WFLA
  HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – It's difficult to find anyone who doesn't remember the financial crisis of 2007 and 2008. It led to the big burst of the real estate bubble which started in the early 2000's. “If the buyers start to get panicked and ...
  
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• Los Angeles Realtor 'hijacks' Coachella social media feeds

  20-04-2016 00:11
  
  It’s not often that we at HousingWire talk about things reported by The Hollywood Reporter, but this one is just too good to pass up. A Los Angeles Realtor is in a bit of social media hot water after his name and profile suddenly began showing up all over social media posts emanating from the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival over the weekend.
  
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• Sindeo joins REach Real Estate accelerator class of 2016

  20-04-2016 00:07
  
  “Sindeo is modernizing the mortgage experience, making it simpler and more transparent for consumers and the Realtors they work with,” said Dale Stinton, president of Second Century Ventures, and CEO of the National Association of Realtors.
  
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