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• CBRE buys minority stake in Malaysian real estate services firm - L.A. Biz

  18-05-2016 22:39
  L.A. Biz
  CBRE buys minority stake in Malaysian real estate services firm
  L.A. Biz
  CBRE Group Inc. said it has agreed to acquire a 49 percent interest in Malaysia's leading real estate services provider, C H Williams Talhar & Wong. Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed. CBRE has agreed to acquire a 49 percent interest in ...and more »
  
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• Power Millennials: Two Entrepreneurs Tackle NYC's Cutthroat Real Estate Market - Fox Business

  18-05-2016 22:28
  
  Fox Business
  Power Millennials: Two Entrepreneurs Tackle NYC's Cutthroat Real Estate Market
  Fox Business
  For the founders of RLTY, one of New York City's most prominent real estate agencies, they always had an entrepreneurial spirit. Emir Bahadir and Ben Benalloul, the co-founders of RLTY, knew that at the right moment and time they would start their own ...
  
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• New FHA proposal puts reverse mortgages above HOA super liens

  18-05-2016 22:24
  
  As arguments for and against reverse mortgages persist, the Federal Housing Administration made an announcement that could change the game. The FHA proposed a new set of reforms that would both enforce previous rules and create new ones.
  
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• Thriving on risk in real estate - The MIT Tech

  18-05-2016 21:43
  
  The MIT Tech
  Thriving on risk in real estate
  The MIT Tech
  Professor David Geltner is developing new real estate indices to quantify uncertainties in commercial property markets. Susan Saccoccia | School of Architecture and Planning May 18, 2016. Press Inquiries Share ...
  Optimism In Commercial Real EstateForbes
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  Blanca Commercial Real Estate Hires Executive Vice PresidentCommercial Property Executiveall 19 news art
  
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• Judge hands Zillow latest victory in Move lawsuit

  18-05-2016 21:39
  
  "There was no evidence presented that Zillow was in possession of any of the so-called missing storage devices," the judge overseeing the massive lawsuit between Zillow and Move stated in a new ruling. Move called for court sanctions against Zillow, claiming two former Move executives destroyed intellectual property before taking jobs at Zillow.
  
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• United Wholesale Mortgage announces new jumbo mortgage program

  18-05-2016 20:35
  
  United Wholesale Mortgage announced its latest step in the jumbo market: the launch of its Jumbo Elite program. The move comes during a time that jumbo mortgage credit is tightening. Here are thefeatures of this new program.
  
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• There's no consensus on GSE reform, but there is this

  18-05-2016 20:00
  
  After attending a conference with some of the top investors in housing, I’ve come to realize housing is as close to solving GSE reform as it is in solving "which came first, the chicken or the egg?" But amid all the opinions and solutions discussed, there was one session right before I headed back to Dallas that tossed out an opinion I think needs to be mentioned.
  
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• Computershare completes acquisitions of Capital Markets Cooperative, Altavera Mortgage Services

  18-05-2016 19:48
  
  Computershare, an Australian tech company that expanded into the U.S. mortgage market in 2011 when it acquired Specialized Loan Servicing for $113.6 million, announced earlier this year that it planned to expand its mortgage presence with a pair of acquisitions. Now, Capital Markets Cooperative and Altavera Mortgage Services are officially part of Computershare.
  
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• The 'perfect storm' blocking your business this spring-buying season

  18-05-2016 19:42
  
  What’s presumed to be the hottest buying season of the year isn’t shaping up to that due to a flurry of factors that are growing into the perfect storm. For this week's appraisal volume data, Kevin Golden, director of analytics with a la mode, explained more on what's going behind the data at the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Secondary conference in New York City.
  
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• Radian CEO S.A. Ibrahim announces plans to retire

  18-05-2016 19:10
  
  Radian Group, which offers private mortgage insurance, risk management products and real estate services to financial institutions, will soon be looking for a new chief executive officer, as the company’s current CEO, S.A. Ibrahim, announced that he plans to retire next year.
  
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• Optimism In Commercial Real Estate - Forbes

  18-05-2016 18:04
  
  The MIT Tech
  Optimism In Commercial Real Estate
  Forbes
  Commercial real estate executives appear relatively optimistic about the general state of the market in 2016, with many predicting higher than average deal volumes for their firms. When considering the adoption of new technology, most believe that the ...
  Thriving on risk in real estateThe MIT Tech
  Breaking My 'A-Team' Into Pieces - Part V - Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.Seeking Alpha
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• Is the Silicon Valley Real Estate Bubble About to Explode? - Vanity Fair

  18-05-2016 14:56
  
  Vanity Fair
  Is the Silicon Valley Real Estate Bubble About to Explode?
  Vanity Fair
  While rental prices in the Bay Area are as nightmarishly expensive as they've ever been, it's getting noticeably harder to sell a mansion in Silicon Valley. In super-wealthy Palo Alto, where the median price for a home is $2.1 million, Silicon Valley ...
  Silicon Valley Mansions Linger on Market in Real Estate SlowdownBloomberg
  The insane Silicon Valley housing market is finally cooling off a littleBusiness I
  
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• MBA: Despite historically low interest rates, mortgage applications actually drop

  18-05-2016 13:05
  
  In a week that saw mortgage interest rates hit the lowest level in three years, mortgage applications actually dropped, according to the latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association. Here's how it all broke down.
  
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• Uber Teams Up With Real Estate Developer To Replace Car Ownership - Forbes

  18-05-2016 09:06
  
  Forbes
  Uber Teams Up With Real Estate Developer To Replace Car Ownership
  Forbes
  About 90% of U.S. households own a car–but Uber wants to change that. On Wednesday, Uber announced what it hopes will be the start of many local real estate partnerships designed to encourage residents to ditch their cars for ride-sharing and public ...
  Uber announced a partnership with a real estate developer in San FranciscoKRON4.comall 19 news articles »
  
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• Housing experts fear impact of Trump, Sanders presidency

  18-05-2016 06:01
  
  Regardless of who wins in November, whether its presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, or Sen. Bernie Sanders, the next president will have an impact on housing. But just what kind of impact? According to a new Zillow survey, housing experts are concerned more by the prospect of a President Trump or a President Sanders.
  
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