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• Fall Real Estate Watch: 6 Neighborhoods To Keep on Your Radar - DNAinfo

  06-09-2016 23:59
  
  DNAinfo
  Fall Real Estate Watch: 6 Neighborhoods To Keep on Your Radar
  DNAinfo
  MANHATTAN — As the city's real estate market picks up after Labor Day, buyers and renters are gaining a bit of leverage as inventory expands. On the sales side, brokers are working harder at convincing their sellers to have more reasonable ...
  
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• Ellie Mae's CSO joins NTSC Board of Directors

  06-09-2016 23:31
  
  Ellie Mae’s chief security officer just joined the National Technology Security Coalition’s Board of Directors. Here’s what Aissi brings to the board, who’s goal is to forge a coalition of information security stakeholders to reverse the disruption to information systems.
  
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• St. Louis County man admits $50,000 real estate fraud | Law and ... - STLtoday.com

  06-09-2016 23:27
  
  STLtoday.com
  St. Louis County man admits $50,000 real estate fraud | Law and ...
  STLtoday.com
  ST. LOUIS • Raja Chellappa, 51, of St. Louis County, pleaded guilty in federal court here Tuesday to two counts of wire fraud and admitted bilking someone out ...and more »
  
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• UK Real-Estate Funds Question Redemption Strategies Post-Brexit - Wall Street Journal

  06-09-2016 23:06
  
  Wall Street Journal
  UK Real-Estate Funds Question Redemption Strategies Post-Brexit
  Wall Street Journal
  The U.K. vote to leave the European Union whipsawed capital markets throughout the world, but the carnage got so bad in the market for open-ended U.K. real-estate funds that some managers decided to freeze redemptions. Now, with some of those ...
  
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• Fannie Mae sells $1 billion in NPLs to Goldman Sachs subsidiary, private equity

  06-09-2016 22:01
  
  In what is becoming a frequent occurrence, Fannie Mae announced Tuesday that it sold a large portfolio of non-performing loans to a collection of private equity funds and a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs. Here are the details on Fannie Mae's latest $1.06 billion non-performing loan sale.
  
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• Are New Laws Impacting Real Estate in Your State? - RisMedia.com (press release)

  06-09-2016 21:59
  
  RisMedia.com (press release)
  Are New Laws Impacting Real Estate in Your State?
  RisMedia.com (press release)
  New state laws relating to real estate have taken effect over the summer, many of which could impact homeowners, homebuyers and sellers in certain states. One such law, enacted in California, equalizes the rules governing escrow services performed by ...
  
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• September Is REALTOR® Safety Month

  06-09-2016 21:54
  
  NAR PULSE—Want to share the message of safety with your agents this month? Then register for the free Sept. 14 REALTOR® Safety Webinar – “Get Smart about Smart Homes and Your Safety.” Find out what REALTORS® need to know about smart home technology to best inform clients and protect them while on the job. Click here to register now.
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• Affordable housing crisis pushing students away from homeownership

  06-09-2016 21:53
  
  The housing market is hard for anyone to enter, much less college students. Now, students at California schools are being forced to drive up to five hours per day just to commute to school in order to avoid rents of near $3,000 per month.
  
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• Basements Didn’t Matter: New Homes Were Still Larger in 2015

  06-09-2016 21:50
  
  A recent NAHB post shows that, after rising to a record high, the size of new single-family homes has leveled off and, as of the second quarter of 2016, is now trending downward slightly.
  Several things could be responsible. NAHB (and others) have emphasized a changing mix of repeat and first-time home buyers. Before focusing exclusively on this, however, it would be good to eliminate technical details, such as the way square footage of a home is calc
  
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• Are New Laws Impacting Real Estate in Your State?

  06-09-2016 21:48
  
  New state laws relating to real estate have taken effect over the summer, many of which could impact homeowners, homebuyers and sellers in certain states.
  One such law, enacted in California, equalizes the rules governing escrow services performed by real estate brokers, independent escrow companies and underwritten title companies (UTCs). The law, sponsored by the California Land Title Association, allows a UTC to handle transactions involving properties located in a county where it is not lice
  
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• Christie Brinkley’s Bridgehampton Home Hits the Market…Again

  06-09-2016 21:47
  
  As the summer draws to a close and the Hamptons begin to empty out, supermodel Christie Brinkley is drawing attention to the locale…to the tune of $29.5 million.
  Brinkley, now an empty nester (her youngest recently graduated high school and is headed to the City) is ready to downsize and begin the next phase of her life in a space that won’t feel quite so overwhelming (aka empty) now that everyone’s flown the coop.
  But this isn’t the first time Brinkley has listed her 20
  
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• Single women a growing force in the real estate market - Chicago Tribune

  06-09-2016 21:18
  
  Chicago Tribune
  Single women a growing force in the real estate market
  Chicago Tribune
  Single women are a growing force in the real estate market, but a new study contends they are paying too much for their mortgages. Single women are a growing force in the real estate market, but a new study contends they are paying too much for their ...
  
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• What The New Real Estate Sector Means For Investors - Seeking Alpha

  06-09-2016 20:59
  Builder Magazine
  What The New Real Estate Sector Means For Investors
  Seeking Alpha
  Real estate just became the 11th Global Industry Classification Standard sector. The move validates real estate as a distinct asset class and may prompt investors to rethink their equity allocation decisions going forward. Companies that invest in real ...
  Real Estate Shares Get Own Stock Market Sector | Builder MagazineBuilder Magazine
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  Some sound real estate investment trusts
  
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• Ask Eli: Please Send Your Real Estate Questions - ARL now

  06-09-2016 20:46
  
  Ask Eli: Please Send Your Real Estate Questions
  ARL now
  This regularly-scheduled sponsored Q&A column is written by Eli Tucker, Arlington-based Realtor and Rosslyn resident. Please submit your questions to him via email for response in future columns. Enjoy! Question Submission. From First Time Home Buyers ...
  
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• Lack of builders holding back housing market

  06-09-2016 20:21
  
  Lack of construction workers is becoming a major issue not just for construction companies, but for the entire housing market. During the housing crisis the industry lost about 30% of its workers. Now, however, those workers don’t want to go back.
  
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• Are you housing's elite? Here's how to prove it to the rest of America

  06-09-2016 19:40
  
  Wow, we can’t believe it’s nearly been a year since HousingWire crowned its first HW Vanguard Award winners, the award reserved for the true “leaders of the year” in the housing industry, whether they operate real estate, lending, servicing, investing or any other corner of the housing industry. And now, it’s time to crown the HW Vanguard Award winners for 2016. But the nomination period is ending soon. Like this week. Seriously, time is running out.
  
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• D.R. Horton expands, buys Wilson Parker Homes

  06-09-2016 18:33
  
  Already one of the nation’s largest homebuilders, D.R. Horton is about to get bigger, as the company announced Monday that it plans to acquire Wilson Parker Homes, a homebuilder that operates in Georgia, Arizona, North Carolina and South Carolina.
  
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• [video] Here are 3 upcoming changes to mortgage finance

  06-09-2016 18:17
  
  The industry is about to see several game-changers going into the next couple years. United Wholesale Mortgage’s president and CEO talks about those upcoming changes, and what it will mean moving forward.
  
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• How To Save For A Real Estate Down Payment: 20 Financial Experts Share Their Tips - Forbes

  06-09-2016 17:59
  
  Forbes
  How To Save For A Real Estate Down Payment: 20 Financial Experts Share Their Tips
  Forbes
  It was backbreaking work for a five-year-old — but it was totally worth it. I spent six grueling hours cutting down brush in my backyard with my dad, clearing an area that would soon become a place for Mom to send us when my siblings and I were being ...
  
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• Crowdfunding Transforms Real Estate Investing - Huffington Post

  06-09-2016 17:59
  
  Huffington Post
  Crowdfunding Transforms Real Estate Investing
  Huffington Post
  “When crowdfunding first emerged, I saw in a flash that it was going to be wonderful. It was going to remove the middlemen, the lack of transparency, the cost, and the time. Crowdfunding was going to transform this multimillion dollar industry ...
  
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• Qatar Investment Authority | NYC Commercial Real Estate - The Real Deal Magazine

  06-09-2016 16:03
  
  Qatar Investment Authority | NYC Commercial Real Estate
  The Real Deal Magazine
  Middle Eastern investors pumped $6.5 billion into New York City in the past 18 months ending in June.and more »
  
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• CoreLogic: Home prices still up, but leveling off

  06-09-2016 16:03
  
  Home prices increased in July, and will continue to increase into next month and even next year. That being said, there is still some evidence of a slow-down going forward.
  
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• First American acquires RedVision in major deal

  06-09-2016 16:00
  
  First American just announced it will acquire RedVision. This will allow First American’s data trace group to build additional title plants quickly. This is what each company says about what the acquisition will mean for them.
  
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• Fight against Barry Diller's Pier 55 may be funded by real estate ... - Curbed NY

  06-09-2016 15:54
  
  Curbed NY
  Fight against Barry Diller's Pier 55 may be funded by real estate ...
  Curbed NY
  The approvals process and construction of Pier 55 on Manhattan's West Side has been snarled by lawsuits since the moments plans for the futuristic floating ...
  Investor Behind Pier 55 Accuses Real Estate Tycoon of Backing ...Patch.comall 9 news articles »
  
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• SoloPro Doubles Real Estate Fees And Rebrands To GoldenKey - Inman.com

  06-09-2016 15:38
  
  SoloPro Doubles Real Estate Fees And Rebrands To GoldenKey
  Inman.com
  SoloPro has changed its name to "GoldenKey" and has more than doubled the pries of the brokerage services it advertises on its website. The company lets ...and more »
  
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• Mortgage defects are skyrocketing. The cause? TRID

  06-09-2016 12:05
  
  As the mortgage industry approaches the one-year anniversary of the October 2015 implementation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure rule, there is little doubt that the impact is still being felt. In fact, a new report provides some potentially alarming insight into the impact of TRID on lenders.
  
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• International Document Services goes eMortgage with Encomia acquisition

  06-09-2016 12:00
  
  International Document Services, a provider of mortgage documents and compliance services, is expanding its electronic mortgage options and going full eMortgage with the acquisition of Encomia, a provider of eMortgage solutions to depository and non-depository lending institutions.
  
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• Singapore Won't Ease Real Estate Curbs 'Anytime Soon,' MAS Says - Bloomberg

  06-09-2016 11:43
  
  Bloomberg
  Singapore Won't Ease Real Estate Curbs 'Anytime Soon,' MAS Says
  Bloomberg
  Singapore doesn't intend to ease property curbs that have dragged home prices down by almost one-tenth anytime soon, the head of the central bank said. The relaxing of mortgage refinancing rules announced last week by the Monetary Authority of ...and more »
  
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• 4 ways servicers can reduce financial risk of default properties

  06-09-2016 07:00
  
  The number of houses in foreclosure continues to drop across the country. With increased scrutiny from investors and regulators, servicers have to be proactive about managing their default properties in a way that also manages their risk. Aspen Grove Solutions outlines four areas servicers should focus on.
  
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• Black Knight: Mortgage originations surge to highest level in three years

  06-09-2016 06:01
  
  The purchase market is booming, fueling the overall mortgage market and helping set the highest volume of first-lien mortgage originations in a single quarter since the second quarter of 2013. Black Knight Data and Analytics Executive Vice President Ben Graboske explains what spurred the growth, along with what's going on in today's mortgage credit box.
  
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• Real estate tycoons' Top 7 fall projects - New York Post

  06-09-2016 04:31
  
  New York Post
  Real estate tycoons' Top 7 fall projects
  New York Post
  TD Bank is the only tenant signed on to take space in One Vanderbilt. Photo: KOHN PEDERSEN FOX ASSOCIATES PC. MORE FROM: Steve Cuozzo. Steve Cuozzo. Can an iconic statue survive Times Square's turf battle? Why Kobe beef isn't that great ...
  
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