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• Why does a wealthy former real estate executive care so much about Fair Park? - Dallas News (blog)

  22-10-2016 15:00
  
  Why does a wealthy former real estate executive care so much about Fair Park?
  Dallas News (blog)
  There's no better recipe for suspicion in Dallas than a rich, white real estate developer taking a deep interest in poor black neighborhoods. And few names are bigger in Dallas development than that of J. McDonald Williams, the former chairman and ...
  
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• The week in industry hires and promotions: October 17-21, 2016 - Inman.com

  22-10-2016 14:20
  
  Inman.com
  The week in industry hires and promotions: October 17-21, 2016
  Inman.com
  Deena Sisson joined 1st Advantage Mortgage as regional vice president. “We are extremely excited to enhance our business in the Southwest,” said Paul Lueken, chief executive officer at 1st Advantage Mortgage, in a statement. “Deena has a solid track ...and more »
  
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• The week in real estate industry deals: Oct. 17-21 - Inman.com

  22-10-2016 13:16
  
  Toronto Star
  The week in real estate industry deals: Oct. 17-21
  Inman.com
  While real estate agents chase leads and close deals on houses, there's another level of deal-making that takes place within the real estate industry: mergers, acquisitions, integrations and partnerships. We'll be recapping every week's noteworthy ...
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• Here's what's happening in our current real estate climate - Fairfield Daily Republic

  22-10-2016 09:14
  
  Here's what's happening in our current real estate climate
  Fairfield Daily Republic
  Back in June we noticed a shift in the climate in our real estate market. This is not only true for Solano County but surrounding counties and as far as the East Bay. In the months prior to June we were selling homes in record-breaking times, most ...
  
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• Real estate giant aims to grow footprint in Austin - MyStatesman.com

  22-10-2016 07:16
  
  MyStatesman.com
  Real estate giant aims to grow footprint in Austin
  MyStatesman.com
  One of the world's fastest-growing commercial real estate brokerage firms is staking its claim in Texas, with the Austin area among the targets of its aggressive national growth strategy. Over the past two years, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank has grown ...
  
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• Real Estate - Morning Journal News

  22-10-2016 06:07
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  Morning Journal News
  Paul and Lucian Clewell, trustees, to Lucinda and Carl Latham Jr., property at 1844 Harvey Ave.; $5,000. East Palestine. David Logan to SJA Investments, home (foreclosure) on East Martin Street; $19,000. Hanover Township. Rudy and Allison Kiko to ...
  
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• A Long Wait for Home: Affordable Housing Assistance Lacking for Low-Income Families

  22-10-2016 06:05
  
  Low-income families already vulnerable due to strained finances have had to contend with lengthy waiting periods and closed waiting lists for affordable housing, a recent report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) reveals.
  Importantly, affordable housing applicants are being shut out of the Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) program, according to the report, entitled Housing Spotlight: A Long Wait for a Home. Fifty-three percent of HCV waiting lists were found to be closed to new app
  
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• Strengthening Our Commitment to Sustainability in the Real Estate Industry

  22-10-2016 06:02
  
  In a move driven by the wishes of its members, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) has initiated a new Sustainability Program designed to position NAR as a leader in the conversation about sustainability in real estate for Realtors®, brokers, allied trade associations and consumers. The new program’s efforts will focus on coordination and articulation of NAR’s existing sustainability resources, while also supporting a growing area of interest for consumers, helping me
  
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• Famous Encino, Calif. Home Hops on the Market

  22-10-2016 06:01
  
  Fans of the Fox show “24,” listen up: Jack Bauer’s fictional home is now for sale for a cool $3.9 million. The posh space, located at 4620 Rubio Ave in Encino, Calif., was also featured in “CSI” and the 90s classic “Beverly Hills, 90210.”
  Stretching 6,000 square feet with five bedrooms and six bathrooms, the modern home was designed in 1939 by prominent architect J.R. Davidson, who went on to design three Arts & Architecture magaz
  
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• Real Estate firm announces $30M expansion in Park East Corridor - WTMJ-TV (press release) (registration) (blog)

  22-10-2016 01:43
  
  WTMJ-TV (press release) (registration) (blog)
  Real Estate firm announces $30M expansion in Park East Corridor
  WTMJ-TV (press release) (registration) (blog)
  Copyright 2016 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Building will be near Knapp and Water. TMJ4. Show Caption Hide Caption. Previous Next. More development is coming to ...and more »
  
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• Top industry voices submit final comments on looming TRID changes

  22-10-2016 00:44
  
  The industry’s last chance to change the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosures rule just closed. On Tuesday, the door shut on the ability for the industry to comment on the bureau’s proposed updated to the new rule. Now the industry can only sit back and wait.
  
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• NCUA reveals it paid $1 billion to lawyers in fight to recover credit union crisis losses

  22-10-2016 00:34
  
  In 2013, the National Credit Union Administration filed suit against some of the world’s biggest banks over the sale of nearly $2.4 billion in faulty residential mortgage-backed securities to several corporate credit unions, which subsequently failed during the financial crisis, due in part to losses from those very same mortgage bonds. The total amount recovered for the failed credit unions in those settlements is more than $4 billion, but for the first time, the NCUA revealed just how mu
  
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