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• House will hold off on Dodd-Frank overhaul vote

  04-04-2017 23:31
  
  Trump’s administration continues to proclaim their dedication to financial reform and even an overhaul of the Dodd-Frank Act, but that reform will have to wait. As health care reform takes longer than expected, members of Congress gave insight as to when they think the House will vote on a Dodd-Frank overhaul.
  
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• Jobs, Homes and Quality of Life: Why Homeownership Is Booming in Idaho, and How TitleOne Is Helping the Cause

  04-04-2017 22:38
  
  Idaho has a lot going for it these days. Just ask Mark Tidd, CEO of Boise-based TitleOne Corporation, with 13 locations serving 14 counties throughout the state. From affordability to lifestyle, Idaho’s allure is attracting many out-of-state homebuyers, drawn by the promise of an all-around better quality of life. In this exclusive interview, Tidd shares just why Idaho is booming, and how his firm supports the rise in homeownership by playing a key role at the closing table.
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• Location, Location: Trading Up Costs $450 More a Month, With Exceptions

  04-04-2017 22:35
  
  There are many benefits to trading up to a home with more square footage, especially for growing families—but with more house comes more cost, and, as a recent analysis by Zillow reveals, it can vary by location.
  Trade-up homeowners can expect to spend an average $447 more each month if they move from a home with two bedrooms to one with three, according to Zillow’s Cost of Moving Up Analysis, or 50 percent more tacked on to a monthly mortgage payment.
  In several markets, trading up
  
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• Here’s the real reason why homebuyers just don't fully understand mortgages

  04-04-2017 21:05
  
  A new study from Fannie Mae shows despite homeowners seeing the value to more homeownership education programs, very few have the incentive to do so when buying a home. The study shows why lenders, real estate agents and consumers don’t focus on homeownership education.
  
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• Do Your Homework When Investing In Texas Real Estate - Forbes

  04-04-2017 20:56
  
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  Do Your Homework When Investing In Texas Real Estate
  Forbes
  In the past five years, the population of Texas grew 10 percent, three million people - more than Florida or California. Part of the increase was immigration, legal and illegal, but a larger part was people moving there from other states. When people ...
  
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• CBA LIVE: Your customers are ready for loan offers through your mobile app

  04-04-2017 20:34
  
  The lending industry is now starting to take technology to the next level, moving from focusing on the user interface to advances in automation and analytics. Attendees gathered at the Consumer Bankers Association’s CBA LIVE conference to get the latest update on the current advances in technology. But in one session, panelists turned the questions toward the audience to see what they thought.
  
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• Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker resigns, admits to leaking confidential information

  04-04-2017 20:27
  
  Jeffery Lacker, the president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and a member of the Federal Open Market Committee, abruptly announced his resignation on Tuesday, revealing himself as the source of a leak of confidential information that spurred investigations by the Department of Justice, the Office of the Inspector General of the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and others.
  
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• Real estate firm buys new office building - Fredericksburg.com

  04-04-2017 20:12
  
  Real estate firm buys new office building
  Fredericksburg.com
  By the end of the year, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Select Realty will have a new home at 3106 Plank Rd. in Spotsylvania County. The real estate company is moving from its Central Park offices in December, once the new building is renovated.
  
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• notes: Work looms on SoBro Drury hotel - Nashville Post (subscription)

  04-04-2017 19:57
  
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  notes: Work looms on SoBro Drury hotel
  Nashville Post (subscription)
  Demolition is slated to begin by mid-month on a nondescript one-story SoBro building to be replaced by a Drury Inn hotel. According to a source with information about the project and who asked to go unnamed, the demo of the brick and concrete block ...
  
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• HomeServices Expands, Announces Major Regional Brokerage Acquisition

  04-04-2017 19:22
  
  HomeServices of America, Inc. has acquired Gloria Nilson & Co. Real Estate, adding the firm’s 25 offices and over 730 sales associates based largely in Central New Jersey, the company announced on Tuesday. The announcement follows the acquisition of Houlihan Lawrence and the addition of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New York Properties, which both took place in January.
  Gloria Nilson & Co. Chairman Dick Schlott and President Pat Bell will continue to lead the firm, which will ret
  
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• Ask Eli: Being Competitive In The Spring Real Estate Market - ARL now

  04-04-2017 19:00
  
  Ask Eli: Being Competitive In The Spring Real Estate Market
  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: The best time for me to purchase a home ...
  
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• Trump: We're going to do a very major haircut on Dodd-Frank

  04-04-2017 18:37
  
  In the words of President Donald Trump, the era of “horrible regulations” is coming to an end.
  On Tuesday, during a gathering of some of the CEOs of some of the country’s largest companies hosted by the White House, Trump told the crowd that his administration is working hard to “destroy” many of the regulations holding back the private sector - including Dodd-Frank - and plans to continue doing so.
  
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• Brazil's Caixa CEO Occhi sees no systemic risk in real estate - Reuters

  04-04-2017 18:36
  
  Brazil's Caixa CEO Occhi sees no systemic risk in real estate
  Reuters
  SAO PAULO, April 4 Two recent bankruptcy protection filings by Brazilian construction companies pose no systemic risk to the country's real estate sector, Gilberto Occhi, chief executive officer at state lender Caixa Econômica Federal, said on Tuesday.and more »
  
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• CoreLogic: Home prices rose 7% in February

  04-04-2017 18:19
  
  Home prices continued to rise in February, seeing a 7% annual gain from the previous year. And this increase is forecasted to continue into 2018, but perhaps at a slower rate of increase than this year.
  
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• Villar & Co. Real Estate Presents 2016 Awards - Weekly Citizen

  04-04-2017 18:08
  
  Villar & Co. Real Estate Presents 2016 Awards
  Weekly Citizen
  REALTORS® and their staff of Villar & Co. Real Estate gathered March 29 for the company's annual Awards Luncheon. Agents were recognized for 2016 performance with different levels of sales success. The GOLD Sales Award went to Darla Villar Bruno ...
  
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• Real estate mogul: In the 90s, I looked for Starbucks; now I buy when I see this - CNBC

  04-04-2017 16:26
  
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  Real estate mogul: In the 90s, I looked for Starbucks; now I buy when I see this
  CNBC
  Real estate mogul Sean Conlon has seen every type of neighborhood. As a child, he lived in a 1,000-square-foot house with his family of seven in the small town of Rathangan in County Kildare, Ireland. In 1990, Conlon moved to Chicago with $500 dollars ...
  
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• Buying A Home In Today's Rough Real Estate Market47:22 - WBUR

  04-04-2017 16:15
  
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  Buying A Home In Today's Rough Real Estate Market47:22
  WBUR
  Looking to buy a home? Welcome to the toughest market in a decade. We'll look at the map of real estate realities around the country. In this Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, photo, real estate signs mark the lots near one of the new homes for sale in a ...
  
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• Spain seizes $740 million in real estate from Syrian dictator's uncle - CNNMoney

  04-04-2017 16:09
  
  CNNMoney
  Spain seizes $740 million in real estate from Syrian dictator's uncle
  CNNMoney
  marbella spain The properties seized from Rifaat Al Assad are mainly in Marbella and its Puerto Banus marina. Spain's highest court has seized a huge real estate portfolio belonging to Rifaat Al Assad, the uncle of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad ...and more »
  
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• Flagstar Bancorp acquires mortgage bank to expand lending

  04-04-2017 15:49
  
  Flagstar announced its new acquisition of Opes Advisors, a mortgage bank and financial advisory firm based in the Northeast. This new acquisition brings on about $3 billion per year in purchase originations from high quality loans. Click the headline to read more.
  
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• Marijuana Growers Power a Real Estate Boom - Builder Magazine

  04-04-2017 14:52
  
  Marijuana Growers Power a Real Estate Boom
  Builder Magazine
  While some states are starting to legalize medical and recreation marijuana use, the plant is still illegal under federal authority, meaning suppliers cannot distribute the product across state lines. Fortunately for some communities, this restriction ...
  
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• Opinion: Barrie real estate — hot or not? - BarrieToday

  04-04-2017 13:03
  
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  Opinion: Barrie real estate — hot or not?
  BarrieToday
  Is the hot real estate market in Barrie something to be quickly investing in NOW or is it time to cash out and sail off into the sunset with a few bucks in your pocket? 0. about 6 hours ago by: Rodney Jackson. real estate. Lots of talk and lots of beer ...
  
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• The best real estate in Charlotte based on bar crawl-ability [Partner] - Charlotte Five

  04-04-2017 12:49
  
  Charlotte Five
  The best real estate in Charlotte based on bar crawl-ability [Partner]
  Charlotte Five
  Bars and real estate are the peanut butter and jelly of Charlotte: You can't have one without the other. That's why you can make your condo purchase based on how close it is to your favorite breweries and bars, saving you driving time and helping you ...
  
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• Local real estate valuation firm acquired by Dallas company - Sacramento Business Journal

  04-04-2017 11:40
  Local real estate valuation firm acquired by Dallas company
  Sacramento Business Journal
  Sacramento's Integra Realty Resources office is now under the banner of national commercial real estate valuation firm BBG. Subscribe to get the full story. Already a subscriber? Sign in. Subscribe to get the full story. Already a subscriber? Sign in ...and more »
  
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• Europe's New Safe Haven: German Real Estate - WSJ - Wall Street Journal (subscription)

  04-04-2017 11:30
  
  Europe's New Safe Haven: German Real Estate - WSJ
  Wall Street Journal (subscription)
  Blackstone Group and other investors increasingly see German real estate as a haven in a turbulent Europe, where risks include a disintegration of the euro.and more »
  
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• Adam Glanzman / The New York Times - Las Vegas Sun

  04-04-2017 11:14
  
  Adam Glanzman / The New York Times
  Las Vegas Sun
  Plants in a grow room at Ermont's medical marijuana dispensary in Quincy, Mass., March 29, 2017. Across the country, the booming medical marijuana sector is putting use to dilapidated warehouses and industrial buildings like this one, reshaping ...
  
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• Real-estate development will change route to school for some Millard North students - Omaha World-Herald

  04-04-2017 07:14
  
  Omaha World-Herald
  Real-estate development will change route to school for some Millard North students
  Omaha World-Herald
  Developer Jay Noddle's plan is for a nearly 500-acre, mixed use development, with multiple neighborhoods, apartments, commercial buildings, a hotel, open space and a park and a dining area. prev. next. A major real-estate development going in near ...
  
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• Manhattan real estate stabilizes as prices come down - CNBC.com - CNBC

  04-04-2017 06:01
  
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  Manhattan real estate stabilizes as prices come down - CNBC.com
  CNBC
  The number of Manhattan real estate sales was essentially flat in the first quarter, ending a monthslong decline.and more »
  
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• Manhattan real estate stabilizes as prices come down - CNBC

  04-04-2017 06:01
  
  CNBC
  Manhattan real estate stabilizes as prices come down
  CNBC
  The number of Manhattan real estate sales was essentially flat in the first quarter, ending a monthslong decline brought on by a glut of available condos. Some 2,892 sales were completed in the New York City borough during the first quarter, according ...and more »
  
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• Saban Real Estate, Campus Advantage buy UAB student housing property - Birmingham Business Journal

  04-04-2017 02:59
  Birmingham Business Journal
  Saban Real Estate, Campus Advantage buy UAB student housing property
  Birmingham Business Journal
  Campus Advantage, a large student housing owner and operator, said it has closed on a 19-property investment along with Saban Real Estate out of California that includes student housing buildings at several major universities around the U.S. The ...and more »
  
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• Council works to lower real estate tax hike | Danville | godanriver.com - GoDanRiver.com

  04-04-2017 01:40
  
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  Council works to lower real estate tax hike | Danville | godanriver.com
  GoDanRiver.com
  Danville City Council is looking at several ways to raise revenue to prevent an increase in the real estate tax rate by 15 cents for the 2017-18 fiscal year.and more »
  
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• Rep. Ross: The CFPB needs to be held accountable

  04-04-2017 00:48
  
  In advance of the House Financial Services Committee’s semiannual hearing on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., presented his arguments for why the bureau is unconstitutional. Ross breaks down why he believes the CFPB “continues to operate in a manner unaccountable to Congress, the president and American taxpayers.
  
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• Independent Settlement Services announces two vice president promotions

  04-04-2017 00:04
  
  Independent Settlement Services announced the promotion of two vice president positions within the national appraisal and title management services company. The two bring extensive experience in banking and marketing.
  
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