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• Miami real estate catches breath after Irma's storm surge - Inman.com

  11-09-2017 23:14
  Miami real estate catches breath after Irma's storm surge
  Inman.com
  Broker-associate Elliot Machado watched his normally bustling Miami urban neighborhood of Brickell transform into a violent underwater ghost town this weekend — from a distance. Amid grisly Irma forecasts and an evacuation order, Machado went north ...
  
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• Goldman Sachs: Hurricanes will rock third quarter GDP outlook

  11-09-2017 22:50
  
  Goldman Sachs released a new report predicting the latest hurricanes will hold a negative impact on third quarter GDP. But while Goldman predicts GDP will drop in the third quarter, it also says the weakness will reverse course in the quarters that follow.
  
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• Attracting Top Talent Through a Culture of Community

  11-09-2017 22:07
  In the following interview, Gregory Kelly, co-owner and general manager, and Joe Vorwerk, broker, of Sellstate Next Generation Realty in Ocala, Fla., discuss culture, recruitment, training, and more.
  Regions Served: Marion County, Lake County, Sumter County, Citrus County, Alachua County
  Years in Real Estate: 25
  Number of Offices: 5
  Number of Agents: 150
  Many top agents work with you. Can you describe what your agent recruitment process is like?Gregory Kelly: We have several different recruiting
  
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• Strong Panama Real Estate Market Only Getting Stronger - Live Bitcoin News

  11-09-2017 22:06
  Live Bitcoin News
  Strong Panama Real Estate Market Only Getting Stronger
  Live Bitcoin News
  Panama is a country known for its exotic tourist destinations and breathtaking commercial progress. What proves it is the country's real estate sector, which, for the first time since the war in 1989, is booming without breaking a sweat. Panama is now ...
  
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• Online mortgage lender Lenda raises $5.25 million to fund expansion

  11-09-2017 21:54
  
  Lenda, an online mortgage lender based in San Francisco, announced Monday that it closed its Series A round of funding, raising $5.25 million from a group of investors. In a release, the company said that it plans to use the money to fill “key” management positions, invest in improving its software platform, and expand beyond its current states of California, Oregon, and Washington.
  
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• Hurricane Irma won't affect Florida real estate prices, says billionaire developer - CNBC

  11-09-2017 21:42
  CNBC
  Hurricane Irma won't affect Florida real estate prices, says billionaire developer
  CNBC
  The damage by Hurricane Irma in Florida is not as bad as it could have been, billionaire real estate developer Jeff Soffer told CNBC on Monday. These kinds of storms don't happen often and Florida is very well prepared, he said. "I don't think real ...
  
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• Burnet named to Minnesota Real Estate Hall of Fame - Finance and Commerce

  11-09-2017 21:08
  Burnet named to Minnesota Real Estate Hall of Fame
  Finance and Commerce
  Real estate mogul Ralph Burnet, developer Jack Rice and appraiser Howard Shenehon are the newest additions to the Minnesota Real Estate Hall of Fame. They join 33 other members of the Hall of Fame, established in 2010 by the Shenehon Center for ...
  
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• [Video] Here's everything you need to know about the Equifax security breach

  11-09-2017 20:00
  
  The story continues to develop on the massive security breach at Equifax, one of the nation’s three largest credit reporting agencies. Last Thursday, the credit bureau revealed it was the victim of a “cybersecurity incident” that potentially impacts as many as 143 million U.S. consumers. As the story unfolds, HousingWire created the following video to give you a quick digest of everything you need to know.
  
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• Lima One Capital buys RealtyShares’ residential investor lending business

  11-09-2017 19:40
  
  A few months ago, RealtyShares, which bills itself as the “leading online marketplace for real estate investing,” bought its biggest rival in commercial and multifamily real estate real estate lending, Acquire Real Estate. As it turns out, that acquisition provided a clue about RealtyShares’ future, because the company is selling its residential lending business and plans to focus entirely on commercial and multifamily lending instead.
  
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• Commercial real estate pro does the math: Can Amazon HQ2 actually fit in Orange County? - OCRegister

  11-09-2017 19:31
  OCRegister
  Commercial real estate pro does the math: Can Amazon HQ2 actually fit in Orange County?
  OCRegister
  Retail giant Amazon is hunting for a second headquarters that would need some 5-8 million square feet of space for its staff. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File). By Allen Buchanan | [email protected] | Orange County Register. September 11 ...
  
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• Finance industry promises to #neverforget 9/11 attacks

  11-09-2017 19:30
  
  Today, we remember those whose lives ended all-too soon 16 years ago. We remember the victims, the first responders, the heroes and the family and friends left behind. The housing finance industry stands together in solemn remembrance of the lives lost on that day, saying as Americans, we will never forget.
  
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• Black Knight Financial Services rebrands as Black Knight

  11-09-2017 19:18
  
  Black Knight Financial Services, a mortgage data and solutions provider, unveiled it is rebranding as Black Knight in light of Fidelity National Financial’s distribution of its equity interest in it. “Black Knight is ready to move forward as an independent company and continue producing results that exceed expectations for our clients, shareholders and employees,” said Black Knight Executive Chairman Bill Foley.
  
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• Gulf real estate expo highlights affordable housing shortage - Miami Herald

  11-09-2017 19:06
  Miami Herald
  Gulf real estate expo highlights affordable housing shortage
  Miami Herald
  Tens of thousands of luxury projects were on display at a premier global property show in Dubai on Monday, but missing from the glittering mock-ups and pipeline of home dreams being rolled out were more affordable housing projects for the Middle East's ...and more »
  
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• Gulf real estate expo highlights affordable housing shortage - ABC News

  11-09-2017 19:03
  Gulf real estate expo highlights affordable housing shortage
  ABC News
  People look at an architectural model of a housing development at the Cityscape Global exhibition, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Tens of thousands of luxury projects were on display at Dubai's premier property show on Monday, ...and more »
  
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• Real Estate Transfers and Sales - Rapid City Journal

  11-09-2017 18:50
  Real Estate Transfers and Sales
  Rapid City Journal
  Steven J. McKinstry, Rapid City to William R Jackson, Rapid City, contract for deed; Verna Evelyn Barker, Edgemont to Barker Concrete & Construction Inc., Edgemont, quit claim deed; Verna Evelyn Barker, Edgemont to Kenneth Eugene Barker, Kelvin Wayne ...
  
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• Montgomery County real estate briefs: Week of Sept. 10 - The Times Herald

  11-09-2017 18:27
  Montgomery County real estate briefs: Week of Sept. 10
  The Times Herald
  Sales associates and employees from Berkshire Hathaway's Blue Bell office collect backpacks. Submitted photo — Berkshire Hathaway. Posted: 09/11/17, 12:27 PM EDT | Updated: 14 secs ago. # Comments. Sales associates and employees from the ...
  
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• 'I couldn't be more pleased,' real-estate titan says of future of his firm - Inside NoVA

  11-09-2017 18:05
  Inside NoVA
  'I couldn't be more pleased,' real-estate titan says of future of his firm
  Inside NoVA
  The Northern Virginia real estate market, which for the past decade has experienced significant church among the main players, took another turn Sept. 7, when Long & Foster Cos. announced it would be acquired by HomeServices of America, an affiliate of ...
  
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• In Harvey's Wake, Houston Rethinks Real Estate Development - Wall Street Journal (subscription)

  11-09-2017 18:03
  Wall Street Journal (subscription)
  In Harvey's Wake, Houston Rethinks Real Estate Development
  Wall Street Journal (subscription)
  HOUSTON—For years there hadn't been much debate over how to regulate land use here. Developers in the nation's fourth-largest city mostly built what they wanted, where they wanted. Now, after Hurricane Harvey killed at least 50 people and caused ...and more »
  
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• New England health firm relocates HQ to Irving - Dallas News (blog)

  11-09-2017 17:44
  Dallas News (blog)
  New England health firm relocates HQ to Irving
  Dallas News (blog)
  The company has rented 27,300 square feet of space in the Las Colinas Corporate Center II at State Highways 114 and 161. The space was a former Microsoft office. Oculus is immediately putting 80 employees in the building and plans to expand its offices ...
  
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• Bill to improve National Flood Insurance Program to reduce direct spending by $187 million

  11-09-2017 17:08
  
  With the clock ticking on how much longer the National Flood Insurance Program will last, the Congressional Budget Office calculated the costs of one of the main bills in the running to update the program. This new bill will significantly turn around the current bill’s one-year shortfall of $1.4 billion. However, not everyone on the Financial Services committee is on board with the bill.
  
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• President Trump signs Hurricane Harvey relief bill

  11-09-2017 17:03
  
  President Donald Trump passed H.R. 601 Friday which granted relief to victims of Hurricane Harvey. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin issued a statement Monday, supporting the decision and applauding the bipartisan support in creating the bill.
  
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• Austin ranks as the most expensive real estate market in Texas, shows new report - CultureMap Austin

  11-09-2017 16:29
  CultureMap Austin
  Austin ranks as the most expensive real estate market in Texas, shows new report
  CultureMap Austin
  Almost half of the homes in the Austin area were priced at $300,000 and above during the first half of 2017. Photo courtesy of Austin Luxury Group. As if we needed it, there's now further proof that the Austin housing market reigns as the most ...and more »
  
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• The New York Times and REBNY team up to showcase NYC real estate listings - Curbed NY

  11-09-2017 16:00
  Curbed NY
  The New York Times and REBNY team up to showcase NYC real estate listings
  Curbed NY
  One month after the Real Estate Board of New York launched its long-in-the-works syndication service, known as the RLS, the group has announced a big partnership with one of the city's best-known listing marketplaces—though perhaps not one that you'd ...and more »
  
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• How the hottest real estate market in NJ literally divided this tiny town - NJ.com

  11-09-2017 15:40
  NJ.com
  How the hottest real estate market in NJ literally divided this tiny town
  NJ.com
  WEEHAWKEN -- Seemingly everyone knew this tiny cliffside town -- all 1.4-square miles of it -- would one day become a dynamic real estate market. Barbara Tulko, a Weehawken resident since 1974 and a realtor since 1984, remembers diverting bubbly ...
  
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• Real Estate Report: Home automation growing in popularity - WGME

  11-09-2017 14:18
  WGME
  Real Estate Report: Home automation growing in popularity
  WGME
  PORTSMOUTH (WGME) -- With the world pretty much at our fingertips these days, home automation is growing in popularity. From locks to lights, living is easy inside Tom and Tara Meissner's Portsmouth home. "You sort of forget how seamless it is and it's ...
  
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• The top 10 biggest real estate projects coming to NYC - The Real Deal Magazine

  11-09-2017 13:11
  The Real Deal Magazine
  The top 10 biggest real estate projects coming to NYC
  The Real Deal Magazine
  Kushner Companies' proposed 737-unit residential building in Dumbo was the biggest project filed with the city's Department of Buildings in August. Permit filings for the outer boroughs featured heavily once again on the list. However, some significant ...
  
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• MIDEAST STOCKS-Real estate exhibition boosts Dubai developers - Reuters

  11-09-2017 12:03
  MIDEAST STOCKS-Real estate exhibition boosts Dubai developers
  Reuters
  DUBAI, Sept 11 (Reuters) - The start of a major international real estate exhibition in Dubai on Monday boosted shares in some second-tier developers, helping to drive broader market gains there. The Dubai index climbed 0.3 percent as Union properties ...and more »
  
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• Biz Buzz: New real estate firm launches with Solano presence - Fairfield Daily Republic

  11-09-2017 11:58
  Biz Buzz: New real estate firm launches with Solano presence
  Fairfield Daily Republic
  FAIRFIELD — Nicole Solari has launched her own independent brokerage, Solari Group Inc., with an office in Fairfield. The company will be based in Napa. “I structured our team with a vision that has more meaning than just being a real estate agent. A ...
  
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• Take a vacation already: 5 excuses real estate agents make — shot down - Inman.com

  11-09-2017 11:32
  Take a vacation already: 5 excuses real estate agents make — shot down
  Inman.com
  The truth is: there's no excuse not to take time off of work and recharge. Learn the New Luxury Playbook at Luxury Connect | October 18-19 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Reserve Now. Would you like to travel more? Been a while since you've had a vacation?
  
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• How real estate agents can capitalize on big data for big results - Inman.com

  11-09-2017 10:17
  How real estate agents can capitalize on big data for big results
  Inman.com
  Big data powers predictive analytics. As the field grows, these massive data sets propel some of the biggest companies in new, unexpected ways. Netflix reports it saves $1 billion each year by optimizing the predictive engine that recommends content ...
  
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• 3 underused winning real estate Facebook ad strategies - Inman.com

  11-09-2017 10:17
  3 underused winning real estate Facebook ad strategies
  Inman.com
  Facebook is no longer the new frontier of marketing. It's become an established channel many real estate agents use to obtain more (and better) leads. Facebook should be your starting point for social advertising for two primary reasons: the ability to ...
  
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• Purchase lending hits 10-year high as refis sink to 16-year low

  11-09-2017 06:01
  During the second quarter of 2017, purchase lending hit its 10-year high even as refis sank to a 16-year low. But while purchase lending is up significantly, Black Knight explained the lending market is still performing below its peak capacity. The company explained why the purchase market is operating at less than two-thirds of peak capacity.
  
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• Monday Morning Cup of Coffee: Is Equifax telling the wrong people they were hacked?

  11-09-2017 06:01
  
  Last week's Equifax security breach impacted a jaw-dropping 143 million U.S. consumers. And to make matters worse, the website the credit bureau set up for consumers to see if their personal information was impacted by the breach, may just be haphazardly telling consumers they were impacted when they weren't. Meanwhile, there’s trouble in Washington for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as the Department of Education announced it wants to cut ties with the bureau.
  
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• Nashville 2017: News 2 explores city's booming real estate market - WKRN.com

  11-09-2017 03:58
  WKRN.com
  Nashville 2017: News 2 explores city's booming real estate market
  WKRN.com
  Real estate site Zillow reports Music City had the highest yearly home value appreciation of the 50 largest Metro areas in the United States from July 2016 to July 2017, a 13.1 percent increase. This Thursday, News 2 is taking on Real Estate Wars as we ...
  
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• Expats find real estate deals are a way to add to Detroit - Crain's Detroit Business

  11-09-2017 03:47
  Crain's Detroit Business
  Expats find real estate deals are a way to add to Detroit
  Crain's Detroit Business
  The Detroit native who currently splits her time between Florida and Tennessee made her first real estate investment in the city, where she grew up on Atkinson Street. Hers is a tale like those of many others who have attended the Detroit Homecoming ...
  
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