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• Senate Banking Committee rejects Trump’s pick to lead Ex-Im Bank

  19-12-2017 23:24
  
  The nomination of former New Jersey Rep. Scott Garrett was rejected by the Senate Banking Committee, 13-10. The panel confirmed four other Ex-Im board nominees, restoring the bank’s full lending abilities.
  
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• Changing Demand for Rentals Strains Supply

  19-12-2017 22:06
  Demand for rentals is still strong—but what does it look like today, a decade after the recession?
  According to America’s Rental Housing Report, recently released by the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, demand is evolving. In the aftermath of the crash, demand exploded, and a large portion of rentals were single-family homes. Now demand, though largely out of necessity, is becoming motivated more by preference.
  Americans who can afford to buy a home, for exampl
  
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• FCA Is Spreading Holiday Cheer With Savings

  19-12-2017 22:05
  NAR PULSE—The holidays are a little brighter: through the end of the year, stack up the savings when you combine Big Finish incentives with the $500 cash allowance on the purchase or lease of select vehicles. Remember, family members in the same household benefit, too. Learn more about this offer available through NAR’s REALTOR Benefits® Program. Start saving!3 Exciting New Features Come to the RPR® AppLike REALTORS®, RPR’s app is on the move. Exciting new features
  
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• Housing Starts Rise in Surprise November

  19-12-2017 22:03
  Home-building activity rose in a surprise November, with housing starts up 3.3 percent to a rate of 1,297,000, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Single-family housing starts increased 5.3 percent to 930,000. Starts for units in buildings with five units or more came in at 359,000.
  Permits, however, decreased, 1.4 percent from October to 1,298,000, according to the data. Single-family permits, still, were up 1.4 per
  
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• Top Corker Aide Could Reap Windfall From Controversial Real Estate Provision In Tax Bill - MAPLight.org

  19-12-2017 00:55
  Top Corker Aide Could Reap Windfall From Controversial Real Estate Provision In Tax Bill
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  Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) campaigns with Donald Trump at a rally in North Carolina in 2016. Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images. This story was reported in partnership by Andrew Perez of MapLight and David Sirota and Josh Keefe of the International ...and more »
  
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• How Millennials Are Changing the Real Estate Market - Robb Report

  19-12-2017 00:03
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  How Millennials Are Changing the Real Estate Market
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  Listening to many of the stories being told about millennials (generally categorized as those born between 1981 and 2000) might lead one to believe they are all lazy and entitled individuals who live in their parents' basements. But research shows a ...
  
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• HBJ opens 2018 Residential Real Estate Award surveys - Houston Business Journal

  19-12-2017 00:02
  HBJ opens 2018 Residential Real Estate Award surveys
  Houston Business Journal
  Houston Business Journal is now surveying for the annual Residential Real Estate Awards and Lists. HBJ's annual Residential Real Estate Awards honors Houston's top real estate agents and teams, based on rankings from the List. The List ranks real ...
  
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