After reaching the highest level in over six years, pending home sales declined in June, with rising mortgage interest rates beginning to impact the market, according to the National Association of Realtors. The Pending Home Sales Index, ...
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Existing-home sales declined in June but have stayed well above year-ago levels for the past two years, while the median price shows seven straight months of double-digit year-over-year increases, according to the National Association of ...
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1. The completion of real estate investment The total investment in real estate development in the first six months of 2013 was 3,682.8 billion yuan, up by 20.3 percent year-on-year in nominal term, 0.3 percentage points lower than that ...
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Prudential Financial’s Individual Life Insurance business is planning to launch BenefitAccess rider on its PruLife Universal Protector policy for an extra premium. The optional rider allows policyholders to use the death benefit to ...
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Housing starts in Canada were trending at 184,514 units in June compared to 184,087 in May, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates ...
Pending home sales rose in May to the highest level since late 2006, implying a possible spark as mortgage interest rates began to rise, according to the National Association of Realtors. The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking ...
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Driven by rising home prices and growing demand,the U.S.housing recovery is well underway,concludes The State of the Nation's Housing report released today by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University.While still at ...
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Springfield is now sending glass to Ripple Glass in Kansas City. The company rewarded the city's recycling efforts with fiberglass insulation. June 21, 2013|by Linda Russell, [email protected] and photojournalist Robin Yancey Share on ...
Insurance holding company Assured Guaranty (AGO) has inked a settlement agreement with Flagstar Bank, for violation of representations and warranties (R&W) in insured residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS). The insurer will receive ...
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Existing-home sales improved in May and remain solidly above a year ago, while the median price continued to rise by double-digit rates from a year earlier, according to the National Association of Realtors. Total existing-home sales, ...
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Against a backdrop of market tumult, enterprise software companies this week reported mixed quarterly results. Though Red Hat reported a robust quarter, Oracle revenue flatlined and Tibco's sales and profit declined year over year. ...
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1. The completion of real estate investment The total investment in real estate development in the first five months of 2013 was 2,679.8 billion yuan, up by 20.6 percent year-on-year in nominal term, 0.5 percentage points lower than that ...
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CastleLine has signed a strategic agreement with Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services to offer a suite of innovative products and services to mortgage industry customers. As part of the agreement, the companies will leverage their ...
New-home production and remodeling contribute billions of dollars to the nation's economy each year, and with the right policies in place housing can serve as a catalyst to boost job and economic growth, the National Association of Home ...
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Genworth Financial has debuted its first Index Universal Life (IUL) insurance product, which integrates a death benefit with tax-deferred cash accumulation and an optional Accelerated Benefit Rider for Long Term Care Services. With a ...
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