SaintPetersBlog (blog)Sunburn for 9.23.16 – Are you ready for some more water?SaintPetersBlog (blog)The discussion on Amendment 1 comes just days after state analysts said the measure could receive more…

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Online Luxury Real Estate Auctions Are Hotter than Ever as Interluxe Slates Six Premium Estates To Be Sold Beginning …SYS-CON Media (press release)Interluxe is the next step in the evolution of the more…

Chron.comReal estate agent accused of getting it on inside Friendswood home she just soldChron.comA Friendswood area real estate agent is accused of trespassing inside a home she had just sold and hav more…

Wall Street JournalLagging Demand for Luxury Homes May Mean Deals for BuyersWall Street Journal… year over year. Inventories dropped in April, likely due to the seasonal pattern of spring sales and more…

New York TimesMoving to the BronxNew York TimesIn the first three months of this year, 989 market-rate co-ops, condos and houses sold in the Bronx, up from 732 in the same period last year, for a 35 p more…

Instanet Solutions Adds Another 2000 TransactionDesk Subscribers in LouisianaSYS-CON Media (press release)About Instanet Solutions: Instanet Solutions is a leading provider of real estate technology w more…

BloombergBayer Said to Agree to Pay About $56 Billion for MonsantoBloombergFounded in 1901, Monsanto also used to produce pharmaceuticals and industrial chemicals, including highly toxic ones like pol more…

Greater Fairfield County CMLS Signs with zipLogix™ for MLS BenefitSYS-CON Media (press release)With zipFormMLS-Connect®, real estate professionals can create accurate transactions more quickly by e more…

SYS-CON Media (press release)Real Estate Brokers: Contactually's research suggests that successful recruiting requires first addressing three key …SYS-CON Media (press release)The top area of bu more…

Blu Skyy Realty Innovating Real Estate Industry With Cloud Automation, High Commission SplitsSYS-CON Media (press release)"We're building the future of real estate, and creating an entirely n more…

BloombergARA Said to Clinch Deal to Purchase Singapore Office Tower StakeBloombergARA, which is listed in Singapore, is buying the 50 percent stake in the building that was put up for sale last year b more…

BloombergRomanian Trader Wants $500000 Back as Egypt Wheat Saga PersistsBloombergCerealcom's agent in Egypt wrote to the state-run General Authority for Supply Commodities last week on behalf of t more…

BloombergHong Kong Freezes Executive's Assets After Short-Seller AttackBloombergThe chairman of Tech Pro Technology Development Ltd., an LED lighting product maker deemed worthless by short-seller more…

BloombergFintech Venture Targets Hedge Funds With Big-Data ResearchBloombergNowcast already provides information on consumer prices in real time and will use similar technology to analyze big data, st more…

BloombergWorld's Most Elite Bond-Trading Club Isn't What It Used to BeBloombergIndustry participants submitted 52 letters, voicing concerns ranging from the unintended consequences of regulati more…

BloombergSelf-Driving Cars to Cut U.S. Insurance Premiums 40%, Aon SaysBloomberg“Autonomous driving clearly moves the business mix to fleet products and commercial lines.” … U.S. motor premiums more…

BloombergPaschi Ousts CEO as Bank Revamp Is Mired by Investor DoubtBloombergBurdened by mounting bad loans and losses on derivatives bets gone wrong under the previous management, Viola was forced to more…

Manhattan Developer Accused of Evading State Taxes on ArtBloombergShvo, a former real estate broker who closed his firm during the financial crisis and is now building luxury homes, was released on $5 more…

BloombergJapan's Aso Labels Brokerage Workers as 'Shady Types', Jiji SaysBloombergIn the latest of a long series of gaffes, Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso has hit out at brokerage work more…

National Real Estate InvestorPokemon Go's AR Technology: Implications for Commercial Real EstateNational Real Estate InvestorBoth virtual and augmented reality are expected to grow to an $80 billi more…

Sales of Existing U.S. Homes Rise to Second-Highest Since 2007BloombergNear record-low mortgage rates, steady job gains and better wage growth are helping encourage prospective buyers, including first more…

Realty ONE Group Promotes Kathryn Bovard to VP of National Broker Relations; Bovard Runs for President Elect of …SYS-CON Media (press release)She is certified to teach continuing education classes, more…

Waterstone Defeasance, LLC Closes on the Defeasance of a $25.2 Million CMBS LoanSYS-CON Media (press release)Waterstone Defeasance, LLC is an independent consulting firm specializing in assisting comm more…

BloombergLuxury Home Owners Drop London Asking Prices After BrexitBloomberg“The real damage was already done over the past year, with stamp duty hikes and the 10 weeks after June 23 was when sellers more…

BloombergIn Putin's Parliament, Plunging Popularity Is No Hurdle to PowerBloombergFor this vote, Putin reinstated single-mandate districts, which benefit the party in power since it's backed b more…

BloombergWoods Says He Hopes to Return Next MonthBloomberg"My rehabilitation is to the point where I'm comfortable making plans, but I still have work to do," Woods said in a surprise an more…

BloombergWeChat Chats Fuel China Money Exodus Into Hong Kong PoliciesBloombergHere's how to sell Hong Kong insurance policies to mainland Chinese these days: Sit back, wait. Occasionally check you more…

Gazprom to Auction Gas in Europe Where Buyers Have the EdgeBloombergSince the 2008 economic crisis, many buyers have sought to renegotiate Gazprom's contracts to include a link to European gas hub more…

BloombergDebt-Led Phone War May Blow $74 Billion Hole in India WalletBloombergThat total debt increased 41 percent since March 2014, according to credit rating agency ICRA Ltd. The auction will be … more…

BloombergHong Kong Regulator Wants a Tighter Grip on IPOs in Blow to HKExBloombergWhile the Securities and Futures Commission and Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. have stated publicly that they more…

BloombergHostile Raid on China's Biggest Developer Marks New Takeover EraBloombergThe long-running hostile raid on China's biggest real estate developer isn't short on drama: There's a more…

BloombergThe Hunt Is On for a New Way to Measure the World's EconomiesBloomberg“If you look beyond the troubling headline GDP growth number for the second quarter and study real final sales, a m more…

BloombergGoogle and Amazon Vie for Big Inroad Into Wall Street Data TroveBloombergThe agency declined to comment on the teams bidding to run CAT. … Luparello said the SEC expects the initial phase o more…

BloombergThis Skyscraper Billionaire Is a Master at Sharing RiskBloombergGerald Hines, the 91-year-old real estate developer, has always been known for his belief in the striking and iconic. He built more…

Russian Consumer Stuck in a Rut as Incomes, Sales Miss ForecastsBloombergRussian real wages unexpectedly contracted last month and other key consumer indicators fared worse than forecast, a sign the r more…

BloombergRoma Gypsies Flee to California as Europe Turns More HostileBloomberg“Every one of them claims to be Roma,” said Daniel Parks, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in the San Diego more…

BloombergEmerging Currency Volatility Surges as Fed Anxiety Builds: ChartBloombergVolatility in emerging-market currencies is surging as uncertainty about the future of global central bank policies th more…

BloombergIkea Said Close to Agreeing to $1.1 Billion Real Estate SaleBloombergPradera has offered about 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) to buy the assets which are being sold through broker Cushman &am more…

Bloomberg$36 Rent From Century-Old Freeze Makes Lisbon Landlords Cry FoulBloombergFor Anastacio, like thousands of other Portuguese landlords, the decision means they can't raise rents above a cer more…

BloombergHeroin, Nazis, and Agent Orange: Inside the $66 Billion Merger of the YearBloombergMonsanto, founded in 1901, originally made food additives like saccharin before expanding into industrial ch more…

BloombergRich Indonesians Snap Up Singapore Luxury Homes as Taxman CallsBloombergNot all Indonesians buying real estate are seeking to avoid taxes, of course, and some may see value in a market that b more…

BloombergBrexit Banks Risk Finding No Offices If Quitting City for EUBloombergIn the days following the June referendum, real-estate brokers say they were inundated with calls from panicked U.S. inves more…

BloombergWhat's Next for ITT Tech's Students and Their Half a Billion in Debt?BloombergStudents who transfer even one ITT credit toward what the agency considers "comparable" program more…

BloombergSelling a $5 Million, Seven-Story Basket Is No PicnicBloombergThe location is probably what's worse," said New York-based real estate broker and author Brendon DeSimone. Local real e more…

BloombergTreasuries Rise, Dollar Falls as Fed Bets Recede on Factory DataBloombergSterling rose to its highest level in four weeks against the dollar, leading gains among major currencies, while Brazi more…

Chinese Purchases of Hong Kong Insurance Surge to RecordBloombergHong Kong policies are also popular with mainland buyers because of the perception they offer better benefits than equivalent products more…

BloombergGoldman Sachs Said to Have Lost $1.8 Billion U.S. Property DealBloombergGoldman Sachs Group Inc. was the original winner of Alecta's U.S. real estate sale before the transaction fell apar more…

BloombergA $35 Billion Company's Gloomy Future as a Zombie StockBloombergThe saga marks just another day on OTC Markets Group Inc.'s trading venue, home to 2,500 companies with a combined mark more…

BloombergTechies Priced Out of Palo Alto as Studios List for $1.3 MillionBloombergWhile runaway real estate costs in Silicon Valley have long since priced out most middle-class homebuyers, even high e more…

BloombergDemise of Direct Match Shows Bank Death-Grip on Treasury MarketBloomberg… it earlier this year. Among the nearly 150 banks and brokers that make up the FICC, only three are willing to grant more…

China Stocks Slump to Two-Week Low on Regulatory Curb ConcernsBloombergA gauge of real estate companies slumped 2.1 percent, led by Gemdale Corp. Shanghai authorities are … The ChiNext index dropped more…

BloombergBernstein: Passive Investing Is Worse for Society Than MarxismBloomberg"The commonality between both active market management and the Marxist approach is that in both cases there are a s more…

BloombergLondon Housing Boom to End Next Year on Brexit, Broker SaysBloombergHomes in the U.K. capital are staying on the market for five days more than in May, the month before Britons voted to leave more…

BloombergNomura Back in Hiring Mode for U.S. Bankers After Cost CutsBloombergThe Tokyo-based firm anticipates rising volumes of mergers and stock offerings in the U.S., said Chief Operating Officer Te more…

BloombergTrain Your Brain for Trading (No, Really!)BloombergAmong them: Theory of mind may explain how uninformed traders infer new information and act on it in such a way that prices quickly come to more…

Money MagazineThe 7 Best Things About Buying a House in the FallMoney MagazineAnd these autumn-loving brides may be on to something: Although the spring months are notoriously the best time to buy rea more…

MarketWatchFeds target anonymous all-cash buyers of high-end NYC, Miami real estateMarketWatchIn Manhattan alone, 1,045 apartments and residences were sold for $3 million or more in the second half of more…

BloombergVancouver Foreign Tax Slowing an Already Cooling Home MarketBloombergBritish Columbia's measures to cool off North America's hottest real estate market are starting to have the desire more…

VW Diesel Scandal Threatens to Ensnare German Supplier BoschBloomberg… million) and blocking the sale of 80 VW models until fixes are made. The U.S. case is In Re: Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Mark more…

PR Newswire (press release)Jennifer Zales named the Official Real Estate Agent of the Tampa Bay RaysPR Newswire (press release)18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Jennifer Zales, a Realtor® with Coldwell Banker more…

Wall Street JournalUS Home Prices Still Rising at Steady Clip, According to SurveyWall Street JournalEconomists expect home-price growth to moderate in 2016, as buyers begin to reach the limits of wha more…

SYS-CON Media (press release)Jacob Frydman Provides Expert Outlook on the Changes in New York Real EstateSYS-CON Media (press release)With an agent advertising program and other built-in options, this more…

Waterstone Defeasance, LLC Closes on the Defeasance of a $10 Million CMBS LoanSYS-CON Media (press release)Waterstone Defeasance, LLC is an independent consulting firm specializing in assisting commer more…

ESPN to Broadcast Drone Racing as Nascent Sport Gains BackersBloombergThe 10 episodes, which were pre-recorded and last an hour each, feature six contestants and give viewers a video feed from the coc more…

Realtor.com NewsMillennials in the Burbs? You Won't Believe the Latest Home-Buying TrendsRealtor.com News“The price of [city] homes is much too high,” says Jonathan Smoke, chief economist of r more…