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How Down Payment Loans Affect the Housing Market

Pro Builder

Many first time buyers depend on mortgage loans financed by the Federal Housing Administration, whereas sellers in a tight market are looking for home shoppers with the “highest down payment, a near perfect credit score, and the ability to outbid others,” according to Zonda Chief Economist Ali Wolf. . New-Home Marketing.

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ReportL 2020 Sees Dip in Tall Building Completions

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Central Park Tower, New York City. For the second straight year, the world has seen a decrease in the number of tall buildings completed, according to a new report from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). Photo by Itrytohelp32 , CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Construction Bad Debt What To Do About It

Contractor Bookkeeping

All construction contractors have experienced the financial pain of bad debt which is defined as a customer who refuses to pay no matter what you do. Oddly enough most of them paid the debt years later and all of them were very appreciative that we treated them with courtesy and respect. Knowing The Answers Helps.

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Increasing Home Values Lift 1 Million Homes from 'Underwater' Status

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Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York experienced the largest declines in underwater homes during that period, reports National Mortgage News. There remain pockets of the country where housing debt-traps are widespread. Housing Policy + Finance. Now, with home values up, there remains 2.25 million at the end of 2019.

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Business Report: Garden State Growth Zones Aim to Lift New Jersey’s Cities

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

million over 10 years to encourage the company’s relocation from New York City to a new facility in Jersey City instead of Norwalk, CT. Several senior executives as well as finance, accounting, retail operations and other administrative groups are among the 175 jobs to be relocated to the Garden State.

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U.S. CRE Turning Around In 2014, According To New PwC/ULI Report

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

As a result, the report anticipates that 2014 may be the year that many investors who have traditionally focused mainly on large established markets such as Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco and Washington, will be expanding their focus to other cities in order to protect capital.

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What were the "Experts" thinking?

PSMJ Resources

Some of these problems are simply a failure of supposedly responsible individuals not following long established and fundamental financing practices. One of the basic rules in financing any purchase is that you match the length of the financing to the usable life of the assets. The simplest example is car financing.

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