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20 Communities To Address Climate Change, Resilience, Social Equity

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Green Building Council is expanding its LEED for Cities and Communities program with a new $500,000 grant from Bank of America. Read: 20 Communities To Address Climate Change, Resilience, Social Equity at BusinessFacilities.com.

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15 Cities, Counties Join Green Buildings Leadership Program

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In partnership with Bank of America, USGBC LEED for Cities certification has provided over $2 million to accelerate action on climate change, resilience, and social equity.

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Wealthy Boomers Are Pushing Millennials Out of the Housing Market

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According to the Bank of America Institute, Baby Boomers are eight times wealthier than Millennials, with a net worth of $73 trillion compared with around $9 trillion accumulated by young buyers just entering the for-sale market. In a pricier housing market, Boomers are better equipped to compete for starter homes, Fortune reports.

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Wealthy Boomers Are Pushing Millennials Out of the Housing Market

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According to the Bank of America Institute, baby boomers are eight times wealthier than millennials with a net worth of $73 trillion compared to around $9 trillion accumulated by young buyers just entering the for-sale market. In a pricier housing market, boomers are better equipped to compete for starter houses, Fortune reports.

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Steady Optimism Among U.S. Commercial Real Estate Executives, Increased Investor Appetite

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Capital availability from a wide range of equity sources also is expected to improve in 2014, with increased activity by institutional forces. Private equity sources are predicted to drive U.S. Confidence in the banking industry as a primary source of commercial real estate financing has increased by 34% since 2011.

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Commitment of Confidence

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banks – and even a few overseas banking giants – to stabilize their hemorrhaging balance sheets. The recapitalization of the banks prevented the global financial system from going under and a second Great Depression was avoided, narrowly. So what did the banks do with all this largesse from America’s central repository?

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Team USA Goes for Gold

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When President Kennedy challenged America in 1961 to land a man on the moon before that decade ended, he left his successors with a tough act to follow in the presidential legacy sweepstakes. ”European banks are going through their third round of stress tests, something we did four years ago. technological and industrial might.

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