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Crypto firm names Kraninger top lobbyist

Housing Wire

In a whitepaper, the central bank wrote , “The viability of their business models must not depend on looser regulation for the same level of risk – a form of ‘regulatory arbitrage’. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in a February interview with CNBC called cryptocurrency “highly speculative” and voiced concerns about the risks to investors. “I

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The Proposed NYC "Pied-A-Terre Tax" Looks Catastrophic to NYC Real Estate

Miller Samuel

A large swath of high-end condo market activity of the past five years are non-primary residences which include pieds-a-terres but most are investor purchases that are subsequently rented after the unit closes when construction was completed. Therefore it should apply to investor units and LLCs.