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Corcoran launches first franchise in Oregon

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Realtors , was founded in 2014 by Jackson and Matt Lesher. The brokerage boasts a team of roughly two dozen licensed agents , as well as support staff members in marketing, management and transaction coordination roles. ” Corcoran Prime, previously known as The Agency Inc.

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Fitch Group adding capital-markets fintech dv01 to its fold

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Fitch Group , the parent of bond-rating firm Fitch Ratings , is acquiring a majority ownership stake in capital-markets fintech company dv01 — which provides data and analytics services to the structured-finance market. Once the acquisition is completed, dv01, founded in 2014, will operate as a subsidiary of Fitch solutions.

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American Financial Resources announces two executive hires

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Multichannel lender American Financial Resources (AFR) appointed Michael Brenning as its head of production and Brian Collins to the role of executive vice president of capital markets, the company announced Tuesday. Since 2014, he worked as its senior vice president.

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RE/MAX closes out fall months with new top-producers, franchisees

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Ruehrwein, who became a licensed agent in 2017 after working in the new construction industry for 28 years, serves clients in Rehoboth and surrounding Massachusetts towns, as well as East Providence and the Narraganset area of Rhode Island. “My Ruehrwein’s move was not the only major addition for RE/MAX in Massachusetts.

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Verisk acquires behavioral tech firm Jornaya

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Verisk, headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, will add Jornaya’s proprietary technology – which tracks consumer behavior – into its suite of products geared toward insurance and financial services markets. Verisk, meanwhile, has a market capitalization north of $30 billion, and its stock has risen 30.5% year-to-date.

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Opinion: Here’s the latest data on what Realtors are witnessing in the housing market

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The real estate market has shifted, and we are in a new housing paradigm. However, there are a number of attention-grabbing headlines, which unfortunately only compare today’s housing market to the very recent history of the last two years. However, in many areas of the country it does remain a seller’s market. Historically 2.5

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Risk of mortgage fraud is on the rise in the current market

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As the housing market enters a purchase-market cycle sparked by rising mortgage rates that have killed off a long-running refinance boom, we can expect to see mortgage-fraud schemes proliferate, industry experts say. The Hill case is not a common occurrence in the world of housing finance, but it is far from rare. month over month.

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