Lenders are optimistic for 2016. As they plan their strategies for the year, reaching new demographics is high on their list of priorities. Some of these include millennials, Hispanics and other new groups. …read more
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A Farmhouse Renewed with Grit and Polish
With its listing walls and sagging roof, this fixer-upper farmhouse was a sorry sight—until two serial renovators gave it new life and a new look …read more
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A Farmhouse Renewed with Grit and Polish
With its listing walls and sagging roof, this fixer-upper farmhouse was a sorry sight—until two serial renovators gave it new life and a new look …read more
From:: DIY this old house
9 Easy Home Upgrades for March
Three ways to harness the power of disruption
By swheeler@housingwire.com Selling unmatched socks in sets of three? Turning soda into expensive, bitter energy drinks? Disruption guru Luke Williams challenged lenders at Ellie Mae’s Experience conference to turn their predictive business models upside down and address the things that aren’t broken to find true innovation. …read more
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3 ways to harness the power of disruption
By swheeler@housingwire.com Selling unmatched socks in sets of three? Turning soda into expensive, bitter energy drinks? Disruption guru Luke Williams challenged lenders at Ellie Mae’s Experience conference to turn their predictive business models upside down and address the things that aren’t broken to find true innovation. …read more
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CSX shares jump on report of Canadian Pacific buyout offer
CSX Corp. shares jumped in the extended session Tuesday following a report that the railroad operator had been approached by Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. for a takeover offer. CSX shares surged 4.7% to $25.80 after hours. CSX rebuffed the offer but Canadian Pacific would consider trying again, according to Dow Jones Newswires. Separately, Pershing Square Capital Management, the hedge fund helmed by Bill Ackman, reported that it acquired a 9.1% stake in Canadian Pacific, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing late Tuesday.
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Guidewire Software shares jump after earnings beat
Guidewire Software Inc. shares jumped in the extended session Tuesday after the insurance-industry software provider topped Wall Street estimates for the quarter. Guidewire shares rose 8% to $54.55 after hours. The company reported adjusted fiscal second-quarter earnings of 24 cents a share on revenue of $102.1 million. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast earnings of 15 cents a share on revenue of $96.7 million. For the fiscal third quarter, Guidewire expects adjusted earnings of 4 cents to 8 cents a share on revenue of $90.3 million to $94.3 million. Analysts estimate 6 cents a share on revenue of $91.2 million.
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Freddie Mac makes more loan information available to risk-sharing deal investors
Aiming to increase confidence in its credit risk-sharing deals by providing more information to investors, Freddie Mac announced this week that it intends to increase the disclosures for all of its single-family credit-risk transfer initiatives moving forward. …read more
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API data show U.S. oil supplies jumped by 9.9 million barrels: sources
The American Petroleum Institute late Tuesday reported that crude supplies climbed by 9.9 million barrels for the week ended Feb. 26, according to sources who reviewed the report. The Energy Information Administration will release its own data Wednesday. Analysts polled by Platts forecast a climb of 2.5 million barrels. April crude traded at $33.83 a barrel in electronic trading, down from the contract’s settlement of $34.40 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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