Looking at the closing data for 2015, the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey reported that mortgage applications ended the year significantly lower, falling 27%. …read more
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Safer Ways to Eliminate Bad Household Smells
Try these green-cleaning expert tips for healthier ways to get rid of common odors …read more
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Read This Before You Finish Your Basement
Even if it’s currently cold concrete and crammed with boxes of off-season duds, the lowest floor of your home probably has loads of potential …read more
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How to Paint Kitchen Cabinets Without Stripping
This Old House host Kevin O’Connor helps a homeowner refinish his kitchen cabinets …read more
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With eye on Fintech, Clayton Holdings opens Silicon Valley office
Aiming to help the growing population of financial technology companies in and around the San Francisco Bay area, particularly those involved in the mortgage and consumer lending markets, Clayton Holdings announced the opening of a consulting office in Silicon Valley. …read more
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Ecolab to suspend using Venezuela operations in results
Ecolab Inc. said it will stop consolidating results from its Venezuelan operations into financial results beginning in the first quarter because of currency issues and deteriorating economic conditions in the country. The pest control and sanitizing products company said charges from the deconsolidation and headwinds from devaluation of the Venezuelan bolivar will hurt 2016 earnings by about 17 cents a share. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expect 2016 earnings of $4.98 a share. Ecolab shares were flat at $112.90 after hours.
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Volkswagen sales in Canada up 3% in December to 4,508 units
Volkswagen late Tuesday reported its sales in Canada rose 3% to 4,508 units last month, its best December ever. Total sales in Canada climbed 7% to 70,344 in 2015 from 65,677 vehicles in 2014, marking the first time the German automaker sold more than 70,000 units in the country. The automaker made no reference to how its emission-cheating scandal has affected sales.
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China oil demand sees slowest growth since February: Platts
China’s oil demand rose 1.5% to average 10.95 million barrels per day in November compared to a year earlier, according to a late Tuesday report from Platts China Oil Analytics, which is based on the latest Chinese government data. That was the slowest growth since February 2015. Platts expects China’s 2015 oil demand to show an increase of 581,000 barrels a day, or 5.5% year over year.
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Appraisal volume finishes the year slightly up from 2014
As the data for last year closes up, the year overall performed slightly better than 2014. Looking ahead, the odds of the market booming or tanking are present, but the most probable outcome is for it to continue slowly as it has been. …read more
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Freddie Mac announces first credit risk-sharing deal of 2016
After completing eight Structured Agency Credit Risk Series credit risk-sharing deal in 2015, Freddie Mac announced Tuesday that it plans to sell its first credit risk-sharing deal of 2016. …read more
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