Two leading agricultural and rural-area lending cooperatives, Farm Credit of New Mexico and American AgCredit Farm Credit, announced they were merging effective Oct. 1. “This merger makes us a better partner for our customers,” said Curt Hudnutt, CEO of...
A newspaper that fact checked a dubious real estate report, a female empowerment lesson that is better than “Barbie” and a wristwatch inspired by a legendary hotel. From the wild and woolly world of real estate, here are the hits and misses for this week....
Fasten your seat belts – Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell isn’t done with rate hikes. In a speech this morning before an economic policy symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Powell insisted that the central bank’s goal of driving inflation down to 2% may require...
Tustin, California-based New American Funding has hired Andrew Strickman as chief marketing officer. In his new job, Strickman will oversee a team of more than 50 marketers across digital and performance, social media, content and storytelling, email, editorial,...
Zillow Home Loans is rolling out its 1% Down Payment program that will enable home buyers to pay as little as 1% down on their next home purchase, with the company contributing an additional 2% at closing. The program is initially being offered on properties located...
EQ Office, the U.S. office portfolio company of Blackstone (NYSE:BX), has hired Merredith Treaster as its senior vice president for Northern California. Treaster will be based in San Francisco and will be responsible for the company’s Northern California portfolio...
Discount-Hungry Homebuyers Paying More Attention to Foreclosure Listings
