The FINANCIAL — JLL (NYSE: JLL) has appointed Barbara Cominelli as new CEO of Italy with effect from December 4, 2020. In her new role, Cominelli will lead and strengthen JLL’s position as a leader in technology and data within the real
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The FINANCE — Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) issued its 2021 funding calendar, which provides optional announcement dates for Reference Notes® securities and announcement dates for Reference Bills® securities. The 2021 funding calendar is available on the Debt Securities Auction. Reference Notes issuances and Reference Bills
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The FINANCIAL — Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE: JLL) reported operating performance for the third quarter of 2020 with diluted earnings per share of $2.52 and adjusted diluted earnings per share1 of $2.99. Consolidated revenue was $4.0 billion and fee revenue1 was $1.4 billion,
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The FINANCIAL – The housing market is showing signs of seasonal cooling after a scorching hot summer sales season that stretched uncharacteristically far into fall, according to Zillow’s Weekly Market Report1. A nearly six-month acceleration of year-over-year list price increases stabilized this week
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The FINANCIAL — Monthly mortgage payments are becoming increasingly affordable for U.S. homeowners as mortgage rates have hit record lows, a new Zillow® analysis shows. But that masks the difficulties would-be buyers face in getting into homes in the first place after extraordinary price
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The FINANCIAL — Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) has priced a new offering of Structured Pass-Through Certificates (K Certificates), which includes a class of floating rate bonds indexed to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR). The approximately $1 billion in K Certificates (K-F90 Certificates) are expected
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The FINANCIAL — A historic inventory crisis is driving up home prices to new highs, but understanding why would-be sellers are sitting on the sideline had been guesswork. Now a new Zillow survey[i] is shedding light on how the pandemic is influencing homeowners who are considering
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The FINANCIAL — Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 2.80 percent, the lowest rate in our survey’s history which dates back to 1971. “Mortgage rates remain very low, providing homeowners
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The FINANCIAL — Home shoppers wanting to buy right now might be reading headlines about the housing market that are scaring them away — low inventory, high prices, homes selling at an extremely fast pace across all price ranges. But near-record low mortgage rates
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The FINANCIAL — What happens if the major polls are right and the upcoming election results in a change of administrations, if Trump is out and Biden is in? How might the housing sector change? One place to look is the 2020 Democratic
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