Daily market update: February 16, 2017

Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in January were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,285,000, 4.6 percent above the revised December rate of 1,228,000 and 8.2 percent above the January 2016 rate of 1,188,000. Privately-owned housing starts in January were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,246,000, 2.6 percent below the […]

Nutter Bank Report – February 2016

Headlines 1. CFPB Issues FCRA Compliance Guidance for Furnishers of Consumer Information 2. Joint Advisory Explains Potential Effects of New Massachusetts Title Clearing Law 3. CFPB Announces No-Action Letter Policy for New Consumer Financial Products 4. OCC Updates Guidance on Installment Lending and Country Risk Management 5. Other Developments: 18-Month Exam Cycle and TRID Rule […]

County commissioner loses nursery and home to foreclosure – Wednesday, 17 February 2016 15:32

In the last seven months the veteran Washington County Commissioner has lost his plant nursery outside Gaston and his home overlooking the Tualatin Valley between Hillsboro and Scholls – both casualties, he says, of Oregon’s long economic downturn and global financial changes. ‘I took it from a small farm to a very large business, and […]