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CYPRUS: Cultivating a positive payment culture
Cyprus has made substantial progress in addressing its key risks in the crisis and continues to do so as significant vulnerabilities are still present. Debt dynamics have turned positive and in the banking sector recent developments, such as those relating to the Cyprus Cooperative Bank and the sale of non-performing loans by Bank of Cyprus, […]
Positive January for the Housing Market
Housing starts are up and foreclosure activity down for the first month of 2018, indicating a strong start for the sector, ATTOM Data Solutions and First American Financial Corp. say. Get alerted any time new stories match your search criteria. Foreclosure News
Foreclosure Starts Buck Generally Positive Mortgage Trends
Foreclosure starts rose in June for the second month in a row but Black Knight Financial Services, in its “first look” at the month's mortgage performance data, says the increase did not keep starts in the second quarter of 2016 from being at the lowest level in over 16 years. There were 69,300 foreclosures initiated […]
Technology is ‘breathtakingly positive,’ says writer Monica Bay (podcast)
A focus on developing communities is a significant part of Monica Bay’s writing, and she says that’s why she was drawn to legal technology. Selected… ABA Journal Daily News
Technology is ‘breathtakingly positive,’ says writer Monica Bay (podcast)
A focus on developing communities is a significant part of Monica Bay’s writing, and she says that’s why she was drawn to legal technology. Selected… ABA Journal Daily News
How can you attract positive media attention for yourself or your clients? (podcast)
You may have noticed that some lawyers are often quoted in the press. They might have practices that naturally garner attention, or perhaps they are… ABA Journal Daily News
Charlie Sheen Is HIV Positive, Raising Questions About Disclosure Laws
Actor Charlie Sheen revealed that he is HIV-positive after spending more than $ 10 million to keep the disease a secret, he told the Today Show’s Matt Lauer. He said that his diagnosis was a turning point in his life and that he had only trusted the secret to a few people before today, according […]
Foreclosure outlook positive for Birmingham metro
The housing data website’s latest report had the rate of foreclosures among outstanding mortgage loans decreased by 0.07 percent over June 2014, sitting at 0.78 percent for the month. The mortgage delinquency rate dipped as well, dropping from 4.93 percent in June 2014 to 4.18 percent this year. Foreclosure News
Let’s tap the brakes on this supposedly positive housing data
It’s been a very good week already for those who have a vested interest in reporting positive news regarding homebuilder confidence and housing starts, but these reports should be viewed as cautionary. As reported in Trey Garrison’s piece of Aug. 17 on HousingWire, ” Homebuilder confidence rises in August to highest since November 2005 ,” […]