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Florida’s struggling passenger train Brightline filed chapter 11 bankruptcy late Thursday in a prepackaged deal that brings in fresh cash and leaves untouched the municipal bond principal but defers debt payments on senior and junior debt. Processing Content A group of majority bondholders and Assured Guaranty, Ltd have agreed to provide $490 million of long-term…

Henry:Market’s always changing. Every week brings a new mix of data forecast and bold claims about where the real estate market is headed. Today, we’re taking a closer look at the headlines on our radar and the takeaways worth carrying forward and the ones you should just ignore. I’m James Dainard back with Kathy Fettke…

Demand from prospective buyers eased slightly in May, while sales activity and stock levels remained largely stable, according to the latest housing insight report from Propertymark. The report found the average number of new prospective buyers registering with each member branch fell to 64 during the month. Despite the dip in demand, viewing activity remained unchanged at an average of 2.2 viewings per available property, while the average…

That arithmetic alone captures the market’s predicament. New listings fell a further 1.6% in July from June, reducing earlier concerns that a concentration of mortgage renewals could produce a wave of distressed selling.  Canadian home sales extended their recovery in July, with the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) reporting a fourth consecutive monthly gain…

Training intensified burnout’s effects Testing three possible buffers against burnout’s impact, Adeniyi found only technological training produced a statistically significant effect, and it moved in the opposite direction than expected. “Contrary to expectations, the results revealed that technological training exacerbated, rather than buffered, the negative relationship between burnout and perceived work ability,” Adeniyi wrote, adding…

Remember those 1990s infomercials for the Ronco slow-cooking rotisserie oven? “Set It and Forget It” became a popular catchphrase and a game-changing convenience for working families. But when “set it and forget it” is applied to estate planning, it’s easy to get burned. How many of your clients finally get around to creating a will…