BOJ chief Ueda sees ’some upside risks’ to inflation

A dormant office project within the Miami Design District luxury mall is being resurrected with BH3 Management as a partner and about 40 percent more space.  The project, called the Ursa, will feature 250,000 square feet of office space and 15,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space at 30 Northeast 39th Street, facing North Miami…

Lindsay Barrientos didn’t start buying rentals after the 2008 crash or ride the low-interest-rate wave in 2021. She started in late 2022, after home prices and interest rates had already spiked. But she knew about the long-term potential of real estate and trusted the process—buying one house at a time and banking the rental income…

Pending sales of existing U.S. homes picked up slightly in August, though they remained subdued as high mortgage rates continue to suppress demand.  Processing Content An index of contract signings increased 0.3% to 71.2 last month, rising for the first time since May, according to National Association of Realtors data released Thursday. Economists surveyed by…

Flood zones no longer mark the boundary of storm risk. As weather patterns intensify, servicers are getting ahead of it, reaching clients before disaster strikes and building plans for forbearances, inspections, and insurance claims. Processing Content “Make sure there’s educational materials internally and externally so the worst possible scenario is planned for,” said Jane Mason,…

12:01 AM, 2nd November 2026, 5 hours ago The government has admitted it has not estimated the costs leaseholders face for defects that fall outside the scope of the Developer Remediation Contract. The contract requires developers to fund the remediation of qualifying fire safety defects in buildings they developed but does not cover every defect…

HSBC’s mortgage loan book value stood at £141.4bn ($190bn) at the end of June, giving the bank an 8.1% market share. In its H1 financial update, the bank said that customer lending in its UK business rose by £7.5bn ($10bn), primarily driven by continued growth in mortgage balances and commercial lending. HSBC lent £25.2bn…