Pending home sales fall as housing demand weakens

Luxury real estate has entered a new amenities arms race—and this time, it has very little to do with sprawling spas, cold plunges or tricked-out fitness centers. Instead, some of the biggest names in the culinary world are teaming up with high-end residential developers, with Michelin-starred chefs and celebrity restaurateurs creating private dining experiences exclusively…

Skip to content Share this story, choose your platform! Guild Mortgage Co. is a nationally recognized retail mortgage lender with branches across 49 states and the District of Columbia. Since 1960, Guild has delivered the promise of home to neighborhoods nationwide through a team of local loan officers with expertise in Conventional and…

By Christine Dobby (Bloomberg) –– Canada’s largest banks beat estimates across the board as trading and deals fueled a 35% gain from a year earlier in their capital-markets earnings, provisions for credit losses remained contained and the lenders’ domestic-banking units delivered solid results. The country’s two biggest lenders — Royal Bank of Canada and Toronto-Dominion…

Soybeans rallied back on Monday, with longs putting the risk right back on and closing 15 to 24 cents higher on the session. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was up 24 1/2 cents at $12.69 3/4. Soymeal futures rallied $5.60 to $12 across the front months, with Soy Oil up 44 to 63 points.  USDA’s Crop…

Merchant Investment Management has taken a stake in Ironbark Financial Group, an Australian wealth management firm with $97 billion in assets. This represents Merchant’s largest investment outside the United States, at $255.9 million. Merchant joins other investors in Ironbark, including Australian investment company Soul Patts, management, employees and other stakeholders. The firm plans to use…