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Check if you’re eligible to take advantage of Tasmania’s First Home Owner Grant. The dream of owning a home could be more attainable for first-time buyers through Tasmania’s version of the First Home Owner Grant (FHOG). However, the grant is less generous than it once was. Here’s what it provides and how potential first-home buyers can…

Today’s housing market rewards patience over panic: With hundreds of thousands more sellers than buyers in the U.S., buyers in most of the country have time to peruse options and negotiate.  U.S. pending home sales fell to their lowest level since early April during the four weeks ending July 26, dropping 1.7% in the last…

The Vanguard Energy ETF (VDE +1.93%) offers a broad, market-cap-weighted approach to the energy sector, while the State Street SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP +3.41%) provides equal-weighted exposure to upstream producers. Energy investors often choose between broad sector coverage and targeted industry plays. Both funds focus on the oil and…

Retail advisory firm Brand Urban is expanding its headcount with the addition of a team from another New York City brokerage, Commercial Observer has learned. Founded by Taryn Brandes, Brand Urban is bringing on Matthew Krell, Daniel Bodner and Lucas Kooyman as well as three others from Alvarez & Marsal Property Solutions in an effort…

A bounce may be coming for those momentum stocks that have been brought back to earth, which could open up another selloff, says BTIG’s Jonathan Krinsky.

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Lance Murray A veteran journalist with decades of experience in both online and print publishing, Lance Murray is Senior Editor of MortgagePoint. Has many years of experience as an editor, writer, photographer, designer, and artist. Most recently, he edited and wrote for an innovation website and a group of real estate-focused magazines.