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A Continued Decline in Housing Inventory

TrustBank

By metro region, active listings as of May 2021 were as follows: Boise City, ID - 903 (down 62.1%) Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA - 2,824 (down 54.7%) Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA - 445 (down 68.8%) Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA - 2,898 (down 47.7%). National Home Price NSA Index reported a 13.2% annual gain in March.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

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Meanwhile, technology changes continued at a breakneck pace, with generative AI the biggest topic around management tables. Honorable Mentions – while this was a quiet year for M&A, we tip our hat to Atlantic Union’s acquisition of American National Bank and Eastern Bank’s acquisition of Cambridge Bank.

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Vacation Rental Home Startup Vacasa Isn’t Just An Airbnb Knockoff

PYMNTS

A lot of the properties we manage are owned by people who are very busy and very successful. The majority of them [property managers] have gotten into it by accident, and as a result, they’re not very focused on it,” Breon said. states and four foreign countries where Vacasa manages about 4,000 vacation properties.

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iBuyers – Whose Side Are They On?

TrustBank

of the national market, and an even more significant share of the market in several cities including Phoenix, AZ (5.7%), Atlanta, GA (5.3%), and Charlotte, NC (5.3%). The data for Portland, OR and Seattle, WA — markets in the Washington Trust Bank footprint — observed iBuyer market share of 2.3% billion in the second quarter of 2021.

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

CFPB Monitor

Lynn Drysdale, Managing Attorney, Consumer Law Unit, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc., Arjan Schutte, Founder and Managing Partner, Core Innovation Capital, Los Angeles, CA. Chi Chi Wu, Staff Attorney, National Consumer Law Center, Boston, MA. Amy Nelson, Chief Executive Officer, Point West Credit Union, Portland, OR.

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The Best Checking Accounts in California of 2021

MyBankTracker

City National Bank. This list contains mostly national banks, but these aren’t your only option for opening a checking account. National banks have their perks, but one of the drawbacks is that they tend to offer a single account for every customer across the country. Lower fees than national banks (but not always).

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The Mother List of All Banking Books

Jeff For Banks

A Primer on Money, Banking, and Gold 2008 Cordelia Frances Biddle Biddle, Cordelia Frances Biddle, Jackson, and a Nation in Turmoil: The Infamous Bank War 2021 Alan S. The Courage to Act: A Memoir of a Crisis and Its Aftermath 2015 Peter L. Bernstein Bernstein, Peter L. Blinder Blinder, Alan S. Bonadio Bonadio, Felice A. Bove Bove, Richard X.

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