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COVID-19 Looks Set To Raze Online Home Sales (And Agents’ Jobs)

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housing market, which itself is poised to take a hit where no part of the U.S. The housing market depends on the sanguine attitude of the U.S. In many metro areas, listing volumes were down between high teens percentage rates to more than 40 percent. The quartet includes Zillow Group, Offerpad, Redfin and Opendoor Labs.

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Santander Rolling Out US Digital Deposits To Rival Goldman

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Spanish lender Santander is planning to launch an online deposit platform in the U.S., The bank is planning to roll out a “national deposit gathering platform” in 2020 to reel in more attractive rates for its consumer business, Scott Powell, chief executive officer (CEO) of Santander in the U.S., told the FT. percent deposit rates.

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Vacancy Rate At Shopping Centers Hit 10.2 Percent In First Quarter

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Reuters , citing Reis, the real estate research firm, reported the vacancy rate in 28 of the 77 metro areas increased during the first three months of 2019. As the retail sector continues to undergo restructuring, a number of retail real estate markets face more vacancies and falling rents. percent to 9.3 New construction plummeted 53.9

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Shipt Gets $20 Million In Funding To Challenge Amazon, Google

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Shipt , the online grocery ordering and delivery service, has announced that it has secured $20.1 million in Series A funding that the company plans to use to expand into new markets and further compete with well-heeled online food delivery giants, like Amazon, Google and Instacart.

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Why Rural Shoppers Need Digital Innovation Too

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Mostly because that is where innovations tend to get their start — ridesharing, delivery on demand, one-day shipping, buy-online pick up in-store, experimental experiential retail locations, pop-up shops and the list goes on (and on). But what every big digital upgrade of the last decade or so has in common is an urban home base.

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Top UK Lenders Launch SMB Branch Joint Venture

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.’s efforts to inject competition in the small business banking and financial services sector have culminated in a range of initiatives, from the bank referral scheme to strengthen the position of alternative lenders in the market, to the RBS fund that sees rivals and industry newcomers securing financing to improve their services.

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Alexa’s Global Ambitions

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When Alexa debuted in those nations, users were able to converse with Alexa in their native language — and developers were given local language editions of the Alexa Skills Kit and Alexa Voice Service to program in. First, nations like Brazil, France, Italy, Spain, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand did not make the cut for holiday 2017.

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