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The Millennial Real Estate Boom Beckons?

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Demand will be robust, the report said, and with low rates, rising rents and “the ever-expending Millennial population” all contributing to that demand. The data show that millennials’ share of mortgage originations will pass 50 percent this spring — outnumbering boomers and Gen X’ers.

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Might Millennials’ Dissatisfaction Hint At Housing Downturn To Come?

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News came this week, as noted across sites such as CNBC , that millennial homeownership has been creeping along. Bankrate polled 1,500 homeowners, and found that 63 percent of millennials say they have regrets about having bought the home they are in. Buying a house is no small undertaking. percent, compared to 11.9

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Your next accounting client wants paperless, mobile services

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Millennial business owners (which for this survey included owners younger than 39) overwhelmingly preferred paper-free accounting, at 78 percent. The top technology tools millennial owners desire were cloud-based technologies, online invoicing and digital payments, Bill.com said.

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Despite Plenty Of Concerns, SMB Optimism Holds Fast

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Small business owners have a lot on their plates today and, depending on who one asks, top concerns range from taxes to late invoice payments. That doesn’t mean non-millennial entrepreneurs are necessarily struggling, though. Eighty-one percent of U.S. But that doesn’t mean entrepreneurs are worry-free.

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Not Down For The Count, Cash Still Counts For Plenty

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Brazil and Mexico — the total amount in cash payments for the region was $3 trillion in 2015, with weighted average cash use at 14 percent of GDP, with an estimated increase, annually, of 4 percent through 2020 in absolute dollars but a decline in percentage of GDP by 1.2 Turning to the Americas — defined as the U.S.,

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Creating a Customer-Centric, Digital Financial Institution

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I’ve found that attracting younger, millennial talent is almost like attracting clients,” said McBay. Vision Bank in Ada, Oklahoma, for example, is located in small towns with regional universities, so it banks a large college base, but the agricultural community also makes up a large portion of its client base. Go the extra mile.”.

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The eCommerce Bachelor: Which City Will Get The Rose?

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Others are offering standard fare such as tax credits — although even that can’t be viewed as “standard” in this race. New Jersey, for instance, is offering more than the price of Amazon’s investment in tax credits, to the tune of $7 billion, if the company puts HQ2 in Newark. The submission phase concluded last Thursday, Oct.