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HousingWireHousingWire For more than two years, a storm has been brewing in the title insurance industry. Last week, the first raindrops began to fall when the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (OAG) announced settlements with four title firms over alleged kickback schemes. As a result…

The fun in elections is about personalities, and there is no shortage of fun in 2024, depending on one’s definition of fun. There is no shortage of interesting personalities among those running for office, national and even state, with a new cast of characters on the Democratic side, and at…

BY ALEJANDRO URRUTIA As the former Chairman of the New Hampshire Democratic Party Latino Caucus, I am deeply concerned about how the Credit Card Competition Act could harm the Granite State’s underserved communities and the small businesses that serve them. Alejandro Urrutia This bill would let big corporations save money…

HousingWireHousingWire August’s gain of just 142,000 total nonfarm payroll jobs confirms that the job market is cooling, which all in all is good news for the Federal Reserve, which meets in a little under two weeks to discuss interest rates. But is it enough to justify a half-point cut? Data from…

For nearly two decades, Dan Scanlon, a senior associate at Colliers, has worked in New Hampshire’s commercial real estate market, working on investment, industrial, office and land development. ‘I’m not one that has ever thought that elections have a big impact on what’s happening with the economy,’ says commercial realtor…