The Lede

D Magazine (Dallas), Oct. 12, 2016--Zikos, John  Creating a sense of place and a reason to stay for a while in retail properties is more important than ever before, developer Zikos says.

CT Post (Bridgeport, Conn.), Oct. 12. 2016--Torres Ocasio, Keila  Recently renovated properties experienced significant action in a quarter that saw a drop in commercial leasing activity.

CNBC, Oct. 12, 2016--Olick, Diana The highest interest rates in a month are scaring consumers away from mortgages. "Total and refinance application volume dropped to their lowest levels since June," said Mortgage Bankers Association Chief Economist Michael Fratantoni.

Reuters, Oct. 13, 2016--Freed, Dan The newly installed chief executive of Wells Fargo & Co. will present third-quarter results on Friday, less than 48 hours after replacing John Stumpf at the helm of the bank.

MarketWatch, Oct. 12, 2016--Robb, Greg Federal Reserve officials held off raising interest rates in September though they saw a reasonable argument for moving them, meeting minutes released Wednesday indicated.    

National Mortgage News, Oct. 12, 2016--Kilgore, Austin The housing crisis forever changed the business of servicing. The new normal is here. It's time for the industry to wake up and do something about it.

National Mortgage News, Oct. 12, 2016--Passy, Jacob NeighborWorks reported majority of survey respondents said that rents are too high where they live for them to be able to save enough to buy a home.

St. Louis Public Radio, Oct. 13, 2016--Mannies, Jo The Missouri-proposed sales tax pits the Missouri Realtors, who oppose the measure, against the Missouri Mortgage Bankers Association and other trade groups.

HousingWire, Oct. 12, 2016 Now with the PHH ruling finalized, CEI General Counsel Sam Kazman said that the ruling opens the door for CEI's district court case, State National Bank of Big Spring v. Lew, to move forward, challenging the constitutionality of other aspects of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Mortgage Daily, Oct. 12, 2016 Wells Fargo Chairman and CEO John Stumpf said he would retire immediately; Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said the resignation doesn't go far enough.

GoRion, Oct. 12, 2016--Bourgi, Sam The Deutsche Bank probe appears to be one of the final remnants from the subprime mortgage crisis, which set in motion a painful economic collapse both at home and abroad. Since then, the U.S. housing market has seen a painful restructuring, where new regulations, tighter lending guidelines and a shaky economy thwarted the sector's recovery on several occasions.

Mortgage Daily, Oct. 12, 2016--Garcia, Sam Recent advancements in mobile technology improve the application process, synchronize supporting documents and educate prospective borrowers.

Mortgage Daily, Oct. 12,, 2016 Of the 4,378 home-equity conversion mortgages endorsed by the Federal Housing Administration in August, retail originators were responsible for 2,440 units.

Urban Institute, Oct. 12, 2016--Parrott, Jim; Payano, Yamillet Authors say housing market will change by contracting because it cannot accommodate a larger and larger percentage of our citizens, or it will do so by becoming more inclusive because we have found ways to bring a more diverse profile of borrower into the system.

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