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Mortgage Rates Hold Steady After Fed Inflation Warning

Mortgage Rates Hold Steady After Fed Inflation Warning

A stern warning from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell that taming inflation “requires using our tools forcefully” even if that brings “some pain to households and businesses” sent stock prices tumbling Friday, but had surprisingly little impact on long-term interest rates.

Powell’s remarks at the annual Jackson Hole central banking conference in Wyoming raised the odds that the Fed will

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Board Finds SD Governor Abused Power For Daughter’s Real

Board Finds SD Governor Abused Power For Daughter’s Real

Board Finds SD Governor Abused Power For Daughter’s Real

Gov. Kristi Noem (Getty)

A state ethics board found enough evidence to take “appropriate action” against the South Dakota governor who intervened in her daughter’s application to become a real estate appraiser.

Three retired judges that comprise South Dakota’s Government Accountability Board found that Gov. Kristi Noem may have “engaged in misconduct” when her daughter, Kassidy Peters, was granted a

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Security Deposit: M To Bolster RentSpree’s Leasing

Security Deposit: $17M To Bolster RentSpree’s Leasing

Security Deposit: $17M To Bolster RentSpree’s Leasing

RentSpree, an end-to-end technology solution for the multifamily industry, has secured a Series B funding round of $17.3 million, according to an announcement sent exclusively to Inman.

RentSpree started out in 2016 merely wanting to make it easier for landlords and leasing agents to qualify potential tenants, according to CEO and co-founder Michael Lucarelli. The rental market’s recent surge in

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Eli Karp’s Hello Living Again Risks Losing Flatbush Project

Eli Karp’s Hello Living Again Risks Losing Flatbush Project

Eli Karp’s Hello Living Again Risks Losing Flatbush Project

From left: Arch Companies’ Jeff Simpson and Eli Karp with 1580 Nostrand Avenue (Arch Companies, KND Law, Loopnet, Getty)

Eli Karp waged a scorched-earth campaign against Madison Realty Capital for attempting to foreclose on his prized Flatbush apartment complex. Now he could have a new enemy.

Arch Companies purchased the senior and mezzanine loan from Madison Realty and is planning

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