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Real estate tech startup gathering to be held in NYC tomorrow
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story stated that the Meetup would take place tonight. In fact, it will take place tomorrow. In an effort to foster cross-pollination between real estate tech entrepreneurs, monthly Meetups are being held in venues...
‘Disparate impact’ doctrine troubling property owners, mortgage lenders
Two federal lawsuits brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last week spotlights an issue that is getting increasing attention from home mortgage lenders, rental property owners, local governments, and now the U.S. Supreme Court: “disparate impact.” Disparate impact is...
Carrington Real Estate expands into Colorado, Michigan
Carrington Real Estate Services LLC has added brokerage offices in Colorado and Michigan, bringing the number of states where it has agents on the ground to...
Fannie, Freddie regulator hires insurance lobbyist as adviser
The federal agency that regulates Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has raised eyebrows by hiring a lawyer and insurance industry lobbyist to advise it on force-placed insurance. Charles Landgraf “played a key early role in coordinating Fannie Mae and Freddie...
AppSwitch makes finding a similar app easy
AppSwitch helps Windows 8 users find a replacement app for the ones you are already using on your iOS, Blackberry, or Android devices. Follow The American Genius on Facebook for exclusive & breaking business stories Get more Business News at AGBeat
LoanDepot plans to employ 1,000 at new Texas facility
California-based direct retail mortgage lender LoanDepot.com LLC plans to have 1,000 people on staff within the next few years at a Plano, Texas, facility the company opened last week. Source: dallasnews.com...
Be the go-to luxury specialist in your market
Do you have what it takes to be the agent who represents the most luxurious properties in your marketplace? While taking classes can help you be better prepared to represent luxury clients, the real key to your success results from....
Don’t be led astray by ‘turntable metrics’
I was listening to Alec Baldwin’s “Here’s the Thing” podcast the other day. It’s a great podcast in a conversational interview style. Baldwin was interviewing Billy Joel. Aside from Baldwin’s generally good-natured interview style, this one was especially good because...
Top 10: The Most Expensive Homes to Recently Come onto the Market
This week we're changing up our usual routine of picking a specific neighborhood and listing the ten least expensive properties for sale. This time around we'll be listing the ten most expensive properties in San Francisco to hit the market...
Microsoft, your time is now: don’t disappoint us
For years, Apple has been on top, but if Microsoft plays their cards right, they can win market share. In fact, it's their responsibility to the non-Apple world to drive home their message. Follow The American Genius on Facebook for exclusive & breaking business stories Get more Business News at AGBeat
Architectural Craziness: World's Tallest Wooden Tower May Soon Rise in Sweden
Rendering via Dezeen Over in Stockholm, Scandinavian architecture firm C. F. Møller wants to build the planet's tallest timber tower, a 34-story wooden skyscraper (called, get this, "Wooden Skyscraper") that would stand a whole 28 stories taller than North America's...
Blockbusters: Instead of building a 10,000-square-foot dream...
Instead of building a 10,000-square-foot dream house, talent mega-agent Michael Ovitz has hoisted three contiguous Malibu parcels on the market for $29.5M. The listing is one of the priciest pieces of vacant land in the country, and the story is...
Five business leaders share their career pivot stories
It is not uncommon to have a career pivot, and while the path may vary, almost every business leader shifts focus at some point in their careers. Follow The American Genius on Facebook for exclusive & breaking business stories Get more Business News at AGBeat
The Quotable Vince Camuto: Fashion guy Vince Camuto tells the...
Fashion guy Vince Camuto tells the Journal a bit more about his Hamptons home, which was once a convent: "I love architecture and I especially love the architecture in Europe and we had fun doing it, modeling it after that....
Open House Review: 27 Songsparrow
Woodbridge Single Family 4 Bedroom in Outer Loop 27 Songsparrow $789,900 Sale Pending Turning off West Yale Loop into the outer loop I wound back to 27 Songsparrow, to find a 4 bedroom single family home with quite a few options. When...Show More Summary
Office Spaces: Curbed National has a look at...
Curbed National has a look at the Google in Dublin, where things are expectedly wild and not the least bit subdued. Head over for a "Have Fun" floor, an "Irish Music" floor, and a kitchen with an under-the-sea theme.
Matters of the Heart: Here's Charles Eames' Marriage Proposal Letter to Ray
Brainpickings has unearthed a midcentury relic as awesome as any: the marriage proposal letter Charles Eames gave to Ray Kaiser in 1941. Both students at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, in Michigan, the pair married later that year an...
Mindboggling Reveals: The Castro's ICON Boutique Building Releases Pricing
Commenters are on the fence about ICON, the newest boutique residential building to hit the Castro. We've been given a pricing tease that will possibly finalize your opinion about the place. These prices are from the first phase sales...
Computer Projects: Here's A Creepy Room Built By Algorithms and 3D Printing
Photo via Gizmodo Remember that physicist-turned-web developer who creates digital architecture using fractals, basically incessantly repeating algorithms? Well Zurich-based programmers-cum-architects Benjamin Dillenburger and Michael Hansmeyer are one-upping him in a big way. That room, above? Or, rather, the thing that...
Married real estate couple faces fraud, conspiracy charges
Fraud is not rare, but fraud alleging that licensed real estate agents broke real estate laws in a contract pertaining to their own home IS quite rare. Follow The American Genius on Facebook for exclusive & breaking business stories Get more Business News at AGBeat
