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US Home Sales Hit Highest January Peak In Years

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Homebuilders in America received so many orders for houses last month that the market experienced a January surge it hasn’t seen in years, according to a report by Bloomberg. Consumer confidence, job growth, strength in the stock market and a dip in mortgage rates can all be credited for the bump, said Rick Palacios Jr.,

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Home Sales Hit Highest January Peak In Years

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Homebuilders in America received so many orders for houses last month that the market experienced a January surge it hasn’t seen in years, according to a report by Bloomberg. Consumer confidence, job growth, strength in the stock market and a dip in mortgage rates can all be credited for the bump, said Rick Palacios Jr.,

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Zillow Expands Zillow Offers To LA, Orange County

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9), its second-largest housing market in the nation, GeekWire reported. Available in 22 markets, Zillow is planning 2020 expansions to Cincinnati, Ohio; Jacksonville, Florida; Oklahoma City and Tucson, Arizona. . Zillow Offers launched in Los Angeles and Orange County on Monday (Dec.

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Shopping Comes To Apple TV

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The service, which debuted at SXSW Interactive on Saturday (March 12), highlights the omnicommerce functionality of selling on a large-screen format through partnerships with two NBA teams — Kevin Durant’s Oklahoma City Thunder and Stephen Curry’s league-leading Golden State Warriors.

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AT&T Jumps On The 5G Bandwagon

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Both companies will be beating Apple to the market since the tech giant is going to wait until 2020 to release the first iPhones featuring 5G. As of today’s announcement, we’ve installed the latest mobile 5G network equipment in areas in the 12 markets where we plan to make 5G available in 2018.”. Louisville, Ky.,

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Zillow Wagers On iBuying With Shift To ‘Zillow 2.0’

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It has grown to 23 markets from seven in the last year. Zillow was reportedly planning expansions this year to Jacksonville, Florida; Tucson, Arizona; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Oklahoma City. Zillow Offers, to Barton, is a move to make an “express lane … to make it just one click and have magic happen.”

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Visa-Western Union Deal And Alexa’s Roommate Potential Top The Week’s News

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Ironically, they are also the two things that shaped the modern payments landscape as we know it today, as it grew up and got wired over the last 60 years – and why that playbook is being disrupted by players decades their junior with market caps that rival or even dwarf their own. Trackers and Reports.