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- Low rates make lots of us refi, but not always for the right reason(forbes.com)
- What exactly is Facebook doing with cryptocurrency? It's kinda like a stock trading tool called an ETF(etf.com)
- President Trump tells HUD Secretary Ben Carson to slash building regulations(mba.org)
- The kitchen and bath remodeling biz is booming(realestateconsulting.com)
- Mortgage applications up 1.3% last week(mba.org)
- StockX, a sneaker marketplace owned by Quicken Loans' Dan Gilbert, raised $110 million(nytimes.com)
- Spencer wrote about StockX in another life, give it a read here(tbdmag.com)
- Why did J.P. Morgan shut down its hip bank app Finn?(medium.com)
- A major landlord is using AI to profit on rentals other investors won't touch(fortune.com)
- Airbnb goes high-end and launches luxury rental division(therealdeal.com)
- Zillow says home values are falling, and that's a good thing(zillow.mediaroom.com)