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Record Appreciation Is Sending Homeowner Wealth Soaring

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Middle-income homeowners have seen their properties appreciate by 68% since 2012, amounting to $122,100 in equity wealth, according to the National Association of Realtors. Similarly, low-income homeowners reported $98,900 in equity gains, and upper-income households accrued $150,800 in equity.

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Are There Lessons From the Great Recession for the COVID-19 Pandemic?

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“I just became more averse to that [spec homes and lots] type of debt, so rather than carry land debt on the balance sheet, I worked on growing more locations and investing more in the company and in people,” Allen says. If the market did roll over, he might have to lay people off, but would not be stuck with land debt.

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What is PACE Financing and Is It Doomed?

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Started in the green revolution’s holy land, Berkley, California, PACE financing is shorthand for Property-Assessed Clean Energy Financing ( Wikipedia entry ). Well, PACE loans create a lien against properties similar to a tax lien, meaning that the lien has priority over all other debts (including mortgages).

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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Ivory is taking on innovations from outside the company, too, pairing faculty at the University of Utah with Landed , a personal finance company that provides part of a down payment for “essential professionals” as a private equity partner, a model that earned it a 2019 Ivory Prize.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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million loan participation program fostering business expansion and job creation in Arizona by providing debt financing for small businesses (in collaboration with private finance partners). This program allows an approved business to offer an income tax credit to investors purchasing an equity investment in the business.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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Loan proceeds are to be used for working capital, inventory, equipment purchase, and real property improvements but cannot be used for refinancing of existing debt or outstanding debt payments. EQUITY INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT: Targeted toward new, technology-based businesses that pay wages in excess of the state or county average wage.

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COVER STORY: Global Biotech Report

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A retreat in the public markets in 2011 resulted in overall financing levels that are back to those seen in 2008, reflecting the continuing struggles of the Eurozone countries over the sovereign debt of some member countries. million equity offering. According to a regulatory filing, StemBioSys raised at least $2 million of a $3.5

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