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Florida Capital Bank, N.A. Named Top Community Lender for FY14
The economy in Florida is on the rise and small business lending is growing. As an increasing number of small business owners across the state are looking to grow their businesses, trusted community lenders like Florida Capital Bank, N.A. are providing financial expertise to help them achieve their... - June 10, 2015 - Florida Capital Bank
GSF Mortgage Welcomes Two Regional Vice Presidents in St. Louis
GSF Mortgage is pleased to welcome Jerry Frost and George DeMare, formally of Midwest Mortgage Capital, as regional vice presidents in St. Louis, Missouri. They will be responsible for building the GSF Mortgage presence in the Midwest region. Frost and DeMare found it important to choose a company... - June 10, 2015 - GoGSF
Mathew Wolfort’s Can-do Attitude Serves PrivatePlus Mortgage Clients Well
PrivatePlus Mortgage, a division of Private Bank of Buckhead, has named Mathew Wolfort a Vice President and Mortgage Banker. He has been in the mortgage business for over 20 years. “Mathew is driven to provide benefits to clients,” says Dan Smith, President of PrivatePlus. “He... - June 10, 2015 - PrivatePlus Mortgage
Credit Administration Pro Added to Private Bank of Decatur Team
Private Bank of Buckhead, which includes Private Bank of Decatur and PrivatePlus Mortgage, has added Eric Swilling, as Assistant Vice President, Credit Administration. He’ll be based out of Private Bank of Decatur, serving clients across the metro area. “Eric’s personality and... - June 10, 2015 - Private Bank of Buckhead
Privateplus Mortgage Team Expands, Adding James Brown as a Vice President and Mortgage Banker
PrivatePlus Mortgage, a division of Private Bank of Buckhead, has named James Brown a Vice President and Mortgage Banker. “James takes a consultative approach with his clients,” says Dan Smith, President of PrivatePlus, “taking the time to understand their needs and goals. - June 09, 2015 - PrivatePlus Mortgage
PrivatePlus Mortgage is Participating Lender in BeltLine Affordable Housing Program
The Atlanta BeltLine, in conjunction with Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, is offering two programs to assist with affordable housing within a 0.5 mile radius along the Atlanta BeltLine. - June 06, 2015 - PrivatePlus Mortgage
GSF Mortgage Welcomes Army Veteran to Wisconsin Branch
GSF Mortgage is pleased to welcome Koby Luedtke as a mortgage loan originator in the Brookfield, Wisconsin location. He joins TeamGO with 11 years of mortgage industry experience. After completing his deployment overseas in the United States Army, an opportunity presented itself and he joined his... - June 06, 2015 - GoGSF
Fountainhead Commercial Capital Closes Loan for Site Solutions of Central Florida
Fountainhead Commercial Capital announced its first loan closing in May, financing the purchase of a 5,000-sf building and lot for Orlando construction company Site Solutions. - June 06, 2015 - Fountainhead Commercial Capital
Finaeos Formally Announces Partnership with TATA Consulting Services
Finaeos in collaboration with TATA are working to help American SMBs and Entrepreneurs seeking to take advantage of Regulation A+ of the JOBS Act, coming into effect June 19th. - June 05, 2015 - Finaeos
Hilliker Corporation to Sell Newspaper's Headquarters
St. Louis' only daily publication to move after 56 years. - June 05, 2015 - Hilliker Corporation
First Service Credit Union Opens Katy Branch
New branch is part of First Service CU's strategy to grow 47% in next few years. - June 05, 2015 - First Service Credit Union
International Agribusiness Group Unveils Redesigned Website
International Agribusiness Group (IAG), a market leader in agricultural commodity research, is proud to announce the launch of a new, redesigned version of their website, www.iag-group.com. The redesigned website highlights key IAG services and aims to help IAG clients find the information they need quickly and easily. Key features include refined seaso nal weather reports, daily video weather updates, and an annual crop tour analysis. - June 03, 2015 - International Agribusiness Group
National Company Expands Local Operations
Women owned business more than triples its current St. Louis headquarters. - June 03, 2015 - Hilliker Corporation
Obduro Capital Closes $2,965,000 SBA 7(a) Loan on Illinois Hotel
Obduro Capital Arranges $2,965,000 SBA Loan for Acquisition of Hotel Property in Calumet City, IL - May 31, 2015 - Obduro Capital LLC
Clearent Sponsors Build for STL Hackathon
Clearent Participates in Developer Event Designed to Make St. Louis a Better Place - May 30, 2015 - Clearent
Vahe Hayrapetian Gives Advice on Getting Approved for Mortgage
Home loan and financing professional, Vahe Hayrapetian gives advice to buyers for getting approved for a mortgage. Most people think that getting a home loan to purchase a new house is as easy as filling out the paperwork. The inner workings of a mortgage are often more complicated than that,... - May 23, 2015 - Vahe Hayrapetian
HR Pro Added at Private Bank of Buckhead
rivate Bank of Buckhead, which includes Private Bank of Decatur and PrivatePlus Mortgage, has added Karen E. Neely, SHRM-CP, as Senior Vice President and Human Resources Director. Neely is the bank’s first full-time HR professional; since its inception in late 2006, it has grown from nine employees to more than 80. - May 22, 2015 - Private Bank of Buckhead
GSF Mortgage Expands Footprint to Kansas
GSF Mortgage is pleased to welcome Charles Monroe as branch manager in Overland Park, Kansas. Monroe joins TeamGO with 11 years of industry experience. Before he entered the mortgage industry, Monroe was in the business of purchasing and rehabbing houses. After putting together a few deals, he... - May 20, 2015 - GoGSF
Whitefish Credit Union Junior Board to Host Colors for a Cause 5K Fun Run
This free event hosted by Whitefish Credit Union's Junior Board of Directors will benefit the Abbie Shelter, the primary service provider for victims of domestic and sexual violence in the Flathead Valley. - May 13, 2015 - Whitefish Credit Union
Pilot Episode "Hidden in the Heartland" Gains Momentum During Television Pitch Meeting
This week “Hidden in the Heartland” received its first Production Company Network Television interest during a pitch meeting in Beverly Hills. “It’s a compelling story.” Kels Goodman said, Producer of the Pilot. “The show is based on hard evidence with perspectives from a diverse collective of people, many of whom are not of the Mormon faith.” Goodman, who has found success in numerous film projects, hopes to add “Hidden in the Heartland” to his list of green lit projects. - May 12, 2015 - Park City Family Office
Keep Calm and Pawn on: Introducing Idaho Pawn & Gold a New Boise Idaho Pawn Shop, Sharing a Start-Up Experience and Their Founding Principles
The foundation of a good life lived is rooted in the good intentions of your endeavors and doing right by others. Idaho Pawn & Gold a Pawn shop, located in Boise Idaho, aims to reflect this core belief within every transaction. - May 11, 2015 - Idaho Pawn & Gold
Hilliker Corporation Helps Local Studio Expand Operations
Husband and wife team to add seven studios in space next door. - May 10, 2015 - Hilliker Corporation
Mr. Moataz Al Khayyat's UCC Qatar Set to Complete One of the World's Largest Shopping Malls in Autumn 2015 - Update
The Qatar-based Trading and Contracting Company, UrbaCon, headed by Managing Director Mohamed Moataz Al Khayyat is poised to complete the constuction of one of the biggest shopping complexes in the world, The Mall of Qatar, in the third quarter of this year. - May 09, 2015 - Al Khayyat Contracting & Trading
GSF Mortgage Welcomes Skilled Branch Manager in Texas
GSF Mortgage is pleased to welcome Rick Purkins as branch manager in Webster, Texas. Purkins joins TeamGO with 22 years of mortgage industry experience. He worked as a loan officer, processor, branch manager and also for a title company. He has been processing for the past five years before... - May 09, 2015 - GoGSF
Energy Blackouts Will Soon be a Thing of the Past for Gaza's Hospitals
Canadian doctors launch campaign to install solar power on hospitals in Gaza. - May 08, 2015 - EmpowerGAZA
CCM Commercial Mortgage Closes Record Level of Financing Transactions in Q1 '15; More Than $110 Million During Past Six Months
CCM Commercial Mortgage, a commercial mortgage brokerage firm which secures debt and equity property financing for commercial real estate owners and developers nationwide, closed more than $110 million of loan transactions during the fourth quarter of 2014 and 2015‘s first quarter —... - May 08, 2015 - CCM Commercial Mortgage
Strategic Partnership Unveiled Between Real Estate Data Firm InfoHounds and Leading Mortgage CRM Provider BNTouch
InfoHounds, Inc., a Durham-based Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) provider of advanced mortgage data and mortgage leads, unveiled a new strategic partnership and technical integration with BNTouch, one of the mortgage industry’s leading providers of CRM and mortgage marketing tools. “This... - May 06, 2015 - InfoHounds.com
Qatari Contractor Mr. Moataz Al Khayyat Focuses on Green Real Estate Projects in the Arabian Gulf Region
Mr. Moataz Al Khayyat of UrbaCon Contracting and Trading comments on the relationship between the rise in the volume of tourists visiting the Arab Gulf and the increasing need for green ecofriendly construction projects. - May 04, 2015 - Al Khayyat Contracting & Trading
Clearent Raises $25 Million from FTV Capital
Financial Technology Payments Solution Supports Merchants, ISOs, ISVs - May 03, 2015 - Clearent
Mr. Mohamed Moataz Al Khayyat | KCT Qatar Achieves Global Standards of Practice by British Standards Institution
The Al Khayyat Contracting & Trading Company. (KCT), headed by CEO Moataz Al Khayyat recently became the first company in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to receive recognition of its global standards of practice by the British Standards Institution. - May 01, 2015 - Al Khayyat Contracting & Trading
The Boulder Group Publishes Net Lease Bank Ground Lease Research Report
The Boulder Group’s Research Department has released a new research report providing comprehensive numbers and analysis of the activity in the National Net Lease Bank Ground Lease Market. Highlights from the report are as follows: Cap rates for bank ground lease properties reached a new... - May 01, 2015 - The Boulder Group
GSF Mortgage Welcomes FHA Loan Professional in Florida
GSF Mortgage is pleased to welcome Nelson Kass to its branch in Hypoluxo, Florida. Kass joins TeamGO with 28 years of mortgage industry experience. He will work under Rob Scolnick, branch manager. Kass has obtained four degrees. He has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in education, a... - April 25, 2015 - GoGSF
Export Champions!™ With Help of Cutting-Edge Financing, Four Small and Mid-Size US Companies Are Poised to Export Over $525 Million of Goods and Services
Export Champions!™, a new program, which allows small and mid-size US manufacturing companies to vastly boost their export sales by utilizing cutting-edge export credit and capital markets financing for international opportunities, was announced by the Broad Street Capital Group. - April 25, 2015 - Broad Street Capital Group
Charles Reinhart Company Realtors Welcomes Seven New Real Estate Agents
Seven new agents have joined Reinhart, they are: Michelle Armbruster, Amy Boies, Liz Crowe, Karen Fazioli, Wendy Martin, Michelle Stalmack, and Elke VanDyke. - April 24, 2015 - Charles Reinhart Company, Realtors
Charles Reinhart Company Realtors Welcomes the Addition of Eight Real Estate Agents
Eight new realtors Ben Arnold IV, Nick Beeson, Robert Garcia, Jay Houghton, Jessy Lin, Denise Lund, Michael Nelson and Thom Omar have joined Charles Reinhart Company, Realtors. - April 24, 2015 - Charles Reinhart Company, Realtors
Hilliker Corporation Hires New Sales Associate
St. Louis commercial real estate company adds new member to retail team. - April 24, 2015 - Hilliker Corporation
Crelogix Appoints Karim Nanji as Vice President of Information Technology
Crelogix Acceptance Corporation, a leading Canadian installment credit provider, has appointed Karim Nanji as Vice President of Information Technology. Mr. Nanji is a Senior Product, Strategy and Technology executive who brings more than 25 years' success and experience in retail financial... - April 24, 2015 - Crelogix Acceptance Corporation
Curt Roese Joins Fountainhead Commercial Capital as Chief Financial Officer
Fountainhead Commercial Capital, a nationwide SBA 504 lender focused on financing owner-occupied commercial real estate, recently announced that Curt Roese, has joined the company as CFO. - April 24, 2015 - Fountainhead Commercial Capital
The Boulder Group Arranges Sale of a Triple Net Leased Dollar General Plus Property
Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller in the transaction; a Midwest based real estate investment company. - April 23, 2015 - The Boulder Group
GSF Mortgage Welcomes Versatile Loan Officer in Indianapolis
GSF Mortgage is pleased to welcome Dan Currie to its branch in Indianapolis. He joins TeamGO with 33 years of mortgage industry experience. He will work under Nicole Lissade, branch manager. Currie started his career in 1982, working for a consumer financial corporation. He became branch manager... - April 23, 2015 - GoGSF
Chris Spade @ Keller Williams San Diego Metro Helps Another Normal Height's Seller
Real Estate listing specialist, Chris Spade of Keller Williams San Diego Metro lists a Normal Heights Bungalow for Sale. Chris Spade is again thrilled to be helping another Normal Heights seller. - April 18, 2015 - Keller Williams San Diego Metro
RCI Latin America and Crelogix Work Together to Offer Vacation Ownership Financing Programs
Leading global exchange network partnered with specialty Canadian finance company. - April 17, 2015 - Crelogix Acceptance Corporation
The Boulder Group Arranges Sale of Single Tenant Net Leased Citibank
Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller in the transaction; a Midwest based real estate development and investment firm. - April 17, 2015 - The Boulder Group
GSF Mortgage Welcomes Industry Veteran to Sarasota Branch
GSF Mortgage is pleased to welcome Bradley Burt as senior mortgage loan originator in Sarasota, Florida. Burt is an industry veteran, having been in the mortgage industry for more than 20 years. He will work under Ruth Watkins, Regional Manager. Burt obtained his broker and real estate agent... - April 17, 2015 - GoGSF
Hilliker Corporation Hires New Broker to Join Team
St. Louis company celebrates 30th anniversary, continues to grow with new agent. - April 12, 2015 - Hilliker Corporation
GSF Mortgage Welcomes New Loan Officer in the Volunteer State
GSF Mortgage is pleased to welcome David Nuckolls to its branch in Bolivar, Tennessee. Nuckolls will work under Bobby Roberts, branch manager. Nuckolls received his bachelor’s degree in horticulture form the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He owned his own business as a wholesale... - April 11, 2015 - GoGSF
Mars National Bank Supports Women in Banking
Mars National Bank was well represented at the Pennsylvania Bankers Association's Women In Banking event in March. The event was held at the Hershey Lodge and hosted over 260 women banking professionals. Representing the Bank at the conference were Lisa Kooker, Senior Vice President & Chief... - April 10, 2015 - Mars Bank
GSF Mortgage Welcomes Christy Hembree in Florida
GSF Mortgage is pleased to welcome Christy Hembree to its branch in Sarasota, Florida. She will work under Ruth Watkins, Regional Manager. Hembree joins TeamGO with 12 years of mortgage industry experience. Prior to entering the mortgage industry, Hembree was involved in business-to-business sales. - April 09, 2015 - GoGSF
UCC CEO Mr. Moataz Al Khayyat Comments on Achieving 10 Million Man-Hours Without Lost-Time Incident
"Achieving 10 million man-hours without major incident is no accident,” says Mr. Moataz Al Khayyat, CEO of UrbaCon Contracting & Trading (UCC), “but the direct consequence of the company’s commitment to safety and accountability." - April 08, 2015 - Al Khayyat Contracting & Trading
The Boulder Group Publishes 1st Quarter Net Lease Market Research Report
The Boulder Group’s Research Department has released a new research report providing comprehensive numbers and analysis of the 1st quarter activity in the National Net Lease Market. Highlights from the report are as follows: Cap rates for net leased retail properties compressed by 10 basis... - April 07, 2015 - The Boulder Group