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Several Cape organizations have stepped up with donations to the Housing Assistance Corporations Workforce Relief Fund, just as the states eviction moratorium is expected to be lifted at the end of the month. The corporation recently received $80,000 in donations to the fund, which offers money to help keep residents struggling to pay their rent or mortgaged housed during the pandemic. Created when COVID-19 first started to affect the region, the fund offers one-time emergency assistance paymen...

Corporate gifts bolster Housing Assistance Workforce Housing Relief Fund Donation arrives as eviction moratorium due to expire The Barnstable Patriot HYANNIS – A gift of $50,000 from Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation, $20,000 from the Cape and Islands Association of REALTORS, and nearly $10,000 from Shepley Wood Products and Barnstable Brewing from their Civic Rent lager have given a boost to the financial resources provided by Housing Assistance Corporation to help vulnerable renters, faci...

Cautious because thats when things tend to swim up and hit us out of nowhere but the reality is this. we see a fed thats accommodative, and a u.s. economy thats finally responding so, to me, the market will likely continue a lot of its momentum and any pullbacks that should be bought. >> charles: heres the thing though, its one thing for the market to do what its been doing but the underlying economy seems to be gaining momentum. certain areas in this economy, for instance the housing data weve ...

Youre a consumer, call. weve helped clients. reach out to your lender. ask questions. >> neil: any lender that you know of that said look, were going to have to hold off on this or this would seem extreme, you work for the federal government and youre now looking risky? >> i havent heard that. theres one loan in particular called a usda loan that helps lower income clients and in some cases in rural areas with the government shut down, we continue do those loans at all. those folks have been aff...

Its locking them in position. >> and its over immigration. you get the feeling that the republicans believe that -- the flip side with the democrats. the democrats believe that they need unfetterred immigration. its a threat to the republicans winning the presidency again. the immigrants tend to vote democrats for the first two generations. >> neil: legal immigration. become legal americans. >> trump is looking for caps on that. and republicans say no, it is a threat to them. so thats why you ha...

Really calmed the market down when it was initially rattled. >> neil: i have another theory, which youre very, very nice to -- in the past just to dismiss and chew away. one has to do with the latest housing data, which was off the third month in a row. some signs out of china showing things softening. maybe its a global slow-down issue or not as fast as we were going issue. >> i think there is some of those fears in the marketplace. but to be honest, this time of year data normally gets soft. s...

Impam paraphrasing here. what do you make of this? >> yeah, theres no doubt that you have a lot of voices on the gop side. these are the same voices that tripped themselves up in the first place when they were in control of congress and never pushed back against barack obamas agenda. so ultimately its getting everybody in the room. heres the good news. were seeing the economy move towards a notion that eventually president trumps agenda will go through. the order -- starting the matter less as w...

Remember? when real estate prices crashed. as an investor, do you want your money in buying bonds that pay 2% interest rate? i like investing in real estate. i think the american housing is going to continue to do very well. i hope so because i own two houses i am trying to sell so i have to get rid of that house. and by the way, if the housing market crashed like it did in 2008-2009 it would cause a recession. but so far the last three months the housing data has been good. new home sales are g...

Support the market and improving the investor sentiment and did get some economic data today, thomas. you saw housing data strengthen. consumer confidence strength. in terms of individual movers, watching apple today. remember, apple is under pressure in part because of the concerns about china. 25% of the companys sales coming from china and ceo tim cook did reach out to my colleague at cnbc jim cramer saying business is strong and you can see apple moving higher today, thomas. >> we see a cour...

Were going to go bad. the housing data has improved significantly. prices are rising. one of the big in china is looking better. its not all doom and gloom in china. >> with that, well end. thats a positive note and we appreciate you bringing that to us. thank you, david. donald trump draws a big crowd in alabama. up next well go inside the largest campaign event yet. plus the role german officers are playing in the lives of long traveled refugees awaiting asylum. you wouldnt do half of your...