Exclusives

Here's a look at this week's trends, announcements and deals that you may have missed in the Northeast region.

IRVINE, CA—Democrat-controlled districts have been shown to have higher average home-price gains, but tax rates tend to be lower in Republican-controlled districts. ATTOM Data's Daren Blomquist weighs in <b>EXCLUSIVELY</b> on the research and what's behind it.

MIAMI—Mitch Sinberg, senior managing director for Berkadia in Florida, sounds off.

ATLANTA—Have you considered these benefits?

SAN DIEGO—In general, technologies, products and platforms that are the most successful are those that provide a truly integrated platform, RCM's Tina Lichens tells GlobeSt.com in this <b>EXCLUSIVE</b> roundtable.

IRVINE, CA—While Dodd-Frank effectively banned the affordability products responsible for the housing bubble, in the wake of the price collapse, lawmakers struggle with unresolved issues pertaining to mortgage finance, Market InSite's Larry Roberts tells GlobeSt.com <b>EXCLUSIVELY</b>.

ORLANDO—“Discipline best describes the current market status for being 'hot.'

NEWARK, NJ—Republican Thomas Kean and Democratic former governors James J. Florio and James McGreevey all told GlobeSt.com that these key performance indicators would be essential to a successful economic turnaround in cities like Newark and Camden, where poverty, crime, and a lack of economic stimulus have weighed heavily on urban residents.