Sales surge at lender-owned Icon Brickell since price cuts … and more

1. Sales surge at Icon Brickell after price cuts, lender takeover [CBS 4]
2. Prime Hotel opens in South Beach [Hotel Chatter]
3. Miami gets a new City Manager [CBS 4]
4. T.J. Maxx parent to launch new, as-yet-unnamed chain [GlobeSt]
5. Freddie: 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rates back above 5 percent [National Mortgage News]
6. MBA proposes “Bridge to HAMP” loan mod program for unemployed borrowers [Truth About Mortgage]
7. Fed MBS purchases keeping mortgage rates low [Calculated Risk]
8. For brokers working from home, technology may be the biggest obstacle [Inman News]

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