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Chase Hiring, Increasing Business Lending by $4B
Posted on November 11th, 2009 No commentsJPMorgan Chase announced plans to hire 1,200 mortgage loan officers by the end of 2010 to help customers finance home purchases or reduce their monthly payments through refinances, the Business Journal of Milwaukee reported.
In a separate article, JP Morgan Chase announced it will increase business lending by $4 billion, raising the bank’s total new lending to $10 billion.
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Tax Credit Increases Milwaukee Home Sales
Posted on November 11th, 2009 No commentsFueled by a tax credit for first-time buyers, sales of existing homes in the metro Milwaukee area soared 33.9% in October compared with the same month last year. It was the fifth consecutive month that home sales have risen from the same month in 2008, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.