US Home Prices March Higher in May, Throttling Sales
U.S home prices rose rapidly in May, a trend that is thwarting some would-be buyers and pulling down home sales.
View ArticleFNBC Hires 2 For New Jonesboro Office
FNBC of Ash Flat has hired J.R. Blackburn as senior vice president and commercial lender and Laura McCain as client relationship assistant for its new loan production office in Jonesboro.
View ArticleBank Calls Lauren James' Foreclosure Sale A Sham
First Security Bank has asked a Washington County Circuit judge to prevent women's clothing company Lauren James from going forward with a "sham" foreclosure sale next week.
View ArticleFirst National Bank Completes One Bank & Trust Purchase
First National Bank of Paragould completes its acquisition of Little Rock's One Bank & Trust.
View ArticleLJ Apparel Asks to Go Forward with Lauren James Foreclosure Sale
LJ Apparel LLC is asking to go forward with a foreclosure sale that First Security Bank called a sham.
View ArticleWLR Comfort Suites Hosts $6.1M Transaction (Real Deals)
LR Markham Apartments LLC bought the 90-room hotel at 11 Crossings Court in west Little Rock.
View ArticleDavid Erstine Joins United Federal Credit Union Board (Movers & Shakers)
See more of this week's Movers & Shakers, and submit your own announcement at ArkansasBusiness.com/Movers.
View ArticleAs Arkansas College Promises Are Kept, Enrollment Rates Rise
Southern Bancorp Inc., the Ross Foundation and Murphy Oil Corp. are spending millions on Promise scholarships that sponsors and an administrator say have increased the college-going rate of high school...
View ArticleLeft in Hole by Former President, Arkansas Baptist Rebuilds Enrollment
Little Rock’s Arkansas Baptist College should be nearing completion of its second academic year of financial stability heading toward the start of the 2018 fall semester. That was the plan.
View ArticleOpen Jobs Outnumber US Unemployed for 3rd Straight Month
U.S. employers posted slightly more openings in June than the previous month, resulting in more available jobs than unemployed people for the third straight month, signaling a solid economy.
View ArticleFormer Tyson CFO Dennis Leatherby Dies
Dennis Leatherby, Tyson Foods Inc.'s longtime CFO who retired in April, died Monday. He was 58.
View ArticleUS Mortgage Rates Decline; 30-year At 4.59 Percent
Long-term U.S. mortgage rates are down this week amid a restrained home buying season this summer.
View ArticleFed Finds Inequality in Wealth Distribution Growing
The distribution of income and wealth in the United States has grown increasingly unequal, according to the Federal Reserve.
View ArticleRodney Showmar Says AFCU Competing Against More Than Just Other Credit Unions...
Arkansas Federal Credit Union has 14 branches, more than $1.2 billion in assets and more than 102,000 members.
View ArticleApartment Project Trio Spawns $20.3M Sale (Real Deals)
BBR Oil LLC of Iowa City bought the 280-unit Spanish Valley Apartments, the 181-unit Spanish Willows Apartments and the 109-unit Spanish Viento Apartments in southwest Little Rock.
View ArticleBuild Trust If You Must, But Also Explore These Other Options
Trusts aren’t the only devices people can use to pass down their fortunes, modest or massive. While a will leaves finances open to probate, which can be lengthy and costly and is a matter of public...
View ArticleTrust Planning Smooths Way for Survivors
Financial experts are quick to point out that you don’t have to be a millionaire to reap a trust’s benefits. The tax benefits are obviously geared to helping the wealthy, but there are other nontax...
View ArticleFirst Security Moves Forward Against Lauren James Following Foreclosure Sale
Now that the foreclosure sale of Lauren James’ merchandise is over, First Security Bank of Searcy wants to move forward and have a judgment placed against the women’s clothing company and its owners...
View ArticleBank OZK Expands Board, Adds 2 New Members
Bank OZK of Little Rock, formerly known as Bank of the Ozarks, has increased the size of its board from 16 to 18 directors and elected Beverly Cole and Steven Sadoff to fill the resulting vacancies,...
View ArticleWellington Apartments Attract $17.8M Purchase (Real Deals)
An affiliate of Maxus Properties of North Kansas City, Missouri, bought the 12.22-acre Wellington at Chenal Apartments at 15000 Chenal Parkway.
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