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Banking & Finance

Self-questioning should precede big changes in life

Understanding motives key to action planning
February 10, 2022
Sarah Carlson
It seems I learn daily about a friend or client who is choosing to make an impactful choice in their lives. This pandemic has brought about a massive wave of people making changes in their careers, quitting or retiring from their jobs, changing homes
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Positive actions needed in times of volatility

Sticking to plan helps avoid foolish decisions in retirement planning
February 10, 2022
Ben Klündt
It is not the good times that define a person, but the tough times and how one chooses to react. The same can be said for the market and how we respond in the bad times. As I write this, we've seen the Nasdaq retreat about 14% year-to-date hitting
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Equity firm partnership becomes new X factor for Exbabylon

Partnership that comes with equity firm's investment in Exbabylon viewed as way for company to stay relevant
February 10, 2022
Virginia Thomas
Silicon Valley private equity firm Oval Partners has acquired a stake in Newport, Washington-based managed-service provider Exbabylon IT Solutions. In the transaction, which the companies characterize as a partnership, Exbabylon will have access to
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Long-term care insurers return to Washington market after state delays program

Private carriers keep eye on similar programs in several other states
February 10, 2022
Virginia Thomas
A delay in launching a state-run, long-term care insurance program has brought private insurance carriers back into the Washington market. Signed into law last April, the Long-Term Services and Supports Trust Act, also known as the Washington Cares
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Don't become 'house poor' in overheated market

Some seeking to purchase homes might best wait for market to cool down
January 27, 2022
Sarah Carlson
Real estate has been a hot asset class this past year since the demand is more significant than supply. Prices have been going up, up, up. With interest rates still low and lending so easy, it has helped to fuel this hot real estate market.
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Wage-price spiral could extend risk of inflation

'Excessively easy money' has fueled higher costs
January 27, 2022
Shawn Narancich
Trillions of dollars in new central bank and federal government stimulus added to an economy already recovering from the lockdown-induced stupor of COVID-19-produced skyrocketing corporate profits and a hat trick for equity investors in 2021.
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Higher loans rates could hurt small Inland Northwest businesses

Some worry about effects of hikes; others point out they're still historically low
January 27, 2022
Karina Elias
Bankers in Spokane haven't noticed a sharp change in behavior from prospective borrowers, panicked by the looming threat of rising interest rates set to occur in 2022, but say they are keeping a constant eye on rising rates and anticipating the needs
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Housing affordability becomes greater concern in rising mortgage rate environment

Climbing costs might not have immediate impact on residential market
January 27, 2022
Erica Bullock
Some real estate professionals here say anticipated increases in mortgage interest rates this year could price median-income homebuyers out of the market, while others say they don't anticipate immediate widespread disruption in the current market.
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Equitability still sought in commercial lending

Minority-owned concerns often lack capital access, some observers here say
January 27, 2022
Virginia Thomas
To serve minority-owned businesses seeking commercial loans more equitably, financial institutions should update lending guidelines, increase awareness of available loans, and serve in a mentorship capacity, some business owners and community observers
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Liberty Mutual to reduce Inland Northwest footprint in work-from-home shift

Work-from-home shift prompts insurer to shed 100K-plus square feet
January 27, 2022
Erica Bullock
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. plans to shed more than 100,000 square feet of office space in Liberty Lake this year as a portion of the company's 1,150-person workforce here shifts to working from home permanently.
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