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http://www.cnbc.com/id/101276543 Looking to play the rental market? Blackstone wants you Published: Monday, 16 Dec 2013 | 3:23 PM ET By: Diana Olick | CNBC Real Estate Reporter It is yet another step in the evolution of the single-family rental market: a new lending platform by one of the biggest names in the trade, Blackstone Group. After investing close to $7 billion in rental properties through its Invitation Homes unit, Blackstone is offering cash to smaller investors wanting to get into the game. The firm is in the closing process on the first deals.

USA Today: Low mortgage rates are nice if you can get 'em By Diana Olick, CNBC.com 2011.10.15 08:07 AM For weeks now we've been touting new record-low rates on 15- and 30-year fixed mortgages.

Home Sales Fall on Credit, Cancellations, Confidence Published: Thursday, 18 Aug 2011 | 10:51 AM ET By: Diana Olick CNBC Real Estate Reporter July's existing home sales, which represent contract closings, came in well below expectations of a two to three percent gain, falling 3.5 percent month to month.