Daily Mail and General Trust : DMGT Weekly, 26-30 December

Hobsons is discussing the issues facing students during the complex college admissions process, Xceligent is announcing that its open product platform has been integrated into ClientLook and Zoopla is revealing that housebuyers from the north east of the UK are the most likely to find a bargain.

RMS

Trading Risk is discussing the alternative modelling scenarios for hurricane analysis, and also reveals that RMS is expecting its Medium Term Rate hurricane model to show a drop of between 5% and 15% in average anticipated losses. Senior Product Manager Tom Sabbatelli explains that a lack of hurricane formation over the last 5 years suggests that 'potentially the forecast should be decreased below the long-term average.'

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DMG INFORMATION

In the Washington Post, Morton Sherman and Stephen M. Smith, President of Advising and Admissions Solutions at Hobsons, are discussing the issues facing students during the complex college admissions process, and outlining some ways to make the process easier. As well as cost considerations for those on lower incomes, students also have to identify institutions which are a good fit academically, geographically and socially.

Read the full article on washingtonpost.com

SI News is discussing the impact of Brexit on the plans of international students to study in the UK, as more than 100 academic institutions and organisations participate in the #WeAreInternational campaign, aimed at reassuring international students of their valued place within the British education system. Jeremy Cooper, Managing Director of dmgi-owned Hobsons, says: 'international students still represent a significant strategic opportunity for UK universities.'

Read the full article on studyinternational.com

dmgi-owned Xceligent is announcing that its open product platform has been integrated into ClientLook, a client relationship manager solution designed for commercial real estate professionals. The launch is part of Xceligent's ongoing roll-out of its uniquely-designed open source platform, which enables clients and partners to license its comprehensive set of leasing intelligence, marketing tools, sales comps, and research.

Read the full story on xceligent.com

EDR Insight is releasing its market confidence report for the Bay Area, with 85% of due diligence professionals characterising Oakland as a growing market, and 54% saying the same about San Francisco. No survey respondents suggested either city was 'declining' but 46% believe that San Francisco has peaked and is now levelling off. For market outlook, Oakland scored 3.85 and San Francisco scored 3.67 on a scale from 1 (very pessimistic) to 5 (very optimistic).

Read the full story on edrnet.com

DMG EVENTS

Security systems supplier Abloy is celebrating winning the Gaia Award at The Big 5 in Dubai for its range of low energy locks. The Big 5 in Dubai is the largest construction event in the Middle East and the Gaia Awards honour construction equipment and products which have most successfully integrated the concept of moving towards a more sustainable built environment.

Read the full article on sourcesecurity.com

JVS AND ASSOCIATES

Zoopla is revealing that housebuyers from the north east of the UK are the most likely to find a bargain, with a study for the website finding that 33.4% of homes around the UK have had their asking price reduced. Zoopla spokesman Lawrence Hall said that after a year of political and economic upheaval 'the proportion of reduced properties, and their average discount, have remained relatively consistent over the past 12 months.'

Read the full article on itv.com