Washington, D.C. – January 7, 2014 (Realtor.org) New mortgage lending rules to protect consumers from risky loan products will take effect this Friday, and Realtors® will be on the front lines as homebuyers access safer mortgages that meet strong underwriting standards, said Consumer Financial Pr
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01/29/2014
Source: RISMedia – Freddie Mac recently released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing average fixed mortgage rates continuing to edge higher as we enter the new year. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 4.53 percent with an average 0.8 point for the week
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01/27/2014
Seattle, WA – Jan. 3, 2014 (PRNewswire) Redfin (www.redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage, today released its latest survey of real estate agents. Data was collected from December 12 through December 14, and reflects responses from 468 Redfin real estate agents in 22 major met
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01/22/2014
Dallas, TX – Dec. 30, 2013 (PRNewswire) Job growth, particularly in lower paying jobs, population growth and relatively low home prices are factors making investments in single family homes as rental properties a nearly risk-free opportunity in some markets, while other markets still pose signifi
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01/15/2014
One year ago, Abha Dawesar was living in blacked-out Manhattan post-Sandy, scrounging for power to connect. The experience left her asking a question; have our lives now become fixated on the drive to digitally connect? In the following TED video Dawesar states: "The self as we once knew it no lo
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01/06/2014
A picture tells a thousand words or so they say :) In the this case the pictures highlight the huge difference in Cheryl Ritchie’s (Southern Maryland Real Estate) email signature. This is the before shot: Signature Before And here is the after: Signature After To see Cheryl’s Digital Identity Web
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01/06/2014
Whenever I meet someone in business environment I normally go through the tradition of exchanging business cards. I later create a contact record in Outlook for that person and throw their business card in the trash. But with the following, very creative, business cards I don’t know that I could
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01/06/2014
