Month: November 2016
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A Women Buyer’s Market is Coming
Appreciating housing prices and limited inventory levels have a created an ideal market for sellers, who often receive multiple bids for their homes. But how long will this last?
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Help Your Community on Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday, celebrated the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, is a global movement dedicated to giving back. From random acts of kindness to food drives and donations to nonprofits, today is a day to appreciate your community and help others. Last year, charity donations on Giving Tuesday totaled over $117 million in over 70 countries and…
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Happy Thanksgiving from NAWRB!
The NAWRB team would like to wish you and your loved ones a happy Thanksgiving filled with laughter, food and good cheer! With our busy lives and careers, we sometimes forget how lucky we are to be able to spend time with our family and friends. It is not often that families have the…
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Dedication to Diversity and Inclusion Results in Change
NAWRB’s dedication to women’s diversity and inclusion (D&I) aligns us with companies and organizations with corporate social responsibility. Equally important to internal D&I culture is collaboration between businesses and industries to embrace diversity. One organic result from implementing D&I as a fundamental tenet in the American workplace is bottom line growth.
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Housing Starts Soar, Millennials Jump In
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, new home starts and permits for construction increased in October, marking an end to previously mild upsurges and an indicator that buying activity could be warming up. Housing starts jumped 25.5 percent in October—the highest pace since August 2007—to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.323 million, the Commerce…
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Personal Interview: Kelle Nolan
1. What do you enjoy doing when you’re out of the office and work isn’t on your mind? What I most enjoy doing is spending time with my husband and our two dogs. We enjoy being outdoors and going for walks. I enjoy crafting, scrapbooking, and anything that has to do with being creative. These…
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Attention All The Single Ladies: 5 Ways To Help You Become a Homeowner
Despite the pay gap, women are increasingly becoming financial powerhouses. Case in point: they now control 51 percent of American wealth, totaling some $14 trillion in assets. One of the ways they’re using those assets to their advantage? Home buying. According to the latest data from Ellie Mae, women are the primary borrowers on 32…
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Recognizing the Importance of Small Businesses
The 30 million small businesses in the U.S. are the backbone of our economy and should remain a top priority at all times. Challenged by factors from big company competition to the new Department of Labor (DOL) overtime eligibility rule, small businesses often face the threat of being eradicated.
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Dimmed Lights in Economic Crystal Balls
The effect of Donald Trump’s administration on our economy and housing market is approaching, and at the epicenter of several news outlets and economic reflections is the possibility of the gargantuan unknown. Some economists are predicting an economic downturn while others affirm that until measures are taken, we remain in the dark.