Category: Great Articles
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Susie J. Lein
Susie J. Lein, Partner Law Offices of Kimball, Tirey & St. John LLP from will be discussing New laws 2016 affecting the rental housing industry.
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Mortgage Applications Fall 3.5 Percent
Mortgage applications decreased 3.5 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending July 29, 2016.
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Rents Rise Faster for Low-End Apartments
Median rent for the least expensive multifamily rental homes is rising faster than median rent overall, and only a small portion of all new apartments is at the low end, according to the latest Zillow® analysis.
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The Many Necessary Steps to Diversity and Inclusion
Diversity and inclusion (D&I) is one of the hottest topics in the housing ecosystem and American workplace as a whole. One of the biggest issues concerning the inclusion of women and minorities is accountability, and the ways in which we can ensure that agencies and companies truly implement D&I into their cultures.
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Women of Influence 2016 – HousingWire recognizes the most influential women in housing
For the sixth time, HousingWire is recognizing women leading out in our industry in mortgage lending, servicing, investing and real estate with our Women of Influence award. Although these 43 women represent a range of occupations within the housing economy, all of them demonstrate leadership that inspires those in their own company, in their communities…
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U.S. Homeownership Rate Decreasing
Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released Residential Vacancies and Homeownership in the Second Quarter 2016 revealing that Americans continue to experience difficulty transitioning into homeownership.
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New Changes to SBA Mentor-Protégé Program
The Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 8(a) Business Development (8(a) BD Mentor-Protégé Program is crafted to enable successful companies to provide “forms of business development assistance” to 8(a) Program Participants. The program’s goal is enhancing the capacity of participants to “be competitive, achieve entrepreneurial success and contribute to the U.S. economy.”
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Commentary: The Historic White House United State of Women Summit
Editorial Note: The following is a commentary written by Desiree Patno, CEO of the National Association of Women in Real Estate Businesses (NAWRB), after attending the first White House summit on The United State of Women last month in Washington, D.C. The White House United State of Women Summit was an incredible high and energizer…
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DOL Proposes Rules Affecting Employee Benefits
On July 21, 2016, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced proposed rules to revise the Form 5500 Annual Return/Report, the main source of information concerning the funding, operation, investments and assets of employee benefit plans.
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Accountability for Women’s Diversity and Inclusion
With the Dodd-Frank’s establishment of the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) for regulated entities in 2010, the movement for equality in the workplace received a significant hoist. The issue then became accountability; how can we ensure the true inclusion of women and minorities?