Category: Great Articles
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FHFA Requests Comments on Affordable Housing Program
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced a Request for Comments (RFC) from the public regarding proposed amendments to its regulation on the Federal Home Loan Banks’ Affordable Housing Program (AHP or Program). The deadline for submitting comments has been extended to June 12, 2018.
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Video 1 & Recap: NAWRB Women’s Homeownership Event in Atlanta
On April 11th, 2018, potential homebuyers and real estate professionals gathered at the Roam Perimeter Center in Atlanta, Georgia to attend NAWRB Women’s Homeownership: Pathway to Economic Growth & Wealth event. Attendees received invaluable information about how to serve their female clients and the best approaches for a sustainable brokerage. Read more for highlights from…
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Just Released: NAWRB Magazine sheCENTER(FOLD) Gina Diez Barroso, President & CEO, Grupo Diarq
Women in the Housing & Real Estate Ecosystem (NAWRB) proudly announces the release of Volume 7, Issue 1, Women’s Economic Growth, presenting current issues women face in their professional and personal lives, from gender imbalances in the workplace, changing dynamics in the industry and the struggle to maintain a work-life balance. As our sheCENTER(FOLD), we have…
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Oxnard, CA Event: NAWRB Empowering Women as Homebuyers and Entrepreneurs
NAWRB is hosting an event focused on women’s empowerment in entrepreneurship and homeownership on May 1st in Oxnard, CA, from 6:30- 8:30 PM PST. Attendees will gather in an intimate setting at Rincon Bar Whole Foods to hear expert speakers share how prospective women homebuyers can find resources and how women entrepreneurs looking to build…
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FHFA House Price Index Increases 0.6 Percent in February
In a recent news release, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) revealed that United States house prices in February rose 0.6 percent from the previous month, according to its seasonally adjusted monthly House Price Index (HPI). The previous house price increase in January, at 0.8 percent, has been adjusted to reflect this new finding.
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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: “There’s No Excuse” for Gender Pay Gap
In a recent feature in 60 Minutes of CBS News, Marc Benioff, CEO of tech company Salesforce shares the importance of gender equality in the workplace, and the steps he is taking to make sure the men and women of his 30,000 employees are paid equally for the same work. Thank you to Marcia Davies,…
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NAWRB sheCall Reveals a Neglected Niche in Real Estate
I had the pleasure of interviewing Lori Namazi, Brokerage Risk Management & Operations Consultant of Lori Namazi Real Estate, for the latest NAWRB sheCall: Operations of a Brokerage—Risk Management, on April 18th. In our discussion, Lori reveals how her work focuses on a neglected niche in the real estate industry that deserves our attention.
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NAWRB sheCall: Operations of a Brokerage – Risk Management
Lori Namazi, Brokerage Risk Management & Operations Consultant of Lori Namazi Real Estate, will be featured and interviewed on our NAWRB sheCall: Operations of a Brokerage – Risk Management
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Teresa Palacios Smith Joins NAWRB Diversity & Inclusion Leadership Council — Gino Blefari Video
Women in the Housing and Real Estate Ecosystem (NAWRB) announces the addition of Teresa Palacios Smith, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion, HSF Affiliates LLC, to its Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Council (NDILC). The Council, founded in 2015, helps raise the number of C-suite women, increase women’s employment at all levels and advance women’s economic…
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Construction Sector and Florida Led 2016 Employment Growth
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released a tip sheet from the 2016 County Business Patterns (CBP), showing an overall growth in employment from 2015 to 2016. Among its highlights, the construction sector led with the highest rate of employment growth, at 5 percent, while Florida had the largest percentage increase in first quarter employment, also…