Category: Great Articles
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Sharon Asar, Deputy Ombudsman, CFPB Ombudsman’s Office
Discover resources offered by the CFPB Ombudsman’s Office for women-owned and small businesses from Sharon Asar, Deputy Ombudsman, CFPB Ombudsman’s Office! Dial in: 949-209-6642 | RSVP to info@www.nawrb.com fifth annual report | webpage | blog The annual report includes: o The first two sections, which include newly designed materials to inform our stakeholders about…
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Top California Banks’ Minority and Women Contracting
A new report from the Greenlining Institute, Supplier Diversity Report: Banks Still Struggle to Contract with Diverse Businesses, finds that eight of the largest California banks by deposit market share continue doing minimal contracting with women and minorities. The eight studied banks were Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, Union Bank, US Bank,…
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Maximize Mortgage Applications with Women Clients
Home prices are the highest they’ve been since July 2006, appreciating 5.5 percent annually in September, according to the recently released S&P Case-Shiller index. Sellers are enjoying ideal conditions: rising prices, limited home inventory and low mortgage rates combining to create healthy competition for available properties. Buyers rarely secure their preferred home, and sellers have…
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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…