Category: Housing
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New Plan To Bolster Affordable Housing In NYC
Last month, we wrote a blog on New York’s growing number of zombie properties and what the New York Attorney General planned to do about it. Here is an update on the state of housing of NYC as we discuss the mayor’s plan to make housing more affordable for NYC residents.
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MIT Announces Real Estate Finance and Development Certificate
MIT has announced a summer certificate program for individuals in the real estate industry. The private research university is collaborating with the MIT Center for Real Estate to create the program.
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Expanded NY Legislation to Hinder "Zombie Properties"
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced on Monday his plan to resubmit an expanded bill that would hinder the proliferation of ‘zombie properties.’ The term ‘zombie properties’ refers to properties that have been abandoned by their owners, most often because of foreclosure, and are in disrepair.
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Expanded NY Legislation to Hinder “Zombie Properties”
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced on Monday his plan to resubmit an expanded bill that would hinder the proliferation of ‘zombie properties.’ The term ‘zombie properties’ refers to properties that have been abandoned by their owners, most often because of foreclosure, and are in disrepair.
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2014 Florida Realtors Conference
The focus of the 2014 Florida Realtors Conference was productivity, profitability, and professionalism for the more than 2,500 Realtors® that attended in Orlando. In addition to informative training sessions and countless networking opportunities, the conference included a lively Carnaval theme with a concert series that had bodies moving and hands clapping. Attendees had the opportunity…
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Rule Tomorrow by Embracing Technology Today
A day is made up of seconds, minutes, and hours. Today means yesterday is forever gone. It’s the most fundamental part of life and entirely up to us, as real estate professionals, to determine what we do with the amount we’ve been given. Real estate technology innovators are pioneering new ways for us to be…
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Successful Launch of the Women in Housing
The National Association of Women in Real Estate Businesses (NAWRB) in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Santa Ana District Office presented the Women in Housing Financial Fitness Road Show this month at the Lutron Experience Center in Irvine, CA. NAWRB’s Inaugural Women in Housing Financial Fitness Road Show is a first-of-its-kind, breakthrough…
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Emerging Mortgage Trends of 2014
It’s no secret that trends within the mortgage and lending industries can fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter. Countless factors such as the economy, new legislation, and changing demographics can impact these shifts. With the ever-changing financial landscape, we have pinpointed the most current and prevalent mortgage and lending trends of 2014. Mortgage Volume Drops…
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Policy Prescriptions to Assist Women Entrepreneurs
Does the name Alice Paul ring a bell? Alice Paul led the effort to give women the right to vote. She raised money for the cause, led a group of White House protesters known as the Silent Sentinels, was imprisoned three times, force-fed raw eggs when she staged a hunger strike, and kept the pressure…
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Diversity in the Housing Market
Diversity in the housing market is a broad topic, and one with many avenues to venture down. There is a range of buyers and sellers and there always will be. Further, there are an equal number of products for those same buyers/sellers as well. Over the last few years it went from homeowners to…