Category: News
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Seattle to Spend $75 Million on Affordable Housing in 2019
Earlier this week, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced that the city will spend $75 million on affordable housing projects over the next year. The money, drawn from property taxes and real-estate payments, will facilitate the development of about 1,200 new apartments with restricted rent and the preservation of over 200 low-rent homes.
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White House Creates “Opportunity and Revitalization Council” for Opportunity Zones
On Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, the White House announced that it would be exerting more governmental resources to facilitate the development of the Opportunity Zone tax incentive with the establishment of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson will serve as council chair among representatives from…
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Glassdoor Lists Best Places to Work in 2019
Glassdoor.com, a well-known job and recruitment website with company reviews, recently released their list of the top best places to work in 2019. The winners were chosen from a comprehensive analysis of company reviews and rating for quantity, quality and consistency, creating results that truly reflect the opinions of employees based on their experiences. In…
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NAWRB sheCall: Bitcoin & Blockchain —Where it Fits Into the Housing Ecosystem
Mark your calendars for our next sheCall on Wednesday, Dec. 19th, 2018, at 8:30- 9:30 AM PST. Debbie Hoffman, CEO and Co-Founder of Symmetry Blockchain Advisors, and The Visionary Leading Lady of the 2018 NAWRB Roaring Thirty Awards, will be featured and interviewed on our NAWRB sheCall: Bitcoin & Blockchain— Where It Fits Into the…
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NAWRB: Bringing Communities & Industries Together for Greater Social Impact
About NAWRB Women in the Housing & Real Estate Ecosystem (NAWRB) is a leading voice for women focused on advancing gender equality, raising the utilization of women-owned businesses and providing women the tools for economic security, stability and sanctuary. We provide one of the most thorough resources for women in the industry, covering a wide-range…
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NAWRB sheCall: Profile of Single Female Buyers & Sellers on Dec. 12th
Join us for our next sheCall on Wednesday, Dec. 12th, 2018, at 8:30- 9:30 AM PST. Jessica Lautz, Director, Demographics & Behavioral Insights at National Association of REALTORS, will be featured and interviewed on our NAWRB sheCall: Profile of Single Female Buyers & Sellers. To listen, call in at 949-209-6642, and don’t forget to RSVP…
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NAWRB to Discuss Opportunity Zones at DC Finance’s Real Estate Family Office Meeting
NAWRB will attend DC Finance’s Real Estate Family Office Meetings: Opportunity Zones on Wednesday, December 12th, 2018 in New York City. Desiree Patno, CEO & President of NAWRB, and Chair of the event, will host a fireside chat with Chelsea Amelia Cruz, Associate Director of Community Development Finance at Federal Reserve Bank of New York,…
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U.S. Census Bureau Releases Income and Poverty Estimates for States & Counties
The U.S. Census Bureau has recently released their findings on income and poverty estimates for the nation’s states, counties and school districts in the new Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) report. Key findings for the year 2017 are that 11.3 percent of counties had a statistically significant increase in median household income compared…
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OCC Proclaims Dec. 5th as National Day of Mourning for President George H. W. Bush
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released a proclamation to national banks allowing them, under federal law, to close their offices on December 5th, 2018, at their discretion, in any state where the governor has declared a legal holiday honoring the National Day of Mourning for President George H. W. Bush.
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NAWRB to Attend DC Finance’s Florida Family Office & Wealth Management Conference
DC Finance is hosting its annual Florida Family Office and Wealth Management Conference tomorrow, December 4th, in Miami Beach, Florida. Over 150 of the top high net worth individuals and family office executives will be in attendance, allowing attendees the opportunity to interact with the region’s select group of senior investment executives from affluent family…