Tag: great articles
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The 29th California Women’s Conference
The Color Guard by The Sunburst Youth Academy opened the 29th California Women’s Conference with an exciting show at the Long Beach Convention Center. Each year, the conference gathers talented performers, doctors, successful entrepreneurs, and many more to provide an unparalleled experience for attendees. From entertainment, to financial seminars and health talks, the conference had…
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The Dodd-Frank Primer
It is no doubt that the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is the most comprehensive financial regulatory reform measure to be executed since The Great Depression. While the comprehensive bill consists of sixteen titles, with numerous provisions spelled out over thousands of pages, herein is an attempt to summarize key points, for…
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REOMAC 2014 Annual Education Summit and Expo
Change, connection, and collaboration were the themes of this year’s spring REOMAC® annual education conference, held at the JW Marriott Desert Springs in Palm Desert, Calif. REOMAC® is a non-profit trade association serving the mortgage default servicing industry nationwide for over twenty-five years. “REOMAC® has a long tradition of holding conferences in Palm Desert,” said…
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The Borrower Effect: Impacts & Implications of 2014 Loan Limits
The Great Depression left the United States with widespread unemployment and financial collapse. Two million construction workers were out of work. Home mortgages were typically short-term loans that were limited to 50% LTV. In 1934, the National Housing Act created the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to improve housing conditions and provide a more accessible housing…
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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…
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In Which Dimension is Credit Constrained?
The year 2014 is sure to be another eventful one in mortgage finance. A litany of new regulations are prepared to be implemented, the economy is projected to improve, driving mortgage rates higher, and demand to refinance loans is expected to decline further. The overall size of the mortgage market, in dollar terms, is anticipated…
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New Program Offers Peer Support for Women
It has long been said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. At City of Hope, researchers are implementing this concept of imitation—of making one thing similar to another—in a leading-edge approach to treating difficult cancers. City of Hope’s new chief of surgery and an enthusiastic researcher, Yuman Fong, M.D., has been developing a…
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How Businesses Can Incorporate the Sharing Economy for Higher Success
If you’re not already aware, the sharing economy is picking up speed. The sharing economy is a peer-to-exchange of goods and services, in which citizens rent or share resources. Companies involved in the sharing economy include Airbnb—where a host rents out part of his or her home to someone looking for a temporary place to…
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Exercise: Tackle Your Busy Schedule With Renewed Energy
Being a successful woman in the real estate industry means your days are most likely hectic and stressful. The last thing you probably want to do is go to the gym. If you can motivate yourself to go, you may end up on the treadmill the entire time because the weight area intimidates you and/or…