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• Capitol Hill Update: NAR’s 2016 Political Advocacy Efforts

  17-12-2016 06:04
  
  The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) works diligently on a legislative and regulatory agenda that encourages a sound and robust U.S. real estate market and protects the business interests of consumers as well as REALTORS®. In 2016, significant accomplishments included:
  New FHA Condo Policies Signed into Law; Rural Housing Service Loans StreamlinedFollowing intense efforts, including a Call for Action that generated nearly 280,000 letters to the Senate and thousands of Capitol Hill
  
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• Builders Put Stock in Trump as Confidence Inflates to 2005 High

  17-12-2016 06:03
  
  Home builders’ confidence in the housing market inflated to its highest reading in the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) since July 2005, indicating a renewed sense of optimism after the results of the election. The Index now reads 70.
  “This notable rise in builder sentiment is largely attributable to a post-election bounce, as builders are hopeful that President-Elect Trump will follow through on his pledge to cut burdensome regulati
  
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• The Most Important Customer? Your Agent

  17-12-2016 06:02
  
  In the following interview, Jennifer Atkisson-Lovett, broker/owner, RE/MAX of Stuart in Martin County and St. Lucie, Fla., discusses her philosophy when it comes to attracting, coaching and retaining her agents.
  Years in Real Estate: 21
  Region Served: Martin County and St. Lucie, Fla.
  Average Market Time: 76 days
  Number of Offices: 2
  Number of Agents: 54
  RE/MAX credits you with leading the top-producing brokerage in Martin County. Tell us about your experience at the helm of RE/MAX of Stuart.Jen
  
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• John Reinhardt: Keeping Business on the Cutting-Edge

  17-12-2016 06:01
  
  Following in his dad’s footsteps, John Reinhardt has spent the last 38 years involved in the real estate business, rising to president and CEO of Fillmore Real Estate in 2001.
  “My dad gave me a birthday card and a real estate application,” Reinhardt recalls of his 18th birthday. “I went to St. John’s University and was going to be a lawyer, but my dad asked who would take over the company since both my brothers were lawyers. So I went into real estate, and I’v
  
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• Former GulfSouth Private Bank executives charged with bank, TARP fraud

  17-12-2016 00:04
  
  The former president and vice president of a failed bank are facing a series of charges stemming from a scheme that led to GulfSouth Private Bank receiving $7.5 million from the Troubled Asset Relief Program before the bank failed.
  
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