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• Report: Homeowners in Negative Equity Are Treading Water

  11-03-2017 06:05
  
  More than one million homeowners with negative equity came up from under the surface in 2016, but some are still treading water, according to Zillow’s recently released 2016 Q4 Negative Equity Report. Just 10.5 percent of homeowners now owe more on their mortgage than the value of their home, a dip from 13.1 percent in 2015. Over half of those homeowners, however, owes 20 percent or more of their home’s value—and will continue underwater for some time, says Dr. Svenja Gudell, c
  
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• Leadership and Culture Put Success on Fast Forward

  11-03-2017 06:04
  
  Eli Tene and his partner Gil Priel brought more than 20 years of experience in business and real estate to the venture they launched almost a year-and-a-half ago, CENTURY 21 Peak. With both residential and commercial divisions serving L.A. and its surrounding areas, an entrepreneurial spirit drives CENTURY 21 Peak’s Google-esque, high-tech, millennial-friendly company. And the formula works: Within four months of opening, the firm almost doubled its size and volume. Here, Tene, managing di
  
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• Listing Mastery: 7 Secrets to Working with High-Net-Worth Clients

  11-03-2017 06:03
  
  What: RISMedia’s ACE Webinar Series – “Listing Mastery: 7 Secrets to Working with High-Net Worth Clients”
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  Who: Featuring Anthony Marguleas, owner of Amalfi Estates; Julie Toon Timms, broker in charge of Hilton Head Island Real Estate Brokers, Inc.; Patrick Hagen, regional business development manager of The Entrust Group; moderated by Cleve GaddisRegister now!
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• Mortgage Rates Hit Year-High before Fed Decision

  11-03-2017 06:02
  
  Thirty-year fixed mortgage rates on average hit a year-high this week ahead of the Federal Reserve’s decision on the key interest rate, increasing to 4.21 percent, according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®). Fifteen-year mortgage rates, at the same time, increased to 3.42 percent, while 5-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable mortgage rates increased to 3.23 percent.
  Mortgage rates and the Treasury yield have uncharacteristically diverged in recent w
  
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• New Features Make NAR’s Online Member Center Better Than Ever

  11-03-2017 06:01
  
  The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) continuously works to offer extensive tools and resources to member brokers and their agents. Now, NAR has made it even easier to take advantage of all these benefits, and more, via a redesigned online Member Center.
  With enhanced navigation features and integration of databases throughout the organization, the new Member Center (MemberCenter.NAR.realtor) puts everything at your fingertips, making it easy for you and your agents to learn about upco
  
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