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• HomeStreet appoints Mark R. Patterson to board of directors

  25-01-2018 23:51
  
  HomeStreet, the parent company of HomeStreet Bank, announced Thursday it has appointed Mark R. Patterson to the board of directors for both the company and the bank. Patterson will also serve as a member of HomeStreet Bank’s finance committee, as well as the enterprise risk management committee for its parent company.
  
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• Amazon Closes In: What HQ2 Means for Housing in the Top 20

  25-01-2018 22:07
  Amazon is a step closer to finalizing its HQ2 plans, having narrowed its sights on the top 20 contenders after receiving over 230 proposals from across North America. While the winning city could be any one of the short-list nominees, Amazon has made one thing clear: It is looking to build HQ2 away from the West Coast, which currently houses its principal headquarters in Seattle, Wash. Although Los Angeles is still in the realm of possibility after making Amazon’s top 20 list, most of the
  
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• Brokers: Prove Your Value – Take RISMedia’s 30th Annual Power Broker Survey

  25-01-2018 22:03
  In a time of heightened competition from new business models and outside disruptors, brokers have an opportunity to solidify their standing in the marketplace by participating in RISMedia’s 30th Annual Power Broker Survey, the real estate industry’s longest-running, most widely-read ranking of the nation’s top residential real estate brokerage firms. The 2018 Power Broker Survey ranks firms by residential sales volume and closed transactions for 2017. The deadline to complete t
  
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• New-Home Sales Sink in December

  25-01-2018 22:00
  New-home sales sank in December, with sales of new, single-family homes down 9.3 percent to 625,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The average new-home sales price was $398,900, while the median was $335,400. New-home listing inventory was 295,000—5.7-months supply.
  “December’s drop in new-home sales was not unexpected,” says Joseph Kirchner, senior economist at realtor.com®. “After sales skyrocket
  
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• Protecting Privacy Is Good for Business

  25-01-2018 00:00
  National Cyber Security Alliance encourages all businesses to create a culture of respecting privacy, safeguarding data, and enabling trust.
  
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