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January 31, 2023
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REALTORS® mourn death of NAR leader Margo Wheeler
Margo Wheeler (National Association of REALTORS®)
Tributes continue to pour in for NAR's vice president of association affairs, who is remembered for lifting others on their leadership journey.
Full Story: REALTOR® Magazine (1/30) 
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Best Practices in Sales & Marketing
It might be time for a bit of self-coaching. Honest reflection is a great way to assess where you're at, where you want to be and how to get there. It also shows you where you're killing it!
Full Story: REALTOR® Magazine/The Lounge (1/18) 
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Brokers say the key is to let agents with special skillsets and business models know you have what they need.
Full Story: REALTOR® Magazine (1/18) 
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Worried about what to say if a clients asks how long you've been in the real estate business? Fall back on your status as a REALTOR® to prove your value. Listen to Drive With NAR.
Full Story: REALTOR® Magazine (1/17) 
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Real Estate Trends
Single women are embracing homeownership, buying homes at higher rates than male peers despite earning less money, according to an analysis of Census data by LendingTree.
Full Story: CBS News (1/30) 
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Designer Lauren Robbins pursued a symmetrical layout for a homeowner whose living room needed to feel inviting to his family and to short-term renters.
Full Story: The Wall Street Journal (1/26) 
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Technology & Innovations
Venture capital firm Fifth Wall sees technology as transforming real estate in a range of ways covering everything from "leasing, asset-management software, fintech, mortgages, operating systems, keyless entry," says founder Brendan Wallace. "The core focus is simply that you have this industry that has been so slow and late to adopt technology that's now starting to do so, and as it does, it's creating all this value," Wallace says.
Full Story: TechCrunch (tiered subscription model) (1/27) 
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Fair & Equitable Housing
Somerville, Mass., is working to make it easier for residents to participate in its Inclusionary Housing Program through a new consolidated waitlist. The list will enable one application to cover new vacancies.
Full Story: WBUR-FM (Boston) (1/30) 
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Legislation & Regulation
It is widely expected that the Federal Reserve will increase interest rates by a quarter point at a meeting this week, and the markets will scrutinize Chair Jerome Powell's comments about what will happen next. Data suggests the economy and pace of inflation are slowing, but the labor market remains resilient.
Full Story: U.S. News & World Report (1/30) 
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Major banks are adding to their reserves to cover loan losses and becoming more stringent with lending requirements as delinquency rates on loans and credit cards are increasing. "I think there are certainly a lot of concerns about what may come with the economy and the potential for a recession in 2023," said Discover CEO Roger Hochschild.
Full Story: The Wall Street Journal (1/30) 
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