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REALTORS® CONFERENCE & EXPO UPDATE
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Watch the NAR 360 Session
The NAR 360 session highlights key issues of the association and the industry and also identifies the must attend meetings during the week.
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REALTORS® Relief Foundation
Andrea Bushnell, Esq., CEO of NC REALTORS®, talked about the impact Hurricane Matthew had on the state of North Carolina and how the REALTORS® Relief Foundation is helping affected communities at the NAR 2016 Conference. Hurricane Matthew caused more than $10 billion in damages and tore through the southeastern United States as the first Category 5 hurricane in almost a decade.
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The Patriot Program
The Patriot Program is an all-new platform designed to help REALTORS reach and serve military and veteran home buyers and sellers. The Patriot Program, from VA Loan Captain, brings REALTORS into the fight to find homes for those who have bravely served ours. This first-ever platform provides REALTORS and veterans with the resources they need to successfully navigate the VA loan process.
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First-time Buyers, Single Women Gain Traction in NAR's 2016 Buyer and Seller Survey
The quickening pace of home sales over the past year included a small rebound from two key segments of buyers who have been missing in action in recent years: first-time buyers and single women. This is according to the National Association of Realtors' annual Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers.
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Steady She Goes: U.S. Housing on Improving Track
Three more states have entered historic benchmark levels of housing activity, Freddie Mac reports: Alabama, Indiana and New Jersey. Their movement has contributed to a national Multi-Indicator Market Index® (MiMi®) value of 85.7, which denotes a market on the outer edge of its historic benchmark level overall. "Housing markets are on track for their best year in a decade, and that's reflected in MiMi," says Len Kiefer, Freddie Mac's deputy chief economist.
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NORTHERN NEW JERSEY YPNs INVITE YOU...
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TUESDAY IS ELECTION DAY!
GO OUT AND VOTE
Voting is a right and a responsibility. It gives you a chance to choose your government leaders.
It serves as a platform that allows you to express your satisfaction or dissatisfaction with those is office. Voting gives you a voice on how your community, state, and country are run.
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Federal Policy Issues Update
Jerry Giovaniello, NAR Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Chief Lobbyist, kicked off the Federal Policy Update for a room full of policy geeks showing a chart on predictions for the upcoming elections stating that we could "change the outcome of these polls almost hourly!" He said we face a perfect storm as our government looks at tax reform, restructuring Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and flood insurance.
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Prempoint Provide Realtors Next-Gen Keyless Access Control to Eradicate Lockbox Issues
Prempoint Inc. launched at the NAR Conference & Expo, this week, the integration of its real-time messaging and access control app with Schlage Control Smart Locks that eradicates security problems inherent to all lockboxes. The Prempoint app, gives realtors and property managers a keyless access management system to securely control access to listings, rentals or vacation properties.
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Send Smarter Emails
Email is still an effective marketing tool for reaching prospects and staying in touch with past clients. But the trick is remaining relevant to your contacts. That's why you have to get personal. These six tips will keep your contacts engaged with your email marketing campaigns.
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COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
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Help Families in Need This Thanksgiving!
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Collections to Help Bergen County Residents this Fall/Winter
- Gently worn men and women's professional clothing & accessories for the Women's Rights Information Center & H.O.P.E - Contact Gerda Butt at [email protected]
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The Meadowlands Basket Brigade is looking for donations for baskets.
They will be accepting donations until Thursday, November 17th. Just $45 will pay for all contents in one basket including a 10 lb. turkey, stuffing, potatoes, gravy, corn, green beans, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, a pumpkin pie, juice boxes, tangerines, brownie mix, Hershey kisses, fresh rolls and butter. Each meal is assembled by volunteers and anonymously delivered on the weekend before Thanksgiving.
If you are interested in volunteering please contact Nicole Vignola at
[email protected]
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Re-launch of realtor.com® Expands Options for Listings Exposure
Realtor.com made some exciting announcements in Orlando at the REALTORS® Conference & Expo today! Five years ago, they launched the realtor.com/international web site with about 800,000 listings from 11 countries, with translation, currency conversion, and measurement unit conversion features. Today, the site now boasts 4.5 million listings from over 70 countries, and is still growing.
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The CQ Advantage - A New Way to Engage the Conversation Around Diversity!
Cultural intelligence can be defined as the capacity to adjust and adapt across differences. It has emerged as leading form of practical intelligence in an era where global effectiveness requires us to be effective adapters in situations or with people whose way of life or thinking may not be familiar to us.
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