If You Want More Business, Just Ask
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It’s as simple as getting on the horn, offering an update and asking for referrals
Keep Clients Safe in a Hot Housing Market
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Contingency waivers are becoming more common and raising the risk for homebuyers
The Market You Need to Reach
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Next Generation Z is coming of age and will soon be a homebuying force
Small Business, Big Deals
Connect to a warehouse line of credit to own, and grow, your business
Good Works
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The mortgage industry gives back to its communities
Saleem Ali, Arcus VA Mortgage
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For Saleem Ali, president and CEO of Arcus VA Mortgage, the introduction to the real estate finance industry was a sudden one. He was working in a different sales-based position with working hours of 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. He didn’t feel fully rewarded, so after a year and half, he let the company know […]
Steve Holden, Fannie Mae
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Rent history may nudge some applicants into homeownership
Residential Spotlight: Texas
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Everything got bigger in Texas over the past decade.
Escalating material costs put squeeze on home construction
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For many years, it has been widely reported that the U.S. isn’t building enough homes to meet buyer demand and that the cost of construction materials is a major factor that contributes to the production lag. The good news is that one of the largest costs in home construction — softwood lumber — saw a […]
The Last Link in the Chain
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Industrial facilities to help speed products to consumers are hot investment commodities