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Keeping It Real - The MAR Report - Feb 13, 2008
2/13/08 - Episode 8
February 13, 2008
 
This edition of Keeping it Real: The MAR Report is sponsored by:
 

Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

 

 


Keeping it Real: The MAR Report - #8: February 13, 2008 – Run Time: Approx. 40 min



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Part 1: Updates
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New England REALTOR® Conference - March 2-4 at the Charles Hotel, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass.  Click here for more information and to register.

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MAR’s member Technology Helpline.  Don’t forget to take advantage of this free member benefit.

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MAR Website contest is open for entries.

Part 2: News
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MAR releases results from 2007 Massachusetts Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers.  Click here for news release and links to report.

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Congress passes economic stimulus package which includes increase in FHA, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loan limits.  Click here to see what NAR has to say about it.
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Countrywide extends program to help subprime borrowers. Click here for Countrywide / ACORN news release.
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Coldwell Banker survey reveals kids and adults agree on what makes the “American Dream”.

Part 2: Features

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Kathleen Connolly from MassHousing, the state’s affordable housing bank, discusses the free webinars that MassHousing is hosting for Realtors® in March.  The webinars will give Realtor® members information on the complete range of MassHousing loan products for first-time home buyers.  To sign up for a free webinar, which are being held every Wednesday in March, contact Kathleen Connolly at KConnolly@masshousing.com or via phone at 617-854-1348.

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Robert Kutner, a partner at the law firm of Casner & Edwards, and MAR’s outside legal counsel for the past 30 years, discusses the recent appeals decision in the Quinlan-Clasby case and what it means for Realtors®.

Part 3: Five Questions With...
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Five Questions With... Jack Peckham, Executive Director of the Real Estate Cyberspace Society, Founder of National Real Estate Cyber Convention and Exposition, and former MAR President.




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