All posts tagged "politics"
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Politics
Congressional bill killed – will result in major distrust of Realtors
Home buyers get the short end of the stick? UPDATE: bill revived in Congress, may survive after all. The bill to extend...
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Politics
Passage of Health Care, Employment Instability & Real Estate
Health care is in… now what? So health care is now law…..and gosh it sure makes sense doesn’t it? The fines for...
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Politics
NAR did not support or oppose the legislation that was passed in the House.
In an absolutley stunning move, the National Association of REALTORS® (or Realtors as some of it’s members spell it), took a startling position...
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Politics
Why Real Estate Regulation Doesn’t Work
Last week’s post about imagining a world without Government, er, interference in our lives got me to thinking a little. I try...
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Politics
When a Simple Majority Equals Socialism
It seems that the “‘Just Say No’ to Everything” party just can’t seem to get their story straight. First, everything the President...
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Politics
Where’s The Recovery? Discussing the Mess We’re in Today
Growing weary Anyone else growing weary of hearing about how this economic bog we’re in is all W’s fault? Yes, 43 was...
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Politics
Here Comes the Corner – Are You Going To Be Ready?
Are you ready? The market is about to make a significant turn. The disappearance of the housing stimulus is literally two months...
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Opinion Editorials
The Death of Civility. Was It Ever Alive in the First Place?
Maybe it’s the circles I run in. Can You Scream A Little Louder? Lately, I’ve been reading blogs in the RE.net both...
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Politics
Obama Announces $1.5 Billion in Housing Aid – Oh Really?
Not surprising In Las Vegas this Friday, while doing what Obama does best (campaigning), the President announced that “thanks to the leadership...
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Politics
Will This Housing Market Mess Get Fixed?
Where to begin? There are so many people and organizations to thank for continuing to exacerbate this housing mess I’m not sure...
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Politics
So Where Do We Go From Here? Management of Online Risk
Did anyone else get lost? Trying to keep up with the different discussions last weekend basically required one to take notes. For...
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Politics
Obama’s State of the Union – Housing Gets Three Lines in 70 Minutes
Obama’s attempt to reinvigorate the masses Debate the merit of the State of the Union address as you will- some say hooray...
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Housing News
Barney Frank Calls For an End to Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac
Abolishing Fannie & Freddie? Barney Frank (D-MA), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee claims that new legislation is likely to propose...
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Politics
Connecting the Dots – Politics, Real Estate and the Future
Lessons from MA The change in Massachusetts blew through with huge intensity this past week. To be sure there are some very...
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Politics
Scott Brown, Health Care and the NAR
OK. We lost. The “‘Just Say No’ to Everything” party is doing their end zone happy dance all over the media and...
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Politics
The Politics of Giving – Opportunism or Selflessness?
Unless you’ve spent the last week in a cave, you know there are people really hurting not all that far from our...
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Politics
Has the Bar Camp Experience Already Run it’s Course?
The future of bar camps Hard to believe anyone would want to kick you to the curb just after your first birthday....
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Opinion Editorials
Dear Madame President: An Open Letter to Vicki Cox Golder
Dear Vicki (may I call you, Vicki?), I just finished reading the wonderful profile written about you in REALTOR Magazine. As a...
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Housing News
What’s in Store for Technology Policy in 2010?
Please welcome AG’s newest writer, Melanie Wyne who has been a technology policy advocate for nearly a decade. At NAR Melanie’s policy...
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Politics
The National Association of Realtors’ Floundering Media Efforts
Times are changing In the old days we didn’t question much of anything. This is how much it costs for X homes...
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Politics
A Ten Year Old’s 2010 Predictions (List Involves Broken Ankles)
It’s a shame isn’t it? The only real time many of us take to reflect, plan, contemplate and organize seems to be...
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Politics
The Terrorists Have Won
We seem to be focusing on trees - the rare attempted act of terrorism on flights - rather than the forest -...
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Politics
Onward to a New Decade – Predictions for 2010
When the ball came down on Times Sqaure to usher in the new Century we didn’t vaporize as many had thought (remember...
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Politics
It Was The Best of Times, It Was The Worst of Times
From early September of 2008, our country began a ride like we had never seen. Crashing financial markets, staggering housing issues, stock...
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Politics
Being ‘Friended’ by a Politician
I was on Facebook recently, minding my own business (Well, ok, I was minding everyone else’s business. I was on Facebook.) when...
