Initial claims for unemployment insurance fell by another 6,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday, the second consecutive week at under 300,000 claims and the lowest level in 19 months.
Category: News and Trends
September Existing Home Sales Jump 7%
Existing home sales came roaring back in September, rising by 7 percent with all four regions posting strong monthly gains, the National Association of Realtors reported Thursday.
Bazemore: ‘We Have to Believe It’s Possible’
SAN DIEGO—During her lengthy career in the mortgage industry, Teresa Bryce Bazemore has made a number of career transitions—and understood the importance of staying nimble.
Flex-Office Sector Poised For Growth
CBRE, Dallas, said the flex-office sector is poised to benefit as companies adapt their office portfolios to accommodate more flexible work practices.
mPowering You: Why Not You? Gen. Nadja West on Perseverance and Breaking Boundaries
SAN DIEGO—Gen. Nadja West’s story is one of grit, perseverance, strength and breaking boundaries in the face of adversity.
MBA Elects 2022 COMBOG
The Mortgage Bankers Association announced members of its 2022 Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Board of Governors.
Dealmaker: Avison Young Closes $15M Office Park Sale
Avison Young’s Florida Capital Markets Group closed the $15.1 million sale of Central Corporate Center, a five-building office park in Orlando, Fla.
Mark P. Dangelo: 2022 C-Suite Agendas Meet New Realities
The challenges of the executing against traditional business prescriptions are many—at a minimum due to changes in strategy, personnel, convention, ecosystems, innovations, and cloud (maturity). The accepted top-down agenda setting management theory of academics and consultants constructed in silos of efficiency are being called into question.
mPowering You: Looking Ahead—Knowing Your Value and Asking for What You Want
SAN DIEGO—What is the “new normal” in the workplace?
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“We have to decide more broadly how we think about housing America. It has to be done on a global basis—cities suburbs, rural areas, tribal areas. We want to help people become homeowners, but we don’t want a repeat of what happened during the Great Recession—getting people into homes, only to see them lose those homes.”
–Teresa Bryce Bazemore, President & CEO of the San Francisco Federal Home Loan Bank.