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June 13 Deadline Looms For Pennsylvania Consumer Notice

HARRISBURG PA – The Big Switch starts next Saturday (June 13, 2009) for real estate licensees in Pennsylvania. That’s when a new Consumer Notice, required by the Pennsylvania State Real Estate Commission to be distributed by agents and brokers to their clients and potential clients, goes into effect. After that date, experts say, distributing any …

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Permission Marketing, Not Spamming, Grows Relationships

NEWTOWN SQUARE PA – The e-mail message that arrived Saturday morning (May 30, 2009) carried a seductive subject line, one sure to impress real estate agents hungry for sales. “The process to growing your business online,” it cooed, “starts with selective e-mail marketing.” The Taylors SC-based company that sent it followed up in the remainder …

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Asian-Americans Looking For Service From Brokers And Agents

The study, released Nov. 8, 2004, by UCLA’s Asian American Studies Center and titled “Dispelling the Model Minority Myth,” shows the real estate industry needs specialized programs “designed to reach this under-served population,” says San Francisco Realtor John Yen Wong. Wong is president of the Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA), which commissioned the …

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Will Comptroller Office Let Banks ‘Sneak’ Into Real Estate?

WASHINGTON DC – The National Association of Realtors, which has long opposed moves by bankers to sell real estate, says select lenders may soon be able to enter the business thanks to a new ruling by the federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). A division of the U.S. Treasury, the office adopted …

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