Our industry is under attack: Mortgage Interest Deduction The proposed White House budget cuts call for taxpayers in the 33 percent and 35 percent tax brackets to be limited in deducting charitable contributions and mortgage interest payments at the 28 percent rate. The deduction would affect households with taxable income of $250,000 or more. GSE [...]
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Is Your Livelihood Worth $99?
Posted in Politics, tagged RPAC on February 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
NAR Summit
Posted in Politics, Positive Economic News, Real Estate Education, tagged Alan Greenspan, Making Home Affordable, NAR Summit, RE MAX, RE MAX Alegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, Robert Reich, Ron Insana, Shaun Donovan, Sheila Bair on May 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I attended the NAR Summit on Tuesday in Washington. Here are a few quick highlights: Robert Reich was the keynote speaker for the legislative and political forum. The former US Secretary of Labor described these good signs: – housing market showing signs of improvement – job loss rate dropping – business inventories reducing Reich stated [...]
RE/MAX: Support NAR Stimulus Plan
Posted in Politics, tagged Dave Liniger, NAR Stimulus, National Association of REALTORS, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, Real Estate Stimulus on December 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dave Liniger, co-founder of RE/MAX International, recently requested, via his blog on RE/MAX Mainstreet, ideas on how to stimulate the market. My reply to his question, which was published on his blog, follows: Part of the issue here is everyone seems to think they have the best idea to get us out of this problem. [...]
