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David H. Stevens, CMB, President and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), today announced the appointment of Lionel Lynch as Vice President of Strategic Member Relations, which became effective March 1, 2016.

Goodwill invites community members to participate in the fifth Annual Power of Work Awards luncheon on April 20th, 2016 showcasing those in the Kansas City Metro who illuminate our local community one life, one job, and one opportunity at a time.

Your company's participation in the 2016 NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Compensation Survey will help shape the future of commercial real estate. Survey respondents at the overall company level will receive a complimentary electronic copy of the full comprehensive survey report – a $1,700 value!

Rapid growth in the clean energy sector has placed exciting yet daunting challenges on employers, employees and the workforce development infrastructure. The evolution of quality credentials has been critical to the young industry’s development, including consumer confidence. However, in the kaleidoscope of rapidly changing job roles and clean energy technology, traditional, full-scope worker certification schemes are not always meeting the needs of employers to recruit and promote personnel with the required blend of validated skills

The Alliance to Save Energy is proud to jointly announce the recipients of the 2016 Unsung Hero Awardsand the confirmation of four new additions to our Board of Directors, mutually marking the continuing strength of diverse energy efficiency leadership. These energy efficiency trailblazers are collectively providing indispensable guidance for the energy efficiency industry, and deserve recognition for their efforts in helping transition the U.S. to a modern energy economy.

This week, the National Institute of Building Sciences and its Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Education Program rolled out a new Building Sciences Career Center at www.wbdg.org/BuildingSciencesCareerCenter on the WBDG Whole Building Design Guide® to help inspire high school students to become interested in a career in the building industry.

Register today! The 2016 NCHV Annual Conference - A New Beginning: Building Blocks of a Post-Plan Era will take place June 1-3 at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C. This year's Conference will be an important turning point as we take the momentum and energy of the Five-Year Plan and leverage it into a new era for homeless veteran services, where funcational zero is the minimum accepted level of services available that will be reached by communities, cities, and states across the country.

Today the DC Open Doors single family mortgage program adds two additional options to its portfolio with the introduction of the Freddie Mac HFA Advantage Program and Freddie Mac HFA Advantage Program with DPAL (Down Payment Assistance Loan of 3 percent). The addition of these new home loan offerings brings the number of mortgage options (FHA with or without DPAL and FHA Preferred with or without DPAL) available through DC Open Doors to six.

For the third consecutive year, Kum & Go convenience stores and Habitat for Humanity are partnering on a national campaign that features a corporate donation and in-store fundraising during the month of March. Through their donations, Kum & Go customers will help select a community in which Kum & Go will sponsor the construction of a new Habitat home

Nearly All Private Segments Recorded Robust 12-Month Gains as Total Spending Reaches Seven-Year High; Favorable Weather Compared to January 2015 May Have Contributed to Outsized Jump in Highway Spending

Hundreds of cleaners, handypersons, security officers, residential building service workers who are members of 32BJ; 32BJ President Hector Figueroa; Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer; City Council bill sponsor Robert Cornegy and cosponsors Daneek Miller, Corey Johnson, Antonio Reynoso, Ben Kallos and Barry

The U.S. Supreme Court today denied the request of the American Farm Bureau Federation and its allies to take up their case challenging the legality of the Chesapeake Bay clean-up plan known as the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint. That decision means that the ruling of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals will stand. That unanimous ruling found that EPA did not exceed its authority and that the efforts to restore local rivers, streams, and the Chesapeake Bay are entirely legal.

John T. Mechem, spokesman for the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), issued the following statement today in response to letters sent today by the National Legal and Policy Center

Life Reimagined, a non-profit subsidiary of AARP, today announced a new collaboration with Dr. Phil McGraw, marking the first time Dr. Phil’s approach to helping people reflect, evaluate priorities and take action to live their best lives, is available in a customized, interactive digital platform

Retail prescription prices have increased six times faster than the general inflation rate of 1.5%, according to a new AARP Public Policy Institute (PPI) report out today. The average annual cost of prescriptions reached new heights of more than $11,000 which comes out to about 75% of the average annual Social Security benefit.

Following the highest average year for the index in nearly a decade1, pending home sales declined to begin 2016 but remained slightly higher than a year ago, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Only the South saw an uptick in contract activity in January.

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced funding for 11 new projects through the Knight Prototype Fund, which helps people explore early-stage media and information ideas with $35,000 in funding. The awards total $385,000.

The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International’s annual conference, the BOMA International Conference & Expo, has been named one of the fastest growing trade shows by the magazine Trade Show Executive. Bringing together thousands of commercial real estate professionals each year, BOMA’s annual conference offers world-class education sessions, unrivaled networking opportunities and the solutions necessary to meet every market challenge and opportunity. This year’s conference will take place June 25-28 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

A group of nationally renowned land use and urban planning experts has been convened by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) to make recommendations to the City of Dallas regarding strategies for increasing the supply of affordable, workforce, and mixed-income housing in the city. ULI is a global, multidisciplinary research and education institute dedicated to responsible land use and creating thriving and sustainable communities.

A recent study conducted by National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents (NAEBA) shows that Exclusive Buyer Agents on average are more experienced than traditional real estate agents as presented in surveys conducted by the National Association of REALTORS®. In this study in which both NAEBA member and nonmember agents responded, nearly 60% of the respondents had over 20 years of real estate experience while less than 1% had less than two years of experience. The median respondent had 21-25 years of experience.