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Feb 14 2025

Home & Wealth | February 2025

HOW SELLERS CAN USE THEIR EQUITY TO BUY THEIR NEXT HOME     One of the biggest financial advantages of owning a home is the amount of equity you build up over time. This happens as you pay off your mortgage and as your home’s market value may increase. Right now, homeowners across the country …

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Feb 10 2025

Inside Lending | Marketing Snapshot for the Week of February 10, 2025

  QUOTE OF THE WEEK “What’s the use of happiness? It can’t buy you money.”—Henny Youngman, English-born American comedian and musician   NATIONAL MARKET UPDATE Ending the year on a positive note, residential construction spending in December came in 1.5% ahead of the month before. The seasonally adjusted annual rate of $939.5 billion was 6% …

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Feb 3 2025

Inside Lending | Marketing Snapshot for the Week of February 3, 2025

  QUOTE OF THE WEEK “If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done”—Bruce Lee, Hong Kong-American martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and philosopher   NATIONAL MARKET UPDATE New Home Sales rose in December for the second month in a row, a 6.7% year-over-year gain, to their highest level since …

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Jan 27 2025

Inside Lending | Marketing Snapshot for the Week of January 27, 2025

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “What’s another word for Thesaurus?”—Steven Wright, American comedian   NATIONAL MARKET UPDATE Existing Home Sales finished the year up 2.2% in December and up 9.3% for the year—the fastest annual increase since 2021. It was the third straight month of yearly gains, with inventory higher than the same time a year …

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Jan 23 2025

Power Tools | January 2025

4 STEPS TO CREATING A PERSONAL BRAND Creating a personal brand is key for businesses who personally deliver a valued product or service. A brand encompasses the emotions clients and customers feel when they hear a brand name. Those emotions define the brand in all the experiences someone has with it. Here are four steps …

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Jan 22 2025

Essential Hacks | January 2025

BUSINESS TIPS       9 TIPS TO BETTER NEGOTIATING   See it as a natural thing. Some people think of negotiating as a negative thing, akin to arguing. Actually, negotiating is a natural thing we all do. When a child wants an ice cream, or a teenager wants the car keys, a negotiation often …

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Jan 20 2025

Inside Lending | Marketing Snapshot for the Week of January 20, 2025

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “The secret to longevity is ice cream.”—Paul Marcus, American centenarian   NATIONAL MARKET UPDATE Housing Starts rocketed up almost 16% in December, with both single-families and multi-families seeing gains. Building Permits slipped a smidge, but housing completions for the calendar year ran at the fastest pace since 2006. National Association of …

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Jan 17 2025

Home & Wealth | January 2025

8 OPTIONS INSTEAD OF NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS       For most of us, New Year’s resolutions don’t work out too well. We resolve to change our behavior for the better—this year, I’ll spend less time hanging out on social media. Or we resolve to achieve some big goal—this year, I’ll get to the gym …

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Jan 13 2025

Inside Lending | Marketing Snapshot for the Week of January 13, 2025

  QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Let’s have some new cliches.”—Samuel Goldwyn, Polish-born American film producer   NATIONAL MARKET UPDATE Mortgage applications slowed the first week of the year, but homebuyers stay interested. A weekly report from an online real estate database found that weekly home tour activity rose over December and year-over-year. Realtor.com reports the …

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Jan 6 2025

Inside Lending | Market Snapshot for the Week of January 6, 2025

    QUOTE OF THE WEEK “And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.”—Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and novelist     NATIONAL MARKET UPDATE   The Pending Home Sales measure of signed contracts on existing homes headed up in November for the fourth month in a row, nearly 7% …

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Jim Passi - Citiwide Home Loans

Jim Passi
Regional Manager
NMLS# 158000

1121 E. Main Street, Suite 121
St. Charles, IL 60174
Mobile: 847-899-1813
Email: jim.passi@alamedamortgage.com

Jim went above and beyond

Jim went above and beyond when it came to organizing what needed to be done, what steps to take to complete objectives, as well as made it quick and easy to complete these items. He was always available whenever a random question came about and was able to direct me where to find specific answers if he didn’t have them himself.

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