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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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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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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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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 …
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 …
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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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 …
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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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
Regional Manager
NMLS# 158000
1121 E. Main Street, Suite 121
St. Charles, IL 60174
Mobile: 847-899-1813
Email: jim.passi@alamedamortgage.com
Jim was amazing!
Jim was amazing! He guided me every step of the way. I know I was high maintenance during the process, but he did everything properly and in the right order to get things done for me and my family. I would highly recommend Jim and I would certainly use him again should the need arise. 5 Stars!! |
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