Wanted-Nominees for REALTOR® Recognition Awards

Do you know someone great? Why not nominate them for an award! The Association is now accepting applications for REALTOR, REALTOR-Associate, Manager and Affiliate of the Year Awards. In addition to these prestigious awards, there are 2 other special award categories available: the Charles H. Eyermann Jr. Distinguished Service Award and the Jack Goldman Lifetime Achievement Award. Awards will be presented at the 2010 Installation of Officers and Directors on Saturday, November 21 the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Clayton.

REALTOR of the YEAR Criteria
REALTOR of the YEAR Nomination Form

REALTOR-Associate of the Year Criteria
REALTOR-Associate of the Year Nomination Form

Affiliate of the Year Criteria and Nomination Form

Charles H. Eyermann Jr. Distinguished Service Award Criteria and Nomination Form

Jack Goldman Lifetime Achievement Award Criteria and Nomination Form

Manager of the Year

Fed: Recession Ending, Rates Left Alone

The Federal Reserve ended its policy-making meeting Wednesday with the declaration that the recession is ending and it would move toward more normal policies.

The Fed said, “Economic activity is leveling out.” It added that it expected inflation would remain “subdued for some time.”

The Fed said it will keep the short-term key interest rate near zero, but it will end its program to buy $300 billion worth of Treasury bonds by the end of October. Buying bonds was one of the Fed’s efforts to drive down the cost of home mortgages.

“In a way, it’s more of a thumbs-up than if they had said they were continuing the Treasury-buying,” said Edward McKelvey, an economist at Goldman Sachs. “They’re saying that things are going according to plan, and that the policy is O.K.”

Source: The New York Times, Edmund L. Andrews (08/12/2009)