News

August 2011 Issue

Top Stories

• Why Home Loans Are Hard to Get
  Five local pros explain and offer advice as to how REALTORS® can help out in the lending process

• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
  The new CFPB holds significant power to enforce several federal consumer protection laws that play a large role in the real estate industry.

• What’s Happening at the DRL – Correction: the DSPS
  A great deal of change is occurring at the former Department of Regulation and Licensing (DRL) with the passing of the 2011-13 state budget.

• Scott Walker vs. the Unions
  Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s three-stage political war is likely to persist through the November 2012 elections.