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Commentary by Margaret Kelly

RISMEDIA, May 16, 2008-Building and protecting client trust couldn’t be more critical than in an adjusting market like today’s. Buyers and sellers rely on you to guide them Full Story

• Today’s News at a Glance
• NAR Pulse: This Week’s Top Stories from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
• 5 Tips for Managing Your Mistakes
• Staying On Top of Technology, In Touch with Clients
• Friday’s Featured Listing - Bellissimo, a New Collection of Homes at Palermo
• Getaways: Alaska’s Cruise Boom
• Realtors Increasing Professionalism, Survey Shows
• Realogy Reports First Quarter 2008 Net Revenue of $1.05 Billion
• Luxury Real Estate Board of Regents Announces 12 New Executive Committee Leaders
• Point2 Technologies and RealtyTrac Enter Marketing Partnership

• Friday’s Featured Listing - Bellissimo, a New Collection of Homes at Palermo
• Realogy Reports First Quarter 2008 Net Revenue of $1.05 Billion
• Update From NAR Midyear - Housing Stimulus Legislation, Green Real Estate
• RealtyTrac - Foreclosure Activity Increases 4% in April
• New Resource Helps Builders Improve Ratings in Competitive Market

• Point2 Technologies and RealtyTrac Enter Marketing Partnership
• GE Security Unlocks Power of Real Estate Agents’ BlackBerry Smartphones
• Syndication & Your Business
• Luxury Real Estate Board of Regents Launches Redesign of Regents.com
• How to Use Gadgets to Make Your Website More Competitive

• Staying On Top of Technology, In Touch with Clients
• A Good System Goes a Long Way
• FNRES Announces New Solution to Help Reach Growing Real Estate Audience
• Streamlining to the Front of the Class
• BlackBerry Devices Now Able to View, Edit and Create Microsoft Office Files

• C.A.R. Supports ”Yes” Vote to Protect Homeowners from Unjust Eminent Domain Takings
• What President Bush Has in Store to Save Homeowners From Foreclosure
• Mayors Put Urban Issues Front and Center In Presidential Campaign
• NAR Calls to Stabilize Mortgage Market by Increasing Conforming Loan Limits Permanently
• More than 600 Foreclosure Counselors to Be Trained in Foreclosure Intervention

• Luxury Real Estate Board of Regents Announces 12 New Executive Committee Leaders
• Realtors to Honor 30 of Chicago’s Best Neighbors at Annual Good Neighbor Awards
• Hunt Real Estate ERA Earns Prestigious Awards
• Tony Anton Named Director General of First American Title’s Mexico Operations
• RE/MAX Named Top 10 Military Spouse Employer

• 5 Tips for Managing Your Mistakes
• Realtors Increasing Professionalism, Survey Shows
• Why Now is a Great Time For a 1031 Exchange
• Tips for Working Faster in Microsoft Outlook
• All Hands on Deck - Staying One Step Ahead of the Local Competition

• Say Goodbye to Cold Calling - How to Compel Prospects to Contact You
• The 4 Cornerstones of Agent Recruiting & Retention
• How to Move Forward after a Staff Change
• Stop Being a Slave to Your Cell Phone and Beeper
• Good People See the Problem; Great People Figure It Out - 5 Essential Life Concepts

• Orlando Magic Selects CORT as Preferred Relocation Services Provider
• U.S. Domestic Short-Term Assignments on the Rise
• Corporations Continue to Relocate Employees at Record Levels
• New Web-Based Tool Minimizes Cost in Home Selling Process
• Top 10 Best Cities for Recent College Grads

• Chase Invests $338 Billion in Low and Moderate-Income Families, Communities and Small Businesses
• 4 Must-Know Mortgage Guideline Changes
• Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
• Housing Bubble Popped by Spike in Fuel Costs, New Analysis Shows
• Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Nudge Higher

• Realtor Lifestyles - A League of Their Own
• RE: Real Estate–100 Years in Celebration of the American Dream
• Letters to the Editor: May 2008
• NAR Power Broker Roundtable: Recruiting in Today’s Market
• Publisher’s Desk: Surviving the Market