Mortgage bankers wooing bilingual military veterans - 2005-01-02
The nation’s mortgage bankers are so eager to get bilingual loan officers that they have teamed up with lenders, two Hispanic groups and the Defense Department to recruit and train retiring members of the military.

The Washington-based Mortgage Bankers Association this fall announced Welcome Home, a recruitment program that provides tuition-free online training.
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Development forecast: Steady growth - 2005-01-02
Veterans of the real estate industry fondly remember the jump in office and warehouse construction in Charlotte that followed the early 1990s recession.

The key to maintaining retail is residential growth and, analysts say, the indicators are positive: historically low mortgage rates, steady job growth and rising household income.
Read the full story at The Charlotte Observer