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Meeting of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP)
On Monday, September 10, 2007
Dear Real Estate Professional:
You are cordially invited to the first general meeting of the Colorado Springs
Chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP)
on Monday September 10, 2007 at the East Library at 5550 N Union Blvd (near
Academy and Union intersection) from 11am to 1:00pm. Lunch will be served and a
complete description of the organization's purpose and goals will be presented.
Participation is not limited to professionals of Hispanic descent or
Spanish-speaking individuals.
We are a new Chapter of NAHREP, a non-profit 501c(6) trade association with
14,000 members in 48 states and 52 affiliate chapters in 18 states, including:
Colorado, California, Connecticut, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, New Mexico, Illinois,
Indiana, Tennessee, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Florida.
Members are real estate agents, brokers, loan officers, mortgage brokers, title
officers, escrow officers, appraisers, insurance agents and more. They are from
diverse cultural backgrounds as membership is not limited to professionals of
Hispanic descent.
NAHREP's mission is to increase sustainable Hispanic homeownership rates by
empowering the advisors that serve them. We accomplish this by providing
educational tools and a networking forum, and through the power of advocacy. The
Colorado Springs Chapter will have "business-to-business" involvement with a
"business-to-community" focus.
Did you know that?
- Over the next 20 years Hispanics are expected to make up 40 percent of all
first-time homebuyers. (Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies)
- Forty-eight percent of Hispanics who do not own a home say that they are
likely to purchase a home in the next two or three years. (Texas A&M University
Real Estate Center )
- Despite the Latino community's rapid growth, the report warns that Latino
homebuyers face several hurdles to home buying. Specifically, the chief
difficulties anticipated by survey respondents who plan to buy within the next
five years were a lack of familiarity with the mortgage process (64%), saving
for a down payment (53 percent) and finding a trustworthy advisor (53%)
according to the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute.
Please join us on September 10, 11 :00am, at the East Library to learn how you
can be part of the solution to help increase the Hispanic homeownership rate in
the coming years.
RSVP to Gloria at (719) 494-2707 or
gloria.mendoza@wesellmore.net
before Sept. 6th, so we can ensure you get a lunch.
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