The FINANCIAL -- Real estate professionals have unique financial and cash-flow requirements, and with the launch of the REALTORS Federal Credit Union at the Realtors Midyear Legislative Meetings and Trade Expo here this week, Realtors now have a banking resource that was designed specifically with their needs in mind.

The FINANCIAL -- Limited availability and unusually high interest rates in the jumbo loan market are adversely affecting the rest of the housing market. This is just one of the insights from recent National Association of Realtors research on the Impact of the Jumbo Mortgage Credit Crunch, released on May 13 at the Realtors Midyear Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo.

The FINANCIAL -- Home prices in hard hit states like California, Arizona and Florida still have a considerable way to fall before stabilizing in late 2010, according to the latest U.S. home price forecast from Fitch ratings .

The FINANCIAL -- Thousands of Realtors from across the country joined forces today with top industry experts from the housing, finance, government, academia and media arenas to inspire legislative and public policy action to stabilize the real estate market and spur economic recovery.

The FINANCIAL -- Improving the availability of credit and access to capital are essential to recovery in the real estate market. Addressing these challenges was the focus of the "Financing Real Estate for Tomorrow" session, part of the National Association of Realtors' daylong “Real Estate Summit: Advancing the U.S. Economy.”