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President's Message 
Dear CCIMs and Fellow Colleagues:
These past several months have been busy. We have traveled to Washington DC for legislative meetings and Chapter business and to Fort Worth for our Technology Expo Conference. In addition to our monthly luncheons and great speakers, we had our annual CCIM Crawfish Boil with over 125 people in attendance.
Several of us attended the CCIM Institute Mid-Year Business Meetings in Fort Worth. While there I had the pleasure of pinning our two new Designees that took and passed their Comprehensive Exam. Please take the opportunity to congratulate and welcome: Andre Granello, CCIM and Keith Bilski, CCIM on their achievement.
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CCIM May Luncheon
Speaker: Scott West, Pathfinder Insurance
Thursday, May 14, 2009
11:30 AM
The Norris Conference Center at CityCentre
803 Town and Country Lane, Houston, TX 77024
Scott serves in a marketing, sales, and strategic capacity as the CEO of Pathfinder Insurance Group. His specialization areas are professional liability, private schools, churches, and law firms. He has been with Pathfinder since 1978.
He has served as President of the Independent Insurance Agents of Houston (2006), has been a board member of a Houston area community bank since 1992, and served on numerous boards, community associations, insurance industry committees and advisory groups. Scott also works with state representatives in directing legislative activities impacting the insurance industry.
Married to Laurie Dempsey, they have a 20 year old college junior (Army ROTC at University of Colorado) and a 16 year old daughter who is a junior at Kinkaid.
A multi-year resident of Piney Point, Scott serves as treasurer of Tynewood's HOA.
Scott is a graduate of Trinity University, 1978, with a BA (Business Administration) and Geology. He started with Pathfinder soon after graduation.
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Texas 1st Quarter Market Trends
Submitted By: Grubb & Ellis
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Financial Market Strategies
 Submitted By: Jim Wilkie, CCIM
Surprise, Surprise! Markets are Working!
The number of recent "surprise" reports on the U.S. housing market from California to Florida, are speaking of a nascent recovery in the U.S. housing market that could be the beginning of the end of the decline in that market, and at the same time, could help establish a floor on home prices in the near future. Read More...
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Houston Economic Update
By: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
U.S. and global recessions have merged with weak energy prices to end Houston's long expansion. Job growth fell at a 3.2 percent annual reate over teh first quarter of this year, while the unemployment rate was up a ful percentage point over six months to 6.8 percent. So far, oil-related layoffs have played only a modest role in unemployment reductions, but continued weakness in natural gas prices may quickly change the pattern for the worse. Read More...
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Real Estate Auctions, Circa 2009
 Submitted by: Paul Lynn, CCIM
"I'll bet your business is booming"? That is the statement I get everyday from other real estate contemporaries who know I do real estate auctions. One would think this is the time for the auctioneer to thrive and selfishly I will hope they are right; however, like all other areas of real estate, buyers, sellers, lenders and investors of real estate are trying to wrap their arms around this latest cycle of market dysfunction. The answer to this above statement is "a lot of talking but not much action, yet!"
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Write off a trip to Hawaii! - CCIM Fall Conference
CCIM & IREM Success Series 2009 is a unique collaborative event from the CCIM Institute and the Institute of Real Estate Management. In its fourth year, Success Series is a first-class program that delivers high impact, high value and high return.
You'll benefit from several sessions on today's most relevant topics, including the credit crisis and capital markets, the new economy, market projections, troubled assets, new technology, profiting from green initiatives, and innovative management and brokerage practices. And you'll have the opportunity to talk real estate with hundreds of prospective business partners, forge new relationships, and initiate new business!
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2009 Education Schedule 
All courses will be held at the Houston Apartment Association
- Introduction to Commercial Real Estate - May 14-15, 2009
- CI- 103 User Decision Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate - June 15-19, 2009
- CI - 104 Investment Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate August 10-14, 2009
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Norris Conference Center
Speaker: Scott West, Pathfinder Insurance
June 11, 2009
Luncheon
Sheraton Suites Speakers: Bill Huntsinger, Houston Real Estate Council, Ron Lindsey, AmREIT and Joshua Sanders, Houstonians for Responsible Growth |
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