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Past REALTOR OF THE YEAR Weichert Realtors President's and Ambassador's Clubs Weichert Realtors Million Dollar Sales & Marketed Clubs Past President Suburban Multiple Listing Service State PAR Excellence Club, Gold Lifetime Member      SERVICE AREAS Montgomery County North Penn Area (includes Lansdale) Souderton Area (includes Harleysville) Lower Gwynedd Area (includes Blue Bell) Bucks County Doylestown (includes Chalfont)          This Month's Feature Home 707 Daventry Way, Ambler Diane Williams honored MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA - Diane Williams, a sales associate in the Blue Bell office of Weichert, Realtors, was recently named part of Weichert's Top 300 in Associate Earnings, placing her in the top 10 in the region and 194 company-wide out of nearly 18,000 associates. COMPLETE STORY 30-year fixed mortgage rates near record low for sixth week Dec. 8, The Associated Press - The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage hovered above its record low for a sixth straight week. But the super-low rates aren't providing a lift to the struggling housing market. Freddie Mac said Thursday the rate on the 30-year home loan ticked down to 3.99 percent fropm 4 percent the previous week. It dropped to a record low of 3.94 nine weeks ago, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. COMPLETE STORY Pending-home sales up by most in almost a year Nov. 30, Reuters - Pending sales of existing U.S. homes surged in October by the most in nearly a year as Americans took advantage of low interest rates for mortgage, data from a real estate trade group showed on Wednesday. The National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, based on contracts signed in October, rose 10.4 percent to 93.3 from 84.5 in September. COMPLETE STORY Central banks move to shore up financial system Nov. 30, MSNBC.COM - The central banks agreed to lower pricing on current temporary U.S. liquidity swap arrangements by 50 basis points from Dec. 5. The move makes more dollars available to banks at a cheaper rate, thereby easing worries about the availability of funds to banks. The news came as Europe struggles to contain a debt crisis that threatens to pinch global credit and choke off economic growth, possible throwing the world economy into recession. COMPLETE STORY New home sales perked up in October Nov. 28, The Associated Press - Americans bought slightly more new homes in October, a hopeful sign for the troubled housing market. But the median sales price fell to its lowest level of the year, and the overall sales pace is trailing last year's - the worst in hald a century. COMPLETE STORY    Jim Weichert presenting Diane with the Regional Award at the Kimmel Center for top sales. Left to Right: Fred Sherman, Alan Greenspan, Diane Williams, Anthony Santomero Diane (fourth from the right) at The Closing Bell of the New York Stock Exchange.