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To: sammaster who wrote (266510)	11/10/2003 12:01:00 AM
From: sammaster	Respond to of 436258

"NAR officials said at the group's annual convention here that there are now 962,000 Realtors, a jump of 102,000 from a year ago" if real estate tanks things get ugly not just with consumer refi spending but jobs.... heard 200,000 mortgage people were hired in last couple of years just to handle refi boom....plus at least the 100k above if not more, plus all the contractors, subcontractors and their employees....mass unemployment... but of course housing is not a cyclical industry anymore at this new high plateau