Mortgage rates ease after weeks of increases
The average 30-year mortgage rate fell to 7.32% from 7.40%, marking its first decline since late August and easing borrowing costs for homebuyers.

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The average 30-year mortgage rate fell to 7.32% from 7.40%, marking its first decline since late August and easing borrowing costs for homebuyers.
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🌟 A BIG THANK YOU TO ELAINE PUMAREJO, COOKIE MILLER & OUR MEMBERS! 🌟
What a wonderful class we had today, October 21, 2026, at our New Port Richey Office!
A heartfelt thank you to Elaine Pumarejo for presenting Understanding Buyer Broker Agreements and How To Implement Them.
Elaine did an outstanding job bringing this important topic to life with real-world examples, valuable insights, and just the right touch of humor! Her knowledge, enthusiasm, and engaging teaching style certainly made an impression on our members.
Here are just a few comments from the class evaluations:
⭐ “Amazing Instructor – Best!”
⭐ “Stayed on topic with real life examples.”
⭐ “Elaine was great!”
⭐ “Excellent! Instructor shared examples from experience, used humor and kept the topic interesting during the 3-hour presentation.”
A special thank you to our Board President, Cookie Miller, for being the monitor this continuing education class. We cannot thank you enough for giving us so much of your time!
And to all our members who took time out of their busy schedules to attend, thank you! We know how valuable your time is, and we sincerely appreciate your commitment to continuing education and professional growth.
Thank you, Elaine, and thank you to everyone who helped make this another successful educational program at West Pasco Hernando REALTORS®! 💙
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Our deepest sympathies go out to the loved ones of 2014 HCAR President, Ana Trinque. This loss is immeasurable, but so is the love left behind. Ana will be missed by so many! Service information is available here: www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/brooksville-fl/ana-trinque-13066101 ...