The MIAMI REALTORS will host the Lending & Financing Summit: Making Deals Happen on Tuesday, August 17, at Miami’s Doubletree Miami Mart hotel, from 9:00 AM until 12 noon.

Keynote speaker Juan del Busto, Regional Executive of the Miami Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, will address mortgage rates, international money flow, and other financial issues impacting commercial and residential real estate markets.

“We have weathered the deepest recession since the Great Depression and seem to be past the worst of the financial crisis now that the economy is expanding at a modest pace.” Says Mr. del Busto. “However, we still have significant progress to make in order to achieve a sustained recovery at the level necessary to improve the unemployment and foreclosure rates.”

Specific focus-areas include: The Patriot Act and financing impact of Appraisals, distressed properties, foreign investors, first-time homebuyers and the 203K Program.

A commercial panel of experts at the summit will be comprised of Phillip Carrol, American Real Estate Capital; Miguel Rasco, Intercredit Bank; and Raul Valdez-Fauli, Fowler Rodriguez Valdez-Fauli. The residential expert panel will consist of Erbi Blanco-True, Great Florida Bank; Neal S. Litman, Esq.; and John Loyacono, Bank of America.

Cost to attend is $30 for MIAMI REALTORS members and $50 for non-members. Continental breakfast will be available at the event.

For registration, visit: http://iamramb.miamire.com/eventcal/register/mainoptions/id/373.