Legislative Update
Realtors® Support Obama’s Efforts to Assist Housing Market and Help Homeowners Refinance
WASHINGTON (February 1, 2012) – The National Association of Realtors® commends President Obama for pledging to assist homeowners and the struggling housing market, because restoring the health of the housing market is critical for the nation’s economic recovery. “As the nation’s leading advocate for homeownership and housing issues, NAR knows that stabilizing the housing market [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Who’d you say we were again…?
Who’d you say we were again…? I called a friend at NAR earlier this week. Frederik Heller is an archivist with NAR’s library and has been working on a project to record the contributions of REALTORS® to American history. I told him I wanted to add something special to my end of year retrospective and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Our 5-Point Housing Solutions Plan
NAR worked with two well-respected policy think tanks – the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) and the Economic Policies for the 21st Century (e21) – that organized and conducted a policy meeting on October 4. New Solutions for America’s Housing Crisis brought together policy leaders, industry representatives, Members of Congress, thought leaders and the media to present ideas and make actionable recommendations [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )So much drama…the debt ceiling is lifted.
The following interpretation about the impact of the debt ceiling legislation is from NAR’s Legislative and Advocacy Team… The debt ceiling agreement signed into law on August 2, 2011 has NO DIRECT IMPACT ON REAL ESTATE TAX RULES OR SPENDING PROVISIONS. No tax laws of any kind were changed, nor were any housing programs cut. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Everyone Deserves a Roof Over Their Head
A post by 2011 ACAR President, Laurie Barrera…. I read an article recently about The Giving Keys necklaces and how this business gives back to charity to keep young homeless of the streets. I was taken by just how the founder of this jewelry company had her “ah ha” moment and figured out a way [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )To underwrite or not to underwrite…one way or another someone’s going to get hurt.
I had lunch today with Dirk Scott from Home Federal Bank and two underwriter friends of his. They started sharing “war stories” and I started getting dizzy. Let me set the stage for a minute…both of these individuals are experienced, talented, capable professionals. Their combined market knowledge is as great as anyone’s in the Valley. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )The New NAR… Part One
For the last 103 years, the National Association of Realtors has been there for the members, consumers and communities of our nation. Over those hundred years we’ve gone through many changes. We’re no longer a broker only group of seller representatives that won’t allow women to be members. We are now a million member strong [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Primary Election Results
As expected, turnout was light in the primary with very few races on the Democratic ballot and being an off-year election with the highest profile race on the Republican ticket being the 1st Congressional District. It is interesting to note that statewide 6 sitting lawmakers lost in the Primary election. Ada County results for REALTOR® endorsed [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )ACAR Legislative Lobby
Today the Idaho Legislature convenes for the 2010 legislative session. Governor Otter presented his State of the State speech which outlined a no-growth budget for next year, the same revenue figure as last year calling for no salary increases for state employees; and spending all but $32.8 million of the state’s reserve funds by the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )HUD Announces 120-day Period of Restraint in Enforcement of New RESPA Rule
On Friday, November 13, 2009, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a period of “restraint” in enforcing the new Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) rule, which will go into effect on January 1, 2010. The period of restraint will last for 120 days.Enforcement restraint will be shown for FHA approved lenders [...]
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