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  REACHING MORE THAN 25,000 REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS    NOVEMBER 2009 VOL. 33 / ISSUE 11   

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REALTOR® Celebration 2010
REALTOR® Celebration 2010 is just around the corner, so mark your calendars and don't miss out.
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Congratulations to the 2009 REALTOR® Honorees
HAR salutes our 2009 REALTOR® honorees, whose outstanding service to the real estate industry and the greater Houston community inspires all of us.
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How Time Flies…
Can it possibly be November already? It seems like just yesterday that I was sworn in as chair of the Houston Association of REALTORS®…and yet, Margie Dorrance will be sworn in next month as chair for 2010.
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Houston Property Sales Show Expected Strength in September Compared to the Month of Hurricane Ike
Year-over-year single-family home sales soar 32 percent and median price edges up further

Hurricane Ike sidelined Houston's real estate business for several weeks after tearing through the region in September 2008, so it comes as no surprise that property sales one year later surged into positive territory.
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HAR Social Media – Become a Fan, Follower and Subscriber Today
Facebook
You've heard all of the chatter from the media, friends and colleagues about Facebook. You have heard that it has 300 million active users, but you still aren't sure it's right for you.
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Supra ActiveKEY Coming Soon
What:
Supra Key Exchange - DisplayKEY conversion to ActiveKEY
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A Letter from 2010 Chair of the Board Margie Dorrance
It's an incredible honor for me to serve as 2010 Chair of the Board of the largest local REALTOR® association in the U.S. However, it doesn't take a No. 1 ranking to know that HAR is the best REALTOR® association in the country, serving the real estate needs of a world-class city.
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The New Houston REALTOR® Magazine
As I'm sure you noticed last month, HAR revised and redesigned the Houston REALTOR® magazine that is distributed as one of the many benefits of membership.
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You Can Make a Difference – Get Involved

Volunteer for one of the many HAR advisory groups. Sign up online today.

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Taqi Rizvi Wins NAR Realtor® Technology Spotlight Award as VISIONARY
HAR Chief Technology Officer Taqi Rizvi
The NAR Center for REALTOR® Technology (CRT) announced last year at the NAR Conference & Expo that it would be giving the 1st annual REALTOR® Technology Spotlight Award this year.
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MLSCloud, a Network of Public MLS Web Sites, Now Represents Nearly 600,000 REALTORS®
New online resource connects consumers to a growing number of real estate professionals, providing valuable information about dozens of U.S. housing markets

Less than six months after its launch, MLSCloud (www.mlscloud.com) now puts nearly 600,000 REALTORS® within easy reach of real estate consumers looking to buy and sell property from coast-to-coast and in Hawaii.
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HAR Map Search
Fast, Easy & Accurate. Find any listing on HAR Maps

After Microsoft launched its eighth version of Internet Explorer (IE8), we found that it was incompatible with some of the Map Search features on HAR.com.
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HAR.com Updates
Latest Tools in the Members Only Portal
As we develop and launch new member tools, we will list them in order of launch date in the Members Only Portal to promote them and help you become familiar with them.
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Winning With Your Client
In today's challenging real estate market, the most critical issue facing our industry is change. Change? Who really likes change?
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HAR Celebrates Another TREPAC Fundraising Year
HAR CEO Bob Hale, Tom Anderson, Martha Turner and HAR Chair Vicki Fullerton enjoyed a wonderful lunch at Mark’s American Cuisine in recognition of their Sterling R $1,000 and above TREPAC investments.
September 30 concluded the 2009 TREPAC fundraising year for HAR and we had a fantastic year with $555,208 raised to support REALTOR Party Candidates and the real estate industry as whole.
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Adaptive Brand Marketing Will Change the Whole Approach to Brokerage Marketing
All of us in the real estate industry have warily watched it approach. Quarter by quarter during the past few years, the exploding world of the Internet and social media has been aggressively impacting and eroding the doctrines and concepts of traditional business marketing,
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Welcome to Area 82
Welcome to Area 82. No, you haven't just entered the Twilight Zone. Area 82 is your passport to international properties through the MLS.
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Houston’s Office Lease Space Third Quarter Market Summary
The quarterly research of Houston’s office lease space reveals a soft market that will continue to soften as supply exceeds demand.
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Win a $1,000 Prize with the 2010 HAR TREPAC “Saves You Money Sweepstakes!”
TREPAC 2010 has officially begun, and with that, we kick off the revamped TREPAC Saves You Money Sweepstakes.
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Is Cash Still King… and Land His Queen?
In one short year ,many things are still changing in our economy that have affected the commercial investment world. However, after much discussion with many of my international clients,
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BACREN Supports HAR and TREPAC!
HAR Chief Political Strategist Dana Kervin; Jasper Tramonte, CCIM; BACREN Director, HAR Director and Bay Area PAAL Chair Nancy Furst; BACREN President Jeanette Holt; HAR Chair Vicki Fullerton; Colin Fox, CCIM; HAR TREPAC Chair Kenya Burrell; BACREN Director Gwen Cothran and BACREN Director Jerry Wilkins.
At it August 20 board meeting, the Bay Area Commercial Real Estate Network (BACREN) invited HAR Chair Vicki Fullerton, HAR TREPAC Chair Kenya Burrell and HAR Chief Political Strategist Dana Kervin to be guest speakers.
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Meet & Greet with U.S. Representative Pete Olson
Hosts Susan and Bud Friedman pose for a picture with U.S. Representative Pete Olson (left).
Susan and Bud Friedman of Fort Bend Real Estate Corporation hosted a meet and greet at their lovely home in Venetian Estates.
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On the Campaign Trail
HAR recommended candidate Mike Laster for Houston City Council, District F (third from right) is pictured with HAR members Betty Townes, Nguyen Le, Bob Alexander, Ed Gonzales, Mira Hay Perkins and A. David Schwarz III at a fundraiser co-hosted by HAR at Pappas Seafood.
A pictorial depicting some of the political happenings in which HAR and the Governmental Affairs participated.
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HAR Extends Lead as Largest Local REALTOR® Association in U.S.
HAR overtook the Long Island Board of REALTORS® (LIBOR) as the largest local REALTOR® association in the country in August 2009.
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Houston Area Real Estate Community Supports Breast Cancer Research
Nancy Owens Memorial Foundation Committee - Amy Bernstein, Brent Blaikie, Cheri Fama, Gail Evans, Gloria Moorman, Irby Rozelle, James Burke, Jennifer Stein, Katherine Stewart, Kimberly Davis, Lynn Mather, Mary Piper, Michelle Sandlin, Peggie Kohnert, Robin Mueck, Terri Guerra, Vicki Fullerton.
On October 6, more than 600 people attended the Eighth Annual Nancy Owens Memorial Foundation (NOMF) Luncheon at The Westin Galleria.
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NAR Update: Tax Credit Extension/Expansion Gains Momentum
On Tuesday, October 20, HAR Chair Vicki Fullerton joined NAR President Charles McMillan and REALTORS® from around the country in Washington, D.C. to press Congress for an extension and possible expansion of the $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit.
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HAR in the News
The Houston Association of REALTORS® is making headlines! Here's a look at some of the media coverage our organization has received over the past few weeks.
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Value in Backyards as a Destination
Most of us have fond memories of family barbecues in the back yard or running through the sprinklers. Only the clairvoyant among us could have imagined the new ‘back yards’: the highly appointed outdoor spaces that are becoming increasingly popular in today’s new homes.
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2009 TREPAC Investors
All TREPAC Investments as of October 12, 2009.
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Martha Turner Inducted Into the Texas Business Hall of Fame
Four prominent Texas business leaders were being honored as the 2009 inductees into the Texas Business Hall of Fame and were recognized at the Foundation’s 27th Annual Induction Dinner on October 15, 2009, at the Hilton Americas in Houston, Texas.
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