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| Get Engaged |
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The difference between being involved or committed as a member of HAR is your level of engagement.This month, I invite you to "get engaged" because the benefit of membership in HAR is enhanced when you take advantage of all of the tools.
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| The Power of Engagement and the Reality of Marriage |
Will you marry me?" is a powerful engagement question. Engagement with the customer is no different.
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| Houston Real Estate Sales Reflect Disparity of Mortgage Woes |
Broader Local Housing Market Continues to Outperform Rest of Nation
While it may sound like a broken record saying the foreclosure and subprime crisis has largely remained contained within the $80,000 to $150,000 price band, August 2007 home sales once again reflect just that for the Houston real estate market.
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| Young Realtors® Let Their Voices Be Heard |
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What would happen if a survey was sent out to all HAR members who are below the age of 40? What if you asked them how they felt about starting a young Realtor® group that would be more focused on the needs of Gen X and Gen Y members?
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| Tempo Security Initiatives and Updates |
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In case you missed September's issue, below are a few Tempo security initiatives advanced by the MLS Advisory Group going into affect in October.
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| Do You DotMobi? |
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Many companies are expanding their Web presence to include those users accessing the Internet via mobile devices. More and more, we're seeing companies advertising to the consumer that their site is compatible for mobile devices.
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| HAR Voter’s Guide |
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A guide of recommended candidates, bond propositions and constitutional amendments.
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| Vote to Protect Yourself and Your Car from Unfair Taxation |
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On Tuesday, November 6, vote to permanently exempt from ad valorem taxation your personally owned vehicle used for both personal and business purposes.
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| 2007 TREPAC Investors |
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TREPAC Investors as of September 12, 2007.
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| Fall Comes Early to Montgomery County |
Dixie Newhouse-Estep with Keller Williams Conroe poses with her beautiful fall pumpkin wheelbarrow basket and assorted other items from the Montgomery County Basket Auction on September 5.
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At their monthly Area Networking Luncheon on September 5, members from the Montgomery County area held a Fall Basket Auction for TREPAC.
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| Realtors® Throw a Strike For TREPAC |
First Place Winners, The Tomball Pin Busters, includes Robert Seal, Ruddy Parisher, Jason Fox, Al Gosen and Lynn Gosen from Prudential Gary Greene Tomball.
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On August 24, HAR Greater Northwest hosted their seventh annual TREPAC Bowl-a-thon. The AMF Willow Lanes bowling alley was spilling over with 32 teams of Realtors® and others stopping by for an afternoon of fun.
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| Realtors® Visit with U.S. Representatives During August Recess |
U.S. Representative Al Green (center) is pictured with Ray Holtzapple, Dana Kervin Kaufman, Shad Bogany, Rose Dixon, and Ed Wolff.
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Summer recess for Congress is not the same as recess when you were in school. While some Members of Congress headed out on fact finding trips and vacations, others were hard at work in their home "turf."
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| Parlez-vous Francais? |
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Paris was one of the top five cities for real estate investment in 2006. In case you, or a client, are interested in investing there, here are some helpful ideas to assist you.
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| Attention All Hands: Please Report To Your Service Stations |
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Since the end of the 1990s the American real estate industry has been engaged in a non-stop effort to build and maintain competitiveness within the Internet marketplace.
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| Ask Rob |
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Q. I am a new member of HAR; how and when do I renew my license with TREC?
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| And the Survey Says |
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Even in this advanced age of technology, the telephone is the primary method of communication for most home sellers. While you might think e-mail or text messaging would catch on as a more convenient way to talk to your client, Alexander Graham Bell would be glad to know his invention is still carrying the weight of communication for real estate transactions.
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| Mortgage Foreclosure Scams on the Rise, Warns the BBB |
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Foreclosure "rescue" companies may promise to save your home, but only empty your wallet
Across the U.S., homeowners facing mortgage foreclosure are being scammed by foreclosure "rescue" companies promising to save their house but that only take their money.
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| Ground Breakers |
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HAR is introducing a new monthly feature to the Houston Realtor® called "Ground Breakers," which will showcase the new communities and news from our builder and planned community advertisers.
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| 15th Annual Sunshine Kids Celebrity Golf Classic Hits Another One Out of the Park |
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Craig & Patty Biggio, Sunshine Kid Nick Reyna, Prudential Gary Greene’s Ann & Mark Woodroof.
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Prudential Gary Greene, Realtors®, founding sponsor of the Annual Sunshine Kids Golf Classic, reported record support pushing the 15-year total more than $2.5 million dollars at this year's event. Craig Biggio and his wife, Patty, once again hosted the event.
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| Get it Write |
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Whether you're creating a property flier, a classified ad, or an e-mail to a potential client, how you lay out your information in writing can matter as much as the information itself.
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| The Dark Side of Good Home Staging |
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A nicely staged home can do wonders for turning casual lookers into serious buyers. For the seller, it's often a worthy investment. But when you're representing buyers, a staged home could draw attention away from a home's negative features, says a new report from the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents (NAEBA.)
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| Flood Insurance Rate Map Zone Information |
Harris County and the Federal Emergency Management Agency have updated all of the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) for Unincorporated Harris County. They have adopted the effective FIRMs dated June 18, 2007.
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| Sixth Annual Nancy Owens Memorial Foundation Luncheon |
On September 27, more than 900 people attended the Sixth Annual Nancy Owens Memorial Foundation (NOMF) Luncheon at The Westin Galleria.
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| Buying Property in Baja California |
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The Mexican state of Baja California occupies the northern half of the Baja California Peninsula.The state is divided into five municipalities and each municipality is divided into smaller boroughs.
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