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| Bigger, Smaller, Better |
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I knew that many amazing things would
happen during the year I was chair of the board, but I didn't think
about HAR becoming the largest local REALTOR® association in the
country as one of them.
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| HAR.com Pointing REALTORS® in the Right Direction |
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HAR has rolled out a tremendous number of new tools and services just since the beginning of the year, which when added to the offerings already available to HAR members, made being a member even more beneficial.
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| HAR Becomes Nation’s Largest Local REALTOR® Organization |
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HAR has officially become the largest
local REALTOR® board in the United States following a recent rise in
membership and a decline in membership at the Long Island (New York)
Board of REALTORS® (LIBOR).
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| July Marks Houston’s Highest Home Sales Volume in a Year |
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Month also brings second highest median price of a single-family home; foreclosures recede
Seasonal summer home buying and
continued activity among first-time homebuyers translated to a
significant improvement in single-family home sales across greater
Houston in July, with the highest volume since July 2008 and the second
highest median price in history.
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| Welcome 2010 Newly Elected Board of Directors Members |
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Congratulations to the newly elected 2010 HAR Executive Committee and Board of Directors members.
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| Houston Association of REALTORS® Syndicates Listings to Trulia |
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HAR becomes the largest consumer facing MLS site to provide direct feeds of property listings to Trulia.com
HAR and Trulia, Inc., recently released
announced a partnership that enables the Multiple Listing Service (MLS)
to automatically feed more than 50,000 for-sale property listings
throughout the greater Houston area to Trulia.com.
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| HAR.com Update |
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Just Launched
We have been promoting these tools for a month or so, and we are happy to announce that they are now available to all members.
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| All-New Houston REALTOR® Magazine Coming Next Month |
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You spoke, and we listened. Based on a
member survey conducted earlier this year, the HAR Communications
Department has redesigned—and resized—the Houston REALTOR® magazine
that goes out to about 26,000 real estate professionals each month.
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| Get Out the REALTOR® VOTE |
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Your HAR Board of Directors encourages you to "Get Out the REALTOR® Vote" for the following HAR Recommended Candidates for the Tuesday, November 3 Election.
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| Commercial Gateway Has Confirmed Sales Prices! |
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HAR's Commercial Information Exchange
(CIE) Commercial Gateway has recently launched new tools to address one
of the biggest challenges facing commercial brokers in Texas, access to
confirmed sales prices and related transaction data.
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| Don’t Be The Last To Cross That Finish Line… |
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On September 30 the 2009 fundraising year will end for HAR TREPAC. Help us reach our 50% participation goal.
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| 2009 TREPAC Investors |
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All Investments as of August 7, 2009.
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| Now is the Time to Promote Innovation in the Brokerage Environment |
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Here is what we know about the next 12 months in the real estate marketplace:
• That a new and vibrant real estate market will emerge;
• That consumers will be the most powerful force in this new market;
• That information will be the currency of the new market;
• That consumer expectations, the
release of distressed properties and the availability of information
will combine to create a new market dynamic.
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| HAR in the News |
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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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| So What is Twitter? |
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Twitter is more than a recent social
media phenomenon. It is the future of the Internet as we know it.
Individuals around the globe communicate with the use of a cellular
phone.
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| E-mail Best Practices |
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We know you send out and receive tons of e-mails a day. Because sending
e-mails has become more popular than mailing or faxing a letter or even
making a phone call, we wanted to share a few tips on how to send a
professional e-mail.
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| Four Social Media Applications Every Manager Needs |
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Social media applications make managing
your office and staff easier and more efficient than ever. As
individuals and business expand into online venues, the need to create
a visible profile and operate in real time is extremely important.
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| My “Mansion” in Japan |
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So you’ve gotten a job transfer and are
headed to Japan. How are you going to find housing? A quick trip to
your local ‘Fudousan’ will be a good first step.
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| CIPS Designation |
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Bringing "The World” to Your Fingertips
A recent NAR study revealed that REALTORS® who earn the CIPS designation increase their business by at least 20%.
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| Go Green This Fall! |
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NAR's Green Designation Core Course provides real estate professionals
with knowledge and awareness of green building principles applied in
residences, commercial properties, developments, and communities so
that they can help consumers in purchasing, retrofitting and operating
green properties.
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| Remodeling Can Be a Wise Investment |
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Now that real estate pricing has
softened a little, this opens up an opportunity for new buyers to make
an investment in urban housing and realize a return on the investment
within a few years.
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