http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/ http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/ en-us Copyright 2008 http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/rss_generator.cfm REALTORreg Celebration 2010 is just around the corner, so mark your calendars and dont miss out. http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/DispArticle.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=27932 HAR salutes our 2009 REALTORreg honorees, whose outstanding service tothe real estate industry and the greater Houston community inspires allof us. http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/DispArticle.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=27933 Can it possibly be November already Itseems like just yesterday that I was sworn in as chair of the HoustonAssociation of REALTORSregand yet, Margie Dorrance will be sworn in nextmonth as chair for 2010. http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/DispArticle.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=27898 Yearoveryear singlefamily home sales soar 32 percent and median price edges up furtherHurricane Ike sidelined Houstons 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. http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/DispArticle.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=27844 Facebook Youve heard all of the chatter from the media, friends and colleaguesabout Facebook. You have heard that it has 300 million active users,but you still arent sure its right for you. http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/DispArticle.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=27923 What: Supra Key Exchange DisplayKEY conversion to ActiveKEY http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/DispArticle.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=27924 Its an incredible honor for me to serveas 2010 Chair of the Board of the largest local REALTORreg association inthe U.S. However, it doesnt take a No. 1 ranking to know that HAR isthe best REALTORreg association in the country, serving the real estateneeds of a worldclass city. http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/DispArticle.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=27900 As Im sure you noticed last month, HAR revised and redesigned the Houston REALTORreg magazine that is distributed as one of the many benefits of membership. http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/DispArticle.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=27925 Volunteer for one of the many HAR advisory groups. 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ChangeWho really likes change http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/DispArticle.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=27922 September 30 concluded the 2009 TREPAC fundraising year for HAR and wehad a fantastic year with 555,208 raised to support REALTOR PartyCandidates and the real estate industry as whole. http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/DispArticle.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=27956 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, http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/DispArticle.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=27920 Welcome to Area 82. No, you havent just entered the Twilight Zone.Area 82 is your passport to international properties through the MLS. http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/DispArticle.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=27934 The quarterly research of Houstons office lease space reveals a softmarket that will continue to soften as supply exceeds demand. http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/DispArticle.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=27957 TREPAC 2010 has officially begun, and with that, we kick off the revamped TREPAC Saves You Money Sweepstakes. http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/DispArticle.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=27954 In one short year ,many things are still changing in our economy thathave affected the commercial investment world. However, after muchdiscussion with many of my international clients, http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/DispArticle.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=27939 At it August 20 board meeting, the Bay Area Commercial Real EstateNetwork (BACREN) invited HAR Chair Vicki Fullerton, HAR TREPAC ChairKenya Burrell and HAR Chief Political Strategist Dana Kervin to beguest speakers. http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/DispArticle.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=27951 Susan and Bud Friedman of Fort Bend Real Estate Corporation hosted a meet and greet at their lovely home in Venetian Estates. http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/DispArticle.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=27949 A pictorial depicting some of the political happenings in which HAR and the Governmental Affairs participated. http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/DispArticle.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=27963 HAR overtook the Long Island Board ofREALTORSreg (LIBOR) as the largest local REALTORreg association in thecountry in August 2009. http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/DispArticle.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=27942 On October 6, more than 600 people attended the Eighth Annual NancyOwens Memorial Foundation (NOMF) Luncheon at The Westin Galleria. http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/DispArticle.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=27958 On Tuesday, October 20, HAR Chair Vicki Fullerton joined NAR PresidentCharles McMillan and REALTORSreg from around the country in Washington,D.C. to press Congress for an extension and possible expansion of the8,000 firsttime homebuyer tax credit. http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/DispArticle.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=27948 The Houston Association of REALTORSreg is making headlines Heres a lookat some of the media coverage our organization has received over thepast few weeks. http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/DispArticle.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=27947 Most of us have fond memories of family barbecues in the back yard orrunning through the sprinklers. Only the clairvoyant among us couldhave imagined the new back yards: the highly appointed outdoor spacesthat are becoming increasingly popular in todays new homes. http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/DispArticle.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=27959 All TREPAC Investments as of October 12, 2009. http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/DispArticle.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=27952 Four prominent Texas business leaders were being honored as the 2009inductees into the Texas Business Hall of Fame and were recognized atthe Foundations 27th Annual Induction Dinner on October 15, 2009, atthe Hilton Americas in Houston, Texas. http://HoustonRealtor.har.com/DispArticle.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=27960