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The Edge: New Revised TREC Forms, A New 3.8% Real Estate Tax?, HAR Weekly Market Stat and More
The Edge: Feb. 28, 2011
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Full Screen Map Search is Available
The new Map Search functionality gives the user a more interactive searching experience by taking advantage of their monitor’s full-screen resolution. With the added map size, Map Search has improved its polygon functionality. After creating a polygon, the user may now move, close or refresh the listings inside their polygon with new map controls. This polygon functionality allows users to scour...
Advertising Another Firm’s Listing
Many brokers and agents are unaware that MLS rules prohibit advertising another broker’s listing on Internet websites like Craigslist.com, Facebook.com, Postlets.com or any other third party website, without the listing brokers’ permission. While MLS rules do provide a framework that allows a broker to advertise other brokers; active listings on their own real estate brokerage website (MLS Rule...
Houston Area Community Supports Breast Cancer Research
On October 14, more than 600 people attended the Ninth Annual Nancy Owens Memorial Foundation (NOMF) Luncheon at The Westin Galleria. This was a very successful luncheon, enabling the foundation to impact the community with energy and enthusiasm and raise awareness about breast cancer.
Click here to see photos from the event.
At the luncheon, the foundation donated $100,000 equally divided among...
HAR: Then and Now
Q: What were the circumstances that first brought you in to HAR?
A: I joined the Association in 1956. It was the Board of REALTORS® back then and I was just out of the University of Texas. I was encouraged to join by Charlie Bell who was [HAR President and CEO] Bob Hale’s predecessor at that time, through my dad who was an associate member of the Board. He was head of the real estate department...
NRG Hosts Luncheon at Federal Reserve Bank
It was standing room only on January 6 when NRG hosted its much anticipated luncheon at The Federal Reserve Bank on Allen Parkway near downtown Houston. The event was hallmarked by the first 2011 Economic Forecast developed by Ted Jones, PhD, Chief Economist for Stewart Title.
Among the most important of generally positive statistics for Houston is job growth. “While the rest of the US continues...
TAR Citation Policy is Here
Our charge every year as the Houston Association of REALTORS®‘ leadership has been to improve the professionalism of our REALTORS®. One of the best ways to achieve this is to hold our members accountable by self-policing, utilizing our REALTOR® Code of Ethics as a guide. However REALTORS® who must cooperate and work with each other are reticent to file a complaint against their peers for...
The Houston Real Estate Market Concludes 2010 with a Further Appreciation in Home Prices
The Houston real estate market put the wraps on 2010 with signs of improvement despite six consecutive months of declining sales. Prices of single-family homes across Greater Houston continued their upward march in December while sales volume sustai
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ned the smallest reduction since the declines began last July following expiration of the homebuyer tax credit. The average...
New HAR Members Only Site Goes Live!
After nearly a year of input from members, the Technology Advisory Group and HAR staff, we have launched the new Members Only site in an effort to make it easier to navigate and more intuitive for our members.
More than 18,800 members have logged in to the new Members Only site since the launch on January 31. We have received overall good responses from our members, who are saying that the new Members...
Commercial Expo: Living Legends 2011
Commercial Expo is expanding this year with a new program in a new location.
This year’s program starts with a keynote address at 5:00 p.m. from Mr. John C. Cushman III. Hence the new title
“Commercial Expo – Living Legends.” Following Mr. Cushman’s presentation, the traditional expo and networking event will open for attendees. The complete 2011 Commercial Expo — Living Legends...
