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Are You Embracing Today’s Consumer?
Top 5 Reasons Why You Should!
We live in the age of the Empowered consumer with technology placing information at their fingertips and disposal. They are unafraid of finding information for themselves, but need the guidance of a REALTOR® to weed through it all and come out the other side with the home of their dreams!
Keeping that in mind, it only seems appropriate that the theme for the 2013 BIG...
Houston Area REALTORS® Visit Texas Capitol to Advocate for Property Owners, Infrastructure
Tuesday, April 9 was a big day at the Texas Capitol. According to TAR, approximately 1,800 REALTORS® from throughout the state of Texas – with roughly 150 coming on four buses or driving themselves from the Greater Houston area – converged on the Capitol to advocate for REALTOR® issues that are of utmost importance to the continued success of the industry. During the meetings, attendees advocated...
Houston Association of REALTORS®’ Acclaimed HAR.com Website Achieves a Major Milestone
Sixteen years after its launch as an online resource for consumers looking to buy a home, the Houston Association of REALTORS®’ (HAR) award-winning HAR.com website has facilitated one million home sales throughout the Greater Houston area as well as internationally. The major real estate milestone was officially achieved in March.
Those one million home sales accounted for $190 billion in total...
Houston Home Sales Blossom in March
Aggressive home buying shrinks inventory further while driving the median price to a record high
It’s hard to tell that the spring home buying season has begun because real estate transactions throughout Greater Houston never slowed during the traditionally quieter winter months. The addition of nearly 119,000 jobs over the past 12 months and the resulting need for housing, combined with continued...
Reasons to Celebrate Abound in May
You already know what a great marketing tool HAR.com is for you and your clients’ listings. Did you know that more than one million homes have been sold through HAR.com since its inception? (You probably know if you saw the cover of this magazine before turning to this page…) Nearly $190 BILLION of properties have been sold through HAR.com since 1997. I don’t think any other local public MLS...
My Observations About the Houston Melting Pot
When we entered the restaurant in Houston’s Chinatown neighborhood, we crossed an invisible language barrier where we left English behind and suddenly found ourselves and everyone around us speaking Mandarin. It began with the hostess who greeted us and continued with the waitress who took our order. When we left, the staff said ‘Thank you and goodbye’ in Mandarin. As a person from the...
May 2013 Commercial Events Calendar
ACRP
5/23/2013
ACRP Breakfast
7 – 8:30 a.m.
Houston Country Club, One Potomac
For more information or to register, please email michelle@acrp.org.
BACREN
5/16/2013
BACREN Luncheon
10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Lakewood Yacht Club
2425 NASA Parkway Seabrook, TX
BACREN Members: $20 with reservation • Non-Members: $25 with reservation
BACREN Members: $25 at the door • Non-Members: $30 at the door
For...
Professional Development Update – May 2013
The GRI designation is the most widely recognized of the National Real Estate Designations. Consisting of three course, each taught by experts in their respective fields. These topics include: Finance, Marketing and Brokerage. This is a great program for new members seeking SAE credit.
GRI 2: Marketing
Location: HAR Central
Dates: May 9-10 & 13-14
GRI 3: Brokerage
Location: HAR Montgomery...
HAR Home to Two New RPAC Hall of Fame Members
Congratulations to two HAR members on being named to the RPAC Hall of Fame!
First is Ed Wolff of Beth Wolff, REALTORS®. Ed has reached the $25,000 RPAC Hall of Fame Level with the investments he has made to TREPAC throughout his career. Ed has played a vital role in the HAR political process over the years, serving as chair of HAR’s Political Affairs and Governmental Affairs Advisory Groups ...
Earn Your Intense, Two-Day Social Media Pro Designation with this SMP Boot Camp
This two-day program will take you through all of the most popular and widely used social networking platforms while explaining how to use them in your business. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, blogging, smartphones, tablets, video, and advanced use of these tools will be covered throughout the session. A voluntary follow-up webinar is included in this program.
Location: HAR Bay Area
Dates: May 6-7
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