Colorado RPAC Day is the perfect opportunity for all Colorado REALTORS® to recognize the importance of RPAC and invest! December 10th is Colorado RPAC Day! The REALTORS® Political Action Committee (RPAC) was established to fight for our industry so you don’t have to. RPAC works to promote homeownership and private property rights at the local, state, and national level. We need your...
Single-family home prices down 3 percent for summer months. Fewer homes were sold in Colorado during August, the second consecutive month this year to see declining sales, according to market statistics released today by the Colorado Association of REALTORS® (CAR). The 10,657 properties sold last month represent an 8 percent decrease over July. From June through August of this year total...
After six consecutive months of steady movement upward, sales of single-family homes declined 4 percent to 8,700 and condominium/townhouse sales were down 2 percent to 2,761 compared to June. Even so, those figures compare very favorably to July 2014 (+5 percent for single-family and +13 percent for condominiums/townhouses). A drop in home sales at this time of year is common,...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued a final rule moving the effective date of the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosures (TRID) rule (otherwise known as the Know Before You Owe mortgage disclosure rule) to Oct. 3, 2015. This after CFPB Director Richard Cordrday said that the CFPB would delay the effective date of the TRID rule until Oct. 1.The CFPB has issued...
REAL Trends announced the Real Trends America’s Best Real Estate Agents list this past Tuesday, which ranks the most productive agents by state and metropolitan area based on closed transaction sides and closed volume. To be included in the ranking, agents must have closed at least 50 transactions, compared with the industry average of seven, or $20 million in closed...
Mark Trenka will be the Chair-elect for the 2015-2016 leadership year after a close run-off with fellow candidate Ann Hayes. "I am extremely proud of both candidates and the high level of professionalism they exhibited during the run off," said David J. Barber, 2015 CAR Chairman. To ensure the voting results were accurate, calculated in a fair manner and followed BOD approved CAR...
Young REALTORS® Support Junior Achievement When the Colorado Young Professionals Network (CYPN) advisory group met at the end of 2014 to discuss its strategic plan for 2015 and beyond, the group committed to move forward with supporting charitable organizations as a way to develop leadership among its members. Justin Knoll, 2015 CYPN Chair, made the decision to support Junior Achievement of Colorado and CYPN organized 40 members and affiliates to volunteer time at JA...
It has been almost one year since the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) initiated Core Standards for local and state associations. The Core Standards were put in place as an effort to align all three levels of the REALTOR® organization and provide the highest level of quality service to members. The vision for Core Standards is to strengthen and unity...
The Colorado Association of REALTORS® Education Foundation (CARED) Board of Directors has voted to dissolve the CARED Foundation and merge with the Colorado Association of REALTORS® Housing Opportunity Foundation (CARHOF) to form one charitable entity, the Colorado REALTOR® Foundation (CRF). The Board of Directors of both charities, CARED, CARHOF, and CAR Leadership are enthusiastic about the opportunity to grow CRF into...
NAR has officially approved the merger of the REALTORS® of Central Colorado and the San Luis Valley Board of REALTORS®. The merger was official as of April 1st. The association will retain the name REALTORS® of Central Colorado, Inc. Territorial jurisdictions will be within thecounties of Chaffee, Alamosa, Costilla, Rio Grande, Conejos, and Saguache Counties and a portion of Mineral County...