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Call for Action: Support Construction Defects Reform

Colorado’s housing market is booming.  Affordably priced homes are receiving multiple offers over asking price within hours of being listed.  Why, then, are there no new builds of affordably priced condominiums and townhomes? CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS. Builders and developers have been scared away from developing in Colorado due to the current construction defects laws.  Homebuilders and homeowners have a high risk...

NAR Call For Action: Don’t Tax “Phantom Income”

Tell Congress: Don’t Tax “Phantom Income” on Short Sales. Congress has begun its “Lame Duck” session with a big list of unfinished business items.  Number one on that list for REALTORS® is an extension of “The Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act.” This bipartisan legislation would extend an expired provision that has helped millions of distressed American families by allowing tax relief...

Call for Action: Protect Commercial Real Estate

As a Commercial Real Estate Practitioner you understand how the market can be adversely affected by uncertainty.  That is why NAR is asking for your help to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program created following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. When private insurers withdrew from the terrorism insurance market, construction projects ground to a halt and commercial property values...

Call for Action: Flood Insurance Issues Could Sink Sales

Legislation is being considered to delay changes to the National Flood Insurance Program. Please Take Action today and tell your Member of Congress and Senators that NAR supports the “Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act.” Send Message »   The Problem: Congress provided a 5-year reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), but severe implementation problems threaten to undermine real estate transactions where...

Defend Homeownership; Respond to Call for Action

This Call for Action will expire this week. Please don’t let your Senators in Colorado make a decision about six critical real estate tax provisions in any revisions to the federal tax code without hearing from you. There is still time to take action. It takes only two clicks and no more than one minute of your time. Please send...

Defend Homeownership; Respond to Call for Action

As Congress continues to work on major tax reform, NAR is asking all proponents of “homeownership” to take a brief moment and answer the latest Call for Action now!  This Call for Action defends provisions affecting residential, investment, and commercial real estate.  Help NAR and CAR ensure that tax provisions from the mortgage interest deduction to the capital gains exemption on a primary residence are defended.  Respond to...

Take Action Now! Urge Congress to Not Extend the Eviction Moratorium

We need your help immediately! House Democratic leadership is working on legislation, extending the CDC Eviction Moratorium through December 31, which is moving quickly and could happen TODAY! We need Congress to hear our position: REALTORS® are opposed to any “unreasonable effort by Congress to extend the eviction ban without assistance for small housing providers.” Forcing landlords to provide free housing for vaccinated...

A Place to Call Home

REALTOR® and Veteran Mark Solomon Is On a Mission to Help Homeless Vets In August 2020, ground was broken on the Veterans Community Project Village, a tiny home village in Longmont that will provide temporary housing to veterans experiencing homelessness. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis was on hand, as were a host of local dignitaries and community leaders. Colorado REALTOR® and...

NAR Admonishes HUD Action to Weaken Fair Housing

The National Association of REALTORS® voiced concern Thursday after the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced the end of a fair housing rule meant to advance diverse, inclusive communities. HUD is abolishing the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, a 2015 regulation implementing the 1968 Fair Housing Act’s mandate that governments take affirmative steps to address segregation. HUD referred to...

CAR, 35 Other Colorado Groups Call on Lawmakers to Prioritize Transportation Funding

CAR has joined forces with a diverse coalition of 35 other Colorado organizations calling on state legislators to prioritize funding to improve the quality of the state’s roads and reduce traffic. The coalition, A Way Forward, is comprised of the construction, shipping, and real estate, among other industries. It recently sent a letter to lawmakers making the case for action...