Weekly Notices

Friday, July 10, 2015

     

REALTOR� Safety        





The National Association of REALTORS�, along with Carl Carter, Jr. - surviving son of REALTOR� Beverly Carter, who was kidnapped and murdered while showing a vacant house - encourage REALTORS� and Brokers to create a Safety Program in your office.

Carter also provides six takeaways and life lessons he learned from this tragedy.


REALTOR Safety
REALTOR� Safety






 

An Arkansas woman who was charged, along with her estranged husband, in the abduction and slaying of real estate agent Beverly Carter (pictured at left) was sentenced, this week, to 30 years in prison after changing her plea to guilty.  

 

Crystal Lowery was charged with the kidnapping and first-degree murder of the Arkansas real estate agent and is expected to testify against her estranged husband Arron Lewis at his murder trial in January.  

 

Beverly Carter's death gripped national headlines at the end of September after she was reported missing following a showing to prospective buyers of a vacant, foreclosed home in Scott, Arkansas. After a massive search, her body was found four days later, about 20 miles away, in a shallow grave at a cement company.

 

 

 

 

 

Read more about the latest details of this case in REALTOR� magazine, online here

 

    

Discrimination Decision 


 

The Supreme Court of the United States recently handed down an important housing decision that looks at whether a public or private entity can get hit with a federal Fair Housing lawsuit even if it had no intent to discriminate. 

 

In its decision, the Supreme Court affirmed a circuit court's judgement, holding that disparate impact claims are cognizable under the Fair Housing Act, and are an important component to the Fair Housing Act's role in moving the country toward a more integrated society.

 

Read more in an NAR blog on the case, onilne here


 

  

The Voice for Real Estate         





The National Association of REALTORS� presents here its bi-weekly roundup of the news that affects the industry and your business.

This edition features:
  • What to expect now that net neutrality takes effect? Hopefully nothing
  • Why Chinese buyers are jumping into U.S. residential real estate
  • Big legal win on independent contractor status explained
  • Patent troll relief clears hurdles in bipartisan effort
  • Get ready for closing process changes

Watch the seven-minute video online here:


The Voice for Real Estate #25
The Voice for Real Estate #25

  

First-time Buyer Videos         


 

 

Do you have any millennial clients whom you're trying to bring into the homebuying pool? 

 

REALTOR.com� now offers a five-part online video series that gives first-time buyers a humorous look at the stages of the purchase cycle.

  

The video series comes at a time when millennials are increasing their presence in the market. In a recent realtor.com� survey, 65 percent of millennials said they intend to purchase a home within three months, up from 54 percent in January.   

 

Read more about this new initiative, and see all five videos in the series, online here.   

 

 

      

Refer your millennial clients directly to "The Home-Buying Process in Plain English with Elizabeth Banks,online here

 

  

TILA-RESPA Lunch & Learn        





You have probably heard of the changes that are coming to mortgage loan disclosures as a result of the Dodd-Frank TILA (Truth in Lending Act) - RESPA (Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act) Integrated Disclosure rule.

These changes go into effect on August 1, 2015 (deadline extension to October 3rd pending).

The SAR will offer its second of two Lunch & Learn events on this topic Monday, July 27th - with Greg Britton from HomeStreet Bank to help you get ready for the changes.




See the event flyer (pictured above), online here

Monday, July 27th
Noon to 1:30 p.m.
at your SAR


    

At Home with Diversity    




The Walla Walla Association of REALTORS� invites all SAR members to attend "At Home with Diversity," a new 7.5 clock hour class that will prepare you to work effectively with and within today's increasingly diverse pool of home buyers.  

 

RSVP by July 15th to reserve your seat! 

 

See the event flyer (pictured above), online here.

 

    

REALTOR� Broker Summits    




Two REALTOR� Broker Summits are coming to Seattle later this summer - August 17 & 18 and August 18 & 19.  The second of these will feature a technology edge.

 

These summits are designed exclusively for designated broker, and broker owner members to come together and learn from presenters, panels and peer leaders in the industry offering fresh insights on current conditions while looking to the future of real estate.

      

Over two days you will gain valuable insights to make your brokerage and our industry more successful.  

 

Read more about these events, online here.  

 

    

2015 REALTOR Education

CONTINUING EDUCATION
 
Quality of Education 
through SAR/WR Education Instructors


Here is the latest class listing of your SAR - offering the best live and local continuing real estate education classes for 2015.

Click on each class title, underlined in blue, to bring up a flyer for that class - suitable for posting in your office. 

Register for these classes online here: 

 
  


Please be in touch with Debbie at the SAR if you have any questions about these classes or your license education requirements, by phone at 326-9222 or by email.
  

 



Linda Miller presents 
Linda Miller presents
The Truth about Negotiating 

Tuesday, July 21 - The Truth about Negotiating - with Linda Miller.

Registration: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
at the SAR

3.0 clock hours




Code of Ethics 
Code of Ethics - Standards for Success 


Thursday, August 6 - Code of Ethics - Standards for Success - with Linda Miller.

Registration: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the SAR

7.5 clock hours




Purchase and Sale Agreement 
Statewide Purchase and Sale Agreement


Thursday, August 13 - Statewide Purchase & Sale Agreement - with Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.

Registration: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
at the SAR

7.5 clock hours





Rural Land and Acreage 
Land and Acreage 200 - Rural Property 


Friday, August 14 - Land and Acreage 200 - Rural Property - with Jim Palmer, Jr.

Registration: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the SAR

7.5 clock hours.




Current Issues
Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate 


Thursday, September 3 - Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate - with Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.

Registration: 1:15 p.m.
Class: 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the SAR

3.0 clock hours



In This Issue
REALTOR® Safety
Discrimination Decision
The Voice for Real Estate
First-time Buyer Videos
TILA-RESPA Lunch & Learn
At Home with Diversity
REALTOR® Broker Summits
2015 REALTOR® Education
SAR CALENDAR
Local Call for Action
SAR Golf Tournament - NEXT WEEK!
Miss Washington USA® 2015
Member 2 Member
2015 REALTORS® Conference & Expo
ListHub Report - June
Market Activity Report - June
You Be The Judge - July
Member Roster Update
Suggestion Box

SAR CALENDAR

 

Click on the image below to see the current SAR calendar

showing dates and times of classes, committees and events. 

 
 

 

 


 

Local Call for Action  


 


Your SAR and the Spokane Homebuilders Association, this week, dispatched a Call for Action for all members of both organizations to email Spokane Mayor David Condon and urge him to file a pre-election challenge to the latest Envision Spokane initiative.

See the complete Call for Action that went out to SAR members on Wednesday of this week, online here.

Under the Spokane Municipal Code, the Mayor has the authority to file a pre-election challenge asking the courts to verify the legality of the measure.  This is what we're asking him to do.

With provisions mandating wages up to $23 per hour, disallowing higher wages to experienced workers, and restricting the right of employers to let poor performing employees go, this initiative only adds to recent impending measures (such as Mandatory Sick Leave) being levied against business by the City of Spokane. Our local community simply cannot afford it.

PLEASE TAKE TWO MINUTES & ASK HIM TO CHALLENGE THIS BALLOT MEASURE!

[email protected] 

or call 509-625-6250

Thank you!

 

  

SAR Golf Tournament    



NEXT WEEK! 
 
The 2015 SAR Golf Tournament is next week - Thursday, July 16th - at Downriver Golf Course.

We still have room for a few more players.  If you'd like to register, please be in touch with Debbie at the SAR, by email here.

  

See the event flyer (pictured above), online here

 

  

Miss Washington USA    



  

 
The Spokane real estate community has a connection to the new Miss Washington USA� 2015, crowned over the weekend in Seattle.

Miss Washington USA� 2015, Kenzi Novell, 24 (pictured at left), is the daughter of Pam Novell, Windermere Manito, and Kerry Novell, of Spokane.  Kenzi is a 2013 Gonzaga University graduate.  She was selected from among almost 80 contestants in this year's competition.  
 

See a video of Kenzi's contestant interview, and read more about the Miss Washington USA� organization, online here

 

  

Member 2 Member 




 
NEXT WEEK!

Inland Professional Title invites all SAR members and friends to a wine and cheese open house at its new location in Spokane Valley on Wednesday, July 15th.



See the event flyer, pictured above, online here.


 

  

2015 REALTORS Conference & Expo  


 


Now is the time to start making plans to attend the 2015 REALTORS� Conference & Expo, November 13-16th, in San Diego.

The event attracts the best and brightest in real estate (that's you), 400 industry exhibitors, and three-time Superbowl champion Emmitt Smith, this year's keynote speaker.

Here are some of the hot topics being discussed at this year's conference:
  • Drone usage in real estate - can you or can't you?
  • How TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) is impacting your transactions
  • Protecting your business and your clients from cybercrime
More details and registration information is online here.

 

 

  

ListHub Report for June          


NEW!


 

See the June ListHub report,  online here.
    
  

Market Activity Report - June





The SAR Market Activity Report for June is now online.


See the latest report - and archived reports - online here.



 

  

 
 
          

See the June 2015 summary report (pictured above)  online here.

 

 

 

 

    


 
 

See the 2015 year-to-date summary report (pictured above) online here.       

 

 

You Be The Judge - July            





Here is You Be The Judge for July:

Case #1-25: Disclosure of Latent Defects.

Read the case and submit your judgement online here.

 

Those who decide correctly will be entered in a drawing for a Starbucks coffee card! 

Winner to be announced next month.



  

Congratulations
to Cathy Elmore, Coldwell Banker Tomlinson North, our June Starbucks card winner!
 

JUNE ANSWER 

The Hearing Panel concluded that REALTOR� B had adequately respected the agency of REALTOR� A as interpreted by Standard of Practice 16-4. The panel's decision indicated that a listing broker should recognize that his refusal to disclose the type and expiration date of a listing to an inquiring broker frees the inquiring broker to contact the seller directly. If the contact with the seller is made under the provisions of Standard of Practice 16-4, the REALTOR� is also able to discuss the terms of a future listing on the property or may enter into a listing to become effective upon the expiration of the current listing. The panel found REALTOR� B not in violation of Article 16.  
 
 
From case #16-7: REALTOR�'s Refusal to Disclose Nature and Current Status of Listing to Another REALTOR�.

See the full text of last month's case, online here.

 

Member Roster Update

 
 

 

 

 

Click here to view the latest Roster Update - listing new and resigned members and companies.

Click here to view the latest list of MLS Subscription Waivers approved by the SAR Board of Directors.  
 
Send a message to Angie at the SAR with any changes.  

 

     

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