NFCAR Newsletter

 Volume 15, Issue 25
December 8, 2014
In This Issue
Local News
Education Info
WCR Information
State & National News
The Voice For Real Estate
Local News
 
Attention - Please Be Aware That Your 2015 Dues Were Emailed, If you did not receive it please contact Kristine or Jessica (203) 744-7255. To pay your dues online, visit www.nfcar.com, in the upper right corner of the home page click on the 'Click Here To Pay Your 2015 NFCAR Dues'

 

Please Help Support Our Fundraiser 'Special Olympics'

At our Annual Holiday Party this year we will be having a Raffle to raise funds for Special Olympics. Your generosity in the past has been overwhelming! Special Olympics: Providing year-round sports training and athletic  competition to more than 2.5 million people with intellectual disabilities in more than 180 countries.

If you are interested in donating a basket/gift certificate Click Here.

Let's Give Our Olympians Our Support!

 

NFCAR's Election Announcement

The Office of President Elect for The Northern Fairfield County Association of REALTORS� is vacant.

Your Election Committee is in the process of receiving nominations for this office :

Close of Nominations will be December 11, 2014

To be eligible for the office of President-Elect, the individual shall have served at least one term as an Officer, or Director of NFCAR, a committee chairperson for NFCAR or as a State Director for NFCAR and be a REALTOR� member in good standing.

The member elected to fill the vacant 2015 President Elect position will become NFCAR's " PRESIDENT" for 2016

If you wish to run for this office or if you have any questions about this office, please contact Association Executive, Richard Eimicke at NFCAR (203)744-7255.


 
NFCAR Office Closed December 25th & 26th

The NFCAR office will be closed on Thursday, December 25th & 26th. We wish you a happy and safe holiday.

 

Caravan Contact Information

Just a reminder - Caravans are not managed or operated by NFCAR - they are managed and/or operated by REALTORS�. Rules and regulations apply to each of the individual caravans. If you have any questions regarding the caravans, please call the contacts listed below.

Bethel: Jim Adams at EMM Loans 203-400-6214

Brookfield; Kellie Martone email your listing address and price to [email protected] by Friday's at noon

Danbury; Thomas Lutz at Newtown Savings Bank (203) 364-2970 

New Fairfield; Jane Serfass at Neumann Real Estate (203) 746-6565

New Milford; Tom Lutz at Newtown Savings Bank (203) 364-2970

Sherman; Irit Granger at William Pitt (203) 803-3748

Condo Only CaravanDebbie Blum at Cornerstone CT Realty (203) 733-8379
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Education Info

Principles & Practices Course - 
Open Enrollment

This course is a continuous Start Program, start your training on any Monday evening.

Here are the details:

Runs: Monday & Wednesday - 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Tuition: $399.00

Click here to download the registration form.

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WCR Information 

WCR Links

Woman's Council of Realtors is a networking and realtor education group for men and women realtors. Our mission is to empower realtors as professionals and leaders in business, the industry and the communities they serve.

Local Chapter Facebook Page: Click here 
In CT:   www.ctstatewcr.org

National: www.wcr.org

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State & National News

NAR Call For Action: Don't Tax "Phantom Income" on Short Sales

Congress has begun its "Lame Duck" session which is scheduled to end Friday, December 12* 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."

The United States House of Representatives, extended the income tax exemption on mortgage debt forgiven in a short sale or a workout for principal residences. The bill containing the income tax exemption on forgiven mortgage debt and other expired tax provisions passed by a vote of 378 to 46.

The United States Senate has not yet voted on the measure.

Please contact our Senators if you have not yet done so. 

This bipartisan legislation would extend an expired provision that has helped millions of distressed American families by allowing tax relief for homeowners when lenders forgive some portion of the mortgage debt they owe.

If "The Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act" is not enacted, hundreds of thousands of American families who did the right thing by short-selling their home or received a much needed loan reduction from their lender will have to pay income tax on "phantom income."

Urge our Senators to act on "The Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act" before the end of 2014 and help provide certainty for struggling homeowners and stability for our nation's housing markets.

Click here to take action
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The Voice For Real Estate
The Voice for Real Estate 13: Condos, Net Neutrality
The Voice for Real Estate 13: Condos, Net Neutrality

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The 
Northern 
Fairfield 
Count
y Association of REALTORS�
15 Stony Hill Rd
Bethel, CT 06801
Ph: (203) 744-7255
Fx: (203) 792-9962  
www.nfcar.com        
 
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Newsletter Archives
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
NFCAR's 2014 Directors

 

  President:
Linda Connolly
 
President Elect:
Barbara Adler 

 

John Ashkar
Lucy Blessey
Leslie Brent
Mick Consalvo
Scott Cooney
Pat Fink
Steven Greenberg
Anne Lewis
Patty McManus
Connie Strait
Tom Sullivan
Robert Yamin
 

2014

REALTOR� Of The Year

Scott Cooney

 

Rookie Of The Year

Denise Kavovit


 

   
NFCAR's Affiliate Members
(in alphabetical order by company name) 


Ryan Perry

Brookfield Technology

 

Dana Voelzke

Citi


 Edward Hannafin

Collins Hannafin etc PC

   

Larry Janesky

CT Basment Systems

 

David George

EverBank

 

Ian Farrison

Evolve Bank & Trust 

 

Joyce Trombley

Fairfield County Bank


 Peter Scalzo

Gager & Emerson LLP


Jim Carey 

Go Mini's/Clancy Storage


 
Christopher Taylor

Gryphon Capital Group, LLC

 

Joseph Biraglia

Halloran & Sage LLP


Wendy Hunt 

Homestead Funding Corp

 

Joseph Saffi

Joseph Saffi Attorney At Law 

 

Anthony Vournazos

Law Office of Anthony Vournazos


 Dom Chieffalo

Law Office of Dom Chieffalo


 James McKeever

Liberty Mututal


  Steven Greenberg

Naugatuck Valley Savings

 

Richard Latour

Network Communications

 

Thomas Lutz

Newtown Savings Bank

 

LouAnn Daprato

Prime Lending 


 Joe McCann

RES-I-TEC

 

 Larry Riefberg &

Karin NeJame

Riefberg, Smart, Donahue & NeJame, etc

 

Joseph Romanello

Romanello Law Firm

 

 Martin Morgado 

James Philipakos

 Savings Bank of Danbury


Frank Stewart

Take It Away Scrap Removal

 

John Marcucilli

The Marcucilli Agency


James Smith

The Quinn Law Firm, LLC

 

 Kara Golden

Tiger Home & Building Inspections 


Kerry Gulick,

 Sharon  Mendelsohn,

Brian Skarda

Union Savings Bank

 

Laurie Wright & Rose Yardito

Webster Bank 

 

Chris Goodrich Rebecca Lollie

Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

 

Sabrina Defazio

Western Connecticut Federal Credit Union

 

Robert Yamin

Yamin & Yamin, LLP

 

Anthony Yorio

Yorio Law Group