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Mortgage 101 – Mar. 29

LEARN:

Different Mortgage Loan types
Down Payment options
Closing Costs – Who pays what?
Flow of the Loan from Pre-Approval to Receiving Keys
How Rates and Points Work

Join us live on Zoom from 10:00am – 11:15am on March 29th for a jam-packed hour of learning and a question & answer session from Senior Mortgage Advisor, John F. Kay.

John has over 30 years experience and is ready to equip you with the knowledge to serve your clients with accurate and up-to-date information on their financing options. Whether you’re working with a first-time home buyer, a seasoned buyer, or someone interested in refinancing their home to buy another, this class will educate you and reduce your clients’ anxiety when obtaining a home loan. Don’t forget to bring your questions!

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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER | MARCH 21, 2023

Top News

• NAR Hosts Policy Forum
• Mortgage 101 – Mar. 29
• Less Than 10 Days to Submit Scholarship Applications
• Paragon Maintenance Tonight
• Supra Maintenance – Mar. 28
• NAR Green Designation – Apr. 5-6
• WCR: Cultivate Connections – Apr. 14

MLS Updates

• Top 5 MLS Support Issues
• HomesOpenToday (HOT) & StreetURLs Sunsetting
• Laptops on Sale
• TheCEShop Discounts

Upcoming Education

FEATURED: Mortgage 101 Class with John Kay
Wed., Mar. 29 | 10:00am – 11:15am

NAR Commercial Real Estate Forecast Summit
Wed., Mar. 22 | 9:00am – 10:00am

RateMyAgent Training
Wed., Mar. 22 | 10:30am – 11:30am

NAR Financial Wellness: Credit Management & Awareness
Wed., Mar. 22 | 11:00am – 12:00pm

RPR: Your Commercial R.E. Secret Weapon
Wed., Mar. 22 | 11:00am – 12:00pm

Habits that Build Success in Real Estate
Thu., Mar. 23 | 2:00pm – 3:00pm

CCAR RateMyAgent Training
Thu., Mar. 23 | 2:00pm – 3:00pm

Stacking Social Media to Propel Your Business
Fri., Mar. 24 | 9:00am – 9:30am

CMA Reports – Pages that Help You Win
Fri., Mar. 24 | 9:00am – 10:00am

CA REALTORS®: Keep More of Your Money in 2023
Mon., Mar. 27 | 9:30am – 12:00pm

California Real Estate Disclosure Forms
Mon., Mar. 27 | 10:00am – 1:00pm

Getting to Know Paragon MLS
Mon., Mar. 27 | 2:00pm – 4:00pm

Setting Up, Sending & e-Signing Documents in zipForm®
Tue., Mar. 28 | 9:00am – 9:45am

CMA Reports and More with Cloud CMA
Tue., Mar. 28 | 9:30am – 11:30am

Mortgage 101
Wed., Mar. 29 | 10:00am – 11:15am

How to Input & Maintain Your Listing
Wed., Mar. 29 | 2:00pm – 4:00pm

New Home Market Update
Thu., Mar. 30 | 8:30am – 9:30am

Intro to zipForm Edition – Lone Wolf Transactions
Thu., Mar. 30 | 2 – 4:00pm

Visit the CCAR Calendar to view/register for additional online training opportunities.

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Paragon Maintenance Tonight

Black Knight will be performing their monthly “system-wide” Paragon downtime maintenance.
Start: March 21 at 10:00pm
End: March 22 at 4:00am

Supra Maintenance – Mar. 28

Please update your eKey App next Tuesday morning, March 28th. Supra and CCAR will be processing a data conversion which may interrupt your ability to update your eKey later in the day.
Questions: [email protected] or 925.295.1270

NAR Green Designation – APRil 5-6

FREE for CCAR Members! The NAR GREEN Designation is designed for agents looking to learn about issues of energy efficiency and sustainability in real estate. Learn how homes with green features should be marketed differently than traditional homes.

This 2-day course (16 hours of CEUs) prepares real estate professionals to provide advice and sources of information to help homeowners improve the performance of their homes— from low-cost fixes and DIY projects, to retrofitting and replacing systems, to big budget remodeling projects and new constructions.
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WCR: Cultivate connections speed networking – April 14

Are you looking for POWER PARTNERS? Join WCR to find your running mate and hit that professional goal you have for this year. Get to know other REALTORS® and STRATEGIC PARTNERS.
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NAR Hosts Policy Forum On The
Current Housing Market And Affordability

The National Association of REALTORS® hosted a policy forum last Thursday entitled The Current Housing Market: Implications for Home Buyers and the Economy at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C.

The opening session, Promoting Homeownership, Affordable Rentals, and Investor Involvement All at Once, featured a keynote fireside chat with the Director of Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Sandra Thompson, moderated by NAR’s VP of Policy Advocacy, Bryan Greene.

“Let’s make sure there is liquidity at all times, all places, not just some places. And make sure people have safe, decent, and ever-elusive affordable housing, and do it in a sustainable way,” Thompson said. “Sustainability means people can stay in their homes. That is really important to me.”

Thompson endorsed borrower education and financial assistance to keep people in their homes when the unexpected happens. “There can be issues like a broken hot water heater, things that come up that impact a person’s balance sheet. Maybe there should be a reserve or contingency account to ensure sustainable homeownership.”

During a conversation on the affordability crisis, Thompson emphasized a duty-to-serve requirement for Government Sponsored Enterprises for rural, affordable…

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Mortgage 101 – Mar. 29

Join us live on Zoom from 10:00am – 11:15am on March 29th for a jam-packed hour of learning and a question & answer session from Senior Mortgage Advisor, John F. Kay.

John has over 30 years experience and is ready to equip you with the knowledge to serve your clients with accurate and up-to-date information on their financing options. Whether you’re working with a…

Less Than 10 Days To Submit Scholarship Applications

MARCH 31ST DEADLINE TO SUBMIT. The CCAR Scholarship Foundation provides scholarship awards of up to $10,000 to qualified students residing in Contra Costa County. Their commitment to support higher education is the heart of the Foundation’s desire to make a difference!

Candidates may be either high school seniors, trade school, undergraduate or graduate students. All applicants must strictly comply with the application process and fully meet the Foundation’s requirements.

MLS UPDATE:

HomesOpenToday (HOT) & StreetURLs Sunsetting

On May 17th, CCAR will be sunsetting HomesOpenToday.com & StreetURLS.com. Although these services provided a benefit to CCAR, Bay East, and bridgeMLS Subscribers, along with East Bay consumers for over a decade, the ‘cost to benefit’ ratio is no longer beneficial to CCAR or its Membership to maintain these services.

LAPTOPS ON SALE

Top 5 MLS Support Issues

1. Listing Input – AREA: Are values missing in the Area Field when inputting a listing? This happens when the listing entry information is not completed top to bottom. There is conditional logic set for fields, if you skip the “AREA” field and select fill other fields, you might select a value that is correct but does not correspond with that area. CCAR Member Services recommend you start from the top and work your way down when inputting a listing.

2. CDOM Reset (how many days for that field to be reset): Cumulative Days on Marketing (CDOM) is set to zero on a new listing after the previous listing is marked canceled/expired/sold for 30 days.

3. Cannot find a NORCAL MLS ALLIANCE listing (Using AREA or forgot to add the two letters in front [ME, SF, ML, or BA]): When searching for a listing, it’s best to use the address, city, or map. Using the “Area” field may eliminate listings because each MLS has different values to what AREA represents. As more data share listings are added to the MLS, the AREA field can become more complicated.

4. Searching by MLS Number: MLS numbers may be duplicated as a result of data sharing. To help eliminate this, add the initials of the MLS from which the data is coming from.

5. Cannot find Buyer Agent when changing listing to Pending: Sometimes if the buyer agent is from another MLS via data share, their profile may not be selectable. CCAR is working with our MLS vendor to resolve this issue. A workaround is to email Member Services at [email protected] providing the information and they can update the listing.

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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER | MARCH 14, 2023

West County Marketing Meeting – This Thursday

Join us for an in-person West County Marketing meeting this Thursday from 8:45 – 10:00am at Mechanics Bank, 3190 Klose Way in Richmond. It is free to attend and breakfast and beverages will be served.

Hear from Family Matters Founder, Kim Falahati who will provide suggestions and tips to help clients save money when moving, as well as break down the services they offer. Kim started Family Matters after personally helping her senior parents downsize. She understands the overwhelming and daunting process when helping a loved one downsize and transition out of their…

Less Than 10 Days To Submit Scholarship Applications

LAPTOPS ON SALE

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MLS UPDATE:

Top 5 MLS Support Issues

4. Searching by MLS Number: MLS numbers may be duplicated as a result of data sharing. To help eliminate this, add the initials of the MLS from which the data is coming from.

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REALTORS® Applaud Bill To Raise Capital Gains Exclusion

LOS ANGELES (March 1)

The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) issued the following statement in response to the “More Homes on the Market Act,” reintroduced today by House Representatives Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) and Mike Kelly (R-PA). The bipartisan bill increases the capital gain exclusion amounts on the sale of a principal residence to $500,000 for single filers and $1 million for joint filers and indexes the exclusion for inflation.

“California REALTORS^® thank Congressman Panetta for reintroducing the ‘More Homes on the Market Act.’ This bill will provide necessary tax relief for California homeowners, particularly senior citizens, who have been unable to move because of the tax burden that could result if they were to sell,” said C.A.R. President Jennifer Branchini, a Bay Area REALTOR^®.

“For working Californians, a home is their biggest and most important investment. However, because the capital gains exclusion was passed 25 years ago with no indexing for inflation, fewer and fewer families have been able to downsize and access the equity built up in their homes. This has resulted in fewer homes being available for younger and first-time homebuyers to move into, which has driven up demand and home prices even more.”

The National Association of REALTORS^® estimates that in California, as many as 95 percent of single homeowners and 68 percent of married homeowners who purchased their homes before 2000 could face capital gains tax if they sold their home this year.

Leading the way… ® in California real estate for more than 110 years, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (www.car.org) is one of the largest state trade organizations in the United States, with more than 220,000 members dedicated to the advancement of professionalism in real estate. C.A.R. is headquartered in Los Angeles.

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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER | MARCH 7, 2023

REALTORS® Applaud Bill To Raise Capital Gains Exclusion

The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) issued the following statement in response to the “More Homes on the Market Act,” reintroduced today by House Representatives Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) and Mike Kelly (R-PA).

The bipartisan bill increases the capital gain exclusion amounts on the sale of a principal residence to $500,000 for single filers and $1 million for joint filers and indexes the exclusion for inflation…

Less Than 10 Days To Submit Scholarship Applications

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LAPTOPS ON SALE

MLS UPDATE:

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RateMyAgent has teamed up with Realtor.com® to help you grow your business through the power of happy client reviews. Did you know 82% of clients will call only ONE agent before selecting their listing agent! The more reviews you get the more likely a new client will find you first, making you that first call.

RateMyAgent’s partnership with Realtor.com® will amplify your reputation and help you stand out against the competition to win new business!

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Mortgage 101 – Mar. 29

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Mortgage 101 – Mar. 29

Less Than 10 Days To Submit Scholarship Applications

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West County Marketing Meeting – This Thursday

Less Than 10 Days To Submit Scholarship Applications

REALTORS® Applaud Bill To Raise Capital Gains Exclusion

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REALTORS® Applaud Bill To Raise Capital Gains Exclusion

Less Than 10 Days To Submit Scholarship Applications

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