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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER | FEB. 20, 2024

CCAR Scholarships – Apply by Mar. 31

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.

Completed applications must be submitted by March 31, 2024.

April is Fair Housing Month

Every April, REALTORS® commemorate the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 and reflect on housing discrimination and segregation, past and present. Fair Housing Month signifies a recommitment to advancing equitable opportunities and expanding homeownership.

Save the date for NAR’s virtual event on April 3 at 10:00 am on Facebook Live, Many Rivers to Cross: America’s Ongoing Fair Housing Journey. Commemorate the anniversaries of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974. Explore the laws’ continued importance and celebrate the 2024 Fair Housing Champion Award winners.

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MONTHLY MARKET REPORT: Jan 2024

Tempering Mortgage Rates Propel
California Home Sales in January

California existing home sales rebounded in January to the highest level in six months as mortgage rates pulled back sharply at the end of 2023, according to C.A.R.’s January home sales and price report.

Existing, single-family home sales totaled 256,160 in January on a seasonally adjusted annualized rate, up 14.4 percent from 224,000 in December and up 5.9 percent from 241,920 in January 2023.

January’s statewide median home price was $788,940, down 3.8 percent from December and up 5.0 percent from $751,700 in January 2023.

Year-to-date statewide home sales were down 5.9 percent.

Read the Report >>

CCAR ANNUAL SPONSORS

Find a CCAR Affiliate

FIND A CCAR AFFILIATE

Click on an industry or business area below, then scroll through names to find a CCAR Affiliate service provider of your choice.

Appraisal services

Shakora Abdulhaqq – Hawk Valuation

(530) 680-2773 | [email protected]

Andrew Gall – Golden Bear Residential Appraisal

(925) 691-5622 | [email protected]

Joyce Kelly Appraisals

(925) 672-2222 | [email protected]

Paul O’Riordan – Property Sciences Group

(925) 280-8118 | [email protected]

Kyle Paquin – Valuable Appraisal

(925) 937-3307 | [email protected]

Wendy Rodriguez – Wendy Rodriguez Appraisal

(925) 270-3083 | [email protected]

Brett White – Residential Appraisal

(510) 658-6891 | [email protected]

Automotive Parts Manufacturing

Jessica Harmon – Harmon Racing Cells

(951) 737-7220 | [email protected]

building & construction

Gary Massari – REI Homes & ADU

(925) 451-1619 | [email protected]

Haiyan Parks – Meritage Homes

(916) 840-3350 | [email protected]

Kevin Vasquez – KCK Construction

(510) 677-8695 | [email protected]

Car Sales

Ross Downs – Bill Wright Toyota

(661) 398-8697 | [email protected]

Haiyan Parks – Meritage Homes

(916) 840-3350 | [email protected]

Consulting

Kathy Estrada – Consulting

(408) 316-9054 | [email protected]

disclosures | forms

Annette Khaliq – JCP-LGS NHD

(925) 628-0280 | [email protected]

education | training

Elizabeth Vana Bryant – Fit Sew Beautiful

(805) 469-8897 | [email protected]

Brittany Carlone – RD Training Systems

(949) 355-3877 | [email protected]

Ryan Kleis – Reverse Mortgage Educators

(808) 242-5959 | [email protected]

Miranda Miller – Chase International

(530) 581-0722 | [email protected]

financial advisors

Christopher Lebedeff – Blue Wolf Strategies

(818) 642-3562 | [email protected]

Jessica Spencer – Camino Advisors

(408) 497-9997 | [email protected]

Garden/Landscaping

David Gallo – Better City Tree Servicing Inc.

(925) 464-9010 | [email protected]

health insurance | medicine

Craig Hammans – Coffee Road Animal Hospital

(661) 587-1976 | [email protected]

Kanika Sharma – Bay Area Internal Medicine

(510) 393-1453 | [email protected]

Amy Matecki – Dr. Amy’s Integrative Medicine

(510) 541-1619 | [email protected]

Roger Smith – The Benefits Store Insurance

(925) 478-3405 | [email protected]

home inspection

Monty Tincher – Tincher Consult & Inspection

(925) 768-7832 | [email protected]

home maintenance

Daniel Scott – Honey Homes

(510) 519-9317 | [email protected]

home warranty

Jennifer Britton – First American Home Warranty

(925) 938-9200 | [email protected]

Tracy Harrington – Old Republic Home Warranty | 2022 Affiliate of the Year

(925) 518-8551 | [email protected]

Leigh Moody – Fidelity National Home Warranty

(925) 330-1211 | [email protected]

Elizabeth Rangel – HomeGuard Home Warranty

(408) 618-1481 | [email protected]

Lisa Reinholdt – Choice Home Warranty

(925) 212-4706 | [email protected]

Melinda Theilen – Old Republic Home Protection | 2019 Affiliate of the Year

(925) 930-0231 | [email protected]

HVAC

Jay Bradford – Bradford Air and Heating

(925) 455-4247 | [email protected]

Dmitri Cahci – Air AC Construction

(408) 685-1282 | [email protected]

Mac D’Souza – Air AC Construction

[email protected]

Nate Moran – Water Heaters Only, Inc.

(530) 274-3001 | [email protected]

Ernest Shahray – Home Comfort Solutions

(510) 999-6252 | [email protected]

Kimberly Shalom – Duct Cleaning Services

(650) 438-6088 | [email protected]

Uzan Mananda – Element Home Solutions

(510) 779-7477 | [email protected]

insurance

Abdullah Al-Hadeethi – Goosehead Insurance

(573) 592-9665 | [email protected]

Lino Amaral – State Farm Lino Amaral Agency Inc.

(510) 724-5432 | [email protected]

Oscar Barajas – Oscar Barajas Insurance Agent

[email protected]

Jim Cowen – Jim Cowen Insurance Brokers

(510) 222-7890 | [email protected]

Donna Davis – Hometown Insurance

(925) 303-5615 | donna@hometowninsurance…

Gino Godoy – American Home Shield

(925) 234-2155 | [email protected]

Valerie Howard – Val Howard Insurance Agency

(925) 704-4736 | [email protected]

Nathan Mahlik – State Farm

(925) 334-0691 | [email protected]

Ruth Stroup – Farmers Insurance

(510) 874-5700 | [email protected]

legal services | estate planning

Elizabeth C. A. Johnson – Johnson Estate Planning

[email protected]

Stacy Talamante – Hannig Law Firm, LLP

[email protected]

marketing

Tim Denbo – VirtualTourCafe, LLC.

(925) 549-0714 | [email protected]

Latasha Ewell – Jubilation Found, LLC

(415) 429-4584 | [email protected]

media

Bill Gaul – Builders Update.com

(512) 850-8878 | [email protected]

Tammy Smith – Luxury Homes Magazine

(925) 984-4804 | [email protected]

mortgage | lending

Angela Adams – Reliance Financial

(925) 852-1001 | [email protected]

Jack Barnette – Bank of the West

(510) 314-5910 | [email protected]

Ben Buehler – CrossCountry Mortgage

(925) 787-7515 | [email protected]

Jonas Champion – Champion Loans

(925) 787-2583 | [email protected]

Chaitali Cherians – Easy Financing Pros LLC

[email protected]

Otis Clay – Pacific Service Credit Union

(925) 609-5224 | [email protected]

Julian Clymer – Rural 1st

(707) 787-6676 | [email protected]

Jayne Combs – Arbor Financial Group

(661) 965-0088 | [email protected]

Vincent Cortese – Paramount Bank

(707) 696-2520 | [email protected]

Tammy Cryer – Guaranteed Rate Affinity | 2015 Affiliate of the Year

(925) 964-7874 | [email protected]

Nicole Donn – US Financial Mortgage | 2022 Affiliate of the Year

(510) 758-3035 | [email protected]

Karen Douglas – Stone Castle Land & Home

(925) 997-3774 | [email protected]

Annemarie Drosos – Open Mortgage

(530) 736-2295 | [email protected]

Martha Echols – Mutual of Omaha Reverse Mortgage

(925) 914-9326 | [email protected]

William Erb – Safe Credit Union

(925) 698-4495 | [email protected]

Vadim Feygenberg – All Western Mortgage

(415) 359-4627 | [email protected]

Katherine Fogelman – PACRES Mortgage

(541) 668-3475 | [email protected]

Liz Forbes – The Money Store

(925) 302-8101 | [email protected]

John Kay – Draper and Kramer Mortgage Corp.

(925) 858-5626 | [email protected]

Maria Kopf – Envoy Mortgage

(925) 766-1971 | [email protected]

Dean Langston – Commerce Mortgage | 2019 Affiliate of the Year

(510) 409-0449 | [email protected]

Danny Levitt – JVM Lending

(925) 393-7716 | [email protected]

Anna Meier – Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

(415) 713-4424 | [email protected]

Richard Mendoza – Iron Oak Home Loans

(925) 803-2465 | [email protected]

Aaron Moore – JVM Lending

(510) 984-4040 | [email protected]

Jennifer Newton – Guaranteed Rate Affinity

(925) 366-6092 | [email protected]

Glenna Nickerson – Commerce Mortgage | 2012 Affiliate of the Year

(510) 409-0449 | [email protected]

Carly Powell – Mutual of Omaha Reverse Mortgage

(925) 826-2686 | [email protected]

Robert Ring – Cross Country Mortgage

(925) 322-1597 | [email protected]

Maria Salyer – Omega Mortgage Group

(530) 223-1400 | [email protected]

Jay A. Sondhi – U.S. Bank

(510) 908-2661 | jay.sondhi@usbank,.com

Matt Steinmetz – Envoy Mortgage

(925) 548-3984 | [email protected]

Casey Sullivan – The Sullivan Group

(925) 789-0065 | [email protected]

Mark Vanderveen – US Bank Home Mortgage

(925) 451-6444 | [email protected]

Marvin Willis – Travis Credit Union

[email protected]

Sonny Yambao – Travis Credit Union

(707) 469-1826 | [email protected]Draper and Kramer Mortgage Corp

moving | storage | logistics

Kim Falahati – Family Matters

(925) 708-6635 | [email protected]

Nicholas Johnson – Johnson & Daly Moving Inc.

(415) 419-7414 | [email protected]

Art Lotti – Custom Moving & Hauling

(925) 895-4411 | [email protected]

Arthur Murray – Metropolitan Van Storage

(925) 787-6683 | [email protected]

Naveen Pinto – My-Link-Logistics

[email protected]

Islam Umarov – XT Long Distance Movers

(925) 683-2350 | [email protected]

pest control | environmental services

Eddie Foster – Fungus Fighters

(510) 222-3955 | [email protected]

Kylie Fulfer – Fulfer Agricultural Services, Inc.

(559) 730-8093 | [email protected]

Joshua Hodge – Ax Termite Control, Inc.

(925) 687-8349 | [email protected]

Manuel Ivey – Proficient Termite Control

(510) 412-2242 | [email protected]

philanthropic services

Kim Falahati – Family Matters

(925) 708-6225 | [email protected]

Pamela Hale Mitchell – B Walker Ranch

(925) 788-6635 | [email protected]

photography | video

Michael Buck – Geneva Tigers Media

(925) 368-0096 | [email protected]

Eric Jon Garcia – Birchmont Media

( 510) 993-0133 | [email protected]

Jean-Paul Toshiro – One Focus Media, LLC

(808) 436-7008 | [email protected]

printing & copy

LaDonrick Powell – Powell’s Environmental Graphics, LLC.

(415) 937-8267 | [email protected]

Peter Smyth – Allegro Copy & Print

(925) 260-2117 | [email protected]

Property Management

Christina Montella – Montella Property Management

(805) 373-1348 | [email protected]

Hosein Pedramfard – PMI Contra Costa

(925) 222-5601 | [email protected]

staging | design

Cathy Lee Cibelli – C.L. Design Services, Inc.

(925) 351-6118 | [email protected]

Renee Hines – R-house Designs

(510) 938-9798 | [email protected]

Ashley Provost – Ashley Provost Design | 2014 Affiliate of the Year

(925) 788-8624 | [email protected]

tile & flooring

Fikret Asena – Modello Tile Studio

(415) 691-1217 | [email protected]

title insurance

Melissa Ackart – Placer Title

(925) 938-9200 | [email protected]

Lori Johnston – WFG Title Company

(707) 437-6337 | [email protected]

Tom Lucini – Fidelity National Title

(925) 398-1077 | [email protected]

Kim Perez – Stewart Title of CA

(925) 200-9708 | [email protected]

Kyle Sigler – Fidelity National Title

(925) 323-7353 | [email protected]

Kelly Snowden – WFG National Title

(925) 270-7401 | [email protected]

Tyson Sullivan – Cornerstone Title

(925) 378-0964 | [email protected]

Anneta Tsapouklis – Old Republic Title

(925) 890-3055 | [email protected]

Jason Webb – Fidelity National Title

(925) 785-0880 | [email protected]

travel | vacation

Caroline Wyekoff – Leisure Time Group

(949) 633-0833 | [email protected]

CCAR AFFILIATE
OF THE YEAR

KIM FALAHATI

Family Matters: Organizers, Junk Haulers, Movers

April is Fair Housing Month

Every April, REALTORS® commemorate the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 and reflect on housing discrimination and segregation, past and present. As community leaders, real estate professionals have an opportunity to be a part of equitable and inclusive change. Fair Housing Month signifies a recommitment to advancing equitable opportunities and expanding homeownership.

Reflect. Repair. Renew. Because That’s Who We R®.

As we engage in these impactful initiatives, let’s amplify our efforts and save the date for NAR’s virtual event on April 3 at 10:00 am on Facebook Live: Many Rivers to Cross: America’s Ongoing Fair Housing Journey. Commemorate the anniversaries of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974. Explore the laws’ continued importance and celebrate the 2024 Fair Housing Champion Award winners.

Learn More >>

C.A.R.'s Fair Housing Day Returns - APRIL 16

TUEsday, APRil 16, 2024 | 9:00am - 4:00pm
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Ontario Airport

Come join us for C.A.R.’s third annual Fair Housing Day event to learn more about California’s expansive and continuously changing Fair Housing laws. Hear from fair housing experts on topics related to inclusive advertising, housing discrimination, disabilities, algorithmic and AI bias in tech, and much more. Make sure to be part of these critical conversations on making the dream of homeownership possible for all Californians.

The event is free for C.A.R. members with an optional paid keynote lunch. More details and additional speakers soon!

Stick around after the event for C.A.R.’s HAF Casino Night fundraiser — benefitting C.A.R.’s HAF Pathway To Homeownership Closing Cost Assistance Grant Program! Casino Night will take place immediately following the exhilarating Fair Housing Day from 6:00 to 9:00pm at the luxurious Doubletree by Hilton Ontario.

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CONTRA COSTA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS^®

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER | FEB. 13, 2024

West County Marketing Meeting – This Thursday

Join us this Thursday for the West County Marketing meeting from 8:45am to 10:00am at the Hercules CCAR Office: 500 Alfred Nobel Dr., Suite 265.

Gain expert knowledge from Real Estate Attorney, Jean Shrem, on new 2024 Laws and the commission lawsuits filed nationwide. Come with questions, you’ll have an opportunity to ask them directly!

The West County Marketing Meeting is free to attend and a light breakfast will be served.

April is Fair Housing Month

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New Season Out Now!

NAR’s “First-Time Buyer” is back with Season 4, now streaming on Hulu and FirstTimeBuyer.realtor. “First-Time Buyer” follows a different individual, couple, or family through their first homebuying journey, told from the perspective of NAR members and features metro areas across the country. See how real first-time buyers benefit from the real difference only a REALTOR® can make!
Watch Now >>

C.A.R.’s 2023 Impact Report Now Available

The 2023 C.A.R. Impact Report is now available online. Each year, C.A.R. brings you products and information to help you succeed in your business and achieve your professional goals. The annual Impact Report takes a look at all of the innovative tools, services and education C.A.R. provided to help you succeed in 2023.

Included in the report:

$10K: the average amount each member saved through C.A.R.’s legislative actions
1.6M: successful uses of Digital Ink®-AuthentiSign and DocuSign®
$1,499: is how much you saved by using C.A.R. zipForm, a benefit only available to non-members through purchase.
100%: We notched a 100% success rate for C.A.R. sponsored bills to promote your and consumers’ best interests for housing in California
72K: C.A.R.’s attorneys gave 72K+ legal opinions to members calling the Legal Hotline, which helped address your legal questions
14K: members took advantage of the free 45-CE course needed to renew their license

Read the Report >>

CCAR ANNUAL SPONSORS

Solo Agent vs. Team Panel – Tomorrow, Feb. 28

Wed., Feb. 28, 2023 | 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Lafayette Library: Don Tatzin Community hall
3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd. | ^$20 ONLINE • ^$25 DAY Of Event

Join CCAR YPN on Wed., Feb. 28th from 3:00 – 6:00pm in the Don Tatzin Community Hall of the Lafayette Library for an engaging panel discussion that will transform your approach to real estate!

Learn the pros and cons of both paths: from the freedom and flexibility of solo ventures to the camaraderie and support of team dynamics, they’ll delve deep into what truly sets each option apart.

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CCAR Scholarships – Apply by Mar. 31

April is Fair Housing Month

Find a CCAR Affiliate

FIND A CCAR AFFILIATE

April is Fair Housing Month

Reflect. Repair. Renew. Because That’s Who We R®.

C.A.R.'s Fair Housing Day Returns - APRIL 16

TUEsday, APRil 16, 2024 | 9:00am - 4:00pm
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Ontario Airport

Weekly Jolt – 021324

West County Marketing Meeting – This Thursday

April is Fair Housing Month

Solo Agent vs. Team Panel – Tomorrow, Feb. 28

Wed., Feb. 28, 2023 | 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Lafayette Library: Don Tatzin Community hall
3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd. | ^$20 ONLINE • ^$25 DAY Of Event

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C.A.R.'s Fair Housing Day Returns - APRIL 16

TUEsday, APRil 16, 2024 | 9:00am - 4:00pm DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Ontario Airport

Wed., Feb. 28, 2023 | 3:00pm - 6:00pm Lafayette Library: Don Tatzin Community hall 3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd. | $20 ONLINE • $25 DAY Of Event

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TUEsday, APRil 16, 2024 | 9:00am - 4:00pm
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Ontario Airport

Wed., Feb. 28, 2023 | 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Lafayette Library: Don Tatzin Community hall
3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd. | ^$20 ONLINE • ^$25 DAY Of Event