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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER | DECEMBER 8, 2020

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Complete Sexual Harassment Prevention Training by Jan 1st — It’s the Law!

Deadline for training is right around the corner! California Association of REALTORS® online course for supervisors and employees meets all state requirements. These are non-credit courses (not for license renewal). Courses are compliant with CA Senate Bill 292…

Special Guest Presenting at West County Marketing Meeting – This Thursday

Please join us for the West County Virtual Marketing meeting this Thursday, Dec. 17th from 9:00 to 10:00 am for a presentation by Edward Nattenberg of Property Entry Now. Property Entry Now is an app-based product that streamlines the process of gathering PEAD documents and scheduling showings. Edward will provide a demo and explain how the app works…

Legislative Corner

November elections yield positive results for property owners. C.A.R. Proposition 19 Initiative passes by narrow margin; additional real estate related State ballot measures reflect negative public sentiment towards rent control and increased business property taxes; voters approve County and local sales and business taxes. City Council representation results mixed…

Floor Plans Subject to Copyright + Ad Restrictions

Floorplans posted with MLS listings are subject to copyright restrictions and truth in advertising guidelines. Adding floorplans to listing data has become popular among MLS Participants and Subscribers. But before you post, make sure they are accurate and that you get adequate permissions to copy and publish…

Cloud Agent Suite: Free until Feb. 2021

As part of your CCAR member benefits, you already get free access to the award winning Cloud Agent Suite tools – Cloud CMA, Cloud Streams, and Cloud MLX. But to make sure you close out your year with a bang, the Cloud Agent Suite team has given all CCAR members an even better deal. You can try the rest of the Cloud Agent Suite completely FREE until February 2021…

Expanded MLS Access Coming January 20th

Expanded MLS Data Access coming soon! Seven regional MLSs form NorCal MLS Alliance, enabling one-stop-access to thousands of listings throughout 22 Northern California counties. With one login, MLS Participants and Subscribers will have access to thousands…

MLS UPDATE:

MLS Rule Changes – Dec 28th

Changes to MLS Rules and Regulation 7.5 Mandatory Submission and 7.6 Exempted Listings will go into effect December 28th. These changes will allow an “Active – Coming Soon” listing to meet the requirements of Mandatory Submission and provide clarity for agents when explaining Clear Cooperation to sellers…

Help Educate Clients About the Value of the MLS

Research shows that only 24% of consumers have even a vague idea of what the MLS is, let alone how it benefits them. But as an industry, we rely on the MLS every day. It’s how we monitor what’s happening across the market, how we cooperate to get sales done, how we…

MLS Rule Change 11.13 Enables Portability of Listing Data

CCAR’s MLS Rules & Regulations have been revised to adopt NAR’s new mandatory Participant Data Access Policy, requiring the MLS to provide MLS Participants access and entitlement to a data feed containing their own listing information. Such a policy enables portability of listing data for brokers…

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MLS Rule Changes – Dec 28th

The following changes to the MLS Rules and Regulations will go into effect December 28th. These changes will allow an “Active – Coming Soon” listing to meet the requirements of Mandatory Submission and provide clarity for agents when explaining Clear Cooperation to sellers.

7.5 Mandatory Submission. Within 21 business day~~s after~~ of marketing or advertising a property to the public ~~all necessary signatures of the seller(s) have been obtained on the listing or at the beginning date of the listing as specified in the contract, whichever is later,~~ on any exclusive right to sell or seller reserved listing on agreement for the sale of one to four unit residential property and vacant lots located within the service area of the MLS, Broker Participants ~~shall~~ must~~(1)~~input the listing to the service for cooperation with other Participants.~~, or (2) submit a seller-signed exclusion in accordance with Section 7.6 (Exempted Listings) to the service.~~ Public marketing or advertising includes, but is not limited to, conveying or displaying any information about the property or its availability for sale through or on any: windows, signs, public facing websites, social media, brokerage or franchise operated websites (including IDX and VOW), digital communications marketing (ex: email, text or phone blasts, social media messaging), multi-brokerage or franchise listing sharing networks, flyers or written material or on any applications available to the public or through conducting an open house. The public would include anyone outside the broker(s) and agent(s) licensed within a single listing brokerage and their clients, as further described in Section 7.6)All necessary signatures are those needed to create an enforceable listing, which generally means all named signatories to the listing agreement. In the event there are known additional property owners not made a signatory to the listing, listing broker shall disclose said fact on the service and state whether the listed seller will make the sale contingent on the consent of the additional property owners. In the event listing agent is prevented from complying with the 2 day time period due to seller’s delay in returning the signed listing agreement, listing broker must submit the listing to the service within 2 days of receipt back from seller. The MLS may require listing broker to present documentation to the service evidencing seller’s delayed transmission. Only those listings that are within the service area of the MLS must be input. Open listings, rental listings or listings of property located outside the MLS’s service area (see Section 7.7) are not required by the service, but may be input at the Broker Participant’s option.

7.6 Exempted Listings. If the seller refuses to permit the listing to be disseminated by the service on any exclusive right to sell or seller reserved listing agreement for the sale of one to four unit residential property and vacant lots located within the service area of the MLS, the listing broker shall submit to the service within 1 3 days after all necessary signatures of the seller(s) have been obtained on the listing agreement or at the beginning date of the listing as specified in the contract, whichever is later, a certification signed by the seller stating that the seller instructs listing broker to do no public marketing or advertising (as public marketing or advertising is defined in Section 7.5), that the only scope of permissible promotion of the property will occur internally within the brokerage and consist of direct one-on-one communication between the listing broker and licensees affiliated with the listing brokerage and their respective clients (i.e. “office exclusive”) and that seller refuses to ~~does not~~ authorize the listing to be disseminated by the service. C.A.R. Standard Form SELM and/or RLA may be used for this certification, but in any event, said ~~exclusion~~ certification shall include the aforementioned required statements as well as an advisory to seller that, in keeping the listing off the MLS, (1) real estate agents and brokers from other real estate offices, and their buyer clients, who have access to the MLS may not be aware seller’s property is for sale, (2) seller’s property will not be included in the MLS’s download to various real estate Internet sites that are used by the public to search for property listings, (3) real estate agents, brokers and members of the public may be unaware of the terms and conditions under which seller is marketing the property, and (4) any reduction in the exposure of the property may lower the number of offers made and negatively impact the sales price. In the event listing broker commences any public marketing or advertising on an exempted listing, submission to the MLS for dissemination is required within (1) one business day thereafter in accordance with Section 7.5.

If you have any questions please contact CCAR MLS Compliance at [email protected] or 925.295.1270

MLS Rule Change 11.13 Enables Portability of Listing Data

The NAR-mandated revision adds a new Section 11.13 which is described as follows:

11.13 Participant Access and Entitlement to Their Own Listing Information; Data Portability has been added to incorporate new mandated policy requiring the MLS to provide requesting MLS Participants with access and entitlement to a RESO-compliant data feed containing their own listing information.

If you have any questions please contact CCAR MLS Compliance at [email protected] or 925.295.1270

Give to Bay Area Rescue Mission

Your Holiday Donations will Help Local Families in Need

Instead, we invite you to make a donation directly to the Bay Area Rescue Mission to support their tireless work to provide shelter, food, and support to individuals facing homelessness and hunger in our community. Please don’t forget to include the Bay Area Rescue Mission on your Christmas gift list.

Request a receipt (BARM Tax ID# 94-6124054).

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CONTRA COSTA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS^®

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER | DECEMBER 1, 2020

CCAR OFFICE CLOSURE:

• Friday, December 4, Noon – 5pm

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Expanded MLS Access Coming January 20th

Floor Plans Subject to Copyright + Ad Restrictions

Give to Bay Area Rescue Mission

For over 25 years, your generous Christmas contributions have made a meaningful impact on local families through the Christmas CanTree Event and the Bay Area Rescue Mission. Regrettably, despite our best efforts, the Christmas CanTree had to be canceled this year due to ticket sales not meeting the anticipated levels necessary to host the event successfully.

Instead, we invite you to make a donation directly to the Bay Area Rescue Mission to support their tireless work to provide shelter, food, and support to individuals facing homelessness and hunger in our community. Please don’t forget to include the Bay Area Rescue Mission on your Christmas gift list.

Weekly Jolt – 120820

Complete Sexual Harassment Prevention Training by Jan 1st — It’s the Law!

Special Guest Presenting at West County Marketing Meeting – This Thursday

Legislative Corner

Floor Plans Subject to Copyright + Ad Restrictions

Cloud Agent Suite: Free until Feb. 2021

Expanded MLS Access Coming January 20th

MLS Rule Changes – Dec 28th

Help Educate Clients About the Value of the MLS

MLS Rule Change 11.13 Enables Portability of Listing Data

MLS Rule Changes – Dec 28th

MLS Rule Change 11.13 Enables Portability of Listing Data

Give to Bay Area Rescue Mission

Weekly Jolt – 120120

Expanded MLS Access Coming January 20th

Floor Plans Subject to Copyright + Ad Restrictions

Give to Bay Area Rescue Mission

Legislative Corner

MLS Rule Changes – Dec 28th

Help Educate Clients About the Value of the MLS

MLS Rule Change 11.13 Enables Portability of Listing Data

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