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Paragon Hi-Res Photos: Now Available!

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We are delighted to announce a major upgrade to the Paragon 5 MLS! Now your Paragon listing photos will be stored at an updated Hi-Resolution of 3000 x 2000!

This upgrade significantly enhances the overall quality of listing photos displayed throughout Paragon and delivered via data feeds to third party services. We are also pleased to inform you that we have enhanced the system to allow up to a 15 MB photo to be uploaded to Paragon vs the previous 10 MB limit.
 
If you have any questions please contact CCAR Member Services at [email protected] or 925.295.1270

Coming Soon: CCAR Member Dashboard Upgrade!

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Our CCAR Development Team has been hard at work to bring you a New, Configurable, Data Driven, Widget-ized Member Dashboard!  

Your new, fully customizable dashboard can have as much or as little of the optional member information as you choose! There will be a large selection of widgets you can add to your members.ccartoday.com homepage. We look forward to bringing you widgets for content including:

  • Your CCAR Member data and preferences
  • Your support interactions with Member Services
  • Your MLS data and transactions including farm reports!
  • MLS Statistical Data
  • Your Committee service
  • Latest news
  • and much more!

If you have feedback or suggestions please email [email protected].

Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act

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C.A.R.-sponsored AB 633 (Calderon), which enacts the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act in California, helps protect those persons who inherit property where there are multiple heirs, but no will or trust exists, was signed into law by Gov. Newsom. 

The law also provides mechanisms which favor market sales with real estate licensees, rather than a traditional probate court sale to ensure the best possible price for a property, should a sale of the property be necessary. The bill received strong bipartisan support in the legislature and did not receive any “No” votes.

Here is additional background on the Uniform Law developed by Professor Thomas Wilson Mitchell, who developed the model law and won a MacArthur Foundation Grant for his work.

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Annual CCAR Charity Golf Tournament – May 10

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Fri., May 10  |  11:30am Check-in  | Boundary Oak Golf Course

Get ready to tee off for two fantastic causes at CCAR’s Annual Charity Golf Tournament! Dust off your Callaways and TaylorMades for an unforgettable day on the greens of Boundary Oak Golf Course in Walnut Creek on Friday, May 10 at 11:30am.

While you swing for a purpose, enjoy a delicious boxed lunch, and then end the day with a post-tournament dinner and award ceremony, all included for every golfer. For those who prefer to join us later in the evening, “Dinner Only” tickets are also available where you can bid on fantastic raffle prizes and enjoy a cash bar to keep the celebration going!

Your participation isn’t just about the game—it’s about making a meaningful difference. Every swing supports CCAR Helping Hands and the CCAR Scholarship Foundation, ensuring a stronger community and brighter futures.

Let’s make this year’s tournament one to remember, both on and off the course!

REGISTER!

Make Your Home Fire-Safe

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More than 100,000 Los Angeles residents have been displaced by one of the most devastating wildfires in California’s history. The need for immediate assistance is critical to help families recover and rebuild.

You can make a difference by supporting the REALTORS® Relief Foundation. Now through January 31, 2025, 100% of donations designated for California wildfire relief will go directly to helping victims and recovery efforts.

Creating and maintaining defensible space is essential for increasing your home’s chance of surviving a wildfire. It’s the buffer that homeowners are required to create on their property between a structure and the plants, brush and trees or other items surrounding the structure that could catch fire. This space is needed to slow the spread of wildfire and improves the safety of firefighters defending your home.

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Fire Hazard Severity Zone Map

Defensible Space Law: effective July 1, 2021 – Defensible space is the term for a buffer zone that homeowners create between a structure on the property and any flammable grass, trees, shrubs, or wildland area that surround it. Existing state and local laws require certain property owners to maintain defensible space on their property. Sellers of such properties will need to provide documentation that their property is in compliance with defensible space laws, or buyers will be required to agree to obtain such documentation of compliance in the future.  This law applies to: sales of residential one to four properties; condominiums or other common interest development units; or manufactured homes; where the property is located in a high or very high fire hazard severity zone; when TDS is required.

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Home Hardening Disclosure Law: effective January 1, 2021 – “Home hardening” refers to building resistant materials and home features that protect a home from catching fire. Beginning January 1, 2021, sellers will be required to complete a new home hardening disclosure (Fire Hardening and Defensible Space Advisory, FHDS) for properties that are: within high or very high fire hazard zones; built before 2010; residential one to four properties; condominiums or other common interest development units; or manufactured homes.