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Increase of FHFA Loan Limits

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This week, FHFA announced the Conforming Loan Limits for 2022. Compared to previous years, the 2022 Conforming Loan Limits represent a significant increase due to the historic house price appreciation over the last year. While 95 percent of U.S. counties​ will be subject to the new baseline limit of $647,200, approximately 100 counties will have conforming loan limits approaching $1 million.
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Contra Costa County Completes Redistricting Process

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Redistricting is the once-a-decade process of redrawing the boundaries for Supervisorial districts after the U.S. Census. The Board of Supervisors held its fifth Public Hearing for the County’s Redistricting process on November 23, 2021. 

At the November 23, 2021 Public Hearing, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to adopt a Supervisorial Map with new district boundaries for Contra Costa County.

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The Public Hearing provided: 

  • An overview of the Redistricting process, 
  • Provided a summary of Community Redistricting Workshop input
  • Reviewed public input provided to date, including Communities of Interest, District Map Proposals, and other comments, 
  • Provided over/under population summary,  
  • Presented final draft Supervisorial map,
  • Reviewed the criteria for adopting redistricting maps, 
  • Received public comment, and 
  • Board of Supervisors adopted final map. 

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GoDaddy Breached – 1.2M Affected

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GoDaddy disclosed that an unknown attacker had gained unauthorized access to the system used to provision the company’s Managed WordPress sites, impacting up to 1.2 million of their WordPress customers. If you leverage GoDaddy for your WordPress website, CCAR highly recommends that you update your password and the password for any other service that uses the same password.

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Avoid Suspension! – Complete Your Ethics Training By Dec. 31

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All REALTORS® are required by NAR to complete 2.5 hours of ethics training every three years, the current cycle: 2019 – 2021. See below for the many ways you can meet this requirement!

Training must meet specific learning objectives and criteria established by NAR. Those who complete the necessary 45-hour CE requirement for license renewal during the current cycle must email a copy of their ethics completion certificate to CCAR at [email protected]. We will update your status with NAR to show that you have fulfilled the requirement. Failure to complete the required training is a violation of membership duty for which CCAR, C.A.R., and NAR memberships are suspended and subsequently terminated.

Referral agents with CCAR (LFRO status) do not have to complete the requirement. 

Please note: If you had your Continuing Education requirement waived by the California DRE due to the 70/30 Exemption, you must still complete the NAR ethics training requirement unless you have earned NAR Emeritus status.

CHECK YOUR STATUS &
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FREE ETHICS COURSE >>

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What happens if a REALTOR® doesn’t meet the training requirement on time?

Failure to meet the requirement is a violation of a membership duty and will result in suspension of membership for the first two months (January and February) of 2022 or until the requirement is met, whichever occurs sooner. On March 1, 2022, the membership of a member who is still suspended as of that date will be automatically terminated. 
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CHOOSE THE BEST TRAINING OPTION FOR YOU:

SELF-PACED, ONLINE COURSES WITH NAR (UPDATES YOUR RECORD AUTOMATICALLY – NO NEED TO SEND IN CERTIFICATE): FREE

LIVE STREAM/ZOOM COURSES: FREE – $20

Please contact CCAR’s Member Services with any questions at 925.295.1270. If you have already completed an Ethics course during the current cycle (2019 – 2021), please email a copy of your certificate to [email protected].