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Wise Agent – New Member Discount Program!

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Wise Agent is a simple, smart, and affordable real estate CRM platform combining contact management, lead automation, transaction management, and real estate marketing software. Wise Agent helps REALTORS® become more efficient, giving them the opportunity to save time and make more money.

What’s Included:

  • Free 20-minute one-on-one Getting Started session
  • Free training that never ends
  • Free 24/7 support with a goal to respond in 10 minutes or less
  • Monthly branded Real Estate Newsletter written in both English and Spanish
  • Quarterly webinars highlighting best practices
  • Newsletter article submission for digital advertising to Contra Costa Realtors & any other marketing content as needed
  • Wise Agent representative will attend at least one in-person event each year (as long as travel is not restricted or prevented by law)
  • Wise Agent will co-brand the CRM
  • 2 Additional free landing pages per account ($10 value)
  • REALTORS® will be able to send 75,000 emails per month
  • Email reporting is included
  • Email Templates written in English and Spanish
  • Unlimited Document Storage
  • Professionally written drip campaigns in English & Spanish

Add-ons:

  • Texting
  • Additional landing pages 
  • Social Enhancement
  • Artificial Intelligence bot 
14-Day Trial

Training:

Other Training:

https://wiseagent.com/blog

How to Access:

https://wiseagent.com

New Paragon Enhancements Effective Jan. 10

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On January 10th the following updates were made to the Paragon 5 MLS system to improve functionality.

Number of Photos :
The amount of photos permitted for upload to a listing is being increased to 60.
 
“Level – 2nd Upper” Feature Category:
A new feature category is being added to listing input and search allowing for description of a “2nd Upper” floor.
 
Feature Field Name Change:
The feature selection of “Fixer-Handyman Special” is being renamed to “Fixer Upper”.
 
If you have any questions please contact Member Services at [email protected] or 925.295.1270.

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.
Read more here and here.

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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