Weekly Jolt - 030921 - CCARToday - Contra Costa Association of REALTORS

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MLS Updates

• MLS Rules Changes
• Help Educate Clients About the Value of the MLS

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CALL FOR SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS:

MARCH 31ST DEADLINE TO SUBMIT. 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!
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WCR CONTRA COSTA:

Peak Performance Strategist with Stu Massengill
Fri., March 26 | 10 – 11am

Laptops on Sale:

New C.A.R. Legislation Addresses Housing
Barriers Facing Communities of Color

Fair Housing and Equity legislative solutions include requiring California real estate professionals to take implicit bias training, removing discriminatory language in property records, prohibiting discrimination against people living in affordable housing, repealing Article 34 of the California Constitution and eliminating forced partition sales. | MORE >

Risk Management Seminar – Sep. 27

Join us, Sep. 27 from 9am – noon for our Risk Management Seminar and C.A.R. Update… via Zoom.

Attorney Shannon B. Jones joins us once again to bring us all up to speed on current legal issues that impact REALTORS® every day—from new liabilities to the kinds of actions and cases her office is seeing the most in recent months. You´ll also get quick updates from CCAR staff and leadership.

This event is free to CCAR members. Non-members may attend for $35. Your Zoom link will be emailed to you once your membership has been confirmed.

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Together We Can Help Address Food Insecurity Now

Walnut Creek is still looking for volunteers to help hand out fliers in neighborhoods and to collect food donations at grocery stores for their community service day this Saturday, April 17.

You can also register for a neighborhood by today, April 13th. An easy way to participate is to organize your family and friends to “adopt” a neighborhood and distribute information about the Community Food Drive to homes in that neighborhood…

C.A.R. Virtual Tech Summit

Been meaning to up your technology game? You’re not going to want to miss the first-ever C.A.R. virtual tech summit. Join C.A.R. on April 14th as they cover the latest must-have tech tools and tips in this interactive, all-day experience you can watch over and over again…

Open Houses and Showings under COVID-19

As a reminder to REALTORS®, under the Departments of Public Health and Cal/Osha’s “Industry Guidance: Real Estate Transactions” (“Industry Guidance”) for real estate transactions, REALTORS® must not hold traditional open houses or showings that are open to the general public on a walk-in basis. This is interpreted to mean that appointments need to be made in advance and not…

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MLS UPDATE:

MLS Rule Changes 12.5.1, 14.3, and ‘Appendix B – Citation Policy’

At NAR’s November 2020 meetings, the NAR MLS Policy Committee adopted many new MLS standards and policy mandates. The following mandated MLS Rule changes went into effect on March 1, 2021
12.5.1 Public Remarks Restrictions and Requirements…

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…