Weekly Jolt - 032123 - CCARToday - Contra Costa Association of REALTORS

Please update your eKey App next Tuesday morning, March 28th. Supra and CCAR will be processing a data conversion which may interrupt your ability to update your eKey later in the day.
Questions: [email protected] or 925.295.1270

NAR Green Designation – APRil 5-6

FREE for CCAR Members! The NAR GREEN Designation is designed for agents looking to learn about issues of energy efficiency and sustainability in real estate. Learn how homes with green features should be marketed differently than traditional homes.

This 2-day course (16 hours of CEUs) prepares real estate professionals to provide advice and sources of information to help homeowners improve the performance of their homes— from low-cost fixes and DIY projects, to retrofitting and replacing systems, to big budget remodeling projects and new constructions.
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WCR: Cultivate connections speed networking – April 14

Are you looking for POWER PARTNERS? Join WCR to find your running mate and hit that professional goal you have for this year. Get to know other REALTORS® and STRATEGIC PARTNERS.
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NAR Hosts Policy Forum On The
Current Housing Market And Affordability

The National Association of REALTORS® hosted a policy forum last Thursday entitled The Current Housing Market: Implications for Home Buyers and the Economy at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C.

The opening session, Promoting Homeownership, Affordable Rentals, and Investor Involvement All at Once, featured a keynote fireside chat with the Director of Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Sandra Thompson, moderated by NAR’s VP of Policy Advocacy, Bryan Greene.

“Let’s make sure there is liquidity at all times, all places, not just some places. And make sure people have safe, decent, and ever-elusive affordable housing, and do it in a sustainable way,” Thompson said. “Sustainability means people can stay in their homes. That is really important to me.”

Thompson endorsed borrower education and financial assistance to keep people in their homes when the unexpected happens. “There can be issues like a broken hot water heater, things that come up that impact a person’s balance sheet. Maybe there should be a reserve or contingency account to ensure sustainable homeownership.”

During a conversation on the affordability crisis, Thompson emphasized a duty-to-serve requirement for Government Sponsored Enterprises for rural, affordable…

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Mortgage 101 – Mar. 29

Join us live on Zoom from 10:00am – 11:15am on March 29th for a jam-packed hour of learning and a question & answer session from Senior Mortgage Advisor, John F. Kay.

John has over 30 years experience and is ready to equip you with the knowledge to serve your clients with accurate and up-to-date information on their financing options. Whether you’re working with a…

CCAR Scholarships – Apply by Mar. 31

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!

Candidates may be either high school seniors, trade school, undergraduate or graduate students. All applicants must strictly comply with the application process and fully meet the Foundation’s requirements.

Completed applications must be submitted by March 31, 2024.

MLS UPDATE:

HomesOpenToday (HOT) & StreetURLs Sunsetting

On May 17th, CCAR will be sunsetting HomesOpenToday.com & StreetURLS.com. Although these services provided a benefit to CCAR, Bay East, and bridgeMLS Subscribers, along with East Bay consumers for over a decade, the ‘cost to benefit’ ratio is no longer beneficial to CCAR or its Membership to maintain these services.

LAPTOPS ON SALE

Top 5 MLS Support Issues

1. Listing Input – AREA: Are values missing in the Area Field when inputting a listing? This happens when the listing entry information is not completed top to bottom. There is conditional logic set for fields, if you skip the “AREA” field and select fill other fields, you might select a value that is correct but does not correspond with that area. CCAR Member Services recommend you start from the top and work your way down when inputting a listing.

2. CDOM Reset (how many days for that field to be reset): Cumulative Days on Marketing (CDOM) is set to zero on a new listing after the previous listing is marked canceled/expired/sold for 30 days.

3. Cannot find a NORCAL MLS ALLIANCE listing (Using AREA or forgot to add the two letters in front [ME, SF, ML, or BA]): When searching for a listing, it’s best to use the address, city, or map. Using the “Area” field may eliminate listings because each MLS has different values to what AREA represents. As more data share listings are added to the MLS, the AREA field can become more complicated.

4. Searching by MLS Number: MLS numbers may be duplicated as a result of data sharing. To help eliminate this, add the initials of the MLS from which the data is coming from.

5. Cannot find Buyer Agent when changing listing to Pending: Sometimes if the buyer agent is from another MLS via data share, their profile may not be selectable. CCAR is working with our MLS vendor to resolve this issue. A workaround is to email Member Services at [email protected] providing the information and they can update the listing.

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