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Spokane Housing Prices Keep Rising
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From the front page of Saturday's newspaper:
By most measures, Spokane remains an affordable place to buy a house, with a variety of options available in the $200,000-and-under price range.
More than 7,500 homes changed hands in Spokane County in 2016, with a median sales price of $195,000, according to the Spokane County Realtors Association.
Read the rest of this article in
The Spokesman-Review,
online here.
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WR Legislative Day
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NEXT WEEK!
January 18-19, 2017
Join hundreds of REALTORS® from around the state for two days of networking and change-making!
This legislative session will be pivotal for REALTORS® in Washington.
Show up, talk to REALTORS®, talk to staff, get on the bus and meet with legislators on the hill!
Read more
online here.
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The Voice for Real Estate
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FHA drops the mortgage insurance premium on FHA loans. Also, homeowners can benefit from mortgage debt cancellation relief in the 2017 tax year, if the lender signed an agreement in 2016 to write down part of the mortgage in 2017.
Other segments look at working with customers who have a criminal record, how to use social media without turning off followers, and what's ahead for sales this year.
An excerpt from a recent Real Estate Today radio show gives consumers a tip for saving for a down-payment.
See it all in this nine-minute video:
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The Voice for Real Estate
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Fraud Warning
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The Internet Storm Center shares this fraud warning:
Real estate transactions are some of the higher value transactions performed by individuals and organizations.
They often exceed hundreds of thousands of dollars in value, and for commercial properties, millions of dollars are quite normal.
Many buyers and sellers are not familiar with what is normal when it comes to real estate transactions.
Over the last few years, we have seen this exploited in a specific form of "Business E-Mail Compromise," where an attacker is injecting e-mails into conversations to trick the victim to transfer money to the wrong account.
Read more online here.
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Traits of Successful REALTORS®
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The new year begins with a new orientation video from Washington REALTORS
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Traits of Successful REALTORS®.
This two-part video, introduced by WR CEO
Steve Francks and hosted by Super REALTOR
Leigh Brown, is an excellent way to start your new year whether you're starting your real estate career or building one.
Each video is about six minutes long.
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Special Learning Session
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REALTOR.COM® invites you to attend a special learning session that will guide you on setting up your virtual storefront on this national website.
This free, live, online coaching webinar will cover:
- Getting profiles up-to-date
- Requesting reviews and recommendations to drive listings
- Newsletters and Facebook tools to drive activities
- Free downloads you of which you may not be taking
advantage
Register for this special learning session online here.
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CONTINUING EDUCATION
Quality of Education
through SAR/WR Education Instructors
Here is the latest class listing from your SAR - offering the best live and local continuing real estate education classes for 2017.
Click on each class title,
underlined in blue, to bring up a flyer for that class - suitable for posting in your office.
Register for these classes
online here:
Please be in touch with
Debbie at the SAR if you have any questions about these classes or your license education requirements, by phone at
326-9222 or by
email.
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Purchase & Sale Agreement
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NEXT WEEK!
Tuesday, January 17 -
Purchase & Sale Agreement - with
Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.
You are required to take this class once between 2013-2016. This January class meets this requirement.
Check-in: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
at the SAR
7.5 clock hours
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Current Issues in Washington Residential Real EState
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NEXT WEEK!
3.0 clock hours
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Purchase & Sale Agreement
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Tuesday, January 24 -
Purchase & Sale Agreement - with
Sabrina Jones-Schroder.
You are required to take this class once between 2013-2016. This January class meets that requirement.
Check-in: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
at the SAR
7.5 clock hours
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Purchase & Sale Agreement
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Friday, February 3 -
Purchase & Sale Agreement - with Sabrina Jones Schroeder.
You are required to take this class once between 2013-2016. This
February class meets that requirement.
Check-in: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
at the SAR
7.5 clock hours
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Code of Ethics: Standards for Success
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Thursday, February 9 -
Code of Ethics Standards for Success - with
Linda Miller Sheets.
Check-in: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the SAR
7.5 clock hours
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Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals
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Check-in: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
at the SAR.
4.0 clock hours
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Purchase & Sale Agreement
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Tuesday, February 21, Purchase & Sale Agreement - with Sabrina Jones Schroeder.
You are required to take this class once between 2013-2016. This February class meets that requirement.
Check-in: 8:30 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
at the SAR
7.5 clock hours
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SAR CALENDAR
Click on the calendar image below to see
the current SAR calendar showing dates and times
of classes, committees and events.
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SAR Closed Monday
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Your SAR will be closed Monday, January 16th, to keep the Martin Luther King holiday.
Read
The Meaning of The King Holiday
by Coretta Scott King online here.
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2017 Dues Due
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Your 2017 SAR annual dues were due
January 1st, 2017.
You should have received an email regarding this. If you did not receive this email, please call the SAR at 326-9222 or continue with the online payment process here.
To pay your 2017 SAR annual dues online, click on the graphic below, which will bring up the login screen for the SAR member portal:
Once online, use the Review and Pay Balance section to make your payment online. Alternately, you may retrieve an invoice while online to pay by mail, or you may pay in person at the SAR, 1924 North Ash Street.
Thank you for your continuing membership in your SAR!
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Growing with a Purpose
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The Spokane Young Professionals Network invites all SAR members to its first event of the new year:
Growing with a Purpose
Wednesday, January 25th
4:00 p.m.
at the Montvale Event Center in downtown Spokane
See the event flyer (pictured above) online here.
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YPN/WCR Install 2017 Leadership
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Spokane's two REALTOR® affiliate organizations installed their 2017 leadership teams at the SAR installation luncheon last week.
The 2017 Young Professionals Network leadership team members are: President,
Abbey Parsons
; Past-president, Taylor Ward; Jennifer Valerien; Justin Gray; Marianne Bornhoft; Stephanie Johnson; Cynthia Gustafson; Joy Wood; Nicole Malubay; Kelly Quinn; Eric Klamper; Keith Riddle. These officers were installed by YPN President
Abbey Parsons (photo above, not all present).
The 2017 Women's Council of REALTORS® leadership team members are: President, Azley Thorpe; President-elect, Gwen Arrand; Secretary, Judy Flemmer; Treasurer, Linda Freeman; Membership Chair, Dezda Finn. These officers were installed by 2017 Washington REALTORS® President Margo Wheeler Willis (photo above).
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SAR Christmas Party Donation
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If you attended the 2016 SAR Christmas party, you contributed to the total on this check (photo above).
This year's designated non-profit was Blessings Under the Bridge, to which the SAR presented a check for $3,590.36 at the recent installation luncheon at Hotel RL downtown.
Pictured, left to right: Susie Luby, 2016 SAR president; Rob Higgins, SAR executive vice president; Jessica and Mike Kovac, executive directors and founders.
THANK YOU to all who participated in the
SAR Christmas party and made this contribution possible!
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| ListHub Report for December |
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| Market Activity Report - December |
The SAR Market Activity Report for
December is now online.
See the latest full report -
a member-exclusive product - and archived full reports -
online here.
See the December 2016 Snapshot Report (pictured above) online here.
See the 2016 Year-to-date Snapshot report (pictured above) online here.
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Member Roster Update
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Click here to view the latest Member Roster Update - listing new and resigned members and companies.
Click here to view the latest list of MLS Subscription Waivers - approved by the Board of Directors.
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