A message from C.A.R. President Ziggy Zicarelli
Dear CAR Member, Earlier this month, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued guidance on how fair housing laws apply to those with criminal records. Specifically, HUD stated that a landlord or property manager who imposes a blanket refusal to rent...
CAR Market Matters
Talking Points … Existing home sales surged 5.1 percent to an annual rate of 5.33 million units last month. February's sales pace was revised slightly down to 5.07 million units from the previously reported 5.08 million units, according to the National Association of...
Broker Edition zipForms Library
The zipForm® Plus Broker Edition offers your agents the user friendly transaction management system they need integrated with the zipForm® platform they know. Effortless management of agent accounts, transactions, and forms is all possible using zipForm® Plus Broker...
Medical Insurance Open Enrollment – April 1st to May 15th
This program is exclusively for C.A.R. members, their families and employees. Advantages of the C.A.R program over individual plans: Larger network of doctors Larger network of hospitals More plan options Mid-year enrollment Choose between Kaiser and Anthem Blue...
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CAR Market Matters
Talking Points … Mortgage applications slightly grew 2.7 percent from one week earlier, with the seasonally adjusted purchase index decreasing 2 percent from one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Driving the rise in mortgage applications,...
HUD Issues Guidance that a Blanket Refusal to Allow Criminal Ex-Offenders to Rent May Violate Fair Housing Law
A landlord or property manager that imposes a blanket refusal to rent to any person with any criminal conviction record – no matter when the conviction occurred, what the underlying conduct entailed, or what the convicted person has done since then -- may be violating...
HUD Kicks Off Fair Housing Month
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) kicked off Fair Housing Month 2016 with the launch of a new national media campaign that helps the public to envision what communities with shared opportunity for all might look like. The new campaign is...
CAR’s Ad Campaign Gets People Asking “Who’s Your REALTOR®?”
It’s that time of year again – time for C.A.R.’s annual consumer advertising campaign which promotes the value of working with a California REALTOR®. C.A.R. is continuing with the “long story” commercials that first aired last year and resonated so well with members...
CAR Market Matters
Talking Points … U.S. household spending has fully recovered since the latest recession, but income hasn’t, squeezing budgets and pushing many lower-income families into the red, according to a Pew Charitable Trusts report. Pew found that as of 2014, median income...