California’s Median Home Price Posts Highest Level in Five Years
Strong sales in higher-cost coastal regions and heated market conditions drove California’s median home price to its highest level in March since May 2008, while inventory shortages continued to stifle home sales, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.)...
REALTOR® Excellence Program – new free C.A.R. Member Benefit
C.A.R. and NAR have partnered to offer members a new way to manage their rating reputation online. The REALTOR® Excellence Program is the industry’s first and only independently validated agent rating system and is now a free C.A.R. member benefit. The program offers...
Lenders Believe Housing Recovery is Real
In its quarterly survey of U.S. bank risk professionals, FICO found lenders more bullish on the housing recovery than at any point in three years, with 71 percent of respondents saying home prices are “rising at a sustainable pace” in the context of mortgage lending...
CAR Launches New Technology Section at www.car.org
C.A.R. recently launched a new section on its website, car.org, focusing on technology in the real estate industry. Available at http://car.org/tools/technology, the new Tech Section contains three sub-sections: Tech Trends, How-to, and One Cool Thing. The “Tech...
zipFORM® 6 Quick Tips
Now that you have renewed your zipForm® 6 account, you can continue to take advantage of your favorite toolbar features from your favorite C.A.R. member benefit. Did you know that there are actually more features in zipForm® 6 which allow you to move quickly through...
2014 Officer and Director Nominations Begin
The 2014 TSBOR and TSMLS Officer & Director election cycle has begun and we need your help! This is your chance to help determine the direction your Board(s) will take in the coming years. As a member of the Board, you will gain excellent insight to local and...
Paragon Updates Listing Photos
Fixed Picture Size for High Resolution Listing Images. Paragon has been working on enhancements to allow High Resolution Listing Images. In the near future, Paragon will change how listing images are displayed in Paragon’s Search Result Reports allowing for larger...
Important message about usage of zipForm®
zipForm®, your free member benefit, now contains four new member benefits for 2013. The C.A.R. Sample Letter Library, the California Department of Real Estate Forms library, zipFormMLS-Connect®, and zipConsult™ web conferencing. And it’s getting even better with...
RealCare Open Enrollment Begins April 1st
Legislative Day 2013 Just Around the Corner
May will soon be upon us, and that means Legislative Day 2013 and the Mid-Year Luncheon are just around the corner. Legislative Day is an opportunity for REALTORS® from across California to meet with their state legislators to discuss the issues that affect the real...