CAR Market Matters

CAR Market Matters

Talking Points … The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, covering the entire nation, rose 4.7 percent in the 12 months ended in August, slightly greater than a 4.6 percent increase in July. The 20-city index jumped 5.1 percent year-over-year through August, after...

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Putting Social Media to Work in a Crisis

Putting Social Media to Work in a Crisis

In the first nine months of 2015, wildfires destroyed more than 300,000 acres of parched California brush and timber. As one community after another was impacted, victims increasingly turned to social media in order to obtain and share real-time information and help...

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CAR Market Matters

CAR Market Matters

Talking Points … Housing starts rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,206,000 in September, 6.5 percent above August’s revised estimate of 1,132,000, according to the Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. September’s housing...

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12 Free! Time is Running Out

12 Free! Time is Running Out

As part of your 2015 membership you receive 12 FREE Hours of Online CE courses. If you haven’t taken advantage of this member benefit, you’ll want to act fast because you only have until December 31, 2015 to select your FREE courses. These FREE courses from C.A.R....

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CalBRE Alert

CalBRE Alert

The California Bureau of Real Estate (CalBRE) has recently issued an alert, advising agents that it is taking notice of salespersons who may be acting as or advertising themselves as "independent" real estate licensees.  Under California's licensing system,...

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CAR Market Matters

CAR Market Matters

Talking Points … While 92 percent of Americans surveyed have researched prices online before purchasing an item, only 30 percent said they look for better prices when shopping for major financial loans, such as a mortgage, according to LendingTree. Only 14 percent...

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