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| Special Update - Transfer Tax Campaign | Transfer taxes on home sales are double taxation because Missourians already pay annual property taxes on real estate, often over many decades of ownership. Missouri is among just 13 states that do not impose a transfer tax on real estate sales, including all of Missouri’s neighboring states. As state, county and city revenues decline, politicians are tempted to impose new transfer taxes - just as Missouri citizens are struggling to make it. |
| Making Sense of the New GFE and HUD-1 | NAR analyst Scott Rinn walks you through the details of the revamped GFE and HUD-1 settlement forms that took effect Jan. 1, 2010. Click Read More below to watch the video. |
| Columbia Board of REALTORS® Seeks Executive | The Columbia Board of REALTORS® (CBOR), with 500 REALTOR® Members and four full-time staff which includes the CEO, is seeking a Chief Executive Officer to manage and lead the Association and their Multiple Listing Service. CBOR is located in Columbia, Missouri, home of the University of Missouri, Stephens College and Columbia College. |
| NetWeek Live! | Watch NetWeek live at www.columbiarealtor.tv! If you miss the live broadcast, tune into www.columbiarealtor.tv and watch recordings of all the interviews. All videos will be available until the election. |
| SELECT THE RIGHT REALTOR FOR YOU | “No. 1 in Columbia!!” “No. 1 Agent in Your Neighborhood!!” “ No. 1 Office in the Area!” These and other advertising slogans scream out at you from the pages of this newspaper and from the monthly newsletters you get from area REALTOR®s. You have decided that it may be time to move. |
| Verizon Wireless to discontinue SMTP Mail Relay service | If your cellular service for your air card or smart phone is provided by Verizon Wireless, you may be affected by this change. If your smart phone or laptop is configured to send e-mail out of Verizon Wireless' servers, you will be affected by this change and if you do not replace your outgoing server before August 29th, you will not be able to send out e-mail via your device. |
| REALTORS® KNOW, “UNDER ALL IS THE LAND” | “Under all is the Land” is the opening phrase of the Preamble to the REALTOR® Code of Ethics. These words remind REALTORS® that when it comes down to it, underneath our communities and, for that matter, underneath our civilization is the land. These words and the entire Preamble remind REALTORS® of the important role that we, who help others, buy and sell that land, play in the lives of our communities and the families we serve. |
| REALTORS® WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY IN YOUR NEW HOME! | REALTORS® are dedicated to ensuring that the families we serve are safe, secure and happy in their new homes. We are legally and ethically obligated to put the needs of our customers and clients above the desire for any single sale or commission check. |
| IS YOUR HOME READY FOR INSPECTION? | While potential buyers will probably not have the “White Glove” precision that Sergeant Carter gave Gomer, they will be inspecting your home very carefully! Equally important to pricing your home correctly is its condition. Your REALTOR® can help you look at your home through the eyes of a potential buyer. |
| A REALTOR® Is The Best Investment You Can Make! | Your doctor has bad news, you need surgery. So you decide to save some money and do the operation yourself! Sounds kind of dangerous, doesn’t it? You get sued over a car accident. You decide to save the lawyer’s fees and represent yourself! Sounds kind of dangerous, doesn’t it? You are about to undertake one of the biggest financial transactions of your life, the sale of your home. You decide to save the real estate commission and handle it yourself! Sounds kind of dangerous, doesn’t it? |
| YOUR SCORE MAY HOLD THE KEY! | “I can’t believe the credit card companies are after my child,” commented a friend of mine recently about several solicitations that her daughter, a new college freshman, had received. It seemed, my friend said, that every credit card company wanted to extend her daughter the privilege of credit. |
| Jason Thornhill Sworn in at City Council | REALTOR Jason Thornhill was sworn in on Monday, April 20th as 2nd Ward Councilman of the City of Columbia. Go Jason!!!! |
| HOMEOWNERSHIP HELPS SECURE OUR FUTURE | “If everyone in the world owned a piece of real estate, there would be no terrorism.” This intriguing and amazing insight was offered by Richard Mendenhall. Richard, a favorite son of the Columbia Board of REALTORS® is a Past President of the Columbia Board, Missouri Association and National Association of REALTORS®. He is one of the nation’s leading real estate speakers and educators. |
| REALTOR® Code of Ethics Article 2 - Duties to Clients & Customers | New Month, New Article. During the month of February, we will be focusing on Article 2 of the REALTOR® Code of Ethics. There is a new skit, new lunch and learn and new quiz. January had great participation in our new program, and we hope February can have even better participation. |
| REALTOR® Code of Ethics Article 1 - Duties to Clients & Customers | This year we are starting a new educational focus on the Code of Ethics. We will highlight an Article of the Code of Ethics each month. Look for video skits in this space. We will be offering a Lunch & Learn with fun raffles and surprises. And, yes, back to school with quizzes to test your knowledge. Make sure you don't miss these opportunities at no cost to you. |
| Check out the CBOR Blog! | Check out the new CBOR Blog at www.cbormlsblog.com. |
| Happy Holidays! | View the Happy Holidays Wishes video from your 2009 CBOR President and Staff. |
| The Future of Real Estate This Week | Late today the University of Missouri will announce a change in the Columbia Missourian's operation. |
| Using Facebook in Your Real Estate Business | Watch as Tim Kinzler and CBOR member Sean Moore explain Facebook and how you can use it to boost your real estate sales. |
| Home From Work, A Missouri First | The Columbia Board of REALTORS® was the first association in Missouri to offer the course for the new National Association of REALTORS® program, Home from Work. |
| NAR Meetings Report | The Board of Directors of the National Association of REALTORS® in its meeting Nov. 10, 2008, in Orlando, took actions to keep its members positioned for success in today’s challenging real estate markets. |
| 2008 Annual Awards | It is time to get applications in for the 2008 Annual Awards. These awards will be presented at the 2008 Installation Banquet held on December 5, 2008 at the Reynolds Alumni Center. |
| NAR Designation Awareness Month | REALTORS® Designate November as REALTORS® Designation Awareness Month. |
| Free Technical Support for CBOR Members | The Columbia Board of REALTORS® is proud to offer free technical support for computers and smart phones to our members. |
| Columbia Housing Prices Continue to Rise | Despite dropping home prices nationwide, the housing market in Columbia remains positive with home prices continuing to rise according to numbers provided by the Columbia Board of REALTORS. |
| Heroes Among Us | I looked in shock as I stared at the picture of a young man I had known all his life on my computer screen. The accompanying story detailed the horrible incident that occurred in my hometown of Maplewood, a St. Louis County community, earlier that morning... |
| I NEED A REALTOR®, SO WHO DO I CALL? | It won’t be long and we will be putting away the shorts and sandals and getting out the jackets. The kids will be back in school and we will be spending more time indoors. It is the time when we realize again how small our rooms are, and how much we “need more space”. |
| REALTORS®: Closing the Homeownership Information Gap | Are you thinking about buying a home? Do you have questions? Do you want to be a better informed consumer? If so, then the Missouri Association of REALTORS® can help you! |
| National Champion, Erin Daugherty | All the action is not in Beijing! On Thursday, 8/14/08, Erin Daugherty with Fairway Meadows Real Estate took First Place in the Women's Division 2 Slalom! |
| CBOR 2009 Board Nominations | The Columbia Board of REALTORS® is now accepting nominations for all 2009 offices. |
| Disclosure Protects You and the Buyer | I happened to catch an episode of the Andy Griffith show the other night on TV Land. In the episode, Barney Fife was working part-time as a real estate agent. Apparently, Mayberry had no license laws! Anyway, Barney got very upset with little Opie who wanted to tell the prospective buyer everything that was wrong with his father’s house. |
| Columbia Board of REALTORS® On Top of the World | Elizabeth Mendenhall and Carol Van Gorp both receive top honors. |
| Boone County No Longer Declining Real Estate Market: Columbia Board of REALTORS® Flexes Muscles | During the past few months, the Columbia real estate market made an impact on the federal level. The Columbia Board of REALTORS set out to change the definition of a “declining market” after Boone County found itself on the list. |
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| NAR Midyear Legislative Meeting Update | just wrapped up our best-ever Midyear Legislative Meetings in Washington, D.C. Not only did we raise the "Voice for Real Estate" on a number of key political issues, but we also tackled many important business and association issues. |
| Existing Home Sales to Stablize Before Upturn in Second Half of 2008 | Little change is expected in existing-home sales over the next few months, before improving notably during the second half of the year, according to the latest forecast by the National Association of Realtors®. |
| It's Tough To Do It Yourself | It may not be as easy as you think to sell your home yourself. DIY is all the rage but if selling your home yourself is so easy, why do so few sell their homes by themselves? |
| NAR Reaffirms Pledge to Every American's Fair Housing Right | As the nation celebrates April as Fair Housing Month, the National Association of Realtors® and its 1.3 million members reaffirm their commitment to America's policy of fair housing |
| NAR Chief Economist Named Among Top Forecasters for Accuracy | The National Association of Realtors® Chief Economist Lawrence Yun has been named among the top 10 economic forecasters by USA Today. |
| Average Price of Boone County Houses Still Increasing | The year-end numbers from the Columbia Board of Realtors indicate that locally the housing market is still strong, with prices on the rise. |
| FHA Legislation Will Help Homeowners, Economy, Says NAR | The FHA Modernization Act of 2007, passed today by the U.S. Senate, would help protect the interest of America’s current and future homeowners by giving borrowers a safer alternative to riskier mortgage products while |
| Boone County Homes Selling at a Higher Price Than 2006 | The third quarter numbers from the Columbia Board of Realtors reports that locally the housing market is still holding its own. |
| NAR Puts Housing Market in Perspective: 2007 will be the Fifth Best Year on Record | What a difference five years makes. That’s the point made by NAR economists and practitioners in today’s Economic Issues and Residential Real Estate Business Trends Forum at the National Association of Realtors® 2007 REALTORS® Conference & Expo. |
| Columbia Home Sales Much Better Than The National Trend | While July housing numbers are down nationwide, the Columbia Board of Realtors reports that locally the housing market is definitely not following the national trend. |
