Texas Primary Date Set for May 29, July 31 Runoff Election
The Texas Primary elections will be held on Tuesday, May 29, a panel of federal judges ordered on the afternoon of March 1. The three federal judges also unveiled maps for legislative and congressional...
View ArticleREALTORS® Vote 2012: July 31 Primary Runoff Elections
The 2013 legislative session is sure to be an interesting one, with many longtime senators and representatives retiring or losing their races, and it is said by some Capitol insiders that as many as...
View ArticleNAR Call for Action – Tell Congress to Preserve Access to Safe and Affordable...
NAR is seeking Congressional support for H.R. 273 and S. 3541. H.R. 273 and S. 3541 provide a long-term solution to maintain access, for growing communities, to the United States Department of...
View ArticleREALTOR® Call for Action: Keep the Housing Recovery on Track!
As Congress returns to Washington, there is unfinished business to complete. One of those items is a housing issue that could affect almost a quarter of all real estate transactions – the expiration of...
View ArticleReal Estate-Friendly Candidates Win Big on Election Day
Election night brought good news to HAR’s 61 recommended candidates and supporters of 8 local ballot initiatives. They all prevailed. HAR had a 100% success rate on its candidate recommendations across...
View ArticleREALTOR® Call for Action: Do No Harm to Housing
The REALTOR® Party needs your urgent help to protect the stability of the American housing market and the general economy. By now you have seen countless news reports concerning the “fiscal cliff.”...
View ArticleThe Budget “Sequester”– What is it and what is the impact on FHA?
What is “the sequester“? The sequester is a group of cuts to federal spending that took effect on March 1, 2013. The sequester was originally passed as part of the Budget Control Act of 2011, better...
View ArticleHouston Fly-In With Key Washington Staffer
Each spring, REALTORS® and association staff across the nation prepare for our annual congressional visits in Washington, D. C. These visits, held during the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR)...
View ArticleChanges Coming to the National Flood Insurance Program
Changes are coming to the critically important National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that could impact real estate transactions and property owners across the country. That’s according to experts...
View ArticleCall for Action! Flood Insurance Issues Could Sink Your Sales
The Problem: Congress provided a 5-year reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), but severe implementation problems threaten to undermine real estate transactions where flood...
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