Data from Traverse REALTORS® Proves Invaluable to Downtown Development Planning for Affordable Housing


December, 06, 2017 by: Tags: 0 Comments

In the highly desirable downtown neighborhoods of Traverse City, Michigan, affordable housing is scarce. Bounded by a beautiful bay of Lake Michigan on one side, and Boardman Lake on the other, the city’s land base is already largely built, and development is further limited by zoning that restricts building height to 65′.  According to Kim […]

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Summit County REALTORS® Use Education to Prevent Wildfires & Costly Legislative Mandates


December, 06, 2017 by: Tags: 0 Comments

Wildfires are a serious threat to Colorado’s Summit County, where more than 23,000 homes are within the Wildland-Urban Interface, a government-designated zone indicating high wildfire potential. “Insurance companies have told us that Summit County is ‘Ground Zero’ for wildfire risk, despite never having had a major wildfire,” says Sarah Thorsteinson, Chief Executive Officer of the […]

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Greater Lansing REALTORS® Help Elect a City Council Candidate for Much-Needed Change


December, 06, 2017 by: Tags: 0 Comments

East Lansing, Michigan, home of Michigan State University, is a town with serious budget troubles. Escalating legacy costs had been kicked down the road for years, explains Mark Dickens, Vice President of Policy and Operations at the 1,000-member Greater Lansing Association of REALTORS® (GLAR), adding that the City Council, mired in various divisive issues, had […]

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It is Not Too Late to Influence Congress on Tax Reform


December, 03, 2017 by: Tags: 0 Comments

Thanks to our members’ engagement, REALTORS have helped positively influence tax reform in some key areas.  For example, both the House and Senate have agreed to maintain deductibility of state and local property taxes up to $10,000, and to maintain Section 1031 tax-deferred exchanges in their present form for real estate investments. Take Action Now! […]

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The REALTORParty.Com Launches Dec. 29


December, 03, 2017 by: Tags: 0 Comments

On Dec. 29, NAR will launch a new website, REALTORParty.Com, replacing the REALTOR® Action Center.  The new REALTORParty.com will be a holistic website that provides advocacy materials for state and local REALTOR® Association staff, and facilitates two-way opportunities to engage individual REALTORS® and associations in the REALTOR® Party. Learn more. Source: REALTOR Action Center News

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