NOW LATE!
2013 Annual Dues
If you have not paid your GTAR dues, a $20 late
payment fee has been added to your account. Payment was due by November 30, 2012. REALTOR® dues are $484
and REALTOR-ASSOCIATE® dues are $454. For a breakdown of where your
dues dollars go: http://www.tulsarealtors.com/documents/dues/
Tuesday, December 4
Helen Allen turns 90 in December! We would like
you to help her celebrate on December 4. There will be an Open House from
11:00 to 1:00 p.m. in the GTAR Training Center. Please let us know if you
are able to stop by; RSVP by emailing Deb LaManque at dlamanque@tulsarealtors.com. There will be plenty of food and drink, and a
dangerous birthday cake. Hope to see you there! Shhhhh…it’s a surprise! (Helen
supposedly doesn’t use email, so she shouldn’t be reading this!)
Help
Nominate the GTAR 2012 Sales Associate of the Year
The
winner will be announced at the GTAR/NORES Installation & Awards Banquet
January 24, 2013. Don’t miss the opportunity to recognize an outstanding Sales
Associate. Nomination forms are available online at tulsarealtors.com or click here. Deadline to submit completed forms to GTAR
is December 15, 2012.
Help
Nominate the GTAR 2012 REALTOR® of the Year
The
winner will be announced at the GTAR/NORES Installation & Awards Banquet
January 24, 2013. Don’t miss the opportunity to recognize a REALTOR® (Broker)
for their service to the real estate industry. Nomination forms are
available online at tulsarealtors.com or click here. Deadline to submit completed forms to GTAR
is December 15, 2012.
GTAR/NORES HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
Thursday, December 13: Office closes at 3:30 p.m.
Monday, December 24: Office closes at 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday, December 25: Office is closed all day
Tuesday, January 1: Office is closed all day
December 26 until
January 2: Board Store Closed for Inventory
The GTAR/NORES Board Store will be closed for inventory Thursday,
December 26 until noon on Wednesday, January 2, 2012, so please plan ahead.
This will not affect Key and KeyBox purchases.
EDUCATION &
EVENTS:
Registration is Now Open!
2013 GTAR/NORES Installation & Awards Banquet: Seated
dinner will be Thursday, January 24, 12:00 p.m. at the Hard Rock Hotel and
Casino; cost is $25 per person. This year’s theme is Let the Good Times Roll. Join us in honoring our outgoing
presidents, incoming presidents, officers and 2012 award winners. For banquet
details and to make reservations online with a credit card, log on to
tulsarealtors.com; under the Member Resources tab, click GTAR Events, then 2013
Presidents’ Banquet. Or, complete the Reservation Form and
fax it to 918-663-8815.
GOVERNMENT/LEGAL:
Problematic
Basel III Bank Rules Delayed
Regulators
have delayed
implementation of controversial Basel III international banking accords, citing
the concerns of lawmakers and industry groups over the potential impact upon
implementation. Among other concerns is the impact of subjecting regional and
community banks to the accords, which have historically been applied only to
large financial institutions that operate globally. NAR has expressed its
concerns as well, which focus on the negative impact proposed capital standards
are expected to have on the availability and affordability of mortgage
financing for both residential and commercial real estate.
Data Security,
Privacy Issues Heating Up
Data
security and privacy issues are likely to heat up as law makers at the federal
level look at whether nationwide rules are needed to ensure businesses maintain
adequate safeguards of consumers' personal information, both digitally and on
paper, and that they have in place appropriate policies for maintaining privacy
of people's personal information. Already, most states have some types of
protection laws in place. Access a new video and
blog post on how your members can take the first steps to having an
adequate system in place so they're prepared as data security issues come under
closer scrutiny.
Four Cases
Selected for Legal Action Funding
The
NAR Board of Directors last month approved funding for four cases
of importance to real estate, including a U.S. Supreme Court case on whether a
requirement that a property owner pay a fee or make off-site property
improvements before being granted a permit amounts to an unauthorized
government taking. The other three cases involve enforcement of an
association’s arbitration award, defending an appeal in an antitrust case that
real estate brokerages successfully defended against at the trial level, and
preventing construction project delays and denials because of reissuance of new
nationwide permits under the Clean Water Act.
INFORMATION
TO USE:
Free Consumer
Content: Holiday Decorating Ideas
The
latest free content for your websites, blogs, social media pages, and print
resources from HouseLogic's REALTOR® Content Resource looks at holiday
decorating ideas.
REALTOR Benefits®
Program Partners: Countdown to Savings
AEs:
The REALTOR Benefits® Program offers you special savings from partners like
Chrysler, Dell, FedEx, HP, Lenovo, Lowe’s, Office Max, Sprint, and more, all
designed to help save time and money during the busy holiday season. Visit REALTOR.org/RealtorBenefits
for details.
Video: Meet 2013
President Gary Thomas
In
a short
video, members are introduced to 2013 NAR President Gary Thomas, a second
generation real estate professional from Orange County, Calif., and the
broker-owner of Evergreen Realty.
COMMERCIAL RE:
Commercial Vacancies Declining, Rents Rising
Most of the major commercial real estate sectors show gradually improving fundamentals and are easily absorbing the relatively small amount of new space that is coming online, with a full recovery already in the multifamily market, NAR says in its quarterly commercial real estate forecast.
Most of the major commercial real estate sectors show gradually improving fundamentals and are easily absorbing the relatively small amount of new space that is coming online, with a full recovery already in the multifamily market, NAR says in its quarterly commercial real estate forecast.
