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MAR President Gary Rogers and Greater Boston Association of REALTORS® President
John Ranco submitted a joint op-ed to the Boston Globe last week. You can read
the piece entitled Restoring Our Economy Begins with Housing Stabilization
online.
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As a reminder, GBAR's quarterly and year-end market data reports for its 54
cities and town jurisdiction are now available online. You can access the
number of properties sold, median selling price, under agreements and
on-the-market snapshots for the condo and single-family markets. There are
also reports available for 10 of the surrounding communities not falling
under GBAR's jurisdiction.
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The National
Association of REALTORS® (NAR) hailed the U.S. Senate and Congress for
reconciling their differences regarding The American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009. Details of the legislation include a number of important housing
provisions such as:
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December marked the fourth consecutive month in 2008 that the number of
foreclosure deeds fell under 1,000, according to a report published by The
Warren Group. Nearly 60 percent of those deeds were filed between March and
August, when more than 1,000 were recorded each month. Foreclosure deeds
then jumped 21.7 percent during the month of December, but were still 40.4
percent lower than the 2,724 petitions that were filed during the same time
in 2007. Read
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With so many accomplishments in 2008, the Greater Boston Association of
REALTORS® (GBAR) decided to highlight them in its first-ever annual report.
The report details the great ideas and hard work that the many volunteers of
GBAR's committees - from the first-ever advertising campaign created by the
Communications Committee to the nearly $25,000 the Community Service
Committee helped raise for the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless.
You can also read about our members who received awards and recognition
throughout the year including this year's Greater Boston and Massachusetts
REALTOR® of the Year Amleto "Mel" Martocchia. A membership report and a
financial report are also included in the report. We hope you take a few
minutes to read about our members' successes throughout 2008. Read
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In November John Tuccillo,
a national speaker, industry consultant and former chief
economist for the National Association of REALTORS® offered
some "straight talk" to more than 100 GBAR members about the
current economy and identified the opportunities
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GBAR is once again sponsoring the eighth annual
National Real Estate CyberConvention and Exposition, which is expected
to attract more than 30,000 real estate professionals over the seven days of
the event - February 22-28. You can register now for free and also
be entered in the Grand Prize Drawing for a Four Star luxury cruise for two.
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