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CURRENT FEATURES

Enroll in NYSAR's new health plan before rates increase
Access competitively priced, comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, designed especially for REALTORS, from MVP Health Care. Key program features include: two innovative plan options; an extensive provider network; no referrals; dedicated customer care and more. MVP Health Care is designated as one of America’s Best Health Plans by U.S. News and World Report, and has an “Excellent” accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance.

To qualify for low 2nd Quarter premium pricing, your application must be received by Thursday, May 15. Click here for program information and an application.

FREE web seminars from NYSAR on hot real estate topics
Learn about new ideas and get the latest information from the convenience of your home or office. Register early. Space is limited. Coming in May...

Your Sphere of Influence - Online: Gen X? Gen Y? Web 2.0? Curious about Social Media? In this market, you need every edge you can get. This one-hour session will focus on one of the fastest growing methods of reaching today's consumer - social media. Click here to learn more or register.

Disclosure – It’s Not Just About Agency: This one-hour session will focus on the information that agents and brokers are legally required to disclose and how to properly comply with New York disclosure laws and regulations. Click here for more info and to register.

Do Not Call webinar recording now available
If you missed the first in NYSAR's 3-part Do Not Call webinar series, Do Not Call Rules, presented by PossibleNOW's Tim Muenchen on May 8, visit the NYSAR Media Center to view the recording (39 mins). The webinar provided an overview of DNC rules and what REALTORS must do to comply including: the types of calls that are subject to the rules; the 3 sets of laws that govern calling; the exact requirements for REALTORS; what qualifies for safe harbor; exemptions to the rules; and what party is responsible -  the agent or broker? Watch your e-mail for registration information for Parts II and III of this informative series.

 

LATEST NEWS

Foreclosure bill stalls in Senate
Albany Times Union (NY) (05/15/08) Churchill, Chris

In New York, a tepid response from GOP lawmakers could prevent the state Senate from voting on legislation passed by the Assembly that would impose a one-year moratorium on foreclosu.... Read More

Foreclosures up 65 percent in a year
Washington Times (05/14/08)

RealtyTrac Inc. reports a 65-percent jump in U.S. foreclosure filings nationwide to 243,353 from 147,708 during the year-over-year period ended in April. Foreclosure filings rose 4 percent from M.... Read More

NAR: One of three metro areas show price increase in first quarter
One out of three metropolitan areas in the US showed rising home prices in the first quarter, according to the latest quarterly survey from the National Association of REALTORS.

In the first quarter, 48 out of 149 metropolitan statistical ar.... Read More

Senate passes a flood program bill
National Underwriter (Property & Casualty - Risk & Benefits Management Edition) (05/13/08) Postal, Arthur D.

The U.S. Senate passed the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2008 by a vote of 92-to-6, which will exte.... Read More

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