Newsroom
Welcome. The RCAR Newsroom is designed for members of the media seeking real estate market updates for the Cleveland area and 5 surrounding counties, including home sales statistics, as well as general news from RCAR and information about the area REALTORS®. Reporters, editors and other members of the media should direct all requests and inquiries to the RCAR CEO via phone at 423.476.5912 or by email at Lisa@RiverCounties.com.Protecting the vulnerable seller in a crazy market
You probably aren't feeling that sellers are vulnerable in this current market; however, even if they are receiving more equity than some of those appraisals are guaranteeing, seeing buyers pay that gap, or having the luxury of all-cash offers, where the vulnerability...
UPDATE: No Down Loan for First Responders
CLICK HERE to get your Representative(s) email address. Copy and paste this email template to send to your Representative(s): I want to express my strong support for H.R. 3172, the Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act introduced by...
General Forum Digest for Thursday July 15, 2021
General Forum Post-New Message Jul 14, 2021 Discussions started 8 hours ago, Melanie Barker (2 replies) Meeting: July 8th, Office of Single-Family Housing for FHA, Julienne Joseph, Deputy Assistant Secretary external link to thread view 1. Hello Fellow Directors and...
Getting Our Arms Around the Inventory Shortage
This month’s National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) Power Broker Roundtable discusses how brokers are addressing challenges related to the nationwide inventory shortage. Cindy Ariosa, Senior Vice President, Regional Manager, Long & Foster Real Estate, Chantilly,...
Home Sales, Prices Rise; Inventory Stays Tight
Source: https://tnrealtors.com/
Careful not to act as an Appraiser or violate Fair Housing
There are some interesting issues going on throughout the country with regard to statements in MLS's. Agents are using statements like "This will not appraise for FHA" or "Waiver of Appraisal required" in order to attract certain types of offers. Two things to be...
High Court Says CDC Lacks Authority
In a 5-4 ruling Tuesday evening, the U.S. Supreme Court said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lacked authority to implement a blanket, nationwide eviction moratorium. Although the court declined to lift the ban immediately, the ruling means the...
Time to get back to Google
Most real estate agents and loan originators have completely forgotten about marketing and reviews through Google. The truth is, THAT’S where you should be! Don’t believe us? Tune in today to hear what marketing guru and Lab Coat Agents CEO Tristan Ahumada has to say...
Housing is Critical Infrastructure – Webinar/Paper for REALTORS
Following decades of underbuilding and underinvestment, the US faces an acute shortage of available housing, an ever-worsening affordability crisis and an existing housing stock that is aging and increasingly in need of repair-all to the detriment of the health...
FHFA Director Replaced After Supreme Court Decision
In light of yesterday's Supreme Court decision, the Administration has replaced now former FHFA Director Mark Calabria with Acting Director, Sandra Thompson, who was previously Deputy Director of the Division of Housing Mission and Goals for the agency. It is not yet...