It’s a big week for the REALTOR® Party, and we’re breaking it all down for you live from Orlando as thousands gather for NAR NXT, The REALTOR® Experience....
Alabama REALTORS® Champion First-Time Homebuyer Savings Accounts — Again
Having spearheaded the effort to create a First-Time Homebuyer Savings Account program in Alabama back in 2018, Alabama REALTORS® revisited the legislation as the end of a five-year sunset clause approached. A Call for Action reminded lawmakers how important the tax-free savings accounts are for aspiring homebuyers, and the law…...
GADFly Newsletter – October 2022
Need Your Input – Legislative Priority Surveys Which legislative issues do you think will be most important in 2023? Your participation in our State and Local Legislative Priorities Surveys is an invaluable part of NAR’s decision-making as it relates to advocacy resource allocation and preparation for the year ahead. Please…...
Ohio REALTORS® Back Legislation to Overturn Unfair Property Valuation System
With help from an Issues Mobilization Grant from the REALTOR® Party, Ohio REALTORS® and a coalition of like-minded partners convinced lawmakers to reform the state’s property valuation system – one which, unique in the country, allowed third parties to challenge the value of another’s residential or commercial property for tax…...
REALTOR Party News – October 2022
Housing supply is the number one issue for millions of consumers who are locked out of the market. NAR has been on the front lines for the past two years advocating for affordable housing – and spurring legislative and executive action. Read more about President Leslie Rouda Smith’s recent White…...
Santa Barbara Association of REALTORS® Use Advocacy Everywhere to Rally Voters Against Expensive and Ineffective Rent Control Proposals
Using the REALTOR® Party’s Advocacy Everywhere program, the Santa Barbara Association mounted a member- and consumer-facing Call For Action that generated a 23% response rate in opposition to unreasonable rent control measures being considered by the City Council. Message heard, the council instead created a Housing Crisis Ad Hoc Committee....
Leveraging Study of Local Homestead Tax Exemption Policies, San Antonio Board of REALTORS® Brings About Dual Tax Relief for Homeowners
The National Association of REALTORS®’ recent Housing Affordability Study inspired the San Antonio Board to commission one of its own on a local level, with help from an Issues Mobilization Grant from the REALTOR® Party. It used the resulting analysis of area Homestead Tax Exemption policies to convince city and…...
With Polling and Issues Mobilization Campaign, Montana REALTORS® Deny Ballot Access to Damaging Property Tax Initiative
A “Decline to Sign” campaign aimed at Montana voters helped to keep a proposed constitutional amendment off the ballot; though the initiative sought to exploit widespread public angst over residential property taxes, it would actually have replaced the state’s market-value based property tax system with an acquisition-value based system that…...