Community Outreach
Grant Help for Addressing Community Priorities Make plans to apply for a Smart Growth, Housing Opportunity, Fair Housing, Placemaking and/or Rural Outreach grant to position your association and REALTORS® as leaders in improving their communities by engaging, educating and advocating in a variety of community development issues. Search success stories or sign-up for a 30-minute one-on-one meeting with staff experts via Zoom to brainstorm ways your association can leverage a Community Outreach Grant. Questions? Contact Christine Windle. Put On Common Ground to Smart Use Published twice a year in May and November, On Common Ground presents a wide range of views on smart-growth issues to encourage dialogue among REALTORS®, elected officials and other stakeholders. Order free copies in bulk to use as great leave-behinds when you visit local officials, or provide NAR with a mailing list and leave the delivery to us. For more information, click here. Questions? Please contact Catherine Mesick Grant Help to Address Broadband, Well and Septic Regs, Zoning and More Fund your association’s advocacy, education and engagement initiatives related to broadband, floodplain, onsite well and septic, open space preservation, protection overlay districts and infrastructure challenges with help from a Rural Outreach Grant. Learn how the Baldwin REALTORS® helped their region prepare for flood impact with grant support. Need additional ideas? Contact Christine Windle REALTOR® Party Success Stories – June 2022: Each month, stories highlighting state and local associations who leveraged a REALTOR Party grant or resource that led to an advocacy “win” are highlighted and cataloged in the REALTOR Party Success Stories. Success stories created in July include:- Greater Hartford Association of REALTORS® Leads Creation of New Pocket Park at Trailhead
- Columbia Board of REALTORS® Helps City and County Capture Revenue for Essential Community Services by Adopting Local Internet Use Tax
- North Carolina REALTORS® Proclaim Fair Housing Values in State-wide Media Campaign Supported by Consumer Advocacy Grant
- Delaware Association of REALTORS® Educates Consumers About the Real Costs of Closing
- Working with State Legislators, Tennessee REALTORS® Have April Declared Fair Housing Month in The Volunteer State
RPAC Fundraising
RPAC Major Investor Recognition Deadlines Make sure you and your members are recognized as RPAC Major Investors by the October, and December deadlines! Click here for all dates and important details. These are HARD deadlines to submit RPAC investments to the NAR Finance Office. For questions about RPAC transmittal deadlines contact Jackie Zaporowski (202-383-1029), or Debbie Frey (312-329-8565). Save the Date: RPAC Major Investor Reception The RPAC Major Investor Reception will be held Saturday, November 12 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm during NAR NXT, The REALTOR® Experience. We will be at SeaWorld this year! Please keep in mind, the deadline to have Major Investor funds processed to be invited to this event is Wednesday, October 19th. We hope to see you and your fellow 2022 Major Investors there! Contact Jackie Zaporowski (202-383-1029)NAR Research and Press Releases
Instant Reaction: Mortgage Rates, July 14, 2022 With the potential of a more aggressive rate hike from the Federal Reserve at the end of the month, mortgage rates will likely rise even further. Instant Reaction: CPI Inflation, July 13, 2022 Consumer price inflation is the highest in over 40-years and showed no sign of slowing down in June. It rose by 9.1% and is accelerating. Housing Affordability Drops as Mortgage Payments Spike 51% From May 2021 Compared to one year ago, affordability fell in May as the monthly mortgage payment climbed 51% and median family income rose by 4.5% By: Michael Hyman Measuring Affordability and Availability of Homes as Mortgage Rates Continue to Rise The dual phenomenon of record-high home prices and record-low inventory has significantly impacted home buyer choice.Key Dates
November 9–14, 2022 NAR NXT Governance Meetings November 11–14, 2022 NAR NXT, The REALTOR® ExperienceBrad Ward GAD Chair Michigan REALTORS®

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