GAD Institute Registration is OPEN! The Government Affairs Directors’ Institute (GAD Institute) is an annual professional development conference for state and local association professionals who work in the areas of government affairs, political affairs, legislative or regulatory affairs, lobbying, advocacy, RPAC fundraising, campaigns, community outreach, and/or REALTOR® Party initiatives. This year’s GAD Institute will be held July 19-21 in Philadelphia, PA. Early bird registration closes on June 1, so be sure to register today! Add Consumer Voices to Your Advocacy Efforts Are you working on a tax or housing affordability policy issue? Want to target homeowners in your community? Your...
REALTOR® Party Rides into 2023
We were pleased to welcome hundreds of leaders to the REALTOR® Party Training Conference in Philadelphia from November 29 to December 1. Attendees committed to lead efforts to Vote, Act, and Invest as we elevate our policy priorities and support REALTOR® champions at all levels of government.
GADFly Newsletter – August 2024
In This Issue Check out new resources available on written buyer agreements. NAR legislative priorities updated for August recess. New federal low dollar fundraising program launches Wednesday, August 21. Introducing Compliance Corner, to provide an overview of the most common compliance questions heard from GADs.
Impact of Broadband on Property Values
NAR Library Reference Request July 17, 2019 Scholarly research Ahlfeldt, G., Koutroumpis, P., & Valletti, T. (2017). Speed 2.0: Evaluating access to universal digital highways. Journal of the European Economic Association, 15(3), 586-625. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvw013 “This paper shows that having access to a fast Internet connection is an important determinant of capitalization effects in property markets. Our empirical strategy combines a boundary discontinuity design with controls for time-invariant effects and arbitrary macroeconomic shocks at a very local level to identify the causal effect of broadband speed on property prices from variation that is plausibly exogenous. Applying this strategy to a micro...
The Experienced San Fran REALTORS® Defeat Mission Moratorium
The San Francisco Association of REALTORS® sought the support of NAR, its state association and coalition partners as it geared up for its second Issues Mobilization campaign to ensure defeat against a proposed 30-month moratorium on new housing development in the Mission District, where housing inventory is low, and in increasingly high demand.
REALTOR Party News – September 2018
New Year New Resolve, By The Numbers, Success Stories, and More
Bay East REALTORS® Mobilize on Short Notice to Fight Just-Cause Evictions
With an important rental housing regulation hanging in the balance, the Bay East Association of REALTORS® launched a REALTOR® Party Mobile Alert campaign using the Advocacy Everywhere program, mobilizing more than 175 recipients to contact the City Council in a span of less than 48 hours.With an important rental housing regulation hanging in the balance, the Bay East Association of REALTORS® launched a REALTOR® Party Mobile Alert campaign using the Advocacy Everywhere program, mobilizing more than 175 recipients to contact the City Council in a span of less than 48 hours.
REALTOR Party News – May 2019
New Year New Resolve, By The Numbers, Success Stories, and More
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.