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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.

In Blount County, Tennessee, severe zoning restrictions on housing development were on the table.  To keep the County Council from limiting residential density, the Knoxville Area Association of REALTORS® leveraged multiple resources from the REALTOR® Party: Issues Mobilization, Advocacy Everywhere, and the Land Use Initiative program.

Nearly 2,000 attendees gathered last week at the RPAC President’s Circle Conference to hear from REALTOR® champions and top political leaders. President’s Circle plays a key role in NAR’s powerful advocacy operation as we work to make the American Dream affordable, accessible, and available to all. Read more about recent REALTOR® wins to bring relief to home buyers, including reducing mortgage insurance premiums and advancing remote online notarization.

With help from the REALTOR® Party, Washington REALTORS® mounted a public-facing "Welcome Home" campaign to focus the state’s 2023 Legislative Session on housing inventory and homeownership. The slate of bills they successfully promoted will lower barriers to creating new housing, especially in the affordable and Missing Middle range. In a separate campaign, they fought back legislation to increase real estate excise taxes.

Rent control initiatives are sweeping the country, further limiting housing supply and exacerbating affordability issues. REALTORS® know sound rental policies are crucial to addressing America’s housing crisis.

For the past few centuries, the land along Maine’s coast that is twice-daily exposed by low tide has belonged to the “upland property owner.” This spring, the state REALTOR® association defeated a bill attempting to turn that ‘wet-sand’ strip over to the state, which could have made it available for commercial use.

DATES TO REMEMBER Oct 23 AEI Year-Round October: Ignite Your 2024 Points of Light Initiatives Oct 25 Deadline for MI Funds to be processed to attend NXT MI Event Nov 14 NAR NXT: GAD Reception, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Nov 15 NAR NXT: GAD Meeting, 10:30 a.m. – Noon Nov 15 NAR NXT: GAD Breakout Sessions, Noon – 1:00 p.m. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Round 2: National CFA Launches Soon Thank you all for participating in September’s Call for Action (CFA)! At the end of Sept., Congress passed a Continuing Resolution that funded the government and extended the National Flood...

DATES TO REMEMBER Dec 14 RPAC State & Local Individual Year-end Transmittal Deadline Jan 2 Community Outreach Grants Open Jan 9 Issues Mobilization App Deadline for Jan. 16 Meeting Jan 9 Consumer Advocacy Outreach Advisory Board Meeting Feb 1 Deadline for 2026 GAD Institute Site Applications Feb 9 Transforming Neighborhoods Program Deadline Feb 22-23 New AE/GAD Orientation (DC) Mar 1 Deadline for 2027 GAD Institute Site Applications WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Next Thursday: RPAC State & Local Fundraising Transmittal Deadline! The year-end transmittal deadline is Thursday, December 14, 2023. This is the final deadline for individuals to be recognized as NAR Major...

With insights gained from REALTOR® Party polling, Oregon REALTORS® launched an Issues Mobilization campaign to persuade legislators to approve critical legislation addressing the state’s ongoing housing and homelessness crises. The resulting passage of SB 1537 brings important land use and permitting reforms to the housing production process.

In St. Charles County, Missouri, a proliferation of advertising signs brought on a restrictive reactionary ordinance by the Board of Aldermen, threatening to throw the baby out with the bath water. Using the Land Use Initiative program and a Call for Action, the local REALTORS® have been able to show the legislators how outlawing open house signs would disarm a healthy real estate market.