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Texas REALTORS® Bring Clarity to Voting Process

Ballots in Texas were mired in a confusing, unregulated free-for-all where proposition names were concerned. There was no systematic order, and sometimes duplicate proposition names appeared on a single ballot. But with help from the Texas REALTORS® and the REALTOR® Party, the enactment of a new Election Transparency law made…...

Texas REALTORS® Take Advocacy to Another Level Using Social Media

Facebook Live, webinars, text and e-newsletters, oh my! The Texas Association of REALTORS® have found advocacy success using social media and online communications, engaging the association’s 114,000 members in the legislative process and establishing association personal as legislative experts....

Charrette helps Austin REALTORS® Imagine Their Community

A Smart Growth Action Grant brought the impartiality the Austin Board of REALTORS® needed when they joined a developer and government officials to brainstorm solutions to the proposed Austin Oaks development that threatened to bring traffic congestion and tall buildings to the quiet community....

Everything is Bigger in Texas, Including Efforts to Pass Proposition 1

The Texas Association of REALTORS® pulled all the stops to ensure that Proposition 1 would pass. The ballot measure amended the state constitution, increasing the homestead exemption and banning real estate transfer tax on all real estate sales. The Issues Mobilization Program, targeted outreach and a comprehensive website helped the…...

Austin REALTORS® Host Summit to Address Housing Gap for Minorities

Inspired by a national report on challenges faced by African Americans in the housing market, the 9,500-member Austin Board of REALTORS® formulated a plan to do something about it in their own back yard. They began by securing a Diversity Grant from NAR to host a two-day conference to which…...

Texas REALTORS® & Hispanic Real Estate Professionals Find the Fight for the American Dream is One to Build On – Together!

The 83,000-member Texas Association of REALTORS® (TAR) has a long, proud history of embracing the ethnic diversity within the state, but they decided to take it one step further and capitalize on it. In mid-August 2013, TAR invited the Texas chapters of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals…...