Hello REALTORS®, It has been a busy summer and early fall for your government affairs team. The primary elections were followed by the usual summer break for most local governments. Now, most of them are back to the business of governing. These are some of the issues we are watching and working on for Realtors…. Read more »
Read MoreAs we move forward with changes to incorporate settlement requirements into our MLS Rules and Regulations, new information and feedback is constantly incoming. At times, it will be necessary for us to look back at previous actions and tweak or change them as needed. We have received feedback from numerous agents regarding the recent update… Read more »
Read MoreAttributed by Nick Kremydas, CEO SC Realtors® NAR’s Leadership Summit (the annual training NAR conducts for incoming local and state leadership) went back to its roots–by that I mean the program was focused on leadership skills, staff/volunteer roles and responsibilities, highly functioning boards, etc. I was pleased to see that NAR is re-focusing and getting… Read more »
Read MoreHello REALTORS®, In this Watchdog Report, I am pivoting to the national level by highlighting several your National Association of REALTORS® legislative initiatives. NAR and our advocates at the state and local level have discussed these issues with our Members of Congress while they have been in South Carolina for their regular August break. We’ll… Read more »
Read MoreHello REALTORS®, Not all elections are partisan. The primary elections and party conventions help set the table for many of the offices on the ballot on November 5. But there are many elected offices that are nonpartisan. That means the political parties don’t nominate the candidates. Filing for the nonpartisan positions has either recently finished… Read more »
Read MoreEffective January 1, 2022, the Western Upstate Association of REALTORS® began requiring courses that are to be accepted to meet the NAR 2.5 hour code of ethics training requirement to have been completed by either a local REALTOR® Association or directly through NAR. No offerings from non-REALTOR® organizations will be accepted for credit. To complete… Read more »
Read MoreRenewals will open April 1, 2024. Licenses with a June 30, 2024 expiration date are up for renewal this year. The Commission will send License Renewal notices via email and mail. Reinstatement Change: Licenses not renewed by June 30, 2024, will lapse on July 1, 2024. For licenses with a June 30, 2024, expiration date,… Read more »
Read MoreSummary Background Information What’s new? January 2024 Housing Snapshot January 2024 Economic Forecast Read more at NAR.realtor here.
Read MoreAll eKEY users will automatically move from eKEY Basic to eKEY Professional beginning Wednesday, January 24. The new monthly eKEY fee will be $16.38 plus applicable tax. When you open the Supra eKEY app on January 24th or after, your Supra eKEY app will update to add additional functionality. With eKEY Professional you can: Don’t… Read more »
Read MoreThe latest iteration of the Matrix MLS platform will be released this week. See below for the release notes: Updates to the Dashboard Updates to Saved Search and Auto Emails Pages Classic Mode Option A new “Classic Mode” switch is available in the utility menu (under “Hello FirstName”) allowing each user to select whether they… Read more »
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