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| Illinois Association of REALTORS® • www.illinoisrealtor.org |
July 22, 2008 |
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| Illinois Association of REALTORS® • www.illinoisrealtor.org |
July 22, 2008 |
 Tips for
improving your fuel economy from Edmunds.com.
Edmunds.com
has
10 tips for saving gas that are worth a read by REALTORS who
spend a lot of time in the car. Tip #9 explains that driving
with windows rolled down can be less efficient than running the
air conditioner due to the increased drag on the car. Edmunds
suggests leaving windows open when driving slowly around town;
roll windows up for highway driving and turn on the air
conditioning. |
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Forget-me-nots
IAR Events
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September
16, REALTOR of the Year Banquet, Lombard
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September
15-17, IAR Business Meetings, Lombard
• September
17-19, IAR Convention & Expo, Lombard
Quick Question
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| When the market slows, rev up your education. Plan ahead to hone your skills as a real estate professional by enrolling in the Illinois Graduate REALTOR Institute or GRI program held December 1-4 in Bloomington and January 26-29 in Lombard. | |||
| Just 10 more days to save! Take $20 off your registration if you register by August 1 for the IAR Convention & Expo, September 17-19 at the Westin Lombard Yorktown Center where you can earn up to six hours of CE credit and learn from top trainers how to: Make Your Listings Sell, Thrive in Turbulent Times, Boost Earnings with Effective Communication, Fine-tune Your Financial and Tax Planning for Today's Economy, and Present and Negotiate Contracts. | |||
| Get the latest on the Housing Stimulus bill in a podcast. With just over two weeks left before Congress leaves for the August recess, NAR is working hard to get a Housing Stimulus bill on the President’s desk. Listen to the NAR podcast to find out what is included in this complicated legislation and why it is so important to REALTORS and the housing market. | |||
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Illinois legislature breaks until fall veto session. IAR lobbyists report in Quorum Call on state budget deliberations and no action on fund sweeps last week at the State Capitol. The legislature is not scheduled to be back in session until November 12, 2008. |
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Forget-me-nots. How do you make sure your clients don’t forget you after the sale? Read an online exclusive from Illinois REALTOR Magazine for ideas shared by Illinois REALTORS. Says REALTOR Ramelia Williams of www.RookieAgentBootCamp.com: “Consistency is key if you want to be remembered by someone. Create a 12-touch marketing plan for reaching past clients throughout the year. Make it a combination of face-to-face, voice-to-voice, e-mail and postal mail communication.” |
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| Remodeling activity slows. According to the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, the weak economy and further distress in housing markets are impeding remodeling activity. The Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) reports that homeowner improvement activity will continue to decline, falling by an annual rate of 11.1 percent by the first quarter of 2009. | |||
Foreclosure
data sources.
IAR Communications receives many calls requesting
foreclosure statistics, which we do not track. The
IAR Market Stats program reports Illinois
single-family and condo home sales and median prices. We
also provide member REALTORS with
talking points on foreclosure and our consumer site
www.YourIllinoisHome.com provides a resource
"How to Prevent Foreclosure." Below
are two
sources for foreclosure data.
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| Commercial real estate vacancies are trending up modestly, while investment has dropped sharply in the wake of the credit crunch, according to the latest NAR Commercial Real Estate Outlook. NAR economist Lawrence Yun said: “Slow economic growth is lowering demand for commercial space, mostly in the office and industrial sectors. Despite the slowdown, the commercial real estate market is in much better shape compared to conditions during the 2001 recession.” | |||
| "OMG! Let me tell you about social networking!" That's the title of the latest podcast by the IAR Tech Guy Matt Brewer. Listen to Matt explain Facebook, LinkedIn, Ning, Twitter and Friend Feed. | |||
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What social media are you using to market your real estate business? Tell us and you may be featured in an upcoming IAR publication. |
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Preview fonts in the toolbar with PowerPoint, a tip from Matthew Ferrera and Company. If you'd like to see previews of the actual fonts in the font selection of the formatting toolbar in PowerPoint, go to Tools/Customize, click on the Options tab, and click "List font names in their font," click Close. |
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