As the REALTOR Turns
– Lockboxes
– December Meeting Information
– GLAR Holiday Socials
– December Newsletter
– Donations for Tax Purposes?
– MLS Secretary’s Luncheon
– MLS Classes
– NAR addresses ‘re-listing’ practice
– NAR Code of Ethics Requirement
– Christmas for Kids
– Education Registration Online
As the REALTOR Turns
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Member
Transfers: Dennis Wickham (Area Lakes Appraisal) to RE/MAX North Country Realty
Re-instate: MLS Only: Jeanene Ness & Linda Rice (Keller Williams Realty Integrity)
Licenses Sent to State:
No Longer a GLAR Member: Brian Wallin (Black Bear Real Estate); John Larson (Weichert REALTORS Tower Properties);
No Longer an MLS Only Member: Dennis Von Delinde (Riverside Realty); Sherry Christian (Edina Realty); James Schoonover and Tomy Hegland (Grimes Realty)
Brokers,
Remember that you MUST notify the GLAR if you have any new, transfered, or terminated agents within 10 calendar days.
Lockboxes
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Tis the season for us to have our lockboxes up and running. Sentrilock will be giving GLAR batteries, so if you need some batteries, let us know (no charge (unless postage) until the freebies lockboxes run out). Also, Sentrilock is giving GLAR some new generation lockboxes, so if you would like to try out the new lockboxes, please let staff know. The lockboxes should be available in a week or two.
Where not to put a lockbox: on gas meters – a spark may occur and then who knows what will happen.
December Meeting Information
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Monday, December 8: Special Events Committee Meeting – 9:00 am at the Association Office
Thursday, December 11: MLS Board of Directors Meeting at 8:30 am
Thursday, December 11: Leadership for All GLAR & MLS Board Members – 10:30 – 11:30
Thursday, December 11: GLAR Board of Directors Meeting at 11:30
GLAR Holiday Socials
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Thursday, December 4: 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm at Cragun’s.
Thursday, December 18: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm at Chase on the Lake in Walker.
Come and enjoy a complimentary Tom & Jerry and network with your Members.
December Newsletter
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Read what is happening, open the link to view the December “REALTOR Advisor” .
Donations for Tax Purposes?
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It is near the end of the calendar year and you or someone you know may be in the position of needing to make some donations prior to December 31st. This is a great time to consider a memorial gift for someone special to Habitat for Humanity. Or a cash donation for tax purposes may be in order too. The GLAR Foundation is a great place to consider for such a gift. All proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity and it will come from the GLAR Foundation which is very good public relations for REALTORS®. Please share this thought with anyone that may be in a position to do something and not have a firm plan already in mind. The checks may be made out to the GLAR Foundation and mailed directly to the Association office in Baxter.
Thanks for your time, Roger Danielson
MLS Secretary’s Luncheon
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All MLS Secretaries are invited to lunch on Friday, December 19th – details coming.
MLS Classes
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Wednesday, Dec 10: 9:00 am: Beginning Paragon Class
Wednesday, Dec 10: 1:00 pm: Advanced Paragon Class
Must have 10 registered to hold class.
NAR addresses ‘re-listing’ practice
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ORLANDO — A white paper introduced during a National Association of Realtors conference seeks to clear up the murky issues associated with properties that are “re-listed” by Realtors.
The practice of re-listing for-sale homes — or temporarily pulling them off of the market and then reintroducing them as “new” listings — has been a controversial topic in the industry, and the white paper offers guidance for Realtors’ conduct while not mandating any new policies.
The paper notes that a “new listing” can have very different meanings for real estate professionals and consumers. Agents may refer to a home that they are working to sell as a “new listing” even if that home had previously been marketed by another agent but did not sell, for example, while consumers may view a new listing as a property that was offered for sale for the first time.
“In (a) broker’s mind, ‘listing’ means house and contract. But to buyers, ‘new listing’ likely suggests a house that’s just come onto the market,” the paper states. “That can result in confusion and misunderstanding. And confusion and misunderstanding can mean trouble.”
“Some multiple listing service participants have taken advantage of MLS rules and policies … to draw extra attention to properties listed with them,” the paper also notes, and listing brokers and agents sometimes re-list the same properties multiple times, causing those properties to appear as “new” listings over and over.
In these cases, “While the listing contract is technically ‘new,’ ” each time “the relationship between the seller and the listing broker is ongoing and continuous, and the listed property — in the eyes of reasonable consumers — is certainly not ‘new’ to the market.”
The paper, presented during a Professional Standards Forum and accepted by a committee at NAR’s annual conference, reminds members that NAR’s Code of Ethics requires all members to be “honest and truthful in their real estate communications” and “present a true picture in their advertising, marketing and other representations.”
Realtors can refer to re-listed properties as “back on market,” “price reduced,” “reintroducing” or “recently re- listed,” the paper suggests, and MLSs can choose to adopt classifications other than “new” for the listings of properties and use database technologies to automatically prevent the same for-sale properties from being identified as “new.”
None of the recommendations are “intended to restrict vigorous, innovative or creative methods of drawing attention to clients’ property,” the paper also states, though “client advocacy and promotion of their property must be accomplished using methods that square with the Code (of Ethics).”
Courtsey of Inman News
NAR Code of Ethics Requirement
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NAR has a requirement that all Members take a code of ethics class every four years. This four year period ends December 31st. NAR requires that local associations suspend services to those members who have not complied.
GLAR will have another code of ethics class December 17th at 9:00 am at the Association Office and NAR also has an online class (go to www.realtor.org, education).
Pre-registration is required.
Register for the class at the GLAR website.
Christmas for Kids
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The GLAR is asking every office to be a drop off point for Toys for Kids, Christmas for Kids, or the program that you have in your local communities. The Regional Reps will be contacting offices for more specific details. All toys will be picked up December 9 or 10th and brought to the GLAR office for a press conference December 11 at noon, then taken to YOUR local program for local distribution.
These members have not taken a Code of Ethics Class in the 4 year period according to the GLAR records. If you took the class from anyone other than GLAR or the online NAR class, you will need to send a copy of the certificate to GLAR. 1/01/05 – 12/31/08.
Cody Abbott, Susan Ackerman, Janna Aho, Judy Altrichter, Michele Astrup, Matt Balmer, Charles Beavers, Bradley Bethke, Rob Birkeland, Rick Boileau, Kista Brunkhorst, Scott Bruns, Roger Burshem, Joanie Carbone, Mike Christianson, Chris Close, Butch Cole, Kevin Cole, Mary Cole, Mike Cramer, Lisa Crist, Ed Davidge, Judy Dean, Dawn DeBoer, Trista Diem, Lisa Doerr, Jim Eisler, Joan Eklund, Dan Ellithorpe, Charles Emery, Steve Engelby, Kathleen Englund-Lopez, Lisa Erickson, Paula Fisher, Wally Gaertner, Amy Gitchell, David Goedker, Joe Gries, Linda Groen, Nate Grotzke, Greg Grover, Joan Grover, Donald Haller, Mary Jo Hamilton, Walter Hammond, William J Hansen, Bud Hanson, Candy Hart, Randy Hart, Janice Helmer, Paul Hertle, Kay Hill, Roland Hill, Audrey Hillbrand, Lowell Hillbrand, Dean Hoglund, Richard Howard, Craig Johnson, Mary Johnson, Sandy Knosalla, Robert Kochenderfer, Mark Koetke, Janet Kostick, Renee Kostick, Kevin Kruchten, Bruce Larson, Layne Lendtvedt, Rusty Lilyquist, Dan Lind, Jon Lovdahl, Donald Ludovissie, Jamie Magness, Sean McDonald, Charles McQuinn, Kevin Merten, Christina Miller, Thomas Mueller, Richard Munsch, Nancy Mustonen, Douglas Nelson, Thomas Nelson, Gustave Neuberger, Earl Norwood, Tara Oberfeld, Jason Orth, Joan Oseland, Matthew Oseland, Patrick Perrine, Spencer Peterson, Ken Ploetz, Greg Rakow, Dan Roach, Deloris Ruhl, Angela Sandelin, Debra Seibert, Dave Selisker, Craig Sheik, Ronald Skoby, Tony Sobania, Carla Sobotta, Richard Spears, Terri Trantina, Jonathan Trent, Haakon Vaadeland, Allen VanLandschoot, Roger Wagner, Dan Walberg, James Warta, Pam Wedner, Doug Wheeler, Dennis Wickham, Elizabeth Wille, Bonnie Witkop, William Witt, Mike Woodard, and Dave Zontelli.
This is a great way for Members to give back to their communities.
