REALTOR® & Consumer Advocacy

FCBR’s REALTOR & Consumer Advocacy Department helps to ensure the success of our members via the 4 “I’s”- Involvement, Investment, Information, & Influence. Our Advocacy efforts are predicated on meaningful Community Involvement, Investment in key organizations, trustworthy local real estate Information, and effective Influence on local public policy.

Key committees/task forces of this department include Government Affairs, REALTOR® Political Action Committee, Community Outreach, CARHOF, Linda Norton Good Neighbor Scholarship Fund, Public Relations, & Monthly Market Information.

To learn more about this department and its related activities please contact Department Director Clint Skutchan at 402-0852 or clint@fcbr.org.

REALTOR & CONSUMER ADVOCACY DEPARTMENT INFO

May Comprehensive Market Reports

The Fort Collins Board of REALTORS® are pleased to announce a new member and community benefit focused on improving the understanding of our current housing market conditions. FCBR has invested in new monthly market reports created by national leader 10K Research & Marketing using accurate and reliable IRES data. This new report features easy to use graphs and charts to help you and your clients more quickly and clearly understand the current market conditions.

Be sure to watch your email for these reports right around the 15th of each month. Or you can access them anytime at www.fcbr.org/HousingReports or via our FCBR app which can be downloaded at www.fcbr.org/myFCBRapp.

These reports are put into a format that is easy to print, download, and share via your social media and blog pages. If you need any assistance making full use of these reports please contact us!

May Report:

April Report:

March Report:

Additionally, FCBR is leveraging these new reports to garner greater media reporting. Click here to read the Coloradoan article done following the release of our first report.

These new reports are a service of our REALTOR® & Cosumer Advocacy Department that focuses on the four "I's"- Involvement, Investment, Influence, & Information.

Thanks to support from Wells Fargo Home Mortgage we are able to bring you these new reports at no cost to members. Just one more member benefit delivered exclusively to FCBR members!

Should you have have any comments or questions about the reports please feel free to contact us at 223-2900 or clint@fcbr.org.

RPAC Monthly Drawing: Land Title offers $100 Home Depot Card

Have YOU invested in our Housing Future Yet? Well what are you waiting for.. each month that passes means you are missing out on our fabulous iPad+ RPAC Campaign's Monthly Drawing! May's RPAC Drawing of the month is courtesy of Land Title Guarantee Company. Time to for you or your clients to spruce up around the house with a $100 Home Depot Card.

FCBR's "Promise Fulfilled" Nets 2nd National Recognition for Advocacy Efforts

The Fort Collins Board of REALTORS® became one of the first associations in the country to be recognized multiple times by the National Association of REALTORS® via the REALTOR® Party Success Stories campaign that highlights Advocacy related best practices around the country. Last year FCBR was recognized for its efforts to inform elected officials and the public about opinions on extending term limits via a costly local elections. Now FCBR has been recognized for it's recent efforts to elect City Council candidates that will Protect Our Housing Future. Read more below from N.A.R. publications...

City Manager: Planning for Fort Collins’ Future

The City of Fort Collins works hard to ensure that we meet the community’s needs today and well into the future. While much of our work is committed to providing quality services to the community today, equally important is planning for the next 10, 20 or even 50 years. Read more...

Have You Invested in Our Housing Future Yet? 2013 iPad + RPAC Drawing

Have you invested in our Housing Future Yet? By investing $25 or more in the REALTOR® Political Action Committee (RPAC) not only will you be supporting important REALTOR® & Consumer Advocacy efforts that protect your business, but once again this year you will be given a shot at an Ipad mini + over $1,500 in other prizes. Plus invest $50 or more and you will be invited to our recognition celebration where you will enjoy networking, beverages, & light food. Plus invest $250 or more and you will be invited to attend CAR’s RPAC celebration. Be sure to ask us about your $5 credit!

CARHOF Explained & Call for Applicants

What do all those letters stand for and what does CARHOF do and how? All great questions check out his short video explaining more about the Colorado Association of REALTORS® Housing Opportunity Fund. Plus FCBR's 2013 Call for affordable housing applicants!

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