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.

The 69th General Assembly Kicks Off in 2013

The first gavel of the 69th General Assembly came down Wednesday, ushering in a new batch of legislative leadership, as well as a record number of new legislators – 31 – who took their initial oaths of office.

NAR Issue Brief: Real Estate Provisions in “Fiscal Cliff” Bill

On January 1 both the Senate and House passed H.R. 8, legislation to avert the “fiscal cliff.” The bill will be signed shortly by President Barack Obama. Below are a summary of real estate related provisions in the bill.

November Market Report featuring Charts, Graphs & Commentary

The NoCo Real Estate Market continues the trend of strengthening. The latest release of Northern Colorado Market Statistics featuring graphs and commentary provided by FCBR members...

1000 Acts of Random Kindness Campaign

The goal of the Community Outreach Committee is to be involved in the Community that we live in. 1000 Random Acts of Kindness started with a story about a person who chose to do something different for her Birthday. As she turned 30 she realized what a wonderful community she lived in and wanted to do something – so she and her two children did 30 Random Acts of Kindness that day.

Protecting Our Housing Future Update: Multi-Family & East/Westside

Council Increases Public Input for Multi-Family Developments: On Nov. 20 The City Council quietly gave final approval to an ordinance to amend the Fort Collins Land Use Code to require greater public participation in the review process for multi-family developments. The ordinance requires larger developments with either 50 dwelling units or 75 bedrooms to be reviewed by the Planning & Zoning Board in a “Type 2” review, which includes a requirement that the developer hold a pre-submittal neighborhood meeting.

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