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.

REALTORS® Launch Future of Housing Effort

I don’t believe I’m alone when I say that Linus from the “Peanuts” cartoon has helped me to better understand and appreciate the holidays.

During “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving,” Linus drives home a powerful message about Thanksgiving while saying grace. His first words of thanks are for home, food and security.

2012 REALTOR Party Regional Election Recap

The following is a comprehensive regional recap of the 2012 Elections provided by Regional GAD, Barbara Koelzer:

Fort Collins

· Ginal Wins House Seat: Political neophyte Joann Ginal (D) beat challenger Bob Morain (R) to serve as the next representative for House District 52 in Fort Collins, the seat formerly held by term-limited John Kefalas. Ginal was endorsed by CARPAC.

FCBR Advocacy Efforts Feature by NAR as Success Story

The National Association of REALTORS® choose State and local REALTOR^® Associations around the country that are taking advantage of REALTOR^® Party tools and resources to step up their community outreach and advocacy efforts. These are success stories are chosen because they inspire and set precedents for other associations throughout the country. FCBR is pleased to announce that our efforts to use statistically valid polling to help inform our City Councils consideration of extending term limits has been recognized as a national REALTOR® Party success story.

NAR Call for Action: Preserve Access to Safe and Affordable Mortgages

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Presidential Candidates Exclusive with REALTOR Magazine

REALTOR® Magazine quizzes the candidates on housing, health care, and lending. Read their answers and the comments they generated. Also, REALTOR® Magazine looks at the debate over qualified mortgage (QM) rules during the debate between President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney held in Denver.

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