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 in Action: Council Says No to Term Limit Extension

The Fort Collins City Council put an end to a potential term limits extension before it could event get started during their work session on June 12. Mayor Karen Weitkunat put it best when she said, “It was Council’s idea to (put term limits on the ballot) begin with.” Adding that the Council is no longer seeking to place this issue on a Special November ballot or next Aprils Municipal ballot.

Colorado Congressman on Real Estate Issues: By Barbara Koelzer

MID: Jared Polis, who represents the 2^nd Congressional District, told a group of Fort Collins Realtors® that he intends to protect the mortgage interest deduction (MID) but said balancing the federal budget should be the number one priority for everyone. At the same time, he said he supports the Simpson-Bowles deficit plan which would eliminate the MID. When questioned, Polis said that he would not support any budget plan that targeted the MID or homeowners.

Government Affairs Committee Instrumental to Your Success

So now you know what the REALTOR® & Consumer Advocacy Department is, how about if I delve into one segment of it for you: the Government Affairs Committee.
There are 7 voting members of the Government Affairs Committee, myself, who was appointed by the Board President, 6 REALTOR® members & 1 Affiliate member, each of whom are appointed for 2 year terms from the applications they submit. We also have an alternate Affiliate Member, in case we have a vacancy at any specific meeting.

CAR Releases Economic Impact of Real Estate 2011

CAR’s Issues Mobilization Committee commissioned an update to a report titled, The Economic Impact of Real Estate in Colorado, which was first published in 2005. Given the recent economic downturn, one might suppose a dramatic shift in real estate’s impact on Colorado’s economy and our region. However, the data for the Northern Front Range (Boulder, Weld and Larimer counties) has changed little since the first report six years ago.

House Passes Budget With Senior Homestead Exemption:

The House passed a state budget for FY 2012-2012 on a 64 to 1 vote. The budget features $7.5 billion in spending from the state's general fund — the largest single pot of money in the budget and the one over which lawmakers have the most discretion. General-fund spending for 2012-13would be about 6.5 percent more than what lawmakers approved for the 2011-12 fiscal year.

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