
Contra Costa Association of REALTORS Click, Connect, & Succeed! CCARlive is your monthly association member publication, featuring videos and in-depth articles as well as blog contents in an eco-friendly, digital flip format. Click below for the Nov 09 edition as well as past editions.
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Home Buyer Tax Credit Extended
Dear C.A.R. Members: More good news for consumers, our members, and the housing market recovery. Following the Senate’s favorable vote yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives just voted 403 to 12 to extend the home buyer tax credit, expanding the parameters to include existing homeowners a...
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Dear C.A.R. Members: More good news for consumers, our members, and the housing market recovery. Following the Senate’s favorable vote yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives just voted 403 to 12 to extend the home buyer tax credit, expanding the parameters to include existing homeowners a...
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Contra Costa Association of REALTORS wants to remind you that members can login and access our new demographics at www.ccartoday.com/demographics. Just enter some parameters and search, and a wealth of demographic information regarding that locality is at your fingertips.
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Contra Costa Association of REALTORS loves round numbers, and so is wondering who will become our 550th fan of this business page? CCAR wishes all of our fans and members a safe, happy, (slightly) spooky Halloween!

Contra Costa Association of REALTORS wants to thank Security Pacific Real Estate for inviting CCAR to their office meeting this morning. It was a great meeting with a lively bunch of people - our presentation of the latest initiatives was very well received. Thanks for having us! Are CCAR member who would like us to attend your office meeting to discuss the latest and greatest? All you have to do is ask! Contact Michael at 925-295-9201.

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Further Progress - CCAR Building
See the lastest progress on our new building! 1870 Olympic Blvd. Walnut Creek, CA 94596
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See the lastest progress on our new building! 1870 Olympic Blvd. Walnut Creek, CA 94596
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Contra Costa Association of REALTORS
wants to remind you that there is a lot that HOT - HomesOpenToday.com can do for you. If you are holding an open house, don't forget to login to HOT and publish for your free exposure!
Want to drive traffic to a particular city or area's open homes? Just point them to this url (change the city as desired)... Want a b...utton for that for your site? Just let us know - contact CCAR support at 295-1270 for help: http://www.homesopentoday.com/search/res ults?cities=Walnut Creek&page=1Read More
Want to drive traffic to a particular city or area's open homes? Just point them to this url (change the city as desired)... Want a b...utton for that for your site? Just let us know - contact CCAR support at 295-1270 for help: http://www.homesopentoday.com/search/res
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Get HOT! HomesOpenToday.com is a FAST & FREE way to find Open Homes information online. HOT currently serves the greater East Bay area. HOT is tied directly to the MLS, so the information is always up to date, clearly and concisely displayed.

Contra Costa Association of REALTORS is looking forward to a day of strategic planning with the incoming 2010 Board of Directors led by Barry Zwahlen, President Elect. 2010 is going to be full of new services and new innovations. It will all start of course with our new building... see the latest pictures below.

Contra Costa Association of REALTORS just wants to point out how gratifying it is to watch our fanbase grow. To fan #527 who just joined, welcome. Yet it makes me wonder... if each of these 527 fans asked a colleague to become a fan of this page... Grow our community, ask a friend to be a fan!

Contra Costa Association of REALTORS Leslie Appleton Young, C.A.R. Vice President & Chief Economist, delivered the much-anticipated 2010 Economic Forecast. C.A.R. Assistant General Counsel, Gov Hutchinson, provided an update on recent legal cases and issues affecting the way you do business today.

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Hello, Michael Seguin, Director of Technology for the Contra Costa Association of REALTORS. We wanted to take a moment to ensure that you are aware of the recent addition to our MLS rules and regulations. We recently modified our rules to require at least one photo or rendering of the exterior of a property be posted t...o the MLS within 5 days of the property being input to the MLS. Our goal here is of course to improve the value of the MLS compilation to our REALTOR members and to the consumer. The specific text of the rule is below. Please note, we will begin addressing violations of this rule soon. It is our hope that through education and outreach we can solve the issue of properties without photos, rather than through citations and fines.
MLS Rules Language:
Residential, Mobile Home, Residential Income, Lease rental, Commercial Residential Multi units 5+, Commercial for Sale, and Commercial for lease must have a minimum of one main photo/image of the exterior of the property attached to the listing unless directed otherwise in writing by the seller. The main photo/image must be added within five (5) days of the listing being entered into the MLS.Read More
MLS Rules Language:
Residential, Mobile Home, Residential Income, Lease rental, Commercial Residential Multi units 5+, Commercial for Sale, and Commercial for lease must have a minimum of one main photo/image of the exterior of the property attached to the listing unless directed otherwise in writing by the seller. The main photo/image must be added within five (5) days of the listing being entered into the MLS.Read More

Contra Costa Association of REALTORS would like to introduce you to our new Technical Support and Training Site. On our CCARhelp website you will find interesting articles, technology tips, and training manuals covering topics on Paragon, Winforms, Clarus and many others. Come on by and check it out!

Contra Costa Association of REALTORS Wants you to know about the N.A.R. Webinars coming up - Join three leading industry professionals for their views and valuable recommendations about what it takes to run a thriving brokerage —small or large— during a period of unprecedented challenges.





















