CVAR’s COVID-19 Resources
REALTORS®: Updates & Guidelines
What’s Happening at CVAR under
COVID-19 restrictions
Latest COVID-19 Updates from C.A.R.
Citrus Valley Association of REALTORS® is conducting all business remotely. Meetings and classes presented by CVAR will be online and free of charge (see classes below).
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Online Classes – 2021
Jan. 4 | CRMLS Training – Systems & Products Overview
Jan. 5 | The Rebound – Austin Allison
Founder of dotloop (sold to Zillow in 2015) and Pacasa on the REbound w/ Dan Smith
Jan. 6 | Ethics Replay w/ Leigh Brown
Code of Ethics training mandatory by 12-31-21. CVAR will present Ethics courses twice a month.
Jan. 7 | CVAR Caravan – Legal Update with Atty. Ed Estes
To view and/or get your listings on the Caravan, e-mail: citrusvalleycaravan@yahoo.com
Jan. 12 | Contract College – Tuesdays through April 20, 2021
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2021 Membership Billing – Due Wednesday!
Billing for your N.A.R., C.A.R. and CVAR memberships, along with your MLS subscription, is consolidated into one convenient bill that will be payable through your member services account.
Pay now or check your account here
Housing 2021: What You Need to Know
Some of the top sources for real estate business news predict a strong 2021 for housing. But the question on many minds is, how will the new administration affect the industry?
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Stimulus for Property Owners
Among the provisions of the recently-passed stimulus package benefiting real estate: $25 billion in rental assistance; clarification that business owners can deduct business expenses on their federal tax returns that were paid using a PPP loan.
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Mortage Points or No Points?
Mortgage borrowers often have a choice to pay more up front in points to get an interest rate reduction or save money and accept a higher rate. What should your client do?
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Effective February – Proposition 19, which narrowly passed in the fall, will require people who inherit property to use it as their primary residence or have its tax value reassessed starting in February.
Housing High – Despite losing roughly two months of the spring homebuying season, the housing market was strong in California this year. And, although the housing market has cooled during the final week, there are still many reasons to be optimistic about home sales and prices in 2021. (C.A.R.)
Move Assistance – 74% of buyers say they wish their REALTOR® offered moving support but only 16% do, according to an Updater internal study from 2019. Lend a hand when your clients need it most – launch your own moving app for free by clicking the link or from within your Transactions, zipForm Edition account.
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Top agency strategies; new eviction rules; Residential Listing and Purchase agreements; using the 1031 Exchange; legal updates, new agent tips and many more topics are covered and available to replay for free from the CVAR archive at CVAR.Live.
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A loan program that critics say misleads homeowners with promises of energy savings before saddling them with unaffordable debt will no longer be offered by a Riverside-based public agency.
With lumber prices experiencing extreme price volatility this year and harming housing affordability, the first administrative review by the U.S. Commerce Department to reduce duties on shipments of Canadian lumber into the United States by more than half is good news for American home builders and home buyers.
The busiest November in 14 years pushed Inland Empire home prices to record highs. In Riverside and San Bernardino counties, a combined 6,888 residences sold, existing and new, a study of closed transactions