Oct 9, 2012 | RAHB News |
Nominations are now open for three RAHB Community Service Awards: Award of Merit, Volunteer of the Year and Outstanding Community Service.
Do you know a RAHB member who has demonstrated exceptional dedication and service to RAHB and who has contributed positively to the association for three or more years? Nominate them for the Award of Merit!
Do you know a RAHB member who has demonstrated exceptional qualities, enthusiasm and perseverance or has gone above and beyond to serve their fellow members, and is currently serving on a RAHB committee or task force?
Nominate them for Volunteer of the Year!
Do you know a RAHB member who has shown outstanding dedication to the real estate industry and exceptional volunteer service to their community for three or more years?
Nominate them for the Outstanding Community Service Award!
Do you think you qualify for any of the three awards?
Then “nominate” yourself!
Nominating others or applying for the award yourself is easy. Application/Nomination forms and Criteria sheets are available online in the Membership Information
section of REALTOR Link®.
Don’t delay – all applications/nominations must be received at the RAHB office no later than Friday, November 30, 2012.
Oct 9, 2012 | MLS®, Stats & Technology |
Oct 9, 2012 | RAHB News |
Please note:
Staff photos do not appear on RAHB blog just in the PDF version of REALinfo.
Valerie Webster
Valerie is RAHB’s Communications Coordinator and is responsible for editing (and writing much of) REALINFO, producing RAHB press and stats releases, writing speeches for membership meetings and for other written materials for the association. She sets up the annual President’s press conference and arranges interviews with the president. Valerie also works with the Communications Committee and Awards Task Force, and coordinates RAHB’s advertising.
This is Valerie’s second round at RAHB; she was employed as member services coordinator in the late 1980s. In between, she was busy raising her son, running her own business offering administrative and communications services to not-for-profit and other organizations, and learning the art of stained glass.
Oct 9, 2012 | REALTORS Care® |
Heat didn’t stop Riders
Thirty riders – including RAHB members Jamie Edwards, Bruce King and Sherry Police – participated in the one-day REALTORS Care Foundation Motorcycle RIDE for Charity and raised over $25,000 for the Foundation. All proceeds from the ride will go toward supporting shelter-related organizations across Ontario.
The ride took place on July 4 and participants followed a route from the OREA office in Don Mills to Niagara Falls.
Bruce King, a long-time participant in the RIDE, said, “the boards we visited were very generous in their support, both by way of their direct support of the Realtors Care Foundation and by way of their providing refreshments to tired, sore and overheated bikers.”
Small office raises big money!
Homelife Power Realty Inc. gathered together 29 friends and family members to ride a big bike in the Heart & Stroke Big Bike Ride. The Ride took place in Grimsby on July 10. The Homelife team was one of ten participating in the event, and raised $5,400 – just shy of half the total proceeds for the bike ride that day.
All riders on the Homelife team were riding in memory of member Shirley Kuyvenhoven’s brother Brad, who passed away this year from a stroke at age 55. This year’s ride was the first of what will become an annual event for the Homelife Power office.
Oct 9, 2012 | REALTORS Care® |
Weisz receives Medal
Congratulations to RAHB member Arthur Weisz on receiving the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
Arthur received this prestigious award in recognition of the significant contribution he has made to his community. The medal was presented in a ceremony held earlier this summer.
Oct 9, 2012 | MLS®, Stats & Technology |
The REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington (RAHB) reported the residential market saw a 13 per cent increase in average sale price in September compared to the same month last year. The median sale price also saw gains over September of last year.
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Oct 9, 2012 | Member Services |
Hamilton
Background
On January 1, 2007, the Municipal Statute Law Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 130) made significant changes to the Municipal Act, 2001, including changing Part IV (Licences) respecting business licensing and the regulations under this Part. These changes included eliminating the portion which had prohibited municipalities from licensing the business of renting residential units.
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Oct 9, 2012 | RAHB News |
Arbitration, Discipline and Professional Standards Committees
There were no Arbitration Hearings and three Abbreviated Discipline Hearings held during the third quarter. The Professional Standards Committee reviewed six new complaints, four of which were deemed to fall under RECO’s jurisdiction and two cases which were opened and are being investigated by RAHB.
Contact: Don Inglehart, Wilf Wallace and Ann Cosens (more…)
Oct 9, 2012 | MLS®, Stats & Technology |
Openhouses.ca – Broker Loading
Members can now use Listing Maintenance in MLXchange to book public open houses on OpenHouses.ca.
Simply enter your MLS® number and go to the “Links” drop down box: click on the “Add/Edit OpenHouses.ca” link.
This feature is also available in Fusion under the Add/Edit tab.
MLS® In Brief – WEBForms® will soon be Mac friendly!
To date, members using iPads and Macs with Safari, and PCs using browsers other than Internet Explorer have encountered difficulties accessing and using WEBForms®. Members have also encountered difficulties across certain versions of Adobe Acrobat.
CREA has announced that WEBForms® 4.9 will soon be available, and members will be able to create transaction kits, edit forms, templates and clauses using most of the popular browsers without the reliance on Adobe Acrobat.
Stay tuned for more information on how WEBForms® version 4.9 will also assist REALTORS® with mobile technology and e‐signatures!
CREA is currently working on the release of WEBForms® 4.9 on a province-by-province basis; RAHB will advise all members when the new release is available. No date has been given by CREA.
CMA is now available on Fusion!
Complete CMA functionality is now available in FUSION and most of the standard reports and styles are now available. A unique new feature In the FUSION CMA is the ability to insert custom PDF content into your CMA packages. Additional features and functionality will be available in future releases as CoreLogic continues to develop and enhance the FUSION platform.
Members should be aware that this is not an extension of quick CMA; this a complete CMA tool. As this is an initial release, some of the advanced functionality found in MLXchange is not yet available in FUSION but is planned for a future release.
Oct 9, 2012 | Member Services |
CREA Trademarks – Know the Rules
How do you know when you are using the term REALTOR® correctly? Here’s a quick way to check.
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Oct 9, 2012 | Member Services |
Join CMHC at their Hamilton Housing Outlook Seminar for housing forecasts that will inform your business strategy in 2013.
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Oct 9, 2012 | REALTORS Care® |
