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on the course title for registration information)
Set
Yourself Apart from the Crowd!
Increase your earning potential by attending this course and
prepare
yourself to make and receive compensated referrals using the
International Consortium of Real Estate Associations’
Transnational Referral System
and integrate international referrals into your business.
Both
International Courses will take place at the:
RAPB Boynton Beach Training Room
4711 N. Congress Ave.
Both
the TRC and CIPS courses will be instructed by:
David Wyant,
ABR,
CIPS, GRI,
TRC, e-Pro, AHWD
ATTENTION:
CIPS Students/Candidates
Do
you plan to join the CIPS Network or earn your CIPS
Designation in 2009?
Any CIPS Membership Application received
before December 31 will be 50% off the normal dues
rate! As part of the Right
Tools Right Now initiative offered by NAR, CIPS
dues paid between now and the end of the year will
be only $110 instead of $220. (And don't worry
if you joined recently as your 2010 dues will be pro-rated
with the lower rate when invoices are sent out this
fall.)
CIPS Designation Applications are due
by October 1 in order to be reviewed in time to be
approved at the REALTORS® Conference & Expo
in San Diego . You do not need to be present
at the meetings but if you are able to attend, you
will be recognized at the CIPS Designee Breakfast
(where you will individually receive your pin) and
at International Night Out (where your name will be
on the program and you will be recognized as a group)
Both events are on Saturday, November 14, with
the breakfast from 8:00-9:30a at The Hilton San Diego
Bayfront and the gala dinner at the Manchester Grand
Hyatt from 7:00p-12:00a. Reservations are not
needed for the complimentary breakfast where no guests
are allowed. International Night Out is a separate
ticketed event (details on how to purchase tickets
were emailed on Monday to you) and you may purchase
tickets for guests.
Plaques are not given out at the conference
will be mailed to everyone a few weeks after the conference,
along with pins to those who were unable to attend
the CIPS Breakfast.
Please send your applications in by
October 1, even if you are finishing your course work
in October. We will approve the application
pending successful completion of your remaining course(s)
that month - and make sure your exams are graded in
time.
Please contact Tamala Thomas at tthomas@realtors.org
with any questions on completing your application.
She is happy to assist you in completing your
paperwork - it is easier than it looks if you read
through all directions first. Please send your
questions via email instead of calling. A few
points to remember:
- Be sure to include ALL documentation
and fees required in the application. If documentation
and/or fees are missing, it will delay the process
and you will not be awarded the designation.
- Be sure to include ALL the pages
of the application and answer every question.
- Please keep the application in numerical
order.
- Please make a copy of the application
for your records
-Please do Not fax or email the application
- Please do NOT call to see if your
application has arrived or inquire about the status.
Applications take 3-4 weeks to approve during
this busy time.
2009
UK Trade Mission The
mission is or ganized
around a series of networking opportunities with
our UK
counterparts – National Association of Estate Agents
(NAEA ). Costs
Include: Hotel
(based on double occupancy), Single occupancy available
upon request, Hotel includes full breakfast, Coach,
All Networking Events, Driver's Tips & Host's
Gifts, Castle Tours and Administrative fees.
October
7-14 For
more information contact Tracy Dobrie at tdobrie@rapb.com
Garden
Party Celebrating the 83 rd Birthday of Queen Elizabeth
II Includes
wonderful cuisine, open bar, entertainment &
great company. Venue: Eastwick House, Fort
Lauderdale
1725 NE 3 rd Ave. Places Very Limited: Members $30.00
Non-Members: $45.00 RSVP
No later than Friday, June 19 th to
954-942-7330
Realtors
use new visa types to open doors for foreign buyers
WASHINGTON-May 15, 2009-Citizens of other countries represent
an important segment of the U.S. home buying market, and now
new special visa categories that allow foreign nationals to
gain U.S. residency can help facilitate that process. By using
these visa categories correctly, Realtors® will be able
to help many more buyers from overseas purchase property in
the U.S.
Toward this end, Realtors from across the country met Thursday
with experts in immigration issues and international economics
during the joint International and Resort and Second Home
Real Estate Forums at NAR's Realtors Midyear Legislative Meetings
& Trade Expo. Read
More...
According
to NAR's 2008 Profile or International Buyers, Florida
ranks #1 as having the most closed residential transactions
with International buyers! Canada and the UK make up
36.1% of those buyers. Read the full report here.
US
in talks to develop London embassy
By Daniel Thomas, January 21, 2009
The US government is in talks to sell its prominent Mayfair
embassy in London to Chelsfield Partners, a property investment
company backed by Qatar Investment Authority. The group
has emerged as a favourite to secure the sale of the imposing
concrete building – with its distinctive golden
eagle – in Grosvenor Square, which has more than
200 years of association with the US government. John
Adams lived there in 1785 before his time as US president.
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Dubai
Property Prices Fall 23 Per Cent in Fourth Quarter: HSBC-Khaleej
Times, January 22, 2009. DUBAI
- Dubai property prices fell 23 per cent during the last
quarter of 2008, with villas showing a more marked decline
than apartments, HSBC said in a report on Wednesday. The
emirate's once-booming real estate market has slowed as
a result of the global financial crisis, as prices fall,
developers scale back projects and jobs go. Averageprices
for villas in the emirate fell 30 per cent from September,
but were up 33 per cent year-on-year, while prices for
apartments declined 20 per cent from September last year,
but were up 16 per cent on the year. Read
More...
Lessons
from America: Report from NYC- Globaledge-January
13, 2009 “I'm optimistic that we are no
longer optimistic” said Brian
Boero summing up the mood at Real
Estate Connect in New York City last week. “I'm feeling
really good about pessimism.”
With five million more US homes on the market today than
in 2005, the gallows humour was understandable.
The sense of hope was less so, given the backdrop of the
worst economic ituation since the 1930's. Read
More...
Ikea
homes development falls flat By
Cordelia O'Neill, PA-January 22, 2009
The
UK's first development of Ikea houses has fallen flat
with buyers.
The
flat pack development in Gateshead was conceived two years
ago as the answer to the K's housing shortage. It was
hoped that a terrace of Ikea-designed BoKlok houses and
flats would provide affordable and ecological properties.
But the plans were hit by credit drying up and the collapse
of the housing market. Read
More...
FORECLOSURES
- AN ONLINE GUIDE
Homeowners facing foreclosure need information, and the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development offers a one-stop
shop online that can help. "The Guide to Avoiding Foreclosure
is an easy-to-use site allowing users to quickly search information
specific to their needs," says HUD Secretary Steve Preston.
"The streamlined Web site educates individuals on the
many ways HUD can assist them through these trying times and
help them hold on to their homes." The Guide to Avoiding
Foreclosure links
omeowners
to housing counselors, lenders, local resources, refinancing
options, FHASecure, HOPE for Homeowners, and information about
the foreclosure process and possible alternatives. The Guide
to Avoiding Foreclosure can be found on HUD's home page
