2012 NHAR Annual Convention

It’s convention time… well maybe not just yet but soon! If you haven’t signed up to attend the convention, all you need to do is click this link and spend a few minutes answering a few questions  and just like magic you’ll be registered!  Sign Up here >>>  NHAR Annual Convention On Line Registration

This years convention is being held in Portsmouth NH and will be totally awesome! Those that attended last year raved about it…so don’t be left behind this year!  Imagine having Education, Networking and Fun Events all in a wonderful historic location!

Don’t miss it! For highlights and tentative program changes please watch this brief video!

See you at convention!

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NHAR President-Elect John Rice was one of 39 New Hampshire attendees at the National Association of REALTORS Midyear Legislative Meetings, held May 9-14 in Washington, D.C., and he filed this report:

NHAR President-Elect’s Notes from NAR Legislative Meetings

1. Monday May 9 Attended NAR’s new 3- hour each Leadership courses “Leadership 200 Becoming a Leader” and “Leadership 300 Enhancing Leadership Skills.” Both were fast-paced and interesting. Class consisted of AE’s, State Presidents and President’s Elects…Many worthwhile ideas that take the NHAR Leadership Course to the next level. Roger Turcotte was one of the instructors.

Read more…

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Time to Nominate a REALTOR® Good Neighbor

NHAR 2010 Good Neighbor Dee Bittle (center),
with 2010 NHAR President Monika McGillicuddy
and St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry director
George Weber following the 2010 recognition
ceremony at St. Peter’s Church in Concord.

Nominate a REALTOR® Good Neighbor:
$1,000 Awarded to Recipient’s Charity

The NHAR Good Neighbor program has named 11 award-winners in its eight years of existence.  Will you nominate — or be — the 12th?  Completed applications are due by Friday, May 20, 2011.

As always, the charity of the winner’s choice will be granted $1,000.

Last year, Concord REALTOR® Dee Bittle was the NHAR Good Neighbor for her work with the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry, which provides for those in need in roughly 20 communities in Greater Concord.

Good Neighbor recognizes the efforts of New Hampshire REALTORS® who are making exceptional contributions to improve the quality of life in their communities.  In addition to the $1,000 for his or her charity, the winner receives:

A ceremony at recipient’s charity of choice.
Coverage for that charity in the local media and NHAR.org.
A prestigious Good Neighbor crystal award.
Use of the Good Neighbor Award logo on his or her website and promotional materials.
Applications for the 2011 Good Neighbor Award program are due by Friday, May 20.

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March 30, 2011

If passed, RPPSI would give REALTORS® the power
to shape this pivotal moment for home ownership

Earlier this month, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) announced the formation of the REALTOR® Party Political Survival Initiative, proposing a dedicated dues increase of $40, which would keep the REALTOR® organization among the most influential advocacy groups in America.

The proposal will be voted on by the NAR Board of Directors at the Midyear Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo in May.

Because the proposed dues increase is “dedicated” to this initiative, those dollars would be used exclusively to fund political advocacy efforts. If it is approved, over 50 percent of the NAR budget would be devoted to political advocacy, which consistently ranks among members as the No. 1 benefit they receive from NAR.

Two-thirds of the dollars raised would be returned back to state boards that have met their previous year’s RPAC fundraising goals, to be used in support of local candidates, issue campaigns, and other political advocacy efforts.

The leadership of the New Hampshire Association of REALTORS® is working with the leadership of our 14 local REALTOR® boards to provide a forum for your comments and concerns, to be heard by your NAR Directors prior to their voting at the May NAR Board of Directors meeting.

Your local, state and national REALTOR® leadership value your comments and want to hear from you.  You may contact your local board to provide comments, or:

To post a comment to NHAR click the “comments” button above right or below.

To post a comment to NAR, click here.

Send an email to NAR at rppsi@realtors.org.

To learn more, please visit the REALTOR® Political Survival Initiative page at REALTOR.org by clicking here.

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NAR recently released an excellent video on the importance of protecting the REALTOR mark.  This is a short (3 minute) video and is very well done.  A must-see for all REALTORS!

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New Hampshire Association of REALTORS President Monika McGillicuddy’s April 2010 message.

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Seacoast Board of REALTORS® Presents the State of the Seacoast

On Friday March 5, 2010 I had the opportunity to address the Seacoast Board of REALTORS® at the their semi-annual State of Seacoast News Conference and membership meeting.

I was part of a panel of speakers that presented current statistics and information to a group of about 120 attendees.  They included: Peter Francese, Demographer; Kevin Bartlett, Real Data Corporation; Peter Stanhope, Stanhope Appraisers; and John Rice, Seacoast board member and past president and a member of the board’s PR Committee. Thank you so much to the Seacoast Board of REALTORS ® and President Joanna Rousseau for the invitation!

The session was video taped by REALTOR® Lauren Kane who posted several video clips on her YouTube page.

Also the board has made the presentations available for downloading by following this link:  State of The Seacoast Press Conf March 5th

The video below  covers my remarks, I thank Lauren for videoing the event and granting permission to use the clip.

NHAR President Monika McGillicuddy’s remarks at the State of the Seacoast New Conference

Foster’s Daily Demarcate was part of the media present and they covered the event in this  article >>> Fosters.com

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NHAR President Monika McGillicuddy’s February Message

This month, Monika reports on actions at the February Executive Committee meeting and reminds members of upcoming educational opportunities.

Every month Monika will identify a REALTOR Challenge and this month is Short Sales. Did you know that REALTOR.org has a huge section full of Short Sale information available to you?  Check out the following link NAR Short Sale Resource… it is full of articles and webinars all devoted to  Short Sales.

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New Hampshire Association of REALTORS® 2010 President Monika McGillicuddy plans to provide a brief video update to all NHAR members on a monthly basis, in order to keep those members up to date regarding information coming from the state office in Concord.  Please feel free to provide any and all feedback in the Comments section below.

And now, here’s Monika …

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