Realtors in WashingtonDC May 11, 2012 I want to thank Lynn Wilson, Derek Leistra, Cynthia Carley and Kriss Grove for attending the N.A.R. Mid Year Meetings and Realtor Rally.Rim of the World Association of Realtors will be well represented!  If you’ve opened any messages from N.A.R., you know about the Realtor Rally at the Washington Monument on [...]

From: Carol Banner and Cyndy Davidson, Co-Chairs: Christmas in April Committee to benefit Rebuilding Together.   Christmas in April Auction Dinner   Once again, our Community braved Friday’s snow storm to gather at the Lake Arrowhead Country Club for the annual Christmas in April Auction Dinner benefitting Rebuilding Together.  The Rim of the World Association [...]

Last Call! Christmas in April Dinner and Auction is Friday April 13, 2012 at the Lake Arrowhead Country Club. Don’t Forget to Get your Tickets!

It’s almost that time again when our Community comes together to make homes safe and warm for those deserving folks unable to maintain their own homes. Rebuilding Together (formerly Christmas in April) has chosen 7 homes to rehabilitate this year. The Rim of the World Association of Realtors, along with the Lake Arrowhead Country Club, [...]

We are experiencing an extremely dry winter and we are still in Fire Season as declared by the U.S. Forestry and local fire officials. Please be mindful of fireplaces, ash removal, and “defensible space” surrounding your property.   We have seen a clear Real Estate market improvement in local buyer controlled sales. At the same [...]

Here it is, almost Christmas. Again, we ask ourselves “Where did the year go?” As I sit here thinking about just that – I’m thinking of all the many blessings that offset the disappointments of this past year. While our Real Estate market is very slow to recover, we do still have buyers interested in [...]

An owner of a home in Lake Arrowhead called me up to ask  ”Why are all buyers trying to beat us up?. The converation was about if all buyers are lead to believe that all homes listed are in a distressed situation, that they are in foreclosure, bank owned or short sales. The media  is teaching buyers to make what is considered ”Lowball” offers. [...]

Washington, DC, June 22, 2011 The National Association of Realtors® is urging regulators to go back to the drawing board on the proposed Qualified Residential Mortgage (QRM) rule. At a news conference on Capitol Hill today, the original sponsors of the QRM provision in the Dodd-Frank Act – Sens. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) and Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) – [...]

After two very eventful back-to-back weeks at the C.A.R. and N.A.R. Midyear Legislative meetings in Sacramento  and Washington DC, we are glad to be home!!!! At the CAR meetings, the Directors voted to support the N.A.R.  dues increase of $40.00 for RPAC (Realtor Political Action Committee). Before attending these meetings, I polled  your Board of [...]

When we talk to home sellers in our area wishing to put their homes on the market, the major question is: “How does the foreclosure market affect our asking price (our bottom line)?”  The foreclosure properties have a huge influence over current housing prices as illustrated in the following C.A.R. article. Locally, we do see [...]