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Buyers & Sellers
REALTOR® members and organizations like SAMCAR work hard to help home buyers and sellers, and protect property owners by providing valuable resources, legislative advocacy, giving back to our communities and holding our members to the highest ethical standards. The Buyers & Sellers page on our website provides information about local market conditions, resources for first time buyers, and information about the advantages of working with a REALTOR®.
REALTORS® are mostly small business owners who ensure buyers and sellers experience the greatest transparency, choice and efficiency through independent, local broker marketplaces that level the playing field for all types and sizes of residential real estate brokerages.
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Published: December 09, 2014
Fannie Mae Streamlines Condo Approvals
Fannie Mae has published an update to its lender selling guide to improve and streamline its condominium project approval process. Full details are available in Fannie Mae Seller/Servicer guide.
Published: December 08, 2014
Foster City Finalizes Smoking Ordinance
Final changes to the second hand smoking ordinance in Foster City have been adopted by the City Council. The ordinance regulates/bans smoking in and around city controlled spaces and events, commercial/retail spaces, apartments, condominiums and townhomes and will impact private property rights.
Published: November 20, 2014
FHFA to Set Guidelines on Mortgage Fees
FHFA has announced that it will propose a new framework early next year for how mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will set their so-called G-fees.
Published: November 14, 2014
EPA: New Regulation on Lead
The EPA issued the Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) rule in 2008 which requires contractors, property managers and others who perform renovations for compensation in residential houses, apartments and child-occupied facilities built before 1978 to be trained and certified as renovators and to use lead-safe work practices. The rule went into effect in April 2010. Learn more about certification and training.
Published: November 04, 2014
Foster City OKs Smoking Ordinance; Some Ownership Units Included
The City of Foster City's City Council has voted 5-0 to ban smoking in apartments and townhomes or condominiums. However, SAMCAR was successful in getting single family homes and townhomes or condos that have no shared walls, floors, ceilings or ventilation exempted.
Published: November 04, 2014
Brisbane Amps Up Sewer Lateral Program
The City of Brisbane is proposing changes to their sewer lateral testing/notification requirements. Point-of-Sale inspection/testing/repair/replacement are NOT included. SAMCAR Government Affairs Director Paul Stewart explains the proposal.