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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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Buying A Home Is Easy!* If You Work with a Real Estate Agent Who is a REALTOR® 
Selling A Home Is Easy!* If You Work with a Real Estate Agent Who is a REALTOR®
Published: June 24, 2014
SB 1439 Faces Potential Death Knell
SB 1439 (Ellis Act Reform) must pass out of two Assembly committees prior to the end of June or the bill will die.
Published: June 19, 2014
San Francisco: Fix Up a House; Sell It at Profit; Pay a Major Tax?
In a recent proposal from San Francisco, if you buy a distressed property, fix it up and sell it (not all that uncommon), you could get slapped with a tax for making a profit.
Published: June 09, 2014
Upcoming FHA Rule on Transfer Fees Could Squeeze Homebuyers &...
A forthcoming FHA rule has the very real possibility of making mortgage financing more expensive (maybe even impossible) for large numbers of buyers and sellers around San Mateo County and the whole country.
Published: June 09, 2014
Foster City OKs Smoking Ordinance
Foster City has approved a smoking ordinance applying to rental properties, learn more about the details and the effects on REALTORS and property managers.
Published: June 04, 2014
FHFA Plans To Leave Loan Limits Unchanged
It's a start! FHFA Director Mel Watt announced that FHFA would step back from a proposed reduction in conforming loan limits which are currently set at $417,000 (though are authorized for up to $625,500 in high-cost areas of the country such as San Mateo County.)
Published: June 04, 2014
SB 1439: The Roller Coaster Ride Continues; Private Property Rights in...
Senate Bill 1439 -- Ellis Act Reform -- passed the state senate, with potentially significant impact to property owners and landlords in San Francisco.