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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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179 Ways Agents Who Are REALTORS® Are Worth Every Penny of Their Compensation
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: December 16, 2024
DRE Consumer Alert: Changes to Buyer Representation and Compensation
The Department of Real Estate (DRE) is alerting consumers that the rules around buyer representation and agent compensation in real estate purchase transactions is changing.
Published: September 20, 2024
NAR Announces New "Consumer Guide" Series
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced a new series of consumer resources designed to help agents who are Realtors empower home buyers and sellers following recent practice changes. Read more to access these digestible, one-page resources that provide clear guidance on key topics for home buyers and sellers working with agents who are Realtors.
Published: May 17, 2024
Aculist: C.A.R. Purchasing Power Calculator Helps Buyers
When your clients ask you about affordability, or if your sellers want to know what buyers will have to pay for their home, you can use the Purchasing Power Calculator from the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.), to answer questions about affordability. This tool, offered by the California Association of Realtors, is regularly updated by the third week of each month with data from the previous month. This clip is of Jordan Levine, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of C.A.R., demonstrating how to use this tool during our latest episode of Statistically Speaking.
Published: January 08, 2024
2023 San Mateo County Home Sales
San Mateo County home sales reports and infographics (with data from MLSListings, Inc.) for all of 2023 are available for you to share on your social media, e-mail and other marketing (remember to use the hashtag #SAMCARStats when sharing on social media).
Published: June 30, 2023
NAR study: Americans prefer walkable communities
Realtor Survey Shows Strong Demand for Housing in Walkable Communities — The National Association of REALTORS recently released the "2023 Community & Transportation Preferences Survey" which found that Americans living in walkable communities report a higher quality of life. Learn more...
Published: June 23, 2023
State Farm, Allstate stop selling home insurance to new CA customers
State Farm and Allstate have announced they will no longer sell new home insurance policies in California because of wildfire risks and an increase in construction costs. C.A.R. has created a fact sheet, Quick Guide and One Sheets for Consumers to help address some common questions you and your clients may have about how this will affect consumers.