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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: January 10, 2018
2017 San Mateo County Home Sales
San Mateo County home sales reports and infographics (with data from MLSListings, Inc.) for all of 2017 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: September 20, 2017
YPN Smart Home Event Raises $1,600 for Samaritan House
On Tuesday, August 22 the SAMCAR Young Professionals Network (YPN) group hosted "Make Your Home Smarter," an informative "Smart Home" technology panel featuring representatives from Nest, Centriq and Intuitive Environments. In addition to gaining insight into smart home technology and what developments are on the horizon, attendees helped raise over $1,600 for the Samaritan House as part of C.A.R. YPN's "Month of Giving" charity drive.
Published: December 12, 2016
C.A.R. HAF First-Time Homebuyer HOA Assistance
Available in zipForm HAF library beginning December 14, 2016
C.A.R.'s Housing Affordability Fund's Homeowners Association Grant Program will provide qualified first-time California homebuyers up to six months of HOA dues, not to exceed $2,500. Due to limited availability, funds will be distributed on a first come/first served basis. Program start date: December 2016. For additional program details and requirements please visit: http://on.car.org/CARHAFHOAGRANT
Published: August 09, 2016
C.A.R. Realegal: Deducting Rental Losses
Real estate professionals must materially participate in their rental activities in order to deduct rental losses according to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals which interpreted Internal Revenue Code § 469 in Gragg v. United States of America; Internal Revenue Service, No.14-16053, August 4, 2016. (Copyright (C)2016 CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, republished with permission from the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS.)
Published: July 07, 2015
SAMCAR Supports Quality Affordable Housing, Not Rent Control
Many economists and academic studies have chronicled the harms of rent control including stunted property values, exacerbated shortages of available units and increased deferred maintenance issues. SAMCAR has a long history of supporting quality affordable housing on the Peninsula and we oppose rent control because it is counterproductive to that longstanding objective.
Published: May 07, 2015
San Bruno Point-of-Sale Takes Effect May 8, 2015
Effective May 8, 2015, the City of San Bruno will begin enforcement of a point-of-sale requirement for sewer lateral inspections.