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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: 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.
Published: April 27, 2015
Sharps Park Golf Course Project Gets Green Light
Earlier this month, the 20-member California Coastal Commission voted unanimously to grant the City and County of San Francisco a coastal development permit for work at Sharps Park Golf Course including pump house infrastructure improvements and dredging a new frog pond south of the course.
Published: April 20, 2015
New Forms Could Impact Closings
The introduction of the Loan Estimate and the Closing Disclosure forms is right around the corner. The new forms are designed to aid the consumer in comparison shopping, improve consumer understanding and prevent surprises at the closing table, but it's possible that the new forms may initially create delays in closing.