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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: 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.
Published: April 17, 2015
"Mortgage Choice Act" Passes House
"The Mortgage Choice Act" - a NAR-Backed bill with bipartisan support that makes two adjustments to the Truth in Lending Act's definition of "points and fees" - passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, April 14.
Published: April 16, 2015
FANNIE MAE LAUNCHES BUYER EDUCATION PROGRAM
Fannie Mae recently announced a new online home buyer education course, which allows first-time home buyers to receive up to three percent of the purchase price in closing cost assistance toward the purchase of a HomePath property upon successful completion. Fannie Mae also will reimburse the $75 cost of the home buyer education course at the time of closing.
Published: April 13, 2015
CA Energy Commission Approves Water Appliance Standards
Per Governor Brown's recent executive order to conserve water, the California Energy Commission approved energy efficiency and water standards (which are anticipated to save more than 100 billion gallons per year).
Published: April 13, 2015
‘Keep Your Home California' Makes Changes to Reduction Program
Keep Your Home California recently announced changes to the free mortgage-assistance program in order to help more financially strapped low- to moderate-income homeowners.