Calls For Action

At the recent California Association of REALTORS (C.A.R.) Spring 2019 meetings in Sacramento, SAMCAR was presented with an award for Outstanding Member Mobilization based on the number and percentage of SAMCAR members who responded to the National Association of REALTORS "Call for Action" in 2018 asking Congress to extend the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).Thanks to all the SAMCAR members who took the time to respond to NAR's Call for Action urging Congress to extend the NFIP. When you take part in association efforts like that call for action, you are helping demonstrate the collective voice of organized real estate in service of protecting homeowners and your profession. Congratulations!

The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate passed the congressional "tax reform" bill—The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. While NAR remains concerned that the overall structure of the final bill diminishes the tax benefits of homeownership and will cause adverse impacts in some markets, the advocacy of NAR members, as well as consumers, helped NAR to gain some important improvements throughout the legislative process.

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.

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Replace the fireplace at point-of-sale in the transaction or risk the home sale being stopped. That's the proposal from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD). Attend a public workshop on Monday, April 6 and/or contact San Mateo County's representatives on the BAAQMD board to express REALTOR opposition to this proposal.

Your voice is needed. SAMCAR is joining with the Northern California Commercial Association of REALTORS® (NCCAR) to preserve 1031 Tax-Deferred Exchanges. Congress will be introducing tax reform bills in the next few months and Section 1031 Tax-Deferred Exchanges are directly threatened and could very well be repealed or severely limited.