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Thank you to our members who contributed to the C.A.R. Housing Affordability Fund (HAF) this year. Take a look at how important your contributions are at http://bcove.me/5c66urxn. Even if you have not contributed this year, you can still do so at any time at CARHAF.ORG

SAMCAR is pleased to inform our members that you can now access SFAR forms on ZipForms at no extra cost. Read more for instructions.

Thank you for taking the time to complete the 2015 SAMCAR Membership Survey. Here are the results...

Do you know about the great work that SAMCAR Foundation grant recipients do in San Mateo County? Mission Hospice & Home Care is using Foundation grant funds to purchase an exceptional 12-bed residential care home in the heart of San Mateo.

TRID goes into effect on October 3, 2015. The National Association of REALTORS® has prepared a helpful field guide to explain the changes. Remember, you can also contact knowledgeable SAMCAR Affiliates to help you and your clients understand the new TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosures (TRID).

The REALTOR® Badge is a real-time web widget that displays data from the National Association of REALTORS®, licensing entities, and possibly your state or local association in one central location for consumers to read. Add the REALTOR® Badge to YOUR Website!

After nearly eight years of litigation and three appeals, real estate professionals were handed a win in a landmark patent infringement case.

The National Association of REALTORS® along with Carl Carter, Jr. surviving son of REALTOR® Beverly Carter—who was kidnapped and murdered while showing a vacant house—encourages REALTORS® and Brokers to create a Safety Program in your office.

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.

Based on a random sampling of NAR's membership, the Member Profile strives to answer the question: Who are REALTORS®?

CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) Takes First Steps Toward Greater Clarity on TRID (TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure.) Although the CFPB will not delay implementing the complex TRID requirements that go into effect August 1, but there will be a good faith enforcement grace period that both the mortgage industry and a bipartisan coalition in Congress have asked for.

SAMCAR's trip to the NAR Legislative Meeting in Washington, D.C. was very productive. Learn more about the sessions your leaders attended in D.C.

Realtors and leaders from the San Mateo County Association of REALTORS® (SAMCAR) joined nearly 8,500 other professionals from across the country in Washington, D.C., the week of May 11th to attend the 2015 Realtor Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo

The PRDS Forms Committee has taken the task to update the San Mateo-Santa Clara Advisory. The draft is the redline showing the new language and language either has been deleted or moved to another section.

Effective May 8, 2015, the City of San Bruno will begin enforcement of a point-of-sale requirement for sewer lateral inspections.

In a move called ‘good for real estate,' the Federal Aviation Administration announced it will expand its tests on the use of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles systems), more commonly referred to as "drones," for commercial purposes.

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.

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.

"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.

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.

Sign up to receive text alerts from the REALTOR® Action Center. Text CA REALTORS® to 30644 to get alerts on CALLS FOR ACTION.

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).

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.

Effective May 8, 2015, the City of San Bruno will begin enforcement of a point-of-sale requirement for sewer lateral inspections.