The National Association of REALTORS®, after reviewing the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s new condominium financing rules, says the guidance affords property owners greater flexibility in the qualification process for loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration.
We are proud to announce that the National Association of REALTORS®’ Commitment to Excellence (C2EX) Program has been selected as a 2019 Learning! 100 award winner. This award honors organizations for fostering a culture of professional growth, innovation, and organizational performance.
Congratulations to the following members for completing NAR's Commitment to Excellence endorsement program.
The Salvation Army is in critical need of some items that we hope you will help provide. In addition to the CMR Office and the Salvation Army HQ, we have five other drop-off locations.
Courses designed specifically for real estate practitioners, but will also benefit appraisers.
11:00 - Introduction to Bifurcated/Hybrid Appraisals
12:30 - Best Comps
Some concepts to remember about buyer representation agreements and procuring cause.
The CMR and MLS offices will be closed August 9, 2019, for staff development.
Fairway Mortgage hosted a REALTOR® Cookout Wednesday, July 17, 2019, to give thanks to REALTORS® and to encourage them to drop off canned goods. The canned goods go towards the CMR Food Drive benefitting the Salvation Army food pantry.
Perhaps no situation routinely faced by REALTORS can be more frustrating, fraught with potential for misunderstanding and missed opportunity, and without a perfect solution than presenting and negotiating multiple offers on the same property.
Jean McCarty has been appointed by the Home Innovation Research Labs of the National Association of Home Builders to serve on the committee charged with updating the ANSI Standard of Measurement for Single Family Residential Properties. McCarty is the Executive Director of the MS Coalition of Appraisers and longtime advocate for appraisal issues in Mississippi.
The City of Pearl is excited to announce that restaurants in the entire city are now eligible to apply to serve liquor and wine by the glass.
Voter registration deadline in Mississippi is thirty (30) days prior to an election.
Election day for this Primary election is August 6, 2019.
Everyone loves the ease and convenience of texting. However, relationships between REALTORS® can be damaged because of them.
The REALTOR® Code of Ethics has been the cornerstone of the REALTOR® membership for over 100 years and provides REALTORS® a process to police themselves and to raise the bar of professionalism. It is your duty as a REALTOR® to help enforce the Code of Ethics by filing complaints when necessary.
Manners seem to be slipping when it comes to showing property. When you learn that a scheduled appointment will run late or is canceled, have the good manners to let the listing agent know so that the seller can understand the change in circumstances.
In ShowingTime, there is a reschedule option that only takes a minute and it lets the listing agent know your appointment is not panning out.
Your Mama would be proud that you are using your good manners!
The CMR Board of Directors is charged with meeting objectives tied to specific Core Standards required by the National Association of REALTORS® and CMR’s Strategic Plan
All potential buyers and their agents should assume there are cameras on every property you are showing and act and speak accordingly.
It’s summer. Everyone wants to look at houses. Some are real buyers, some are not. Some are real but do not want to follow conventional processes.
If you are a Hinds County or Jackson resident, the Governmental Affairs Committee needs you. Please send a quick email to Bethany Culley at bethanyculley@gmail.com if you are interested in serving on this year's Governmental Affairs Committee. The committee is monitoring the municipality elections and needs interested REALTORS® who live in the Jackson/Hinds area to help vet candidates.
Please show your value to your clients helping them get registered to vote in the August 6 election if they moved into a new voting district. Providing voter registration forms and even offering to mail them in shows your interest in your clients and adds value to your service. REALTORS® vote and encourage their clients to vote as well. Visit CMR’s Get Out The Vote page to download and print the Mississippi Mail-In Voter Registration Application.
Get it out of the way on June 17. Your CEO, Jo Usry, is teaching the “Raise Your Right Hand” (required Code of Ethics class) at the REALTOR® Institute. It’s not your same old, tired Code of Ethics class.
If you enter into a buyer representation agreement with a buyer and your buyer “gets loose,” buying directly from a seller or through another Broker in MLS, the buyer representation agreement isn’t a determiner of procuring cause.
The CMR and MLS office will be closed April 24-25, 2019, while the staff works the MLS EXPO. The office will reopen Friday, April 26, 2019, at 9 am.
Be careful and know what you can and cannot do.
If a seller contacts you, know what you can and cannot do if the listing has not yet expired.
If a buyer contacts you, determine whether or not he/she is a party to a buyer representation agreement.