Kansas Association of REALTORS® News
Homebuyers Tax Credit Vote May Be Next Week
Posted on October 30, 2009
The Senate could vote on the bill containing language to extend and expand the Homebuyers Tax Credit next week. If you haven't responded to the NAR Call For Action, please do…
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Homebuyers Tax Credit Update
Posted on October 29, 2009
Despite what you may have heard or read in news reports this morning, there has been no vote in Congress on the proposal to extend and/or expand the Homebuyers Tax Credit past…
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FTC Bans Prerecorded Sales Calls Without Written Permission
Posted on October 28, 2009
A Federal Trade Commissions rule banning prerecorded sales calls without a consumer's consent took effect Sept. 1. The recorded sales call ban applies to all prerecorded…
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2010 Local Officers: Hear the News in Surround Sound
Posted on October 16, 2009
KAR will hold its annual Local Board Officers Training from 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 15 at the Topeka Capitol Plaza Hotel. The program is completely new, and will feature…
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McGrew for NAR Treasurer
Posted on October 16, 2009
The KAR Board of Directors voted to endorse Lawrence REALTOR® Mike McGrew for the position of Treasurer of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. McGrew is a past…
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Now on YouTube: IRS and the Tax Credit
Posted on October 16, 2009
The IRS is using a YouTube video to promote the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit as Congress weighs whether to extend the benefit prior to its expiration Dec. 1. Cost issues…
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Rules Released on Military Home Owners Relief
Posted on October 16, 2009
Military personnel who bought their primary home before July 1, 2006, and were ordered at least 50 miles away on permanent reassignment between Feb. 1, 2006, and Sept. 30,…
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Kansas Night Out at NAR Convention
Posted on October 16, 2009
Are you traveling to the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® Convention in San Diego in November? Be sure to save Saturday night, Nov. 14, for Kansas Night Out. Kansas…
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Legal Hotline FAQs - October 2009
Posted on October 14, 2009
Legal Hotline Attorney Vern Jarboe answers frequently asked questions from Kansas REALTORS® about their transactions. REBR Legal Hotline is now available in the REBR IMS…
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Brokerage Design: Adaptive Brand Marketing Will Change the Whole Approach to Brokerage Marketing
Posted on October 13, 2009
By Jeremy ConawayAll of us in the real estate industry have warily watched it approach. Quarter by quarter, over the past few years, the exploding world of the Internet and…
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