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HotNews 4.6.11
Hot News
 
 
Issue 12 April 6, 2011

In This Issue
April Member Social
Weekly Housing Reports
Social Media Training
CE Course with Open Seats
Smartphone tripod idea
National Open House Weekend
Home Buying Plans Increase
New York State Association of REALTORS
 
Key Bank
 

WELCOME New Members!
As a service to you, we publish the new members that join the board every week in this weekly HotNews.

 

Lynn Hart
RealtyUSA - Cazenovia

Asha Rama
Hunt Real Estate ERA - Fayetteville

Erin Stebbins
Coldwell Banker Prime Properties - Liverpool

Mary Licata
Century 21 Tucci Realty - Cicero

Christopher Cheney
RealtyUSA - Manlius 

 

Open Houses on cnyREALTOR.com
Enter your open houses today in MLXchange for placement on

It's free! As of Tuesday,   Over 189 public open houses ae entered for this coming weekend. Still plenty of time!

During the month of March
2011, 7,170 consumers visited the open house section of www.cnyrealtor.com.

Get more traffic to your open houses.....click

here

Important Support Numbers 
 
 MLX questions (Answerlink)
888-825-5472
 
SUPRA Key Agent Support
877-699-6787
 
Instanet Technical Support
519-432-9115
 
NYSAR Legal Hotline
518-436-9727
 
NAR/REALTOR.org
800-874-6500
 
NYS DOS
315-428-4258
 
REALTOR.com
866-827-1827
 

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Greetings!
We hope you enjoy our weekly HotNews! Please let us know if you have any questions or comments.

Network, network, network!
  
GSAR Member Social.....free to all members!
With special guests.....see below
  
April 7th - It's a Wing Ding!
Fair Housing Presentation - 11am
Member Social 12-1:30pm  
  
GSAR will be recognizing Fair Housing Month at our April Member Social! We are excited to be welcoming Merrilee Witherell, Executive Director of the Fair Housing Council of CNY to say a few words, and special guest, Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney, who will be presenting a proclamation to the Fair Housing Council.  Come at 11am to hear Merrillee speak, then enjoy our social at 12!   
    
Don't forget to register.....we hope to see you there!
  
Thank you to our Member Social Sponsor, Chris Otis State Farm Insurance!
  
Please mark your calendars for these upcoming socials!
May 5th - BBQ Bash - 12-1:30pm
June 9th - Ice Cream - 2:30-4pm
 

Weekly Housing Reports...get 'em here!
  
Don't forget, we post our weekly housing reports on cnyrealtor.com every Tuesday! Read it over and share the information with your customers and clients!
  
Click here to view current and past reports
  

Social Media Training

 

We're continuing the "Hands On" Social media training sessions!

 

April 14th - two sessions to choose from:

9:30am-11:30am OR 11:30am-1:30pm

 

Seating is limited - register today! Click here

 

Does the thought of social media intimidate you? Don't let it - learn how to make the most of it! Not sure how to get started? This training will help you get started on the most popular sites! Plus, learn from and share tips with your peers. Held in GSAR's computer lab.

  

CE Credit - get it now!

 

Seats are still available in the Environmental Home Inspection class on April 12th, 9am-5:30pm. Earn 7.5 hours of CE credit. This course covers just about every environmental issue that real estate agents might encounter, such as mold, lead paint & asbestos to name a just a few. This course and instructor always get great reviews! Click here to register.

  

In need of a tripod for your smartphone?
  
Technology Guru, Dick Betts, shares his recipe for a do-it-yourself Smartphone tripod mount for creating your videos, skype, etc!
  
  

National Open House Weekend 2011

 

Nationwide Open House 2011 

 

Save the Date!
Plan to participate in the 2011 REALTOR® Nationwide Open House Weekend on Saturday and Sunday, June 4-5. Join GSAR and other state and local REALTOR® associations across the country hosting the nation's largest open house campaign. Expect regular updates and promotional materials to help drive buyer traffic. More to come! 

 

Home Buying Plans Increase in March According to Siena Research Institute

According to the latest poll by the Siena Research Institute (SRI), New York State consumer home buying plans increased 0.4 points to 4.4 percent in March. Overall, New York State consumer confidence decreased 0.1 points, while the nation's confidence decreased 10 points. At 67.6, New York's overall consumer confidence is 0.1 points above the nation's confidence level of 67.5.

 

Doug Lonnstrom, Ph.D., professor of statistics and finance at Siena College and SRI founding director, said that New Yorkers are far more optimistic about the future than the national number but about half still expect poor business conditions to persist for the next year.

 

To read the entire SRI press release, click here.