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Title: VARbuzz
Link: http://varbuzz.com
Description: Virginia real estate news, views, and issues.
New VARbuzz feature: Daily Virginia Homeowners Alliance digests
Just a quick head's up to let you know about a new feature here at VARbuzz. Every night at 11:45, we'll post a daily digest of all posts made to the Virginia Homeowners Alliance Web site. If no posts are made during the day, there will be no digest (ordinarily we post 3-5 articles per [...]
Blog Brawl CHANGE
It's like this, see: I want more entries in the Brawl.
I just didn't give Realtors across the country enough time to find out about it.
However, we had a plan for just this scenario. We're cutting out Round 2 and extending the deadline for submissions until 11:59 p.m., Monday, November 23.
Remember, to enter yourself [...]
Get a 10% discount on CE from the CE Shop
Are you in need of some CE hours before the end of the year? Would you like the chance to win FREE online CE for one entire renewal cycle?
CE Shop, VAR?s online CE partner is offering a 10% discount on any online CE course. As an added bonus you will be automatically registered for a [...]
Win a free registration to The REal Show by telling us about an awesome vendor
By now you?ve probably heard that VAR?s Convention & Expo is undergoing a complete transformation. We?re changing the name to The REal Show. We?re asking YOU to nominate keynote speakers. We?re holding it at the Virginia Beach Convention Center for three straight years starting in 2010. We?re partnering with the Hampton Roads REALTORS Association on [...]
Blog Brawl: There?s more!
Not only can you submit your own best blog post to enter the Brawl, you can nominate someone else's blog, too.
That's right -- if there's a blog you really like, e-mail us with the URL of the best post you can find, and we'll automatically enter it into the opening round.
Now get going and spread [...]
VAR & Housing Virginia partner to create a Virginia Housing Affordability Index
NAR?s Chief Economist, Lawrence Yun, says that today?s homes are more affordable than at any time in the past 40 years. But as the economy improves, expect housing prices to rise again, making homeownership less affordable. VAR and Housing Virginia recognize the need to keep housing within reach for those want to pursue (and understand [...]
THIS IS IT: Blog Brawl 4!
URGENT: DATES HAVE CHANGED SINCE THIS WAS POSTED.
THE NEW DEADLINE IS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23.
SEE THIS POST FOR DETAILS.
How good is your blog? Time to find out ? it?s our 2009 National Real Estate Blog Brawl!
And this time it?s different. Way different.
As usual, we?ve got some sweet prizes, thanks to our sponsors, Inman News and The [...]
Blog Brawl 4: It?s time
Give past clients the gift of higher home values with a free gift membership in the Virginia Homeowners Alliance
Give your clients and prospects a gift that helps their homes go up in value this holiday season. Give them a free membership in the Virginia Homeowners Alliance!
By bringing homeowners and Realtors® together on common interests, we help ensure that Virginia?s home prices aren?t negatively affected by government action. That?s what the Virginia Homeowners Alliance [...]
Some good news about signs to start your week
Officials at the State Corporation Commission, after several meetings with VAR staff, have agreed that Realtors who install metal frame signs (such as the one pictured here) by hand on a property do not need to call Miss Utility first. Considering the number of Realtors in the Commonwealth who use metal frame signs, this is [...]