WEEKLY NOTICES - January 6, 2017 - 2017 SAR Leadership Installation

Weekly Notices

January 6, 2017

2017 SAR Leadership Installation

SAR photo

The new members of your SAR Leadership Team were installed this week at Hotel RL in downtown Spokane (photo above).

2017 Washington REALTORS® President Margo Wheeler Willis was our special guest and officiant.

Your 2017 Leadership Team members are:

Officers: 2017 President Jennifer Valerien, RE/MAX Inland Empire; 2017 President-elect Ken Sax, Keller Williams Realty; 2017 Past-president Susie Luby, John L. Scott Spokane; Secretary Tom Clark, Kestell Company; Treasurer Doug Hagood, Hagood Real Estate and Mortgage;

Directors: Mike Crowley, Spokane Home Buyers; Kristy Hamby, Windermere Cornerstone; Karene Loman, Keller Williams Spokane; Pam Novell, Windermere Manito; Rick Richard, John L. Scott Spokane; Eric Etzel, Choice Realty; Steve Hagen, Keller Williams Spokane; Wendy Kennedy, Windermere North; Linda Knaggs, RE/MAX Inland Empire; and Gina Mosey, RE/MAX Inland Empire.

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Jennifer Valerien was sworn in as the 105th president of the Spokane Association of REALTORS® by Washington REALTORS® President Margo Wheeler Willis (photo above).

See President Valerien's inaugural address (nine minutes) online here:

2017 SAR Inaugural Address

Get your copy of the 2017 SAR Leadership Directory (pictured above), online here.

Computation of Time

Albert Einstein proved time is relative. In fact, he said: " the distinction between the past, present, and future, is only a stubbornly persistent illusion."

Try convincing a title company of that.

Washington REALTORS ® Legal Hotline lawyer Annie Fitzsimmons begins the new year with a riddle about the computation of time.

See if your office can figure it out.

Her seven-minute video is online here:

Computation of Time

By the way, Washington REALTORS ® is now on SoundCloud. On it, you can hear audio podcasts of Annie's Legal Hotline dispatches as new ones become available throughout the year.

You can download the SoundCloud app while you're there, to make future visits on your mobile device easier.

Check it out, online here.

WR Legislative Day

January 18-19, 2017

Join hundreds of REALTORS® from around the state for two days of networking and change-making!

This legislative session will be pivotal for REALTORS® in Washington.

Show up, talk to REALTORS®, talk to staff, get on the bus and meet with legislators on the hill!

Read more online here.

2017 REALTOR® Education

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Quality of Education

through SAR/WR Education Instructors

Here is the latest class listing from your SAR - offering the best live and local continuing real estate education classes for 2017.

Click on each class title, underlined in blue, to bring up a flyer for that class - suitable for posting in your office.

Register for these classes online here:

Please be in touch with Debbie at the SAR if you have any questions about these classes or your license education requirements, by phone at 326-9222 or by email.

Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals

NEXT WEEK!

Tuesday, January 10 - Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals - with Linda Miller Sheets.

This class is for renewing REALTORS®.

Check-in: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
at the SAR

4.0 clock hours

Code of Ethics: Standards for Success

NEXT WEEK!

Thursday, January 12 - Code of Ethics Standards for Success - with Linda Miller Sheets.

This class is for new and renewing REALTORS®.

Check-in: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the SAR

7.5 clock hours

Purchase & Sale Agreement

Tuesday, January 17 - Purchase & Sale Agreement - with Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.

You are required to take this class once between 2013-2016. This January class meets this requirement.

Check-in: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
at the SAR

7.5 clock hours

Current Issues in Washington Residential Real EState

Thursday, January 19 - Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate (Core Curriculum) - with Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.

Check-in: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
at the SAR.

3.0 clock hours

Purchase & Sale Agreement

Tuesday, January 24 - Purchase & Sale Agreement - with Sabrina Jones-Schroder.

You are required to take this class once between 2013-2016. This January class meets that requirement.

Check-in: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
at the SAR

7.5 clock hours

In This Issue

2017 SAR Leadership Installation

Computation of Time

WR Legislative Day

2017 REALTOR® Education

SAR CALENDAR

Air Force Scoping Fairchild AFB

2017 Outlook: 1-3% Home Sale Gain

ListHub Report for December - NEW!

A Profession that Fulfills

Market Activity Report - November

Member Roster Update

Suggestion Box

SAR CALENDAR

Click on the calendar image below to see

the current SAR calendar showing dates and times

of classes, committees and events.

Air Force Scoping Fairchild AFB

Boeing photo

The public is invited to review proposed plans to base Boeing KC-46A refueling tankers at Fairchild Air Force Base at a public meeting on Thursday, January 12th:

5 p.m. to 8:00 p.m at the Lincoln Center

(1316 North Lincoln Street)

The meeting is part of an Air Force scoping process to select the next main operating base for the new tankers.

The public will be able review display boards and speak with Air Force officials about the proposed project.

If selected, Fairchild could receive the new tankers in 2020.

Read more online here.

2017 Outlook: 1-3% Home Sale Gain

NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun says existing-home sales should increase by 1-3 percent in 2017 and mortgage interest rates could rise to 4.8 percent.

See his seven-minute video online here:

2017 Outlook: 1-3% Home Sale Gain

Spokane Journal of Business deputy editor Linn Parrish discussed local business indicators for the new year in a recent edition of BusinessTalks on SpokaneTalksOnline.

Hear the program online here.

ListHub Report for December

NEW!

See the December ListHub report, online here.

A Profession that Fulfills

2016 SAR President Susie Luby ends her term on a high note - both by strong numbers in the local housing market, and by strong numbers in a recent survey of professions. Real estate agent is in the top five most fulfilling professions in the U.S., by a new survey.

Read her final guest column in The Spokesman-Review, online here.

Market Activity Report - December

NEW!

The SAR Market Activity Report for December is now online.

See the latest full report - a member-exclusive product - and archived full reports - online here.