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December 2016
 
William E. Brown
2017 NAR President
 
Dale A. Stinton
Chief Executive Officer
 
Founding Broker Investors
• Alain Pinel REALTORS®
• Coldwell Banker Bain Real Estate
• Dolan REALTORS®
• Equity Real Estate
• First Weber, Inc.
• First Team Real Estate, Inc.
• Glen Gardner, REALTORS®
• HomeServices of America
• Howard Hanna Real Estate
• Jim Maloof/REALTOR®
• John L. Scott Real Estate
• Latter & Blum Companies
• Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®
• Long and Foster Real Estate
• Real Estate One Family of Companies
• RE/MAX, LLC
• RE/MAX Suburban
• Shorewest REALTORS®
• Watson Realty Group
• William Raveis Real Estate, Inc.
   
Four Star
• California Regional MLS
• Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc. (MRIS
   
Three Star
• TREND, Inc.
• My Florida Regional MLS
• Midwest Real Estate Data, Inc.
• Arizona Regional MLS
• Wilmington Regional Association of REALTORS® MLS
• Realogy Franchise Group
   
Two Star
• MLS Property Information Network
• Northstar MLS
• Wasatch Front Regional MLS
• Regional MLS
• MLSListings, Inc.
• Mid America Regional Information System
• Northwest MLS
• Templates 4 Business, Inc.
• Showingtime.Com, Inc.
• New Jersey Multiple Listing Service
• CoreLogic Solutions, LLC
• Recolorado, Inc.
• Multiple Listing Service of Long Island, Inc.
• Clareity Security, LLC
   
One Star
• Gulf South Real Estate Information Network
• Columbus and Central Ohio MLs
• San Fransicso Association of REALTORS® MLS
• 1000Watt Consulting
• MIBOR Service Corporation
• Institute of Real Estate Management
• Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS®
• Carolina MLS
• CCIM Institute
• Real Estate Business Institute
• State Wide MLS, Inc.
• Council of Real Estate Specialists
• Northern Ohio Regional MLS
• Southern Missouri Regional MLS
• REALTORS® Land Institute
• Metro MLS, Inc.
• Tucson Association of REALTORS® MLS, Inc.
• Coeur d'Alene MLS, Inc.
• Women's Council of REALTORS®
• MTRMLS, Inc.
• South Jersey Shore Regional MLS
 
CAP Investors
• Heartland MLS
• Kings County Board of REALTORS® MLS
• Intermountain MLS
• Northern Kentucky MLS
• Gallatin Association of REALTORS® MLS
• MLS of Wilmington Regional Association of REALTORS®
• Great Plains MLS
• Midlands MLS
• Northwest Oklahoma MLS
• MLS Hilton Head Island, SC
• Northwestern Wisconsin MLS
• Southshore MLS
• Northern Nevada Regional MLS
• Cape May County MLS
• Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS® MLS
• Greater Baton Rouge Association of REALTORS® MLS
• Jefferson City Area Board of REALTORS® MLS
• RIS Media, Inc.
• MLSOK
• Northwest Ohio Real Estate Information Systems, Inc.
• Bayou Board of REALTORS®
• Northeast Louisiana Association of REALTORS®
• Greater Augusta Association of REALTORS®
• Georgia Multiple Listing Service, Inc.
• Fort Smith Board of REALTORS® MLS
• Savannah Multi-List Corporation
• Baldwin County Association of REALTORS®
• Central Wisconsin Multiple Listing Service
• Santa Cruz County Multiple Listing Service
• Western Arizona REALTOR® Data Exchange
• Real Estate Information Services, Inc.
• Southwest Louisiana Association of REALTORS®
• Ann Arbor Board of REALTORS® MLS
• Northeast Oklahoma Real Estate Services, Inc.
• Birmingham Area MLS, Inc.
• CARMLS, Inc.
• MLS of Roanoke Valley, Inc.
• REALTOR® Association of Acadiana
• Door County Board of REALTORS® MLS
• Council of Multiple Listing Service
• Maine Real Estate Information System, Inc.
• Williamsburg Multiple Listing Service, Inc.
• Greater LaCrosse MLS Corporation
• Liberty Title, Inc.
• Metro Search, Inc.
• Greater Lansing Association of REALTORS®
• South Central Board of REALTORS®
• Cape Cod & Islands MLS
   
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Letter from the Chair

As incoming 2017 Corporate Ally Program (CAP) Advisory Board Chair, I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to our 2016 Chair Marbury Little and all of our investors for your commitment to the Corporate Ally Program. Under Marbury’s leadership and through your generosity, CAP grew by 30% in revenue, by 52% in investor participation and raised $1.3 million in soft dollar corporate investments in 2016. For a fundraising program still in its infancy, this is a tremendous success. Of course, much of the credit for the growth in participation must go to the 13 Corporate Ally Program Regional Representatives who worked tirelessly in the field to increase the number of MLS investors this year by 35%! There are now 81 MLS investors in CAP and I look forward to breaking 100 in 2017.

I would also like to thank the state associations who launched CAP pilot programs in 2016. They got off to a great start and I look forward to working with them to grow their broker outreach programs in 2017. As you know, 2016 was the first year that CAP solicited broker investments, and it was a very successful launch. We now have 25 Founding Broker Investors in the program and I hope that by the end of 2017, we will have at least 100 brokers around the nation wearing Corporate Ally Program Investor pins. 

In 2017, it will be my privilege to work alongside my Vice Chair, Helen Hanna Casey as we continue to grow this important program for the benefit of REALTORS® and the real estate industry. Helen will serve as Chair to the 2017 Corporate Investor Council and work closely with the 13 Council members, one from each NAR region, to grow the Corporate Ally Program in both revenue and participation. 
I hope you will enjoy reading about all the political and legislative successes that you helped make possible through your Corporate Ally Program investments.  I look forward to your participation again in 2017 and wish each and every one of you a very happy holiday season.

Regards,
Jim Imhoff
2017 Chairman Corporate Ally Program Advisory Board

Hill Report: REALTOR® Party Election Activity Recap

Scott Reiter, Vice President, RPAC Disbursements and Political Programs
In the recent General Election, RPAC funded seven independent expenditures in support of 3 senators and 4 congressmen. In addition to $10.8 million spent on television ads and direct mail aimed at the general public, these electoral efforts were complimented in each case by an NAR Political Field Representative being on the ground in the various races to educate and engage REALTORS® in support of the RPAC-endorsed candidate. We refer to this program as our opportunity race program because it is an opportunity to engage our members most intensely in the political process. Five of the seven candidates won their toss-up races. In all these cases, the efforts of the REALTOR® Party undoubtedly played a significant role in helping our winning candidates achieve victory. These are their stories…

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Numbers and Cents
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$1.3M 866 25
Total amount received for the Corporate Ally Program in 2016. The number of federal, state and local issue and candidate campaigns the REALTOR® Party was involved in 2016. The number of Founding Brokers, whose generosity helped the Corporate Ally Program increase 2016 revenue by 30% and investor participation by 52% over 2015.

Your Investment at Work

REALTOR® Party State and Local Election Recap
With our last campaign of 2016 concluding this two weeks ago, we are pleased announce that the REALTORS® ran independent expenditures for 408 state and local campaigns in 43 states and the District of Columbia for 102 state and local REALTOR® Associations. We have included a breakdown below of the races we supported and how many races were run in each state this year. We look forward to even more success in 2017 as the REALTOR® Party continues to grow.
Campaign Level Number of Campaigns
City 85
County 53
Judicial 8
Other 2
State House 163
State Senate 89
Statewide 8
Total 408

REALTOR® Party Campaign Coverage 2016

On election night, the REALTOR® Party’s collective voices were heard from Capitol Hill to statehouses and city halls, particularly in the 458 congressional races and 408 state and local campaigns across America. This included nearly 100 REALTOR® candidates, and several major ballot initiatives NAR was involved in nationwide. Check out election results and hear NAR Senior Vice President Jerry Giovaniello and NAR Political Consultant Doug Sosnik explained the impact of the election results at the federal, state and local levels.
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NAR President Discusses Carson HUD Nomination

Neurosurgeon Ben Carson has a big job ahead of him should he be confirmed as secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, NAR President Bill Brown says in the latest Voice for Real Estate news video from NAR. Rising home prices and interest rates and burdensome fees are keeping families out of homeownership, he said.  The video also looks at the increase in conforming and FHA loan limits, which are based in part on criteria NAR recommended to policymakers last year.

Reps. Frank Lucas (R-OK) and Brad Sherman (D-CA) said at NAR’s Washington offices in mid-December that housing is too important to the U.S. economy to make changes next year that could send interest rates up and sales plummeting. The lawmakers were part of a half-day meeting hosted by NAR and S&P Global to discuss what to do—and what not to do—to boost homeownership. The lawmakers’ remarks are included in the latest Voice for Real Estate news video from NAR. Also covered is a statement by NAR President Bill Brown on the nomination of Ben Carson to be HUD secretary.
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