Navigating Change in 2020, By The Numbers, Success Stories, and More View e-mail in browser Novmber 14, 2019 A Clear Direction for Navigating Change in 2020 With a new Leadership Team on board and “off-year” election behind us, now is the right time to focus on our industry and the communities we serve. The issues facing our industry are unprecedented. By forging a new contract between NAR, REALTORS®, and our industry, we believe we can realized unprecedented success for ourselves as business owners, the communities where we work and live, and homeowners alike. READ MORE By The Numbers 20,000 Number of attendees who attended the 2019 REALTORS® Conference & Expo in San Franscico. Were you one? If not, don’t worry. Check out REALTOR® Magazine Live for insights and news. Get a taste of the conference and first-hand REALTOR® accounts on by visiting Conference Live, a virtual window into the event experience. LEARN MORE $1 Billion Estimated loss in real estate transaction due to email phishing scams jumped between 2015 and 2017, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This represents a 1,100% increase. Robert Siciliano, a security trainer at ProtectNowLLC.com, understands how vulnerable real estate transactions are to wire fraud. Check out a few of his tips to prevent this from happening to you and your clients. LEARN MORE >45 As of Oct. 19, the number of major disaster declarations nationwide this year. With the cost of property damage topping $10 billion, the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) has been developing a new system, Risk Rating 2.0, which would represent the first time flood risk assessments have been update since the 1970s and adequately reflects the flood risks of individuals and communities.” READ MORE The REALTOR® Party At Work Highlighted here are a few of the many REALTOR® Party success stories across the nation. These and others are cataloged in the Success Stories section on REALTORParty.realtor. After a Wildfire, Oroville REALTORS® Makes Smart Growth Plans to Rebuild Paradise It’s not every day that a community can plan its own redevelopment from scratch. Following last fall’s devastating wildfire that destroyed Paradise, California, however, that’s exactly the silver lining that the town was facing. The neighboring Oroville Association of REALTORS® is taking the lead in steering the new development toward a Smart Growth way of thinking. READ More North Carolina “Congressional Road Shows” Highlight Working Relationships of REALTORS® and Capitol Hill Counterparts  In four congressional districts of North Carolina, REALTORS® got rare access to their U.S. Representatives in a series of “Congressional Road Shows” hosted by their Federal Political Coordinators. REALTORS® in attendance got to hear and ask questions about issues near and dear to the industry and their communities.  READ More Coeur d’Alene REALTORS® Bring a “Storybook Trail” to Growing Community The Coeur d’Alene REALTOR® association wanted to use one of the REALTOR® Party’s Smart Growth Action Grants to help a local community where its members live and work. Working together with the City of Rathdrum, Idaho, they planned and built a ‘Storybook Trail’ at the base of Rathdrum Mountain. READ More Resources & Opportunities Op-Ed: Let’s Get Housing Finance Reform Right This Time Do you think the federal government has expanded its exposure to risky mortgages? Read NAR’s recently published an op-ed with the Mortgage Bankers Association, the American Bankers Association, and the National Home Builders Association in the American Banker to set the record straight. Comprehensive characteristics, along with new laws passed in the wake of the crisis, have ensured a greater focus on sustainable mortgage lending. The article also detailed how rates of serious delinquency and foreclosure remain at or near-historic lows across both GSE and FHA mortgages. READ MORE Rural Broadband Deployment: Strategies for Closing the Digital Divide Many Americans fail to realize that millions of their fellow citizens, primarily those in rural areas, lack access to reliable and affordable internet connections. Explore this issues’ crucial nature as it relates to the real estate industry. Get a brief history of deploying broadband in the U.S., an overview of the current federal framework for encouraging broadband deployment, and summaries of a number of state regulatory strategies that stand out from the crowd. READ MORE Show Your RPAC Pride Online Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the REALTORS® Political Action Committee. Add a special graphic overlay to your social media profile picture (click on Add Your Photo). Then check out the map to see profile pics of your REALTOR® colleagues from across the country. LEARN MORE 2019 REALTOR® Party Resource Guide Check out the 2019 REALTOR® Party Association Resource Guide to learn about resources for community outreach, candidate and issue campaigns, RPAC and political fundraising; member and consumer mobilization; and much more. Also, review the programs and resources that qualify for the new Vote, Act and Invest Core Standards’ requirements. DOWNLOAD Join the REALTOR® Party Online Are you posting, liking, tweeting or pinning? So is the REALTOR® Party.  Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, and Instagram to get the latest news, information and resources.

Send us examples of how your association put NAR’s REALTOR® Party resources to work to implement a successful advocacy or community outreach program. Email your stories to: realtorparty@realtors.org. See more than 300 stories documenting how REALTOR® associations around the country put REALTOR® Party Resources to work at the REALTOR® Party Success Stories page. This newsletter replaces the NAR Weekly Report for this week and the second week of every month. The REALTOR® Party News will publish next on November 14, 2019. If you missed a previous edition check out the REALTOR® Party News Archive. Headquarters: 430 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611 DC Office: 500 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001-2020 | 1-800-874-6500