On February 7th, the NAR held their first annual Policy Forum at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, DC. This forum included dozens of industry stakeholders and hundreds of invested attendees who want to be a part of the reform that Congress and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) are proposing for government sponsored enterprises. Two […]
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At C.A.R. last month, many potential and existing issues were discussed and what it means to the REALTOR® community. REALTORS® are preparing for possible policy regarding requiring electrification of housing. Since 2006, California has adopted aggressive and far-reaching goals regarding greenhouse gas emissions and how to drastically reduce them. The goal for entire electrification of
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Despite Prop 10 failing this November, leaving the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act to stay, the fight to prevent rent control in Sacramento remains. Rent control continues to be an active topic of discussion and possible policy to be voted on in 2020, as the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has drafted an initiative establishing rent
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The Internal Revenue Service, along with the National Treasury, ruled in mid-January that they would allow real estate professionals to benefit from the Section 199A 20 percent pass-through deduction. It had been unclear to real estate professionals what the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act would do for them come tax season, but after the
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An exciting win for home sales as Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) had reversed their original ruling a few days later to discontinue the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) as the government continued to be shut down. Last month FEMA made a surprise ruling which disallowed new and renewal flood insurance policies during the government
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The Mayor of Sacramento, Darrell Steinberg, and Mayor of West Sacramento, Christopher Cabaldon, have teamed up and formed the Mayor’s Commission on Climate Change. This commission was created to develop common goals and strategies for both cities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to make suggestions as to what they would like to see in
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