Deal Makers 2006 Applications are Available!
The 2007 Deal Makers Awards Luncheon will be held February 27, 2007 at the Marriott Center City.  Deal Makers Applications are available to download.  [More]

2007 Dues Have Been Sent!
Thank you for your continued support of the Charlotte Region Commercial Board of REALTORS®.  Your firm's 2007 dues have been sent.  [More]
 

2007 Alliance Sponsorship Opportunities
The Alliance Sponsorship program provides companies with the most visibility in the industry.  Promote your company to the fullest and join the ranks of other prestigious annual sponsors (see gray sidebar of this newsletter).

Click here for a printable sponsorship brochure and registration form.

Broker-in-Charge Courses
The first two Broker-in-Charge courses for 2007 have been confirmed.  The NC Real Estate Commission now requires all brokers-in-charge to complete a mandatory, four hour elective course to satisfy their elective credits each year.  [More]

The Annual Meeting Was a Huge Success!
Thank you to everyone who helped make the CRCBR 2006 Annual Meeting a great success, and thank you to everyone who attended.  Congratulations to all of this years winners!  [More]

Commercial Certificate Program CoreConcepts Level 100 Series
The Commercial Certificate Program, CoreConcepts Level 100 Series, will be offered January 25 thru February 15, 2007.  The Commercial Certificate Program (CCP) is designed to bring together a faculty of industry leaders to teach the fundamentals of commercial real estate.  [More]

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NCAR Crusader Efforts Impact Growth Issues
Below are links to three articles regarding growth issues and the positive impact our NCAR Crusaders lobbying and grassroots efforts have had on the processes.

The Charlotte City Council is pushing for a 1% Land Transfer Tax as an alternative source of revenue for funding road construction. They are in process of trying to build a coalition with Mecklenburg County, the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce and their legislative delegation.  [More]

Newly elected Union County Commissioners, who were supported by NCRPAC, voted last night to eliminate one of the most burdensome growth control ordinances in the state. The Union County Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance had an attached mitigation fee of $14,000 per single family home if all levels of school capacity were full.  [More]

Haywood County Commissioners voted to “dilute” the effectiveness their Slope Ordinance at the urging of local REALTORS® and builders. NCAR worked closely with the Haywood County Board of REALTORS® and would like to commend them on their hard work and perseverance through a difficult battle.  [More]

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Concerns on Issuance of Commercial Real Estate Lending Guidance
The National Association of REALTORS®  believes the parameters issued yesterday in the guidance of commercial real estate lending, designed to help prevent imprudent commercial real estate lending, are overly prescriptive causing many banks, particularly smaller, regional banks, to be dissuaded from making sound commercial real estate lending decisions.  [More]

NAR Tops PAC Contribution Cycle
The REALTORS® Political Action Committee was the largest PAC contributor to U.S. House and Senate candidates in the 2006 election cycle, according to Federal Election Commission data reported by Political Money Line. As of the end of November, RPAC had contributed $3.7 million to congressional candidates, some $800,000 more than the next largest contributor, the National Beer Wholesalers Association PAC, which contributed $2.9 million.  [More]

NAR Helps Secure Support for Longer ILC Moratorium
More than 100 members of Congress have signed a letter asking the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to extend its moratorium on industrial loan company applications, which is set to expire Jan. 31. NAR communicated the importance of the extension to the members prior to their letter, which was drafted by incoming House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Paul Gillmor (R-Ohio). NAR opposes applications by Wal-Mart and Home Depot for ILCs, which are a type of federally insured bank owned by commercial businesses, because of the potential for conflicts of interest. For more information, contact Lynn King at lking@realtors.org or 202-383-1156, or Jeff Lischer at jlischer@realtors.org or 202-383-1117.

NAR Concerned About Commercial Lending Guidance
Guidance issued recently for commercial real estate lending, designed to help prevent imprudent commercial real estate lending, are overly prescriptive and could cause banks, particularly smaller, regional banks, to be dissuaded from making sound commercial real estate lending decisions, NAR says in comments on guidance implementing the international Basel Accords "We feel that the regulators have still not recognized distinctions in classes of commercial real estate, particularly as it pertains to Basel 1A," says NAR President Pat Vredevoogd Combs.  [More]

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