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Alaskans Meet Members of Congress This Week09 May

This week, approximately 25 REALTOR members from Alaska will head to Washington D.C. for the annual National Association of REALTORS midyear meeting.  Included in the meeting will be a REALTOR Rally at the Washington Monument to show that REALTORS support homeownership.  They anticipate 10,000 REALTORS will attend the Rally.  We will also be visiting the Alaska delegation; Senator Begich, Senator Murkowski and Congressman Young.

We will be talking to them about the following issues that affect the real estate industry:

  • Bolstering liquidity in the commercial and multifamily real estate market to avoid stalling our nation’s economic recovery;
  • Ensure the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) single-family program has the tools and policies in place to meet its mission of providing access to safe, affordable mortgage financing for qualified borrowers nationwide;
  • The need for an extension of the tax relief provided in 2007 assuring that individuals in the process of foreclosure, short sales or loan modifications will pay no income tax on forgiven mortgage debt;
  • Reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NIFP) to ensure access to affordable flood insurance;
  • And to improve the short sales process, support the independence and integrity of appraisals, enact comprehensive reform of the government-sponsored enterprises (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac), and have regulators establish Qualified Residential Mortgage (QRM) and Qualified Mortgage (QM) rules that allow reasonable access to credit for home buying consumers.

2012 AAR Convention

The Alaska Association of REALTORS 2012 annual convention will be held Tuesday – Friday, September 11 – 14, 2012 at the Hotel Alyeska in Girdwood, Alaska. This year’s conference will feature guest speakers Dave Mitchell  and Amy Chorew. Dave’s style is often best described by a term he coined – enter-train-ment. Dave takes great pride in using proven principles in applied performance and cognitive psychology and delivering a high impact training experience that is also incredibly entertaining.  Amy  has been in and around Real Estate since 1981. As an experienced salesperson and marketing director for some of Connecticut’s prestigious brokerages she expanded in to teaching REALTORS to use technology in 1995.Her knowledge of the latest technologies along with her unique ability to translate it all into easy-to-understand language makes her a consistently top-rated trainer throughout the country.

Register online now.

Contact Information

The Alaska Association of Realtors®

4205 Minnesota Drive

Anchorage, Alaska 99503

Phone (907) 563-7133

Fax (907) 561-1779

1-800-478-3763

joinus@alaskarealtors.com