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• Explain the new homebuyer tax credit to your clients with new flyer

  
  VARbuzz — Authority: 422
  Today President Obama signed a bill extending and expanding the homebuyer tax credit . Now that the bill has become law, VAR has a new flyer to help you inform your clients about the expanded tax credits that you can download today at www.VARealtor.com/Tools .  Download it now for showings this weekend! The ...
  5 days ago

• House passes homebuyer tax credit extension, expansion

  
  VARbuzz — Authority: 422
  The Unemployment Insurance bill including the homebuyer tax credit extension and expansion has passed the House by a vote of 403-12 after passing the Senate last night 98-0. The new provisions take effect as soon as President Obama signs the bill, which we expect will be before the weekend. Right click this link and ...
  6 days ago

• Senate passes expanded, extended home buyer tax credit 98-0

  
  VARbuzz — Authority: 422
  UPDATE : The House passes the bill . Obama expected to sign it before the weekend. According to NAR , yesterday the Senate voted 98-0 to extend and expand the home buyer tax credit. WaPo article on the vote . The House is expected to accept the Senate version as early as today and, from there, the bill will go on ...
  6 days ago

• Realtors, homeowners and RPAC-endorsed candidates prevail on Election Day

  
  VARbuzz — Authority: 422
  Yesterday’s election left its mark on the landscape of Virginia’s Capitol Square. With local association endorsements and VAR member votes, RPAC of Virginia-endorsed candidates Governor-elect Bob McDonnell and Lt. Governor Bill Bolling were both victorious last night. And 77 of the 88 RPAC-endorsed House of ...
  1 week ago

• State Legislators Propose Delay for Unemployment Insurance Premiums

  
  The Daily Dose — Authority: 140
  Senate Republicans have proposed delaying the state’s new unemployment insurance premiums to continue Indiana job growth and help struggling Hoosier businesses through the national recession. Senate President Pro Tem David Long (R-Fort Wayne) said Senate Republicans would introduce legislation in the upcoming ...
  1 week ago

• ERA Spotlight Sessions: Endorsements and Testimonials - Pop Quiz!

  
  Electronic Retailer Blog — Authority: 108
  The FTC has recently released new Guides on Endorsements and Testimonials. These new Guides mean new rules for all types of marketers and talent. But are you ready to comply? Take this pop quiz to see if you are prepared: Can celebrities have liability for endorsing a product that does not work? Can you ever use a ...
  1 week ago

• 911 Call Center Decision Put on Hold

  
  The Daily Dose — Authority: 140
  Efforts to break down the glass wall separating the City and County 911 Call Centers have been put on hold temporarily. The Chamber supports efforts to end this separation and consolidate 911 Call Centers, resulting in one streamlined point of contact for communications, emergency services and homeland security ...
  1 week ago

• The latest on the tax credit extension

  
  VARbuzz — Authority: 422
  From NAR: Although the Senate was not able to reach a procedural agreement to schedule a vote on the Unemployment Insurance extension, the Dodd-Lieberman-Isakson Amendment to extend and expand the Tax Credit is contained in the bill. The Senate is expected to vote, Monday evening, for a "Motion to Invoke Cloture" ...
  1 week ago

• Efforts to extend homebuyer’s tax credit far from over

  
  VARbuzz — Authority: 422
  NAR tells us that the fight to extend the homebuyer’s tax credit still has a long way to go. Senate leaders of both parties and key Senate Finance Committee members and staff, and tax credit sponsors Dodd-Lieberman-Isakson have agreed on extending and expanding the housing tax credit. However, there is no ...
  1 week ago

• Scheming in secret.

  
  Does It All Matter ? — Authority: 121
  How Reid thinks about Americans Don’t you just love transparency in our government?   Harry Reid, The MADAM Nancy Pelosi, and Our Dear Leader, Comrade Obama. Barack Obama are scheming in secret on ObamaCare… they’re essentially meeting behind closed doors to re-write it.   What’s in this ...
  2 weeks ago

• VAR calls for action: Extend the homebuyer tax credit

  
  VARbuzz — Authority: 422
  NAR is expecting a Senate vote this week on extending and expanding the homebuyer tax credit . (The credit is currently set to expire in 35 days). Have you responded yet? This morning, your VAR Law & Policy team sent a reminder e-mail (“Help Secure the Homebuyer Tax Credit for Your Clients”) to all members ...
  2 weeks ago

• HVCC could face "sunset"

  
  VARbuzz — Authority: 422
  The House Financial Services Committee has approved the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act, which will establish an agency to regulate consumer financial products. What you may not realize, though, is that within that bill is a “sunset” provision for the Home Valuation Code of Conduct — the HVCC. ...
  2 weeks ago

• I wanted to walk out of Agra summit: Musharraf

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Islamabad, Oct 20 (IANS) Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has said he wanted to walk out of the failed 2001 Agra summit but was dissuaded from doing so by a senior official.His frustration, he told reporters in New York, stemmed from the fact that then Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had twice ...
  3 weeks ago

• Implementation of enhanced stormwater regulations

  
  VARbuzz — Authority: 422
  Maybe you’ve heard about new regulations recently approved by the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board , which aim to curb pollution in the Chesapeake Bay by lowering the permissible amount of phosphorous runoff caused by new construction projects.  While VAR sympathizes with efforts to preserve Virginia’s ...
  3 weeks ago

• Health Reform Bill Worries Indianas Government Leaders

  
  The Daily Dose — Authority: 140
  According to an article by the Indianapolis Business Journal (IBJ), Senator Max Baucus’ (D-Mont.) health reform bill would result in heavy fees for many of Indiana’s health care companies. Indiana Senators Evan Bayh and Richard Lugar as well as Governor Mitch Daniels have objected to the fees out of concern for ...
  4 weeks ago

• EFCA Legislation Continues to Move Forward

  
  The Daily Dose — Authority: 140
  According to TheHill.com, Senators have hammered out a compromise that would allow unions to swell their ranks, and a key lawmaker said it should pass this year. Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) on Tuesday told the AFL-CIO convention in Pittsburgh that he has been working hard “for hours” on a deal with other key ...
  8 weeks ago

• Bruce Sewell to join Apple as General Counsel & senior vice president

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 161
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  8 weeks ago

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