Dotloop Ending Their National “Freemium” Product Offering
Attention dotloop users: KCRAR and Heartland MLS were notified recently by dotloop that they would be ending their national “Freemium” service and therefore want you to be aware of the upcoming subscription changes. Effective September 1, 2017, the “Freemium” product offering will be discontinued. There will be no pricing changes for brokerage firms who currently […]
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City Proposal Aims to Curb Asphalt Cul-de-Sacs in Overland Park
Overland Park city leaders have presented a proposal that would require cul-de-sacs be made with concrete instead of asphalt in all future residential developments throughout the city. One of the primary concerns raised by this proposal would be increases in new home costs – up to $4,000 for every home in a cul-de-sac. According to […]
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KCRAR Launches Consumer Marketing Campaign as Member Give Back
KCRAR has long held the commitment of being good stewards of our members’ dues dollars in all that we do. In that vein, many years ago leadership decided to invest in financial markets to ensure we had reserves and income to save for the future. I’m happy to report that in the past few years, […]
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Introducing Realist: A Better, Larger and More Complete Public Record and Tax Database
Heartland MLS is thrilled to announce the integration of Realist, the new public record and tax database system from CoreLogic, which was integrated into Matrix on Tuesday, May 16th. Realist includes 20 counties and will provide in-depth property and ownership data, market information, street and aerial maps as well as market trends for its users, […]
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Buying a Better Home with Sustainable Features: Consumer Preferences
After buying a home with solar panels and other green goodies, Diego Villar has become the envy of his foursome. “I golf every Sunday. The people I golf with thought I was crazy at first, but now they’re talking about getting solar panels themselves,” Villar said. Villar lives with his wife and twin toddlers in […]
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Leadership Academies Can Open Doors for REALTORS®
Why should you attend a Leadership Academy? Well, as a graduate of the Kansas Association of REALTORS’® Right Track Leadership Academy, I’m an excellent example. When I attended the Academy in 2011, I had already been a 20-year veteran in the real estate industry, but I knew that there was still so much to learn. […]
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KCRAR Offers Form Product Choices for Members
In addition to furnishing dotloop with the KCRAR standard forms and contracts, KCRAR and Heartland MLS provides Members with more options to complete standard contract forms for delivery to customers and clients. The options include: formsRus: An annual subscription to the formsRus online forms product is provided to all KCRAR Members as a member benefit. […]
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KAR-Supported Bill Protecting REALTOR®-Paid Fees Now Kansas Law
According to a report issued by the Kansas Association of REALTORS®, the Kansas State Legislature passed a REALTOR®-backed bill to Governor Sam Brownback during their marathon legislative session, who signed it into law on Tuesday, May 16th. The bill, House Bill 2153, requires that funds paid to state agencies “shall be used for the purposes […]
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KCRAR Member’s Veteran Housing Project Getting Global Attention
You may have seen the headlines announcing Kansas City’s tiny homes village for homeless veterans. But you may not have realized that the visionary behind the headlines was a REALTOR® and KCRAR member. Mark Solomon, an active REALTOR® with Keller Williams in Liberty, started the Veterans Community Project with Chris Stout and Kevin Jamison in […]
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HMLS Debuts Searchable Spreadsheet for Waived Listings
The Kansas City Metro is still in the throes of a historic inventory crunch, resulting in long and hectic days for our busy REALTORS®. As we’ve stated previously, market conditions such as these tend to produce an uptick in “Coming Soon to MLS” signs in yards and waived listings in Heartland MLS, a tool used […]
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