KCRAR Launches Healthy Lifestyle Initiative

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The Midwest has been hard hit by extreme weather over the past few months, including recent flooding and tornado activity in the Greater Kansas City Region. KCRAR’s Charitable Foundation exists for times such as these – to provide disaster relief to local communities, citizens and fellow REALTORS® in times of need.  Through the organized relief efforts […]

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KCRAR is in the process of building a more robust list of reputable real estate related industry partners across the Kansas City region as a resource for members and homeowners to use when needing specific services. KCRAR Industry Partners (formerly known as affiliates), are companies that fit into one of three categories: property services, which […]

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NAR Launched its Commitment to Excellence (C2EX) program this year to encourage its members to make professionalism a priority. The program consists of 10 competencies personalized to the user based on a self-assessment. In order to highlight the importance of professionalism among its members, KCRAR, the Kansas Association of REALTORS® (KAR) and Missouri REALTORS® (MR) […]

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YPN/KC will be hosting a bingo event at Hamburger Mary’s in Kansas City, Mo. on June 26. All the funds raised at the event will go to Habitat for Humanity toward this year’s REALTORS® Rock the Block event. KCRAR members are encouraged to come out to the event to eat, drink, network and play bingo. […]

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Presenting a mostly optimistic view of the economy for 2019 and 2020, Lawrence Yun, chief economist at the National Association of REALTORS®, told audiences on May 16 at the REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo in Washington, D.C., that a near-term recession is unlikely. But a few factors—particularly tariffs and the escalation of U.S. trade […]

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KCRAR Commercial will host its annual golf event again this year on June 10. Each year, commercial real estate brokers from around the Kansas City area gather on the golf green for a team scramble. This year, the event will be held at Oakwood Country Club in Kansas City, Mo., with registration beginning at 11 […]

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Late last month, the top brokers in Kansas City commercial real estate gathered at Tom’s Town Distillery to celebrate at the Annual KCRAR Commercial Awards Reception. In addition to the signature cocktails and lively networking, the brokers honored their colleagues by awarding the annual “Roger L Cohen Rookie of the Year,” “Allen J Block Broker […]

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Inventory shortages are continuing to dig into agents’ home sales volume. In 2018, the typical agent completed 11 transactions, the same as 2017, according to the 2019 Member Profile, released by the National Association of REALTORS® and reflecting 12,700 member responses. However, REALTORS® did see a slight uptick in incomes last year. The median gross […]

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REALTORS® from across the city drove to KCRAR’s Leawood office last Friday to dispose of their unneeded files at this year’s annual Shred Day. With the help of the Events and Community Outreach Advisory Group and sponsorships from ProShred, Certified Radon and First American Home Warranty, over 350 boxes of old files were able to […]