Kansas City REALTORS® Receive Special Update on Blue Valley Schools

November 29, 2018 in Government Affairs

All Kansas City REALTORS® are invited to attend a free breakfast program at the Mission Hills Country Club in Mission Hills from 8:30 to 10 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 7. During this complimentary program, Kansas City REALTORS® will get a preview of the 2018 Kansas Legislative Session from the KCRAR state and local advocacy team […]

November 8, 2018 in Government Affairs

The smoke has cleared from the 2018 Election, and Kansas residents have elected a new Kansas Governor, two political newcomers in the Kansas Congressional delegation and minor changes in the Kansas Legislature. Democrats Retake the Kansas Governor’s Mansion and End Eight Years of Total Republican Control Most headlines across the state of Kansas this week […]

October 26, 2018 in Guest Columns

The Blue Valley School District will host a free REALTOR® Lunch and Learn program for Kansas City REALTORS® at the Hilltop Conference Center in Overland Park from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 29. During this complimentary lunch program, the Blue Valley School District’s leadership team will update REALTORS® on current programming and […]

October 3, 2018 in Guest Columns

Beginning on Feb. 1, 2019, all new home construction projects and many remodeling projects within the city of Prairie Village will be subject to newly-adopted Neighborhood Design Standards. City officials recently adopted the new standards to address an increase in the number of older homes that have been torn down in recent years and replaced […]

July 6, 2018 in Government Affairs

KCRAR members met with Kansas Congressman Kevin Yoder this week to speak with him about issues related to the Real Estate Industry, including the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), tax policy, and Net Neutrality. NFIP – Yoder recently voted in favor of long term reauthorization of NFIP in the 21st Century Flood Reform Act, passing […]

February 16, 2018 in Government Affairs

The Kansas Association of REALTORS® held its annual Capitol Conference in Topeka last week, where approximately 150 REALTORS® attended to lobby the Kansas Legislature about private property rights and other issues of significance to the real estate profession. At the Board of Directors meeting, Mike McGrew, former National Association of REALTORS® Treasurer, was unanimously supported […]

January 24, 2018 in KCRAR

Kansas brokerages with legal questions will now have access to a legal hotline at no charge to them. Previously, the Kansas Association of REALTORS® (KAR) hotline was available to brokerage firms on an annual subscription basis, and now, KCRAR pays the full cost of the Kansas Legal Hotline for KCRAR member firms belonging to the […]

December 14, 2017 in Kansas Advocacy

The Kansas Association of REALTORS® hosted a legislative breakfast on Dec. 1, where over 20 Kansas Legislators attended to discuss 2018 REALTOR® priorities. Sydney West, Chair of Kansas and Terrie Huntington, Vice Chair of Kansas Advocacy hosted the event, and Patrick Vogelsberg, KAR Vice President of Governmental Affairs was the guest speaker. The REALTOR® members […]

July 17, 2017 in Government Affairs

After a marathon 113-day-long legislative session—just one day shy of tying 2015’s record-breaking haul—Kansas legislators drew their 2017 session to a close with a number of changes tallied at the final bell. Given the state’s financial climate, the main points of discussion for this year’s session were, unsurprisingly, taxes and school funding, and there were […]