October 1, 2025

Tri-County Suburban REALTORS® and the Boys & Girls Club of Philadelphia are joining forces to keep kids in our communities warm this Fall and Winter for the Annual Coat Drive!

As part of REALTORS® Reach Out Month, held annually in October, Tri-County will be collecting new coats, gloves and hats for children ages 6-16 through November 17th. If you would like to participate, we are kindly requesting:

*NEW with tags Winter Coats for children ages 6-16

*NEW with tags Winter Gloves for children ages 6-16

*NEW with tags Winter Hats for children ages 6-16

The main drop off box is located at Tri-County Suburban REALTORS® - 1 Country View Road, Suite 201, Malvern, PA 19355. There will also be a drop-off box in the Association of REALTORS® School - 1 Country View Road, Suite 101, Malvern, PA 19355. Drop offs are accepted in person from 8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday-Friday. Additionally, there will be a drop-off box at our Annual Meeting on October 22nd.

Thank you for helping us keep children in need warm this Fall and Winter!

The Boys & Girls Club of Philadelphia is a place of opportunity for thousands of children and teens in our region. It is a place where children can be themselves, and more importantly, where youth of all ages and backgrounds can develop the intellectual, social and emotional skills to become more productive and caring citizens.

Every October, the Pennsylvania Association of REALTORS®, along with local REALTOR® Associations across the commonwealth celebrate REALTORS® Reach Out Month. This campaign began in 2008, and it is designed to showcase REALTOR® involvement in the community.

All members of Tri-County Suburban REALTORS® will receive their 2026 membership dues notification email today, October 1, 2025 via duesbilling@tcsr.realtor. 

The current total for the 2026 Primary REALTOR® membership dues is $578, which covers your membership with Tri-County Suburban REALTORS®, the Pennsylvania Association of REALTORS® and the National Association of REALTORS®.

Members have until November 15, 2025 to pay during Cycle 1. 
If a Primary REALTOR® member chooses to remit their dues at a later date, please note the following Cycle options and deadlines:

Cycle 2 (11/16/25 – 12/31/25) – $618

Cycle 3 (1/1/26 – 1/31/26) – $658

Members may choose to pay in full, or via installment plan. Please visit tcsr.realtor/membership/duesbilling2026/ for all REALTOR® membership dues information include a helpful payment chart, and the Tax ID Notice.

Please note that there is no automatic bill pay for membership dues. Beginning today, members can access their dues invoice and pay their dues online via their Secure Member Portal. Once logged in, visit the My Orders tab. where members will find an Unpaid Order for their 2026 Membership Dues titled, “2026 Tri-County Suburban REALTORS® Annual Dues.” 

All membership dues (Tri-County Suburban REALTORS®, the Pennsylvania Association of REALTORS® and the National Association of REALTORS®) are NOT refundable or transferrable.

Tri-County Suburban REALTORS® continues to provide access to valuable benefits like: Lone Wolf Transactions (zipForm Edition) ($425 value), E-Signature Software ($240 value), Municipal Information Database ($200 value), Tech Helpline ($250 value), RISMedia ($249 value), FOREWARN ($300 value), and more. Tri-County Suburban REALTORS® is committed to providing the most benefits for your dues dollars and greatly appreciates your continued membership. 

For questions, please email duesbilling@tcsr.realtor or call 610-560-4800.

In an effort to provide our members and the public with the most updated information
available on the whereabouts of REALTOR® members, the REALTORS® On the Move list is updated quarterly.

Click here to access the most updated list.

Have you transferred offices? Let Tri-County Suburban know by accessing this
easy-to-use transfer form and submit back to the Association.

Questions? Contact Member Services Specialist, Tina Lavelle.

PAR is proposing major changes to the Pennsylvania real estate licensing law, and want member's feedback on the potential changes. For more information and to provide input, please visit PARealtors.org/RELRA. Any member may submit comments through the feedback survey, which is open until October 31, 2025. 

These proposed revisions aim to modernize several key areas of the licensing law, including real estate teams, advertising and licensing requirements that reflect the evolution of our industry. The goal is to ensure the statute more accurately aligns with the current realities of real estate practice across the commonwealth. 

The recommendations are the result of more than two and a half years of work by the RELRA Task Force. Once the task force completed its work, the proposed recommendations were handed off to PAR’s Legislative Committee. After extensive discussion and review, the committee voted to move forward with a comprehensive effort to modernize the licensing statute. 

The committee’s recommendations are broken down into nine sections, covering different aspects of the current licensing law. Members can review all the recommendations, but some of the most notable include the following: 

The Legislative Committee is proposing the creation of a provisional license category for all new licensees which would require additional continuing education coursework post licensure. Provisional licensees would be subject to certain restrictions while holding this license.

Another major recommendation is to define “advertising,” which is not currently addressed in the statute, and a shift to use a license number in place of brokerage phone number in advertising. 

The committee is also making several recommendations for real estate teams, as teams are not currently addressed in the statute. These include: defining a team, requiring each team to have a “team supervisor” who would have some level of administrative and supervisory responsibilities. Team supervisors can be brokers, associate brokers or real estate salespersons who complete 60 hours of broker continuing education (Real Estate Office Management and Real Estate Law) and have transactional experience equivalent to one-half of the amount of experience needed to sit for the brokers exam. Additionally, requiring that each real estate team have a unique license number tracked by the Department of State. 

Any major changes to the licensing law will have a serious impact on the real estate industry across the commonwealth. Your feedback will help guide the final recommendations that will be presented to PAR’s Board of Directors. 

The Tri-County Suburban REALTORS® “Making a Difference” Community Service Awards recognizes REALTOR® members who make an extraordinary impact on their community through volunteer work. This year, we were humbled to receive more than a dozen inspiring applications from members supporting a wide range of causes. 

Winners, selected by Association leadership, will receive a grant ranging from $1,000–$10,000 for their chosen charity and will be recognized in front of their peers at the 2025 Annual Membership Meeting on October 22. Each winner will receive two complimentary tickets to attend. The committee will be in touch in the coming weeks to all applicants to make them aware of their standings.

Thank you to all member who have applied and helped to make this initiative a success once again. Your commitment to creating a positive impact in our communities is truly inspiring. The final deadline to apply for the 2025 Community Service Awards has been extended to today, October 1st, at 4:30pm.

For a link to the application, more information, and past winner's stories, click here.

Each year, REALTOR® members of Tri-County Suburban REALTORS® are provided the opportunity to cast votes for candidates seeking placement on the Board of Directors. The online polls opened on September 24 via an email notification sent to all REALTOR® members. You can cast your vote at the official voting site: https://vote.associationvoting.com/tcsr/ anytime through October 22nd. Log in using your member credentials, and follow the on-screen prompts to vote for up to two (2) REALTOR® candidates.

You can review the list of candidates, including their biographies and candidate videos here.

East Vincent Township supervisors have delayed the adoption of a new ordinance regulating data centers. Township solicitor Joe Clemente explained that so much feedback had been provided on the draft from consultants, local group East Vincent Advocacy and the office of state Sen. Katie Muth (D-44), that they chose to continue refining the proposed ordinance rather than adopt an imperfect one and immediately begin making amendments. Also key to the decision was the news that passage of House Bill 502 was not as imminent as supervisors had initially believed. That bill, among other things, had the potential to regulate data centers, taking it out of the hands of local townships, unless they already had an ordinance on the books. There have been discussions on the subject starting in May, but at a special town hall meeting on Sept. 10, the supervisors outlined the possibilities under consideration for the former Pennhurst site, including a data center and tire-burning plant. Township Manager Robert A. Zienkowski said the tire burning portion of the proposal “is an absolute no-go. It’s not going to happen.” Spring City Mayor Adam Alberico told the East Vincent supervisors that a data center developer should pay for any new equipment and training first responders would need to deal with any emergency at the site. 
Source: The Mercury; 9/24/2025

October 8th | 10:00am - 12:00pm  
CRE Boot Camp – ABC’s of Commercial Real Estate
Association of REALTORS® School, Malvern

October 8th | 1:00pm - 4:00pm 
Ethics in Real Estate
Association of REALTORS® School, Malvern

October 10th | 8:15am - 9:30am 
Commercial/Industrial Marketing Exchange – Hybrid – With Guest Speaker Jeff Metzger, Food Trade News
Hybrid

October 14th | 9:00am - 12:00pm 
The Epic Homebuyer Experience
Virtual via Zoom

October 14th | 10:00am - 12:30pm
CRE Boot Camp – Commercial Real Estate Sales
Association of REALTORS® School, Malvern

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