- New Classes on the Calendar - Planning and Zoning Resource & Broker Licensing Core Course
- Certified Speaking Professional Leading Free Seminar in Malvern on July 14th
- In Case You Missed It - Mid-Year Housing Market Update from Dr. Lisa Sturtevant, Chief Economist with Bright MLS
- How to Talk About Housing Without Losing the Room
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SRA: Montgomery County Human Relations Commission Opens Complaint Process
- Calendar of Events
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New Classes on the Calendar - Planning and Zoning Resource & Broker Licensing Core Course |
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Looking to expand your knowledge and stay ahead in today’s real estate market? Two new courses have been added to the calendar to help real estate professionals strengthen their expertise. Whether you're interested in gaining a better understanding of local planning and zoning processes or taking the first step toward broker licensing, these upcoming educational opportunities provide insights to support your professional growth and success.
Planning and Zoning Resource: Advocating for Your Community’s Future
Planning and zoning serve as the basis for all communities. This one-day specialty course on Wednesday, August 26th will teach students the basic components and processes of the planning and zoning phases of real estate development, and how these phases must lead us to a better way of developing communities through the application of smart growth principles. Planning and Zoning Resource provides attendees with 7 hours towards '26-'28 PA license renewal.
Click here to register.
Real Estate Office Management (Broker Required) | Association of REALTORS® School, Malvern
For members interested in broker licensing, The Association of REALTORS® School is happy to bring this opportunity to complete the 30hr. mandatory course for Broker Licensing to Malvern, this fall.
There are certain basic principles of running a business, and this course will help you understand business management, supervising people & establishing a profitable enterprise. The course objective is to provide students with the tools needed to establish & manage a successful real estate business. It will cover both the practical & legal issues of office management. This 4-day course is taken over the following dates, Wednesday, September 23rd, Monday, October 5th, Wednesday, October 14th, & Monday, October 19th. Classroom time is schedule as 9:00 am – 4:30pm each day.
Click here to register.
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Certified Speaking Professional Leading Free Seminar in Malvern on July 14th |
With more than 30 years of experience on the seminar circuit, Certified Speaking Professional Mandi Stanley works primarily with business leaders who want to boost their professional image by becoming better speakers and writers. She has traveled throughout North America entertaining and educating more than 125,000 seminar participants, totaling more than 10,000 platform hours. Some of her repeat clients include:
Campbell’s Soup, United States Air Force, Godiva Chocolate. Kimberly-Clark’s World Headquarters, Nuclear Energy Institute, McDonald’s, the NFL & more.
Mandi was designated a CSP, Certified Speaking Professional. Fewer than 9 percent of all worldwide speakers have earned this designation, and Mandi is the first Mississippian in history to receive this honor through the National Speakers Association.
Mandi is the author of The No-Panic Plan for Presenters: An A-to-Z Checklist for Speaking Confidently & Compellingly Anywhere, Anytime, which was named a Finalist in the Career category at the Independent Book Publishers Awards in New York.
During this highly interactive session, REALTORS® will engage in the Big Three: message, delivery, and nonverbal know-how.
Participants can expect to improve in the areas of presentations through organizing their talking points, message mapping, body language, identifying and eliminating nervous habits like vocal fillers, learning what you absolutely must do in the first 180 seconds of meeting someone to establish credibility and rapport, and more!
Don’t miss your chance to hone your presentation skills, click here to register.
This course does NOT provide any continuing education credits.
This seminar will NOT be recorded.
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In Case You Missed It - Mid-Year Housing Market Update from Dr. Lisa Sturtevant, Chief Economist with Bright MLS |
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During a recent Pennsylvania REALTORS® webinar, Bright MLS Chief Economist Dr. Lisa Sturtevant shared an update on housing market trends and expectations for the remainder of 2026.
Home prices continue to rise, though at a slower pace, while inventory remains tight across much of Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia metro area is beginning to see more homes come on the market, giving buyers slightly more options and negotiating power.
Sturtevant expects mortgage rates to remain around 6.5% and does not anticipate significant price declines in 2026 or 2027. While affordability challenges continue to impact many buyers, strong pent-up demand is expected to support steady market activity through the rest of the year.
She encouraged REALTORS® to rely on local market data, help sellers price appropriately, and guide buyers through ongoing economic uncertainty by serving as trusted local experts.
View the webinar recording to learn more.
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How to Talk About Housing Without Losing the Room |
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One of the most interesting discussions at the Housing Opportunities Committee meeting, held in mid-June in Washington, D.C. during the NAR Legislative Meetings, wasn’t about zoning reform or housing policy. It was about language.
How we talk about housing may be just as important as the policies themselves.
The committee spent much of its meeting exploring ways real estate professionals and housing advocates can communicate more effectively about the nation’s housing shortage and build support for solutions in their communities.
Joh Gehlbach of YIMBY Action shared research on messaging that resonated with attendees because it focused less on policy jargon and more on people—which should be the goal with any form of communications. Instead of leading with terms like “upzoning” or "multifamily housing,” they encouraged real estate professionals and housing advocates to focus on the real people affected by the housing shortage—teachers, nurses, first responders, young families and older adults looking to age in place.
Their message was simple: Meet people where they are. Housing costs are high, and that’s something nearly everyone can agree on.
Click here for the full article from NAR REALTOR® Newsroom.
The NAR Housing Opportunities Committee typically meets twice a year during the National Association of REALTORS®' two major national conferences: the REALTORS® Legislative Meetings in Washington, D.C., and NAR NXT (The REALTOR® Experience).
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SRA: Montgomery County Human Relations Commission Opens Complaint Process
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Montgomery County has officially opened a local complaint process through its new Human Relations Commission, giving residents, workers and visitors a direct local avenue to report discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act. The commission was established in September 2025 and staffed with eight volunteer members who developed the complaint procedures. Individuals have 120 days from an alleged incident to file a complaint with the county solicitor's office via a form on the commission website. The commission then has 60 days to determine jurisdiction and, if applicable, invite both parties to confidential, optional mediation. If the commission finds unlawful discrimination occurred, it may order corrective action, compensation or other remedies, with all final orders subject to appeal in Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas. Find out more here.
Source: Montgomery County; 6/2026
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