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- Reminder: REALTOR® Membership Dues Cycle 1 Deadline is November 15th!
- NAR: Finds Share of First-Time Home Buyers Smaller, Older Than Ever Before
- Diversity and Inclusion Committee Seeking Candidates for 2023
- PAR:Â Pennsylvania Cities Top Best Places to Retire List
- Please bring coats, hats or gloves to us before next Tuesday, NOVEMBER 15!
- SRA:Â Lower Moreland to consider nondiscrimination ordinance (Montgomery County)
- Inman Select:Â 8 hard-learned money lessons from housing-crash survivors
- Calendar of Events
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Reminder: REALTOR® Membership Dues Cycle 1 Deadline is November 15th!
This article serves as a reminder that if you have yet to submit payment, your 2023 Tri-County Suburban REALTORS® Annual Membership Dues invoice is available to be viewed and paid. The deadline to submit your dues payment during Cycle 1 is Tuesday, November 15th.Â
A few details to note:
-By paying in Cycle 1, you will realize savings on the membership dues charged during Cycles 2 or 3. Click here for cycle dates and deadlines.
-REALTOR® members have the option to pay their dues in full OR choose to pay via installments through the website. As you consider your dues options for 2023, please click here for full information on the payment options or here to access a helpful chart.
Members can pay:
(1)Â Online:Â Through Tri-County's Secure Online Portal -Â My Portal
(2)Â By phone:Â 610-560-4800 - Monday-Friday; 8:00am-4:30pm
(3) By check: Mail to 1 Country View Road, Suite 201, Malvern PA 19355. If remitting a check in-person or via mail, please make your check payable to "TCSR".
          If you have any questions about your membership renewal or paying online, please email Tri-County Suburban REALTORS® Bookkeeper, Cathy DiMarco.
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NAR: Finds Share of First-Time Home Buyers Smaller, Older Than Ever Before
Median distance moved, shares of homes purchased in small towns and rural areas all reach record highs
Key Highlights:
-At just 26%, the share of first-time buyers was the lowest since NAR began tracking the data. The typical first-time buyer was 36 years old – an all-time high.
-The median distance between the home that recent buyers purchased and the home from which they moved was 50 miles – a record high and more than a three-fold jump from a median of 15 miles from 2018 through 2021. The shares of homes purchased in small towns (29%) and rural areas (19%) were all-time highs.
-Nearly nine in 10 buyers (86%) and sellers (87%) purchased or sold a home using a real estate agent or broker.
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Diversity and Inclusion Committee Seeking Candidates for 2023Tri-County Suburban REALTORS® is proud to have one of the hardest working Diversity & Inclusion Committees in the state. Committee members brainstorm and conduct research & outreach toward developing and conducting an action plan to achieve the Association's goal of making real estate a diverse and inclusive experience.Â
If YOU would like to be a part of this effort, please complete the interest form linked here no later than November 18, 2022.
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PAR: Pennsylvania Cities Top Best Places to Retire List
Forget Florida. Retirees should be heading to the commonwealth.
Five Pennsylvania cities were in the top 10 places to retire in 2022-2023, according to U.S. News and World Report, with eight in the top 20. The site ranked Lancaster first, Harrisburg second, York fifth, Allentown ninth and Reading 10th. Scranton (17th), Philadelphia (19th) and Pittsburgh (20th) also made the list of 150 cities best for retirees. What makes these areas stand out? According to the report, they have happy local residents, housing affordability, affordable tax rates and high health care quality.
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We want YOU...to bring us Coats!Tri-County Suburban REALTORS® and the Boys & Girls Club of Philadelphia are once again joining forces to keep kids in our communities 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, but more importantly, where youth of all ages and backgrounds can develop the intellectual, social and emotional skills to become more productive and caring citizens.
As part of REALTORS® Reach Out Month...
Please bring us NEW coats🧥, gloves🧤 & hats🧢 (with tags🏷️) for children ages 6-16, before Friday, 11/15!
Drop off locations will be the Tri-County office and its School in Malvern.
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Lower Moreland to consider nondiscrimination ordinance (Montgomery County)The Lower Moreland Township Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing to consider a proposed nondiscrimination ordinance. The proposed ordinance calls for the creation of a human relations mediator office and describes the powers of the mediator, and provides for procedures for filing a complaint of discrimination. It also establishes a policy of nondiscrimination in the township. The hearing and a possible adoption vote will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m., at the township building, 640 Red Lion Road, Huntingdon Valley. Copies of the draft ordinance are available at the township office during normal business hours.
Source: Lower Moreland Township e-newsletter; 10/2022
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Inman Select: 8 hard-learned money lessons from housing-crash survivors
How divisive public discourse is affecting business relationships—and what you can do about it. Sharla Lau sensed where the conversation was going with one of her clients—and it wasn’t about houses. It was shortly after the November 2016 presidential election, and the aftermath of the intensely partisan contest was clearly on the buyer’s mind.
As Lau and her client toured listings together, the buyer began making leading comments about abortion and “alternative lifestyles,” begging for her response, Lau says. He criticized Congress and the rancor in Washington. And then Lau braced when he turned his attention to her personally: “So, who did you vote for?” She declined to respond.
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