The EDGE Information and news that gives you an edge in the real estate business

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The EDGEInformation and news that gives you an
edge in the real estate business

• In This Weeks The EDGE

Meet Our Newest Rising Stars Coming to
Tempo THIS WEEK Houston Market Movements
Graduate to Higher Learning
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The EDGEInformation and news that gives you an
edge in the real estate business
Meet Our Newest Rising Stars

• HAR is pleased to announce the 2015 NextGen
  REALTOR Group (NRG) 20 Under 40 winners. Many of
  these young HAR members won after submitting two
  or three applications, so we encourage those of
  you interested in this award to apply again in
  2016. Congratulations!
• Amanda Fails  Better Homes and Garden Gary
  Greene
• Brian Worrell  Bayou Properties Realty
• Bryan M. Beene  John Daugherty, Realtors
• Christina Boston  Boston Real Estate Group, LLC
• Clayton Katz  Move Properties
• Eduardo Delgadillo  Realty World Uptown
• Indra Mouton  RE/MAX Exclusive
• Jana Hayes  Keller Williams Southwest
• Jason Bisotooni  Intero Real Estate Services
• Jeremy Fain  Greenwood King Properties
• Jessica Harless  RE/MAX Realty Center
• Keeyan Sabzghabaian  Keller Williams Realty
  Southwest
• Lauren Blaylock Teare  Scott OConnell
  Properties
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The EDGEInformation and news that gives you an
edge in the real estate business
Meet Our Newest Rising Stars (contd)

• Leah Leggett  Berkshire Hathaway Home Services
  Anderson Properties
• Rachel Conkling  Martha Turner Sothebys
  International
• Richard (Richie) B. Parr  Coldwell Banker
  United, Realtors
• Samantha Maret  Berkshire Hathaway Home
  Services/MaretGroup
• Shannon Register  Register Real Estate Advisors
• Tara Waggoner  Redfin
• Tarl Anderson  Tarl Anderson Properties
• These 20 winners will be featured on the cover of
  the November 2015 edition of Houston
  REALTOR magazine, which goes to more than 30,000
  members.
• Awards will be presented at a Red Carpet
  luncheon held on Thursday, September 24 at the
  Bayou City Event Center. For table and ticket
  information, please contact Rozlynn Crew
  at roz_at_har.com. Congratulations, winners!

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The EDGEInformation and news that gives you an
edge in the real estate business

• Coming to Tempo THIS WEEK
• Effective this Thursday, August 27, the following
  items will be published to the TEMPO MLS System
• Single-Family Buyer Reports Family Room
  Dimensions and Other Mandatory Fees will be
  displayed on the Buyer Reports.
• Add/Edit Single-Family The maximum number of
  selections allowed for Private Pool Description
  will be increased from 2 to 4.
• Add/Edit Single-Family The maximum number of
  selections allowed for Garage/Carport Description
  will be increased from 2 to 4.
• Add/Edit Media Manger Descriptions will now be
  required when uploading Agent Only or Public
  Display PDFs.
• Quick/Custom Search Expired listings will be
  searchable for two years after their expiration
  date.
• Quick Search Statistics A new column has been
  added to display the Sales Price/Original List
  Price Ratio for Sold listings.
• Client Gateway Listing Status will now be
  displayed for a listing on the Summary View page.
• Other enhancements and bug fixes.

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The EDGEInformation and news that gives you an
edge in the real estate business
Houston Market Movements

• According to statistics jointly released by the
  U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing
  and Urban Development, privately-owned housing
  starts rose 0.2 percent when comparing July 2015
  to the prior month, and 10.1 percent when
  compared to July 2014. These numbers are at the
  highest levels the market has seen since October
  2007. This bodes well for the eventual landing of
  a flock of potential buyers currently holding in
  a rental pattern or the wakening of those resting
  in extended parental basement hibernation.
• In the Houston region, for the week ending August
  16
• New Listings increased 14.9 to 2,707
• Pending Sales increased 13.4 to 1,990
• Closed Sales decreased 7.4 to 1,660

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The EDGEInformation and news that gives you an
edge in the real estate business
Graduate to Higher Learning
Graduate REALTOR Institute (GRI-3)
Brokerage The GRI designation is a powerful tool
to attract and build new business. You'll
increase your skill level across the entire
landscape of real estate with in-depth training
in professional standards, policies and
procedures, brokerage and agency relationships
and business development. GRI courses may be
taken in any order and satisfy your 9 hours of
non-legal MCE requirements. TREC rules mandate
that each student be on time. Please bring your
license number with you on the day of class. TAR
provides a one-time, 50 coupon for qualifying
students who register through HAR.com. Upon
entering a user name and password, HAR will
contact TAR to verify whether the coupon is
applicable and the credit will be applied
immediately. All other courses are at full price.
Date Sept. 10-11,
14-15 Location HAR Central / Bay Area via
video conference Time 815 a.m. to 5
p.m. Investment  295 Register at
www.har.com/edu Questions? Call 713.629.1900
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