Election Day by the Numbers

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Election Day by the Numbers

• On Behalf of HARs Governmental Affairs team,
  thank you for casting your vote in last Tuesdays
  elections. Many Houston City Council races have
  resulted in runoff elections, which will take
  place in December (date to be determined HAR
  will keep you posted). Here is a recap of the
  election results

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Election Day by the Numbers (contd)

• City of Houston (contd) The Woodlands
  Township

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HAR Tool of the WeekMember Blogs

• REALTORS are becoming more creative in their
  online marketing efforts to engage new clients
  and market the properties they have for sale.
  These avenues include social networking sites and
  personal blogs. If you havent already, consider
  starting a blog to help build your image as an
  expert in your particular market.
• Here are a few ways blogging can help real estate
  agents
• Position yourself and your company as the thought
  leader of your business.
• Have a more personal relationship with your
  customers.
• Be the knowledge source.
• Rank highly in search engines. Google and other
  search engines reward sites that are updated
  often, that link to other sites and most
  importantly, that have many inbound links.
• For more information about HAR Member Blogs, go
  to http//members.har.com/blogs/.

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Weekly HAR Market Stat

• Most analysts agree that we are not in the midst
  of inflating another housing bubble. Instead, we
  are sometimes seeing seemingly dramatic price and
  sales increases, but off of artificially low
  baseline levels. Private equity firms and
  first-time buyers have bought up a lot of
  inventory, while some sellers await further price
  recovery. Credit remains available but not
  abundant, so lenders are avoiding the
  facilitation of another bubble. Default rates and
  foreclosure activity are at multiyear lows. As of
  now, the housing recovery is intact.
• In the Houston region, for the week ending
  November 3
• New Listings decreased 4.3 to 1,694
• Pending Sales increased 24.2 to 1,571
• Closed Sales increased 10.8 to 1,821

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Date Wednesday, November 13 Time 1130 a.m.
1 p.m. Location HAR Central Investment 10

Questions? 713-629-1900 ext. 6
Register at www.har.com/edu