Notes from the MAR Legal Hotline: May 2014
Q. I have heard that Town Building Inspectors and Assessors have been making…
April 2014 Membership Report
We would like to wish Richard Jackson, Jr., of Wheeler and Taylor Real Estate, a…
Berkshire REALTORS on Facebook!
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April Is Fair Housing Month
April 2014 marks the 46th anniversary of the 1968 landmark Fair Housing Act. Each year…
Member Suggestions: Contracts, MLS and More
Member Input on General Operations The MLS Board and/or staff considered the following requests or…
Looking for First Quarter Sales Data ASAP
Thank goodness the dreary weather is behind us and we’re cruising into a busy spring…
CoreLogic | The MarketPulse
CoreLogic, a statistical company that produces industry trend reports has just released their March Market…
National Financial Issues Impacting Real Estate Lending
Many of the policies affecting our industry are responded to by NAR. This is the…
Heartbleed, FlexMLS Patches In place, time to change your password!
You may have heard in the press about a vulnerability in OpenSSL called Heartbleed. OpenSSL…
‘Heartbleed’ Bug Prompts Call to Change Internet Passwords
From REALTOR Mag: | THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014 A massive security flaw exposed on websites…
Calculating ROI on Syndication to Publishers
The Berkshire MLS Board is looking at the Point2 Syndication provider again (and will be…
DR Meeting Agenda Based on Input
Designated REALTOR Meeting: April 16 @ 10:00 am at the Board Office, 99 West Street…
March 2014 Membership Report
Congratulations to Jen Harvey of Berkshire Property Agents on the birth of her 10lb baby…
Mortgage Debt Relief Clears Committee
Good news. The Senate Finance Committee has passed a two-year retroactive extension of tax relief for…
Notes from the MAR Legal Hotline: April 2014
April is Fair Housing Month… Questions focus on rentals and discrimination issues. Q. We are opening a new…
Contract & Forms Workgroup
The Contract and Forms work group will be meeting to start on Phase 2 of…
What’s the Deal with Refusals?
As of late, there have been quite a few questions regarding submission policies of the…
Share Member Feedback March 2014
FlexMLS: Love it, hate it? The reports were mixed, but overall very positive. And by…
Nancy Dinan Memorial Details
It is with a heavy heart that we share the memorial and funeral details for…
Changing the Layout of Listing Details
Well, unintended consequences are the name of the game today. We updated a few layouts…