Realtors Open Midyear Sessions, Press Congress on Banking Legislation.Business Editors/Real Estate WritersWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2003 More than 7,000 Realtors(r) from all over the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. are going to Capitol Hill this week to press their members of Congress on passage of important real estate legislation, including a bill to keep big banks out of the brokerage and property management business. The Realtors(r) are in town to attend the National Association of Realtors'(r) 2003 Midyear Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo that kicked off yesterday. Key congressional lawmakers, top industry experts and education leaders will be on hand to address Realtors(r) during the five-day Midyear meetings. More than 150 companies are demonstrating their goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. at more that 300 booths in the Trade Expo. The big issues facing NAR NAR National Association of REALTORS NAR Nucleic Acids Research (journal) NAR National Association of Rocketry NAR Nationale Arbeidsraad (Dutch: National Labor Council; Brussels, Belgium) during the meetings are how data on home sale information can be displayed on virtual office Web sites and what can be done to make homeowners insurance more available and less costly. The NAR Board of Directors is expected to take action on these issues when it meets Saturday, which concludes the Midyear sessions. At the kickoff session, NAR President Cathy Whatley, owner of Buck and Buck Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., presented U.S. Rep. Anne Northup Anne Meagher Northup (born January 22 1948) is an American Republican politician from the state of Kentucky. From 1997 to 2007, she represented the Louisville-centered 3rd congressional district of Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives, where she served on the (R-Ky.), with the first President's Circle Leadership Award for her outstanding leadership, commitment and dedication in championing real estate causes in Congress. It was Northup's amendment to the 2003 appropriations bill that prevented the Treasury Department from spending money to implement a proposed rule that would allow big banking conglomerates into the real estate business. That provision expires October 1 at the end of the fiscal year. Northup is also a cosponsor co·spon·sor tr.v. co·spon·sored, co·spon·sor·ing, co·spon·sors To function in the capacity of a joint sponsor of: corporations that cosponsored a marathon. n. this year, as she was last year, of the "Community Choice in Real Estate Act" H.R. 111 that would prohibit the two federal agencies once and for all from allowing banks into real estate. "The battle is not over," Northup told a gathering of several thousand Realtors(r), and charged them to press members of Congress into cosponsoring the House legislation and its companion bill in the Senate, S. 98. The Senate bill is being sponsored by Sens. Wayne Allard Alan Wayne Allard (born December 2, 1943) is the senior United States Senator from Colorado and a member of the Republican Party. Background Allard was born in Fort Collins, Colorado to Sibyl Jean Stewart and Amos Wilson Allard. (R-Colo.) and Richard Shelby Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6 1934), sometimes known as Dick Shelby, is an American politician. He currently is the senior U.S. Senator from Alabama. Originally elected to the Senate as a Democrat, Shelby switched to the Republican Party in 1994 when it gained the (R-Ala). Whatley challenged state and local Realtor(r) associations to participate in NAR's Housing Opportunity Program. More than 300 associations have already launched programs aimed at providing affordable housing for minorities and underserved families, such as teachers, policemen and firemen. David Lereah David Lereah was chief economist for the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Lereah served as the association's spokesman and cheerleader on economic forecasts, interest rates, home sales, mortgage rates, as well as other policy issues and trends affecting the United States , NAR chief economist, predicted that 2003 would be another outstanding year for residential real estate. Lereah said that housing market fundamentals remain strong and mortgage interest rates remain low. The National Association of Realtors The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is made up of residential and commercial realtors who are brokers, salespeople, property managers, appraisers, and counselors, and others working in the real estate industry. (r), "The Voice for Real Estate," is America's largest trade association, representing approximately 880,000 members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries. Information about NAR is available at http://realtor.org. This and other news releases are posted in the Web site's "News Media" section. REALTOR(r) is a registered collective membership mark, which may be used only by real estate professionals who are members of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS(r) and subscribe to its strict Code of Ethics Code of Ethics can refer to:
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