Two past presidents of VAR were elected to the state’s Real Estate Board — Joe Funkhouser of Harrisonburg (left) as board chair and Sandee Ferebee of Virginia Beach (center) as vice chair. Funkhouser succeeds another VAR past president, … [Read more...]

Two past presidents of VAR were named as chair and vice chair of the state’s Real Estate Board — Joe Funkhouser of Harrisonburg (left) as board chair and Sandee Ferebee of Virginia Beach (center) as vice chair. Both Funkhouser and Ferebee … [Read more...]

(Updated 1/22 to clarify that Warner will be speaking via private videoconference; his schedule precluded him from appearing in the flesh.) What does 2013 have in store for Realtors® and real estate on Capitol Hill? Virginia senator and former … [Read more...]

The Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation — that’s DPOR — has released new versions of all its real estate forms applications (and other such forms). You need to begin using them immediately. And when we … [Read more...]

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released its new rules governing how mortgage servicers must treat borrowers. They take effect January 2014, and apply to all mortgage servicers with 5,000 or more loans. The goal of the new regs is to … [Read more...]

The Virginia Association of Realtors®® has announced its support for Governor Bob McDonnell’s plan to help fund transportation in Virginia. Our members have asked us, as part of our ongoing political efforts, to work on issues that have a clear … [Read more...]