During what is typically the busiest time of the year for REALTORS®, Summer 2020 was particularly active for the majority of our members. As safety precautions kept virtual meetings going, HAAR was thrilled to see increased engagement at Zoom events, particularly for our August Membership meeting, which named REALTOR® of the Year, Affilate of the Year, REALTOR® Emeritus, and more.
When Dotloop announced revisions to their Privacy Policy in July, allowing them to share user data retroactive to 2016 with third-parties like Zillow, staff worked to ensure all ValleyMLS.com users were automatically opted-out of this policy.
HAAR’s Political Advocacy efforts also kicked into high gear as candidates for Municipal races were vetted, endorsed and elected, and our Local Political Coordinator Program launched.
In lieu of in-person meetings planned with President Sha Jarboe and CEO Josh McFall to area brokerages, the budget was moved for these meetings to provide Thank You packages for more than 500 ValleyMLS.com brokers.
ValleyMLS.com’s collaboration with CRS Tax Data went live as the latest new free asset for subscribers.
August also saw another virtual Broker Forum and our first Virtual Membership Meeting, featuring annual awards and special guest speaker Marki Lemons-Rhyal.
Finally, the 2nd Quarter Real Estate Economics Report was released, showing a real estate market #MadeToThrive through the pandemic summer months.