OPEN HOUSES ON WWW.PPAR.COM
Our members spoke; we listened. Brokers who attended the demo of the updated www.ppar.com at the PPAR Town Hall meeting on April 29 absolutely loved the new site. As a result of the input from that meeting, we added the “Open House” functionality to the site when we launched it on May 18. In less than one week, the new site averaged six times as many page views than the old site!

To take the Open House feature a step forward, and to make it more convenient for consumers, the Directors have officially designated the second weekend of every month as “PPAR Open House Weekend.” Of course you and your sellers can certainly have an open house on any day, but PPAR wants to encourage you to consider scheduling your open houses on that second weekend of the month -- PPAR Open House Weekend. If you schedule your open house in the PPMLS Tempo system, it will be included on the www.ppar.com site when your open house is within seven days of the scheduled date.

Refer to information in the “Agent Console” to:

• See how many hits your listings get on www.ppar.com
• Opt-out of receiving consumer’s inquiries on your listings via Text Messaging (Note-If you have a cell number in your PPAR Membership record, a Text Messaging icon will automatically appear on your listings.)
• Comply with Seller’s request to not display listing address on www.ppar.com
• Obtain instructions to load your Agent Photo, Bio, etc. to appear with your listings
• Want to use the updated ppar.com site as your broker IDX site, or a link on your IDX site?
  • An “unbranded” version without listing agent photos, company logos, and rosters will be available by the end of June.
  • Please do not call PPAR about it now; we will announce it when it is available.

MLS Area Wall Maps – You may purchase large wall maps that include the new MRK and FAN Areas from MACVAN The Map Company at 929 W. Colorado Ave., for $90 or $130 laminated.

Revised PPMLS Rules and Regulations (pending NAR approval) have been posted. Please review the entire document; changes are noted in red and blue. Some highlights include:

• A# - effective 5-20-09, for now this status will also be used to indicate a listing that is a Short Sale; Under Contract, where both the seller and the buyer have signed the sales contract, regardless of any other contingencies. Additionally, when the Short Sale listing is in the A# status, the Optional Disclosures choice in PPMLS must also indicate Short Sale, to allow these listings to be distinguished from 1st Right of First Refusal listings. (Section 1.6.1.)
• Per NAR, the definition of an MLS Participant has been changed.
• Per NAR, offers of compensation may now be based upon Net Sales. (Section 5.)

• Per NAR, Section 18 on IDX has been revised, and Section 19 for VOW has been added.

CREC-2009 Legislation

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