Come join the Denver Board of REALTORS® International Council and hear from a panel of speakers about programs and activities being used at the university level to develop and maintain international business in Colorado. Learn how you can be involved in helping to bring new business to Colorado.

We think this will be one of our BEST programs, so don’t miss it!

When:
August 16, 2011 from 4:00-6:00 pm

Where:
Denver Board of REALTORS® Office
4300 E. Warren Ave.
Denver, CO 80222

RSVP: jwolff@denverrealtors.org or 303-300-8483.

Denver Board of Realtors® Local International Council Presents….

Emerging Markets – Doing Business in Politically-Sensitive Countries

November 30, 2010, 4:00-6:00 p.m. at DBR

“Emerging Markets- Latin America”
Stephanie Garnica, Director, Trade & Investment for Central America and NAFTA; Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade

“Emerging Markets- Europe”
Sandi Moilanen, Director, Trade & Investment for Europe, Middle East & Africa; Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade

“Things Americans Should Know about China”
Abdul Sesay, Senior Policy Analyst, International Trade Coordinator; Denver Office of Economic Development

“Business Opportunities Between Colorado and Israel”
Shaul Gabbay, Professor, University of Denver; and Executive Director for the Institute for the Study of Israel in the Middle East (ISIME)

“Doing Business in Africa”
Dr. Joel Odonkor, Retired Professor from Ghana

Reservations….
No charge to attend; Refreshments provided; RSVP to 303.300.8500 (DBR reservation hotline)

Click here for more information.

This past week I had the opportunity to attended the BloodhoundBlog Unchained conference in Phoenix, AZ. This was a three day advanced real estate marketing workshop for real estate agents from around the country. It was a pleasure to rub elbows with these colleagues many of which are at the top of their profession in their respective markets.

Joining the BloodhoundBlog real estate professionals were many professionals from CyberProfessionals. What an incredible group of professionals some of whom have been involved with real estate and the Internet since the very early days.

You can enjoy the conference wrap-up or view the BloodhoundBlog website for more insight into the conference.

Should the day come that you wonder, “What does your real estate agent do for you?”, please know that our team continually strives to improve ourselves by seminars and conferences as above, networking with the cream of the crop in the industry, and by enhancing our marketing skills for you, our clients and future clients.

Last Thursday, I had the opportunity to take a day out of my busy schedule to attend the Realtor Rally for 2009. This is an annual event where Colorado real estate professionals can get together to visit and learn about new industry and market trends.

One of the keynote speakers was Lawrence Yun. Mr. Yun is Chief Economist and Senior Vice President at the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. He is an incredible resource and it was my great pleasure to listen to him after reading so many of his publications, some of which are posted on our Denver real estate blog.

Realtor Rally 2009 - Denver, Colorado

Without getting into great detail of his Market Trends and Forecasting presentation here are some notable tidbits from his discussion:

• California has had a 100% increase in existing home sales in early 2009 as compared to the same time last year.
• The Stimulus Package will help but the question remains will it help enough to keep the economy moving along.
• Depending on how things go, the U.S. may see a 10-20% increase in sales during the second half of 2009.
• New home sales may not recover until 2010 due to the excessive inventory of existing resale homes.

If the increased stimulus spending should somehow cause an increase in inflation its possible that current homeowners will receive the benefit of increased values on their properties. Hence, if depressed home values, the $8,000 First-Time Home Buyer tax credit, low interest rates. etc, etc, are not enough, and if, inflation should kick in, current home owners and pre-inflation home buyers may have even more, such as an increasing equity, to look forward to.

Visit our website for more information about Denver market conditions and recent home sales activity.

Contact us today for more information about buying a home, or selling and upgrading,  in today’s market.