Escape the Snow.
Enjoy a day of Spring time!
Join SCAOR for a Trip to the...

2010 Flower Show "PASSPORT TO   THE WORLD"

This Friday, March 5
$43 per person
8 a.m. Departure from SCAOR Office
Approx. return to SCAOR at 6 p.m.

Trip Includes: Bus transportation, admission to the 2010 Philadelphia International Flower Show and snacks on the bus.

Join us to enjoy beautiful landscapes and gardens from cultures all around the world.

Hurry ~ RSVP to Crystal
by email or
Return attached flyer
to Register Today

Our Annual RPAC Jump is this Friday, March 5 in Bethany Beach

Join us for the daytime Education, the full event, or just the evening reception and JUMP!

RPAC Ocean Jump 2010

9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Education Program
@ the Holiday Inn Express
4 p.m. - 6 p.m. Reception
@ the Addy Sea Bed & Breakfast

We JUMP at 4:30 p.m.

Full details and registration flyer >>

High numbers of distressed listings can create challenges for homebuyers using the home buyer tax credit before it expires April 30. (Transactions in process by that date have until June 30 to close). This FREE webinar will explore ways to overcome some of the most common hurdles to closing short sales and REO transactions in the remaining months before expiration of the tax credit.

Principal presenter is noted distressed-sale speaker Scott Thompson of ServiceLink and Mortgage Resolution Services.

Webinar is Thursday, March 25, at 3 p.m.
Register online >>

If you would like to attend the NAR Midyear expo May 12 in Washington D.C., and let SCAOR do the driving, email TracyLee@scaor.com. Please indicate the length of time you would like to attend the expo, which opens daily at 10 a.m. during NAR's Midyear convention.

Join us on a Trip to
New York December 8!
Tour the city or
see a Broadway musical.
Your choice!

Limited Seats Available,
Departure: 6:30 a.m. SHARP!
Register by emailing Crystal@scaor.com
or fax your form to the SCAOR office

Click here for the flyer >>

1. Homebuyers Tax Credit
   Promotional Letter
2. Homebuyers Tax Credit
   Comparison Chart
3. Getting It Sold

SCAOR Members! Take advantage of these and the hundreds of other NAR products and resources available FREE or AT-COST through NAR's Right Tools, Right Now initiative. A number of new offers and updates to existing products will be available to help members in the coming year so keep checking www.REALTOR.org/RightTools monthly.

Several March classes are already SOLD OUT. Sign up now and don't come up short on CEs for the April 30 re-licensing deadline.

Click here for elective online classes.
To save 20%, enter the promotional code upon checkout: FLIP20

Cracking the Code of Ethics, offered by the CE Shop, will satisfy an elective for the DE Real Estate Commission if completed before 4/30/10 for re-licensing AND fulfill your NAR Quadrennial requirement, due by 12/31/12. Once you receive your certificate, you will need to fax a copy of your certificate to SCAOR for your NAR record to be updated.

Full Listing of Delaware Planning
News & Meetings >>

February 26 Government Affairs Update from Delaware Association of REALTORS^® >>

Fannie Mae is offering a 3.5% incentive for buyers who purchase and close on a Fannie Mae-owned home between January 28 and April 30, 2010. Buyers purchasing properties listed on HomePath.com that are closed within this period may receive up to 3.5% of the final sales price for:

• Closing costs;
• The purchase of new Whirlpool^® appliances by Fannie Mae; or
• A mix of closing costs and appliances, at the buyer's discretion, up to the maximum 3.5%.

To be eligible for this incentive:

• Offers must be accepted on or after January 28, 2010;
• Property sales must close before May 1, 2010; and
• Buyers must be owner-occupants (investors are excluded).

The incentive reinforces Fannie Mae's commitment to stabilizing communities and assisting buyers. For more information about this incentive, visit www.HomePath.com and read the press release on fanniemae.com.

How do you think the Professional Standards Panel ruled in last week's Case Study?
Below is the Hearing Panel's decision.

Case #15-2: Intentional Misrepresentation of a Competitor's Business Practice

The Hearing Panel, in its deliberations, noted that cooperation and compensation are not synonymous and though formal, blanket offers of cooperation and compensation can be communicated through Multiple Listing Services, even where they are not, cooperation remains the norm expected of REALTORS^®. However, to characterize REALTOR^® Z's refusal to pay requested compensation as a "refusal to cooperate" and to make the assumption and subsequent statement that REALTOR^® Z "did not cooperate with buyer agents" was false, misleading, and not based on factual information. Consequently, REALTOR^® X was found in violation of Article 15.

SCAOR follows the Sussex County Government for closings. If the County Government offices are closed, SCAOR is closed.