LEGISLATION
PROPERTY TAX
REGULATORY
IMPORTANT ISSUES

Mon, Feb 08

The Arizona Association of REALTORS® and the Arizona Department of Real Estate are pleased to present this advisory as a resource: Short Sale Seller Advisory REALTORS®: To ensure your clients receive only the latest version of the Short Sale Seller’s Advisory, we recommend that you copy the link below and paste it into an email to your client. When your client clicks the link, they will automatically read the current version on our website. Use this link: www.aaronline.com/documents/ssseller_advisory.pdfShort Sale Seller AcknowledgmentSeller acknowledges receipt of this Advisory and further acknowledges that there may be other issues of concern not liste...
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Fri, Jan 25

This bill would make permanent the three-year suspension of the state equalization property tax. [Note: the suspension is due to expire in 2009. This tax is also called the county equalization assistance for education property tax] To read the bill in its entirety, please visit: http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/48leg/2r/bills/sb1002p.pdf ...
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Wed, Apr 23

The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) held a hearing on Wednesday, April 16, to receive testimony on H.R. 2421, the Clean Water Restoration Act. The bill is sponsored by T&I Chairman James Oberstar (D-Minn.), who is seeking to overturn two recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court regarding jurisdiction over wetlands. The bill seeks to broaden the scope of federal jurisdiction over waters by removing the term "navigable" and replacing it with the term "waters of the United States," a term that opponents of the legislation would dramatically increase federal jurisdiction. NAR strongly opposes this legislation and is working wit...
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Thu, Dec 17

© A/P 2009 Citigroup Inc. will suspend foreclosures and evictions for 30 days in a temporary break for about 4,000 borrowers during the holiday season. The New York-based bank said Thursday the suspension will run from Friday through Jan. 17. It applies only to borrowers whose loans are owned by Citi. Borrowers who make payments to Citi but whose loans are owned by other investors are out of luck. "We want our borrowers to have a much less stressful time, to spend their time with their families during the holidays as opposed to worrying about their homes," Sanjiv Das, head of the company's mortgage division, said in an interview. Read more....
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VOTER REGISTRATION

IS YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION CURRENT? – If you have moved, changed your name or political party please be sure to update your voter registration.

You can register online through Service Arizona EZ Voter registration at https://servicearizona.com/webapp/evoter/
Or you can request a mail in form from your county recorders office at http://www.azsos.gov/election/county.htm

As a reminder, you must have a valid picture ID with your current address on it in order to vote at the polls. If you need to update your address on your ID, you can go to: http://servicearizona.com/ and change it online. A new copy of your drivers license or state ID card will be sent to you for $5.

Fri, Feb 05

Missouri AOR takes measures to prevent transfer tax

Thu, Feb 04

Health Reform's Uncertain Future

Thu, Feb 04

AAR Winter Conference

Borrowers to Banks: Show Me the Money

A Warehouses Gamble Sours in Phoenix

King: Blue Dogs on voters' short leash over health care

Hoyer: Health reform too good to pass up

Wyandotte County government OKs lower 2010 budget

Loss makes Corus Bank “critically undercapitalized”