Consumer-friendly explanations of offer and listing now in Spanish

The WRA and the WRA Cultural Diversity in Housing Committee are proud to announce an exciting new tool to enhance the ease and effectiveness of Wisconsin REALTORS^® working with Spanish-speaking consumers!

The Explanation of the State of Wisconsin Residential Offer to Purchase and the Explanation of the State of Wisconsin Residential Listing Contract have been translated into Spanish and are now available on the WRA website.

The WRA is able to make these resources available to REALTORS^® and to the public at no charge due to a NAR Diversity Initiative Grant received by the WRA for this project.

The Spanish explanations of the residential offer to purchase and listing contract can be accessed on the Translation Issues Resources page on the WRA website at www.wra.org/translation.

Happy birthday, code of ethics!

2013 marks the 100th year that members of the National Association of REALTORS^® have subscribed to a Code of Ethics. The original Code was written prior to license laws and has been known as the “golden thread” uniting those who are devoted to professionalism in the practice of real estate. Learn more about the 100th anniversary in the online version of NAR’s publication, REALTOR^® Magazine, at www.realtormag.realtor.org.

CARW receives top commercial awawrd from NAR

The National Association of REALTORS^® Commercial Division honored the Commercial Association of REALTORS^® Wisconsin (CARW) as one of the country’s top commercial boards at the NAR convention in Orlando last month.

Including CARW, only six NAR-accredited commercial associations received the inaugural Accredited Commercial Excellence Award from more than 200 associations nationwide. NAR Commercial praised CARW’s collaborative efforts and innovations. Congrats to CARW!