Welcome to the Stamford Board of REALTORS®

The Stamford Board of REALTORS® is a service organization for REALTORS® established in 1919 for the purpose of bettering and elevating the business of real estate. The Board operates under the guidance of a Code of Ethics established by the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), the CT REALTORS® and the Stamford Board of REALTORS® (SBOR). It is our professional standards that separate the REALTORS® from the real estate vendor who is not bound by the REALTORS® standards of conduct.

Mission Statement:

The purpose of the Stamford Board of REALTORS^® is to provide the tools, resources and support that promote professional growth, ethical conduct and prosperity of its members; while being the Voice for Real Estate in the community.

Focus Areas:

1.     Education

• Provide continuing education classes
• Continue to offer online courses via the website
• Offer new member orientation
• Add video/podcasts to the website on various topics
• Offer short sessions (lunch & learn) on timely topics (e.g., safety, Code of Ethics)
• Educate the Designated REALTORS^® and Managers about the role and rules of the association

2.     Professional Standards & Professionalism

• Investigate how to improve agent professionalism
• Streamline the process for filing and resolving complaints via the options available from NAR
• Ensure links to the manual and forms are easily accessible
• Increase the opportunities for Professional Standards training (e.g., offer free course annually)
• Expand number who serve on the Grievance/Professional Standards committees to ensure adequate panel members locally

3.     Consumer Outreach

• Be the Voice for Real Estate in Stamford
• Continue and increase statistics and trends to the members and media via newsletters, social media, etc.
• Continue community service activities via services and/or donations; evaluate having a focused number of initiatives with a bigger effort behind each

4.     Advocacy

• Explain and continue to encourage participation in RPAC
• Educate the membership of the necessity of advocacy (e.g., attending REALTORS^® at the Capitol, call to action)
• Ensure representation at Government Center to ensure voice is heard on real estate issues (e.g., conveyance tax, zoning, commuter parking, etc.)
• Engage the public, when warranted, on advocacy issues
• Inform members of national, state and local legislative issues

5.     Information Resource & MLS Service Center

• Continue to support MLS services to the members
• Be an information resource to the member
• Continue to update web site with timely information

6.     Networking, social

• Provide social opportunity with Board sponsored events
• Drink and Learn; mixer support groups
• Incentive attendance
• Increase use of social media

CONSUMER
INFORMATION BOARD

The Voice for Real Estate is NAR's video news series. Every month, host Stephen Gasque shines a spotlight on a range of topics, including legislative, regulatory, and legal updates, as well as recent research findings.
Here's the January 2020 video.

Click here for the presentation that Thomas Madden/Director of Economic Development gave on the current trends in the City of Stamford during our 3rd Quarter Membership Meeting.

All Continuing Education is DUE in 2020.
For Brokers - it's March 31st
For Salespeople - it's May 31st
This cycle has TWO mandatory classes:
* CT RE Agency Law Review & Fair Housing Part 1
* CT RE Agency Law Review & Fair Housing Part 2
as well as, TWO elective classes of your choosing.
*Please also remember that NAR requires all REALTORS to take Code of Ethics every 3 years. The current cycles ends on December 31, 2021. COE is an elective for the State of Connecticut and can go towards your CE requirements.*

VERY IMPORTANT:
The Department of Consumer Protection Revises the Property Condition Form
EFFECTIVE October 1, 2019.
For a summary of the changes,
please click HERE.
For the link to the new forms on the DCP website, please click HERE.

NAR's 2019 Member Profile:
Who Are REALTORS?

Click on the photo for more information.

17 Things to Never, Ever, EVER Do
to Your House

Check out the newest REALTOR RAP,
Spring/Summer 2019 Edition of SBOR's newsletter.

Stamford Mill Rates as of July 1, 2019
Tax District "A": 26.24 mills
Tax District "B": 25.87 mills
Tax District "C": 25.34 mills
Tax District "C/S": 25.88 mills
Personal Property District: 26.24 mills
Motor Vehicles: 27.25 mills

We're REALTORS.
We're real people making a difference everywhere from neighborhoods to our nation's capital. That's Who We R.

Watch NAR's Campaign Anthem HERE.

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Text CTR to 52886 to initiate the opt-in process.
OR, go directly to https://www.ctrealtors.com/text/
to fill out and submit the form to sign-up directly.

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Annual Report to the Community
2017 - 2018

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