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Welcome to SAHARAA – February 2007 Newsletter
You are invited to join SAREAA to help 1st time South Asian Homebuyers realize their American Dream of Home Ownership.
The South Asian Real Estate Association of America, Inc, a Non Profit Corporation would be launched on at an impressive ceremony on March 23 as per the following program:
| Date: Friday, March 23, 2007. |
| Time: 6 to 11 PM. |
| Location: Embassy Suites Hotel, 901 E. Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas, CA 95035 Tel (408) 942-0400. |
| Chief Guest: Jeff Davi, Commissioner, Dept of Real Estate, California. |
| Keynote Speaker: John E Wong, Founder, Past Chairman, AREAA, Asian Real Estate Association of America. |
| Topic: “The Mask of Model Minority”, Speaking to the untapped business opportunities in South Asian Market. |
The cost would be: $35 per person. $350 a table (of 10) sponsor.
Event Sponsorship - $500 Bronze (Table of 10 free) $1000, Silver (Table of 10 free) $1500, Gold (Table of 10 free)
(To participate inform by email to info@sareaa.com and Make check payable to SAREAA and mail before March 15 to SAREAA,
P O Box 18243 San Jose, CA 95158)
Event sponsors will be acknowledged from the podium along with our corporate sponsors.
Also shared display tables will be available for corporate, Silver and Gold event sponsors.
SAREAA has a mission to promote the general success of South Asian American real estate professionals by providing the opportunities to network with fellow real estate professionals serving South Asian American housing market, through a nationwide network.
SAREAA membership is presently FREE to all Real Estate practitioners who abide by the NAR code of ethics and are serving the South Asian American communities helping them realize their American Dream of Homeownership. To join SAREAA, visit www.SAREAA.com.
SAREAA will provide first time home buyers a multilingual housing assistance resource center known as SAHARAA, South Asian Housing Assistance Resource Agency of America, to enable them to understand the home buying and mortgage loan process, in a language they can understand, to increase home ownership among South Asian Americans. SAHARAA is starting with seven South Asian languages, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu and Bengali to represent South Asian first time home buyers. To become a 1) Corporate Sponsor of SAHARAA or 2) to Sponsor a Multilingual Link at SAHARAA or 3) to join SAREAA as an Affiliate/ Partner, email enquiries to info@saharaa.org.
Would you like to advertise on this NL? The rates are as follows:
Quarter page $600 for one year. Visiting Card size (3.5"x2") $300 for a year.
Copy to be provided by the advertiser. Write to info@saharaa.org.
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| Our Board of Directors |
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CIPS, CRS, CRB
President & CEO | | Venkata Putta
Director Finance | | Indu Jayakumar
Director Communication | | | | | | | | |
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| | We are proud to introduce our new SAHARAA Advisory Board member Jeff Woo. |
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Jeffery P. Woo, Esq. is the principal of Woo & Associates, San Francisco, a six Attorney, Real Estate litigation law firm. In 2006, he was selected by his peers as a Super Lawyer for Northern California. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Chinese Real Estate Association of America. He also currently serves as a director of the San Francisco Association of REALTORS® and on its government relations committee. He is a director of the San Francisco Apartment Association. |
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The Value of REALTORS - PR is one of SCCAOR's primary goals but not the only one. The Santa Clara County Association of REALTORS® (SCCAOR) has, for 2007 set as their primary goal, the implementation of a strong PR campaign aimed at raising the public's awareness of the value of using a REALTOR®. To this end, the first of two documentaries, “The value of REALTOR®s”, can be seen on KRON Channel 4's “Best of the Bay” show the first Sunday of every month between 2:00 pm and 2:30 pm. To view this documentary visit http://www.bestofthebaytv.com/real1
The need for teaching the public what a REALTOR® does has become more and more important given the advent of multiple real estate websites on the Internet. SCCAOR's Public Relations campaign will augment programs being initiated by CAR and NAR. SCCAOR is proud of the services it's members offer and will continue to showcase their value in the sale or purchase of real estate in the Bay Area. It's going to be an exciting year. “Watch for more to come” said Janet R Houde, Director, Public Relations, SCCAOR, 2004 President SCCAOR and Chair, SAHARAA Advisory Board.
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Words Speak - Slurs of an 'ethnic' kind. How ‘ethnic' changed from meaning ‘heathen' to ‘racial, cultural or national minority group' is the subject of an interesting article by Anand.
“The use of ethnic in the sense of "peculiar to a race or nation" began to take shape around 1851. It now pertains to or is characteristic of a people, esp. a group sharing a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, or the like. Its use for "different cultural groups" was in 1935; and for "racial, cultural or national minority group" in American English in 1945. Ethnicity is from 1953. In his statement "Influenced by ethnic and cultural ties", J.F. Kennedy used it to mean denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people. Ethnic cleansing is from 1991, as a result of the war in Serbia.”
Read more...
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 | Founded in 2003, Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) is a national professional trade organization dedicated to closing the homeownership gap facing the Asian Pacific American (APA) community. AREAA will pursue initiatives that will expand homeownership opportunities for more APA families, increase business opportunities for our members, and deliver tangible results for our national partners. AREAA is the only national trade association dedicated to representing the interest of the Asian real estate market throughout the country.
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News from AREAA
Asian Real Estate Association of America will be organizing its 2nd annual convention on November 11-13 at The Bellagio in
Las Vegas, NV. To participate in the Convention or to become a Sponsor for the Convention visit www.AREAA.org.
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| | | | | | | The Council of Indian American REALTORS has a mission to make Indian American Real Estate Professionals and Affiliates a Visible, Vibrant and Dynamic community, determined to improve access to homeownership to all through community outreach. The COIAR has an objective to provide its members a forum for networking, education and information to enable them to achieve their professional goals and serve the community better. |
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News from COIAR
COIAR will organize a Lunch Seminar on event, a New Year party on February 28 from 11.30 AM to 1.30 PM at Mayuri Indian Cuisine, 2230 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95051 on “Changes in the Natural Hazard Disclosure Industry” By Dan Crowley Regional Sales Director, Property ID. For more details go to www.COIAR.org. |
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Housing, as we all know, is cyclical. After a four-year housing boom, we are now experiencing a return to normal conditions. It's been great everywhere, but it's really been extraordinary in California. Despite a drop in sales at the last quarter of 2006 in the state of California, the housing market, particularly in much of the Bay Area is doing just fine. According to the California Association of Realtors® (C.A.R.), over the past 30 years, California homeowners who sell after five years have realized an 11 percent annualized return on the value of their homes, but for the last three years it has been between 17 and 23 percent, says Janet Case, Executive Officer for the San Mateo County Association of Realtors® (SAMCAR) and Silicon Valley Association of Realtors® (SILVAR). Read more...
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| Stewart Title new initiative, Community Forward: Home Ownership through Access and Education, a multilingual Web site www.communityforward.com which contains information on the overall home buying and selling processes, is about reaching out to often under-served markets throughout California and assisting these communities through the home buying and selling processes. To do this, Stewart Title of California has launched a wide-ranging series of programs that will educate new audiences as well as Stewart Title’s officers, agents, partners, lenders and other real estate professionals. These programs include: A children’s book, A Home of Our Own: A Kid’s Guide to Buying a House, which explores each phase of home ownership in a short-story narrative structure and a series of multicultural marketing orientations for real estate agents, officers, independent agents and lenders Through its Community Forward initiative, Stewart Title strives to help everyone understand what he or she needs to know when it comes to home ownership. |
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Parsec loans is a Mortgage Broker originating loans for Purchase Refinance and Home Equity. The company is headquartered at Mountain View, California and has a Branch Office operating in Gurgaon (India). Parsec leverages its offshore delivery model to provide the best price value equation for the emerging market borrower in every type of mortgage related need such as purchase, refinance and home equity lines. |
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The Silicon Valley Association of Realtors® (SILVAR) serves Realtors and Affiliate members engaged in the real estate business on the Peninsula and in the South Bay, These include the areas of Los Gatos, Saratoga, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Mountain View and Los Altos in Santa Clara County to Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Woodside and Atherton in San Mateo County. An information resource for both Realtors and consumers, the association provides ongoing education programs and training, Internet access and online networking as well as mediation programs and legislative advocacy. SILVAR promotes the highest ethical standards of real estate practice, serves as an advocate for homeownership and homeowners, and represents the interests of property owners in Silicon Valley.
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