2009 HAR Chair Vicki Fullerton spoke to the Women's Council of REALTORS 1960 on September 17, 2009.

1. Vicki Fullerton Houston Association of REALTORS ® 2009 Chair of the Board Women’s Council of REALTORS ®

2. No Place Like Home…Greater Houston

3. Steady Growth in Prices

4. Houston Home Sales Have Declined

5. Sales Began Dropping in Early 2007

6. But Months Inventory is Showing Signs of Improvement

7. And Active Listings are Decreasing

8. Prices Have Held Up But are Tapering Off

9. New Homes Sold Through the MLS Have Skyrocketed

10. Permits Show Depressed New Construction Market

11. For All the Talk About Foreclosures… Less Than Half the 1980s

12. More mortgage workouts

14. What has HAR been doing lately?

15. Houston Named Ambassador City

16. Welcome to the Largest Local Association Rank Association/Board Location REALTORS® 1 HOUSTON ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® INC Houston, TX 23,524 2 LONG ISLAND BOARD OF REALTORS® INC West Babylon, NY 23,121 3 GREATER LAS VEGAS ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® INC Las Vegas, NV 13,493 4 CHICAGO ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® INC Chicago, IL 12,871 5 METROTEX ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® INC Dallas, TX 12,311 6 PACIFIC WEST ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® Anaheim, CA 11,680 7 REALTOR® ASSOCIATION OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, INC. Coral Gables, FL 11,543 8 MAINSTREET ORGANIZATION OF REALTORS® Downers Grove, IL 11,371 9 REALTOR® ASSOCIATION OF GREATER MIAMI & THE BEACHES Miami, FL 11,004 10 NORTHERN VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® Fairfax, VA 10,768

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25. HVCC All nine Houston-area U.S. Representatives signed on to HR 3044, which would impose an 18-month moratorium on the HVCC.

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