20 Under 40 Rising Stars in Real Estate Awards Do you have a young rising star in your ranks?  2013 marks the fourth annual NextGenREALTOR® Group (NRG) 20 under 40 Rising Stars in Real Estate awards. This prestigious honor is prsented to 20 HAR members 40 years of age or younger who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of sales, leadership and community involvement. To view the qualifications, FAQs and application form, click on the  NextGenREALTOR® Group website, NRG at  http://nextgenrealtor.har.com. The deadline to apply is August 8th and you may only receive this honor once.

Weekly HAR Market Stat National news outlets enjoy discussing foreign investment cash and rising interest rates as a determining factor of the housing market. A tapering of high summer sales volume may start to kick in over the next several weeks, but let's attribute that more to parents busily returning to back-to-school schedules, rather than goings-on at the Fed or the Greek debt crisis. Locally, the majority of segments continue to outperform historic activity to the delight of buyers and sellers alike. In the Houston region, for the week ending July 28: • New Listings increased 1.3% to 2,362 • Pending Sales increased 43.0% to 2,054 • Closed Sales increased 3.8% to 1,797

Practicing Safe Real Estate Protect Yourself & Your Clients: Preventing Identity Theft and Hijacked Listings in the Digital Age This course will cover: information security and the identity theft threat; the identity theft problem and scope of this rapidly growing threat how it happens, the human element, careless mistakes and what can happen; the Information Security Guidelines created by the National Association of REALTORS®, which all REALTORS® are expected to know and adhere to; computers and wireless networks; federal and state information security laws and requirements; protecting yourself, your clients and your company. Date: Tuesday, August 20 Time: 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Location: HAR Central Investment: $40 Questions? 713-629-1900 ext. 6 Register at www.har.com/edu