1. This Thursday is The BIG e, HAR’s new one-day technology and sales conference for agents and brokers. The event features 30 presentations on topics ranging from: You Are Selling a Home, Not a House and What’s the Difference? The New Fusion MLS How to Work with an Empowered Consumer Become the Expert in Your Local Market Working With Clients 30 and Under A hands-on “How To” room will be open the entire day, plus you can receive MCE credit hours. Tickets are $69 and available online until noon on Wednesday, October 12, and at the front door starting at 8 a.m. the day of the event. Please visit www.har.com/thebige for registration, schedule and speaker information. www.har.com/thebige Date: Thursday, October 13 Time: 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Location: Norris Conference Center at City Centre (I-10 at Beltway 8) Free parking is available in the adjacent garage; enter the conference center on the 3 rd level. The BIG e is Here!

2. HAR Open House Manager The HAR Open House Manager helps you manage open houses for your clients and yourself. You can now email selected open house listings to clients while framed within your HAR member website. You can also select REALTOR ® Open Houses for your personal viewing. Features for managing the client side include: Viewing when your prospect viewed the email; selecting customers/clients from existing Tempo prospects; adding new clients and previewing the email prior to sending the Open House message. Features for the agent side include: Viewing REALTOR ® Open Houses on any selected day; Viewing agent remarks and driving directions from the Agent Full Report in Tempo; and previewing and/or printing the list of Open Houses online. Click here to learn more about the HAR Open House ManagerClick here to learn more about the HAR Open House Manager. HAR Tool of the Week

3. Weekly HAR Market Stat With the final week of the third quarter in the books, buyers posted solid gains over last year's activity levels while sellers listed fewer properties on the market. As is typical for this time of year, expect some seasonal changes to start taking hold. Market activity may slow from one month to the next, but should still show favorable year-over-year progress. The lending climate improved even more last week as interest rates dipped below 4.0 percent for the first time ever. In the Houston region, for the week ending October 2: New Listings decreased 17.1% to 1,877 Pending Sales increased 19.7% to 1,235 Closed Sales decreased 1.3% to 1,372

4. Register Online at www.har.com/eduwww.har.com/edu Questions? 713-629-1900 ext. 6 Give Yourself a Little Credit Join us to finish your MCE credits needed for TREC renewal. The fee for this course will also go toward your 2012 TREPAC investment. The following courses will be held on: Day 1 a. Advanced Social Media, b. Brand You & c. HAR Tools. The following courses will be held on Day 2: a. TREC Ethics & b. TREC Legal Update. Breakfast, lunch and snacks are available both days. This course is sponsored by Stewart Specialty Insurance Services, Back Agent, CRE Credit Services, Bank of America, HWA Home Warranty and CUTCO Closing Gifts. Please sign up today! Date: Monday and Tuesday, October 17-18 Time: 8:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Location: Fellowship of the Woodlands Conf. Center Investment: $45 TREPAC 15-hour MCE Update

5. Holiday Calendar Magnets Holiday Calendar Magnets are now available at your Super Center Stores for only $41.95 per box of 100 w/envelopes! (In store price only.) There 6 styles to choose from. Quantity discounts: 10% off 10-24 boxes, 20% off 25+ boxes. If you would like more than 10 boxes of the same style call Dennis Burrows (713) 629-1900.