Illinois REALTORS® Podcast Illinois Realtors®

In case you missed the live broadcast on June 29, listen now to an analysis of the historic June primary elections by the Illinois REALTORS® Governmental Affairs Team including Greg St. Aubin, Senior VP for Governmental Affairs, Jim Clayton, Manager, State Government Affairs, Gideon Blustein, Senior Director of Local Governmental and External Affairs & Betsy Mitchell, Senior Advisor on the Govt Affairs team.

Today we have a fantastic episode that truly shows the impact our GADs have. We have two interviews that we recorded over the last few weeks with Neeley Erickson and Kristie Engerman about specific ways they’ve made their community and their housing markets stronger. With Neeley we’ll discuss the formation of a template for communities on how to get rid of restrictive covenants that many towns don’t even know still exist in their charters. And with Kristie we’ll also welcome PAAR representatives Jennifer Hamm and Becky Peterson to talk about an innovative and vital new downpayment assistance program developed in conjunction with the city of Peoria.

Today on the podcast Kelli and Jeremy welcome back Dr. Dan McMillen to talk about the Summer housing market and where the market may go for the rest of the year. Dr. McMillen is the head of the Stuart Handler Department of Real Estate at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Business Administration. Dr. McMillen and his team provide Illinois REALTORS® with monthly, quarterly and annual housing forecasts.

Today on the podcast Kelli and Jeremy will be talking about how REALTORS® can hone their leadership and collaboration skills. And the best part about it; they also get to protect the future of the real estate industry and their brokerages while doing so! That’s right we’re talking about serving on a 2023 Illinois REALTORS® committee. But you need to hurry and sign up because the deadline is June 24! Sign up at at www.illinoisrealtors.org/committees.

As it does every year, June marks the beginning of LGBTQ+ Pride Month in the United States and around the world. Unlike other national observance months, Pride month is a relatively new celebration of our collective heritage, but also a vital one none-the-less. In this special podcast, we examine the history of this celebration and hear from some of our LGBTQ+ members about what this month means to them.

June is National Homeownership Month and we’re once again bringing focus to our ongoing American Dream campaign. The American Dream of homeownership is only made possible by YOU. So on this episode we’re bringing you audio from the 2022 Winter Business Meetings when 2022 President Zeke Morris and CEO Jeff Baker outline the importance of this campaign and why it matters to you.