Trisha McCarthy, (Newburyport Realtor President) and Linda Carey, (Newburyport Executive Officer), attended the National Association of Realtor Annual Convention in Orlando Florida. Trisha's grandson Ricky Harris also attended and is pictured here with birds that had been rescued by a Florida resident after they had been abused. They attended daily meetings on market issues, trends, mortgage issues, stimulas packages, and the installation of the 2009 President of the National Association of Realtors, Mr. Charles McMillan from Texas. Trisha represented 265 realtors at the Delagate Body and Board of Directors meetings, where they voted in favor of four-points to bring to DC. This four-point leislative plan will be presented to Congress by the National Association of Realtors in an effort to assist the housing market: 1. to make the $7,500.00 tax credit available to all buyers (not just first time home buyers), and to eliminate the repayment requirement. 2. Make the Fannie & Freddie loan limits of $729,750.00 permanent instead of letting the limits to drop to $625,000.00 in January of 2009 as currently planned. 3. Get the U.S. Treasury to use funds from the $700 billion rescue to create a mortgage insterest-rate buydown program to 4.02% from the current average of 6.07%. 4. Permanently bar banks from entering real estate brokerage or management. This annual convention had about 22,000 realtors there. Trisha also is a member of the National Association of Realtors committee in Land Use, Public Policy and Environmental Issues.
