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Show 1 Page Ten Enterprise Review, February 4, 1976 Residential Sales Report by Andrew B. Hansen A current trend in the real estate industry is toward affil- iation of small local firms with a national franchise operation with the goal of gaining greater success in selling, and listing for sale, residential property through a united effort. Nationwide advertising, exposure, logos and distinctive signs are employed to identify affiliated firms with the franchisor, and to attract the publics attention. Each firm, however, is locally owned and solely responsible for its internal operation, including the hiring and supervision of agents. And the key to the success of any real estate firm, regardless of size, is the capability and professionalism of its agents. The buyer or seller in the residential real estate market would be well advised to look to a firm known for aggressive and ethical dealings regardless of its size or franchise affiliation. Remember that the greatest key to success in the real estate dealings is the competent, informed broker or agent who is intimately aware of the conditions in his market and the residential real estate business as a local market. Century 21, a large and successful real estate franchisor centered in California, has franchised 10 firms to do business under its name in Salt Lake City. Each of the Franchisees uses the common sign, trade style, advertising headlines and identification. The idea is that the whole acting together is greater than the parts. Each firm has 4 available to it many excellent training programs for agents, advertising ideas and office layouts. If the firm uses the programs, the client will be given better service; if not ! 3 I 4 t Housing Revival Is this an augury of housing revival? Advance Mortgage Corporation, the nation's second largest mortgage banker, reported this week that its single-famil- y mortgage vol- ume increased more than 30 percent in 1975 to a total of $472.5 million. In the Salt Lake City area, the company last year closed 315 mortgages for a total volume of $9.3 million, area manager Von J. Gardner, Jr. reported. which originates 17 states, is a in mortgages subsidiary of Citicorp, parent company of New Yorks First National City Bank. Advance, Security Title Company reported that the average VA loan in December was $32,293. The average FIIA loan was $28,496 while the average conventional loan was $42,484. The total number of Warranty Deeds recorded in Salt Lake County was' 1,864. The total number of Trust Deeds and Mortgages recorded in Salt Lake County for the month of November was 1,932 for a total of $65,724,630. In 1975 financial institutions originated $791,801,979 in mortgages or deeds as compared with $616,159,897 in 1974. Pragmatic Dogmatics-- i A Fable By Kent Shearer But I am a Republican, said I to my late night telephoner. Honest Abe, Teddy, Ike even HH, as opposed to HHH: they were my kind of guys,' I proclaimed. 'I know, I know,' my caller protested, I -- f. i. S I .4 thought the same way, at first. But, as Ive , pondered, the President, Barry, Hugh - and even Dick at his St. Helena -- are correct. We should all become Democrats and take over them. You mean a return to the Era of Good Feelings?" I inquired. "What's that? "asked my source. After a mad rush to the bookshelf, I The Encyclopedia Americana responded. reports it lasted from 1817 - 24. It says, Monroes two administrations up to the canvass for his successor. There were practically no issues, and but one party. The issue on which the Federalist party was founded and had long since been appropriated by the Democrats..." You are always Shearer, an intellectual prig, my caller expressed. Who else would rush to a bookshelf to dig out something called the Era of Good Feelings? Look here, its now far from that. This is an Era of Bad Feelings. Those bastards outnumber us, we overtalent them, but-af- ter Watergate and all the Virgin Mary would be an uphill gamble if she ran as a Republican, and Joan of Arc couldnt be elected a GOP dog catcher in Magna. Leave the gals out of it,' I stalled. No, the voice decided, precisely no, that is part of our game plan. All Republicans will become Democrats, many of our candidates will be women opposed to the Equal Rights Amendment, well take over their mass meetings in your state, nominate Gerald R. Ford for Democratic President (after all, he was, in the beginning, Carl Alberts pick), and Betty Ford as Vice President (we might want to change that vice thing: The Puritans yet do not forgive her remarks on the issues of premarital sex and abortion.) Wont the Democrats object to this ploy?" I suggested. Oh, sure. Like hell But what can they do about it? If we out organize them, marshal our forces, and take over their mass meetings, what can they do? You must know -- as a freak who dug up something called the Era of Good Feelings that almost two centures ago the Republican party became the Democratic." 1 understand, but its pretty heady wine. Id like to think about it. My caller was indignant. Look, Shearer, no more books. Youre either with us or against us. Do you want to elect your favorites as Senator, Governor, etc. Our best bet is to become Democrats and nominate them in that - forum. I awakened, and rubbed my eyes. It had been a dream, a fable, but a very real one. My stomach was Tory, my mind was Whig, my constitution was Republican, and I wondered if any or all of the three would survive. For I realized that, asleep, myself. Id been talking to rl1 ; |