| Show N2 Advertising supplement produced by the Newspaper Agency Corporation TribuneDeseret Morning News Saturday March 6 2004 The Salt Lake Utah Real Estate When is a real estate agent a 'Realtor'? A real estate agent is a to we pledge President's Realtor when he or she adhere to a strict becomes a member of the Code of Ethics' Message National Association- of And even more By Butch Dailey the Realtors that (NAR) important (11S &RI 40 world'S largest Code does not profesT Utun Asscouton sional association and exist to profit the Realtors the AssociaUtah Realtor but to locally Pi At loR tion of Realtors (UAR) benefit the which serves as "The Voice consumer" for Real Estate in Utah" The LIAR repThe Code also says "a cooperation with resents more than 9700 members other real estate professionals promotes involved in all aspects of the real estate the best interests of those who utilize their services" industry The term "Realtor" is a registered colWhile we believe Cook's analogy lective membership mark that identifies a between Realtor and salesman to be real estate professional who is a member exaggerated the code UAR members are of the NA R and subscribes to its strict FW0111 to uphold does differentiate a Code of Ethics According to Frank Realtor from a real estate agent "Realtor" is a registered trademark which can be Cook publisher of the Real Estate Intelligence Report what elevates a Realtor used only by UAR members The code above the level of salesman is the Code of guides Realtors in their daily business Ethics and its pledge of cooperation practices with consumers and fellow "I've never heard a member say 'You Realtors should use a Realtor because the NAR Realtors are also held accountable to the real estate has great lawyers in Chicago' Nor have I public through ever heard a Realtor say 'You should use license law Here the conduct of real a Realtor because we've got a lot of clout estate agents and Realtors is held to the in Washington' What Eve often heard same standard Consumers can file commembers say is 'Use a Realtor because plaints with the Utah Division of Real 03 01 state-mandat- ed Section Index Articles & Information Estate Neither the UAR nor the division can dispense monetary awards only a court can The division can however sanction with fines probation license suspension and removal The UAR can only sanction for ethical violations through fines probation suspension and removal of membership as determined by its standing professional standards committee that administers and enforces the code The UAR reviews on average five cases a month According to Utah Division of Real Estate statistics there are 16965 real estate licensees in Utah Of these 12346 are active Of that total 79 percent are UAR members so the majority of agents active in the Utah real estate market adhere to a Code of Ethics Additionally Code of Ethics training is mandated every four years to maintain membership in the Realtor organization One of the most important principles of the real estate business is the issue of ethics While market conditions are dynamic the ethics of Realtors must remain constant The Realtor Code of Ethics exists to protect and benefit consumers rather than to profit Realtors We believe it's important for consumers to know that such a code exists Page 2 Page 2 President's Message Numbers for newcomers Page 3 Page 6 On the Market Bathroom lighting Page 6 Page 6 Energy terms Saving computer energy Furnishing small spaces Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Kitchen remodeling Sound Advice Page 10 Page 10 Real Movers Tips for the open house Locator Neighborhood Page 11 Advertisers Notion's Siding and Window Page 9 Page 8 Prudential Utah Real Estate Pages ReMax Advantage ReMax Associates Page 7 Signature Group Pages Real Estate Classifieds Pages Huntsman & Associates 14-1- 5 Bock cover 16-2- 4-- 5 12-1- 3 7 Phone numbers and Web sites for newcomers General Newspapers Utah state government (includes Moving to Utah guide automobile and driver's license information etc) Davis County Deseret Morning News Southern Davis County cities Bountiful: wwwuktorgibountiful Centerville: wwwcentervilleanet The Solt Loki Tribune wwwsitribcom Phone for either (801) 237-280- New and existing homes wwwutohreoltyguidecom wwwothomeinutahnet 0 Salt Lake County wvAvcostcaus wmvcinorth-salt-lakeutu- wwwcliyotholladaycom Murray: vAywcimurrayutus Sandy City: wwwsandy-cityne- t Telephone — ()west wwwgwestcom ' vAvwciAvest-valleyutu- 530-674- s Loan fraud and other illegal acts Federal Bureau of Investigation wvAvclovisk12utus (801) (801) HUD 402-526- 1 wvAvutabuscom School districts Airport (801) swAvslcoirportcom (801) Murray: 567-810- General Salt LaIre area (801) Informerkl North Summit School District: wwwAsummial Zulus (435) Pork City School District: wwwporkcity112utus (435) 0 wwwrnury112aus 264-740- 0 Salt Lake City: vAvwslck12utus (801) 578-859- '! 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