1parkplace CEO and Congressman Duncan Hunter to Lead Real Estate and Housing Symposium

San Diego, CA – The Real Estate and Housing Symposium scheduled at the Marriott Marina on April 21, 2011 kicks off a national campaign to “Bring Back Our U.S. Housing Market.” The goal of this FREE public symposium is to initiate a citizen led forum focusing on a “Blueprint for Housing Reform,” to assist our Congress on reforms that could help revitalize the real estate and housing industry.

The event is being led by Steve Hundley, CEO of 1parkplace, Inc., (www.1parkplace.com) a national real estate marketing firm based in San Diego.  Hundley has made it his personal mission to educate every citizen in America on what they can do to restore our housing market.

“Correcting our housing market means more money for communities, higher property values, increased jobs created and improved consumer confidence,” said Hundley.

Hundley has enlisted the support of honorary co-chairperson, Congressman Duncan Hunter. “The idea of presenting strategies from leaders in our real estate industry to our elected officials in every level of government to advocate meaningful reform is an important step, and I’m proud to be a part of it,” said Hunter.  “The participants at this symposium are industry professionals who are in the trenches everyday with their clients.”

The “Blueprint for Housing Reform” will address three key areas of recovery:

1. Now issues – reforms that will address the urgency of solving our short sale, mortgage modification and REO process in order to remove as much inventory off the market as quickly as possible.

2. Tomorrow issues – addressing the landslide of regulations that are destined to decimate our real estate and housing industry.  Much of the new legislation concentrates on restricting lending to the point of putting a choke hold on recovery.

3. Restoring confidence in America and our housing market – A robust real estate and housing market creates millions of jobs.  We need to do everything possible to restore confidence in every neighborhood.

Hundley has sought the advice and ideas of many experts in our industry in preparation and will be gaining insight on these relevant issues.  “There are a lot of great ideas out there, we just need to streamline them and make them simple for people to understand how the issues impact them,” says Hundley.

In conversation with NAR president Ron Phipps last week, he said “NAR needs the most help in reaching the “average agent and the consumer”. “I translate the average agent to be the one who does a great job listing and selling homes but tunes out of politics and governmental issues.  However, they are the most strategic gateway for reaching consumers since they are very connected with their community.” Hundley adds.

1parkplace expert advisors include:

• Allan Dalton – one of the National Association of Realtors' 25 most influential people and former CEO of REALTOR.com
• David Cabot – Executive Vice President of Prudential California Realty, Berkshire Hathaway's, Home Services division's largest U.S. real estate operation.
• Rick Hoffman – President and COO of Coldwell Banker, San Diego and Inland Empire, owned by Realogy, Inc, America's largest real estate brokerage operation.
• Gregg Neuman – CEO of the Neuman and Neuman Real Estate Team – one of San Diego's most active and experienced real estate professionals.
• Marla Shepard – President and CEO of California Coast Credit Union and Chairperson of the California Credit Union League governmental affairs committee
• Ruben Bareles – President of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Victor Lund – co-Founder of the WavGroup – the industry's leading research firm
• Rick Snyder – Former president of the San Diego Association of REALTORS and a member of SDAR's Hall of Fame for his long time governmental affairs advocacy.
• Bonnie Dumanis – The San Diego County District Attorney along with her assistant DA in the area of white collar crime and real estate fraud.
• More experts are being added to our roster as we prepare for the symposium.
  

“Ultimately,” said Hundley, “we hope to create momentum that educates communities via Real Estate Town Halls across America – where we can reach and teach REALTORS and Americans in every neighborhood on what they can do to bring back our housing market. 

Take our online poll now or RSVP to attend at www.BringBackOurHousing.org.  The event is FREE to the public.  Space is limited.

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ABOUT 1parkplace

Headquartered in San Diego California, 1parkplace was established in 1994 by Steve Hundley, a real estate agent from California's Silicon Valley.  As founder and CEO Hundley leveraged his previous 10-year career, starting back in 1984, to develop and deploy the comprehensive real estate marketing and contact management solutions 1parkplace offers today.

Since its beginnings, 1parkplace has catapulted its clients in the real estate and financial services sector to leading market positions. The key for the company is to stay ahead of the technological curve and keep its members on the cutting edge of the real estate technology wave.