Evening star., 1937-04-03
REALTORS PLAN
MANY MEETINGS
important Sessions Will Be
Held in All Parts of
Country.

The one-man real estate office Is
getting a spotlight Of its own, parallel
with that Of the specialist In ap-
praisal, real estate management, home
building and the like, in regional con-
yentions Of realtors being held this
year. These interstate conferences
on method are under the auspices
OF the National Association OF Real
Estate Boards and the State real
estate associations Of the several
geographic sections.
Important national meetings, in
cluding the quarterly meeting Of the
associations directing board and
meetings of governing boards OF many
of its institutes and divisions and
councils, will be held in connection
with the coming Central Atlantic
regional convention Of the association,
to be held in New York City May
IA and is, with headquarters at the
Biltmore Hotel. The region includes
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware,
Maryland and the District of Co.
lumbia
The national directors will meet
May 13. The Executive Committee
of the association will convene in
advance of the directors meeting.
Meeting in Omaha.
A meeting of the Executive Com
mittee of the Institute OF Farm
Brokers and Managers of the asso-
citation is called in connection with
the coming North Central regional
convention of the association, to be
held in Omaha, Nebr., April and
10. The region includes Wisconsin
Iowa. North and South Dakota and
Nebraska.
Important present proposals in re-
gard to national housing policy and
underlying needs for sound home
building and real estate ownership
in the period now opening will be
discussed by Paul E. Stark, Madison
Wis, president of the association, IN
informal addresses at both the Omaha
and the New York meetings.
Speaking at the Great Lakes con-
vention of the association just closed
at Louisville, KY, President Stark
emphasized that to this end cost OF
ownership Of real estate must be cut
by reducing taxes, lowering interest
rates as far as is consistent with equity
to the lender, and extending the period
of amortization, which for properly
conceived home projects, he said, may
well be 80 years.
In special conference called by
Mayor Miller Of Louisville, President
Stark and other officers OF the asso-
citation discussed with Louisville ON
cials the problem which the hood-re-
covering city has of getting new hous-
ing quickly for at least 1900 families
Cites Activity in England.
Low interest rates are responsible
for Englands present active home
building, Sir Charles Morgan-Webb
London publicist and economist, said
reviewing at the Louisville convention
Great Britain's II years Of expert
mentation in forming a satisfactory
national housing policy. He will ad-
dress the coming Omaha convention
also, giving the history Of England's
early experience with housing subsi-
dies (192O-1928), its transition period
l92S-1932), and its present period OF
low-cost money for private building
1882 to date). Under the present
policy according to recent statement
by the minister OF health, Britain built
by private enterprise last year a total
of 271,389 houses, while the United
States, for three times the population.
built only 10000 dwelling units, in
cluding apartments. (See advance
release on Omaha address attached)
The farm lands outlook in the six
North Central States and its reflection
In the real estate outlook for cities Of
the region will be one central topic
OF the North Central regional conven-
ton, with Robert B. Whitaker,
Kenosha, Wis, vice president for the
region, opening the discussion.
The Central Atlantic convention,
with Joseph w. Catharine, Brooklyn,
vice president for the region, as key
note speaker, will have as some Of Its
topics Necessity for Sound Finan-
cial Structure for Real Estate" "
Economic Importance of Real Estate
News" Good and Bad Small-home
Designing" THE Mass Production
Houses for s2,500," What Of Future
Housing of Industry"