NAR and US Conference of Mayors Names San Diego 2007 Ambassador City
September 3rd, 2007 categories: Local San Diego News You Can Use, San Diego Mortgage Banks and Loans Info, San Diego Real Estate, San Diego Real Estate News
NAR President Pat V. Combs and my friend NAR President-Elect Dick Gaylord along with the US Conference of Mayors, presented San Diego Police Officers Association President Bill Nemec with a plaque and check for $5000 in recognition for San Diego’s ” Everyday Heroes” program.
The money to will be used for the “Everyday Heroes” program started by the San Diego Association of REALTORS Ambassadors Foundation. All fundraising by SDAR is from member contributions, grants, special events and specific annual fundraisers.
By working with our partners to provide lower interest rates for police officers who buy homes in San Diego, Realtors® are making homeownership more affordable and accessible for those who play an essential role in insuring the safety and security of this community, said Gaylord.
The goal of the Everyday Heroes program is to provide qualifying police officers with funds to buy down their mortgage interest rate, potentially saving them hundreds of dollars on their monthly mortgage. This substantial savings will allow many of the citys police officers to become homeowners.
Like many low- to moderate-income working families in San Diego, police officers have been finding it increasingly difficult to purchase homes in San Diego where the median single-family home is approximately $614,000. In recent years the city of San Diego has lost municipal employees, including police officers, to other cities where homeownership is more affordable. The ” Everyday Heroes” program was conceived to help San Diego combat this trend and keep or policemen right here where they are so needed and so much appreciated.
Pat Combs said, The Everyday Heroes program encourages those who protect and serve this community to become a part of it as homeowners, and helps the city attract qualified police officers. Affordable housing programs like this one give back to those who do so much to ensure the safety and well-being of our neighbors and neighborhoods. Pat couldn’t have been more correct. We all need to do more to affect the desired outcomes in out cities. It is imperative that those that have dedicated their careers at the risk of their very lives, deserve better. And in San Diego, we intend to provide a way to keep these valuable men and women integrated in our our communities with homes of their own.
I am naturally very proud to be associated with the San Diego Association of REALTORS, serving as it’s 2000 President. Dick Gaylord a long time friend,Past President of CAR and 2007 President-Elect of NAR was my Installing Officer as incoming SDAR President in 2000. 
