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Commercial Drone Use Still Taboo....
Commercial Drone Use Still Taboo
The National Transportation Safety Board sounded another warning this week to those who are using drones for commercial purposes, ruling on Tuesday that the Federal Aviation Administration has the authority to pursue enforcement actions against drone operators for reckless operation.
Staying Grounded
The NTSB made the ruling after an administrative law judge had dismissed the FAA’s order that required a drone operator to pay a civil penalty of $10,000 for allegedly operating an unmanned aircraft in a careless or reckless manner. The judge had compared the unmanned aircraft to a model aircraft and the court’s decision had been raising questions about whether the FAA has the authority to take enforcement actions with drones.
However, on Tuesday, the NTSB rejected the judge’s characterization that a drone is comparable to a model aircraft. In its summary, it wrote “an aircraft is any device used for flight in the air.”
The NTSB remanded the case to the administrative law judge to further investigate and issue a finding on whether the drone operator of the unmanned aircraft operated it in a careless or reckless manner. The closely watched Pirker case stems from a photographer for the University of Virginia Charlottesville who flew his drone for commercial purposes over the campus in 2011.
“Drone operators who believe FAA regulations do not apply to them are now, as a matter of law, wrong,” Forbes.com reports about the NTSB’s ruling. “Drone operators can be fined for reckless operation, and they are now on notice of that fact.”
The National Association of REALTORS® has urged its members to not use drones or hire companies that do so.
In 2007, the FAA ruled that any commercial use of drones without a permit is not permitted. In June,the FAA issued an interpretation of its guideline applying specifically to real estate, saying that “a REALTOR® using a model aircraft to photograph a property that he (or she) is trying to sell and using the photos in the property’s real estate listing does not constitute hobby or recreational use.” Therefore, such use would fall under commercial purposes and apply to the FAA’s ban.
The FAA has invited NAR officials to participate in its ongoing working group addressing the use of drones or unmanned aerial systems. FAA is to release proposed regulations to establish a time frame for integrating small drones or UASs into the airspace sometime next year.
Source: “NTSB Finds FAA Regulations Enforceable Against Drone and Model Aircraft Operators,” Forbes.com (Nov. 18, 2014)
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Friday, November 7, 2014
Mortgage Rates Push Back Above 4%. Robert De La Rosa An Expert In Your Court 909.271.5640 CALL NOW!!!!
Mortgage Rates Push Back Above 4%
For the second consecutive week, average fixed-rate mortgages inched higher, taking the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage back above 4 percent for the first time in three weeks, Freddie Mac reports in its weekly mortgage market survey.
Freddie Mac reports the national averages for mortgage rates for the week ending Nov. 6:
- 30-year fixed-rate mortgages: averaged 4.02 percent, with an average 0.5 point, rising from last week’s 3.98 percent average. Last year at this time, 30-year rates averaged 4.16 percent.
- 15-year fixed-rate mortgages: averaged 3.21 percent, with an average 0.5 point, rising from last week’s 3.13 percent average. A year ago, 15-year rates averaged 3.27 percent.
- 5-year hybrid adjustable-rate mortgages: averaged 2.97 percent, with an average 0.5 point, increasing from last week’s 2.94 percent average. Last year at this time, 5-year ARMs averaged 2.96 percent.
- 1-year ARMs: averaged 2.45 percent, with an average 0.4 point, rising from last week’s 2.43 percent average. A year ago, 1-year ARMs averaged 2.61 percent.
Source: Freddie Mac
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Brokers Launch Pledge for Agent Safety...
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The recent murder of Arkansas real estate agent Beverly Carter has prompted two Iowa brokers to call on other agents to join them in raising their safety protocols while conducting home showings and open houses.
Dylan de Bruin and Joe Schafbuch with Century 21 Signature Real Estate in Central Iowa have launched a pledge for real estate professionals to show their commitment to safety precautions. As of Tuesday morning, 723 agents, brokers, and the public have signed the pledge.
De Bruin writes in a letter outlining the pledge that he was inspired to make the call after the September death of Carter and the death of his former colleague and friend Ashley Okland, who was murdered while hosting an open house in West Des Moines, Iowa, in April 2011. A suspect has never been arrested in Okland's case. De Bruin says heightened calls for agent safety followed Okland's death in 2011, but "for all of this well-intentioned discussion, it would appear that nothing fundamental has changed in our marketplace to change our industry practices to better protect our agents."
The brokers' real estate safety pledge makes some of the following calls:
- Never show a home under any circumstances to a stranger without first meeting them at the office or asking them to submit identification.
- Educate clients that open houses are a safety concern both for the home owner and the agent.
- Limit open houses as a marketing strategy and/or make prudent and safe decisions about open-house marketing efforts.
- Use the buddy system whenever unsure or uneasy about a showing or meeting. Also, make yourself available to fellow agents as a "showing buddy."
Source: Real Estate Safety Pledge
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