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Thursday, March 4, 2010

C.A.R. to give away free iPod shuffles, movie tickets at Southern California Home Buyer’s Fair March 13 and 14

LOS ANGELES (March 4) – The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) will give away 20 iPod shuffles and 400 movie tickets the weekend of March 13 and 14 at the third annual Southern California Home Buyer’s Fair at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

C.A.R. will give away 10 iPod shuffles each day at booth #201 in the exhibit hall of the Southern California Home Buyer’s Fair. Tickets will be handed out one hour before each drawing in the lobby of the Concourse Hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center. Drawing times are 12 noon and 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 13, and 12 noon and 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 14. No purchase necessary, but winners must be present to claim prize.

Additionally, the first 200 attendees each day will receive one free AMC Entertainment movie ticket (one ticket per person.) The Fair opens at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 13 and 11 a.m. on Sunday, March 14.

The Southern California Home Buyer’s Fair, sponsored by the Los Angeles Times, is free to the public and features more than 50 educational “how-to” seminars designed to help home buyers navigate today’s real estate market with confidence and peace of mind. Seminar topics range from saving for a down payment and monitoring and repairing credit, to buying foreclosures, short sales, and bank-owned homes, and finding and qualifying for a home loan.

The Southern California Home Buyer’s Fairalso will feature an exhibit hall with more than 80 exhibit booths, where attendees can obtain information from industry experts about a wide range of products and services pertaining to homeownership and the home-buying process. On Saturday, March 13, non-profit organization Million Trees L.A. will give away 200 free shade trees on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 10 a.m. in booth #419. (Please note, proof of L.A. City residency--LADWP bill or CA DL--is required.)

For complete information on the event, visit www.homebuyersfair.com.

Leading the way…® in real estate news and information for more than 100 years, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (www.car.org) is one of the largest state trade organizations in the United States, with nearly 175,000 members dedicated to the advancement of professionalism in real estate. C.A.R. is headquartered in Los Angeles.

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