Canopy Uncovered

Anne Marie DeCatsye, CEO of Canopy Realtor® Association and Theresa Salmen, Executive Vice President of the Charlotte Regional Commercial Board of REALTORS® discuss their paths to leadership with Lee Allen, 2022 Canopy President and host of Inside the Canopy Files. Listen in as Theresa, who leads the state's largest and most active commercial real estate association, and Anne Marie, CEO of the 16 largest Realtor® association in the country discuss their paths to leadership, what they learned early on in the careers or what they wish they had known, what advice they have for women and sharing their challenges, successes and surprises along the way!

Charlotte is one of the fastest growing cities in the country! How the Queen City manages that growth will determine how Charlotteans continue to live, work and play. If you own property in the City of Charlotte, you don't want to miss this edition of Inside the Canopy Files!

Join Canopy Realtor® Association president Lee Allen along with guests, Brenda Hayden, 2022 Chair of the Real Estate and Building Industry Coalition (REBIC), and Rob Nanfelt, Executive Director of REBIC, as they discuss recent updates from the City of Charlotte's Planning Team regarding the ambitious efforts of developing Charlotte's 2040 Plan, Policy Map, and UDO and how these policies will impact housing affordability and affect our economic competitiveness within the region and beyond for generations to come.

New Canopy President for 2022 and host of the Inside the Canopy Files Podcast Lee Allen kicks off the new year by speaking with Steve Byrd, Chief Information Officer and Bryan Perkins, Broker Relations Manager about how Canopy is making the latest technology available to benefit Realtors®.

The three discuss MLS platforms, predictive analytics, social media marketing, drones and the use of video connect buyers and sellers in today's real estate world much faster!

Incoming President Lee Allen unpacks David Kennedy's year as president. Starting with how foot surgery led him to Charlotte then onto a successful career in real estate and ultimately as President of Canopy. David shares his thoughts on leadership, the importance of service and what his interviews with past presidents and industry leaders meant to him in his efforts to keep Canopy's 100-year history alive and celebrated. Summed up "Real estate is a human profession. We take aspirations to reality and we remain community focused."

Productivity in real estate is rarely an accident. It takes a commitment to intelligent planning and focused effort. Just a few minutes with this episode can turn wishes into goals as our hosts David Kennedy and Lee Allen discuss how they wrap up the year, inventory their success, and plan for the future.

UNC Charlotte's Childress Klein Center for Real Estate (CKCRE) just released its third annual State of Housing in Charlotte Report, which was presented by Dr. Yongqiang Chu, Director of the Childress Klein Center for Real Estate (CKCRE).

Inside the Canopy Files podcast hosts David Kennedy and Lee Allen join Dr. Chu, and take a deeper look at the implications of the report, which included a comprehensive inventory of the current housing stock, an analysis of housing affordability across all income levels, and a higher-level comparison of the Charlotte regional housing market. The 2021 report also looked at the new 2020 U.S. Census data and housing in Charlotte over the past decade as well as the effect the pandemic had on the Charlotte housing market this past year.

In 2017, Canopy MLS implemented the "Coming Soon / No Show" status providing a great way to build anticipation for homes that will soon become active listings. The status comes with a strict set of rules regarding when properties can be shown, and our hosts explore how the market's lack of inventory and rapid pace of sales impacts its usage. Hosts David Kennedy and Lee Allen talk to Melanie Coyne of Corcoran HM Properties to shed some light on this topic.

The initial draft of the Charlotte Planning Department's Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) looks to revise and consolidate the city's development rules. As the UDO aspires to meet our community's vision of equitable growth, our hosts dive into where the real estate development industry can implement the plan as well as where uncertainty remains.

Hosts David Kennedy and Lee Allen talk with Realtor® volunteer Joan Goode, who helped to start the Strides to Shelter 5K Walk/Run, as a way to have Realtors® and the public join forces in helping the local homeless population. Also joining the podcast is Debbie O'Handley representing this year's beneficiary, Hope House Foundation, a nonprofit providing transitional housing and supportive services to women and children.

Our hosts David Kennedy, president Canopy Realtor® Association/Canopy MLS and Lee Allen, president-elect take an in depth look at Canopy Housing Foundation's long running, highly collaborative signature community event, Realtors® Care Day. The community-wide home repair project that assists homeowners with exterior repairs and safety modifications for those in need, is an all-hands on deck event that brings together Realtors®, city/county leadership, housing partners, contractors, home inspectors and touches the lives of homeowners as far away as Haywood County in the mountains of NC to Iredell and Mecklenburg Counties here in the southern piedmont.