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WASHINGTON (May 17, 2017) – Last year, Realtors® spent a median of $70 to maintain a website. To help reduce business costs, Placester, a real estate website and marketing platform, is extending its partnership with the National Association of Realtors® to bring a basic “NAR Edition” website to the association’s 1.2 million members at no… Continue Reading REALTOR Benefits® Partner Placester Offers Free Websites to All Realtors®

HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson speaks at the Regulatory Issues Forum at the 2017 REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo in Washington, DC. WASHINGTON (May 16, 2017) — Potential homebuyers have a lot to contend with from tight credit and low inventory to rising prices. But for buyers who are able to muscle past these… Continue Reading HUD Secretary Carson Highlights Possible Improvements to Homeownership Programs

Congress likely will pass health insurance reform this year, but it’s less certain whether lawmakers will be able to tackle tax reform before switching their focus to re-election in 2018, “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace said at the REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Chris Wallace talks tax reform… Continue Reading Fox News Host: Tough Road for Tax Reform

This week, thousands of REALTORS® from all over the U.S. gather in Washington, DC, for a week of governance meetings, educational sessions, networking and, most of all, political advocacy.  The REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo is an annual event reaching back to the early 1980s, a forum in which NAR’s members can meet with… Continue Reading How NAR made its home in Washington

HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson speaks at the Regulatory Issues Forum at the 2017 REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo in Washington, DC. WASHINGTON (May 16, 2017) — Potential homebuyers have a lot to contend with from tight credit and low inventory to rising prices. But for buyers who are able to muscle past these… Continue Reading HUD Secretary Carson Highlights 3 Possible Improvements to Homeownership Programs

WASHINGTON (May 16, 2017) – Nearly 9,000 Realtors® and industry guests are descending upon Washington this week to address regulators and members of Congress on key industry issues, including national flood insurance, tax reform and sustainable homeownership. Realtor® members will visit U.S. House and Senate offices to urge Congress to pass a multiyear reauthorization of… Continue Reading Flood Insurance, Tax Reform Top Issues as Realtors® Head to Washington

If you’re an environmentally conscious real estate professional, you’re in good company. The house was packed at the Land Use, Property Rights, and Environment forum during the REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, with a ballroom full of practitioners eager to discuss pressing environmental concerns in their markets. Amanda Stinton,… Continue Reading REALTORS® Are Greener Than You Think

Ron Insana Half a dozen years after the economic crisis the American economy is strong and poised to see continued growth as millennials enter the workforce and form households, CNBC commentator Ron Insana told several thousand REALTORS® at the Legislative Conference & Trade Expo in Washington on Tuesday. Economic strength is likely to survive even… Continue Reading Insana: Millennials Will Keep America’s Growth Engine Humming

The 2017 Member Profile is out—let’s take a closer look at the demographics of the NAR membership this year. Sixty-three percent of members are female, that’s two thirds of all agents. As years of experience increase, so does the presence of men. With 16 years of experience or more, 40 percent are male. Appraisers are… Continue Reading 2017 Member Profile: Demographics of Real Estate Agents Examined Up Close

The following is NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun’s reaction to this morning’s U.S. Commerce Department report on April residential construction:  “With housing starts declining in April, inventory shortages will continue for a longer period of time. The intensifying housing shortage will push up home prices and rents, and easily above wage growth and the broad… Continue Reading Instant Reaction: April Housing Starts