Knowledge is power. That was the main take away from NAR’s panel on cyber security, “Protecting Yourself, Your Agents and Your Business: Taking Cyber Security Seriously,” which featured advice from experts on how small businesses and individuals can protect themselves from cybercrime. “Headlines over the last few months show that cybercrime is a global problem,”… Continue Reading Consumer Tips: Keep Your Online Information Safe
Home prices are on the rise around the country, and down payments are naturally rising with them. But Lisa Tartar of Fannie Mae’s Community Lending Team told an audience at the REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo in Washington, D.C., that homebuyers have somewhere to turn. Tartar detailed Fannie Mae’s “Home Ready” program, which offers… Continue Reading Fannie Mae Offers Help to Homebuyers Struggling with Down Payment
One of the most well-attended forums at the annual REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo is the Thursday morning housing and economic forecast headlined by NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun. This morning’s all-star trifecta of speakers did not disappoint. Yun was joined onstage with Jonathan Spader, senior research associate at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at… Continue Reading NAR Midyear Forecast: Existing Sales Up 3.5 Percent
WASHINGTON (May 17, 2017) – Any perceived shortage of appraisers may be location specific and dependent on whom you ask, but there is universal agreement that more needs to be done to keep appraisers in the profession and attract new talent. That’s according to panelists yesterday at a property valuation forum at the 2017 REALTORS®… Continue Reading Regulations, Retention and Recruitment Pressing Issues for Appraisal Industry
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