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71 Percent of Homeowners Believe It’s a Good Time to Sell; Economic and Financial Confidence Dips: Realtors® HOME Survey

2017-06-27T03:06:24-05:00June 27th, 2017|NAR|

WASHINGTON (June 26, 2017) — Existing housing inventory has declined year over year each month for two straight years, but new consumer findings from the National Association of Realtors® offer hope that the growing number of homeowners who think now is a good time to sell will eventually lead to more listings. That's according to [...]

Growth of Property Values

2017-06-26T11:26:38-05:00June 26th, 2017|NAR|

Developing wealth is a hot topic in today’s economy. Some individuals have come to realize one efficient means of developing wealth is through home ownership and real estate. One way to determine this would be looking at the property values over time and monitoring the trend. Let us look at property values from the American [...]

Building Permits: A Closer Look

2017-06-26T09:58:55-05:00June 26th, 2017|NAR|

Building permits increased in most markets, but we see fewer permits and more expensive construction in high-priced markets. In the era of limited housing inventory, adding new construction is one of the means to deal with housing affordability issues. At the local level, metropolitan areas are doing the most to address the housing shortage by [...]

Bob Goldberg Named CEO of National Association of Realtors®

2017-06-24T03:06:03-05:00June 24th, 2017|NAR|

WASHINGTON (June 23, 2017) – Bob Goldberg has been named CEO of the National Association of Realtors®. Goldberg currently serves as NAR senior vice president of Sales & Marketing, Business Development & Strategic Investments, Professional Development and Conventions for NAR. Goldberg was the choice of NAR’s leadership team after an extensive national search. He succeeds [...]

RE/MAX Founder Discusses Challenges Facing Housing Market

2017-06-23T22:07:41-05:00June 23rd, 2017|NAR|

As co-founder of a real estate organization that has grown over more than forty years from a single office in Denver into a global empire that today counts more than 100,000 agents, RE/MAX Chairman and Co-CEO Dave Liniger enjoys a unique view of the housing industry. Among his observations is that despite the advances in [...]

May 2017 Existing-Home Sales

2017-06-23T11:24:15-05:00June 23rd, 2017|NAR|

NAR released a summary of existing-home sales data showing that housing market activity this May rose modestly 1.1 percent from last month and improved 2.7 percent from last year. May’s existing home sales reached the 5.62 million seasonally adjusted annual rate.  The national median existing-home price for all housing types was $252,800 in May, up [...]

What We’re Reading: June 19-23

2017-06-23T08:55:39-05:00June 23rd, 2017|NAR|

Architecture, psychology, amusements, affordable housing, design, high price listings, mindfulness, and use. We know there are a lot of Frank Lloyd Wright junkies out there, so this list of roadtrip-able FLW houses is for you! Wait, FLW didn’t have an architecture degree? Neither did these famous architects! Is it really a surprise that dynamic descriptions [...]

Educating Clients on HUD

2017-06-22T17:38:28-05:00June 22nd, 2017|NAR|

Ryan Fitzgerald By Ryan Fitzgerald Given the large financial requirement of buying a home, it’s often out of reach for a large portion of the U.S. population. The economic recession, which was triggered by the collapse of real estate and mortgage lending markets, further decreased home buying accessibility. A number of lenders have returned to [...]

Realtors® Highlight Flood Insurance Concerns as House Committee Finalizes Key Markup

2017-06-22T03:06:38-05:00June 22nd, 2017|NAR|

WASHINGTON (June 21, 2017) – The House Financial Services Committee today concluded a markup on multiple pieces of legislation to reauthorize and reform the National Flood Insurance Program. Following is a statement from National Association of Realtors ® President William E. Brown: “Congress has less than four months to reform and reauthorize the critical National [...]

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