In response to the growing concerns about COVID-19, commonly referred to as coronavirus, we hope this dedicated page will provide guidance to help REALTORS® and REALTOR® associations respond to the coronavirus’s impact on our industry.
Latest Updates
– NAR has updated the PPP Loan guidance into accessible one-pagers on the following topics: PPP Loan Overview, PPP Second-Draw Loans, PPP Forgiveness, and PPP for 501(c)(6).
– On December 21, 2020, Congress struck a deal on a nearly $900 billion coronavirus relief bill for a new round of support. President Trump signed the bill on December 27, 2020. Read a short summary of the bill and the more in-depth summary of the major provisions of that bill impacting REALTORS®.
The National Association of REALTORS® is providing guidance to help REALTORS® respond to COVID-19 – commonly referred to as coronavirus – and its impact on the real estate industry and real estate transactions. Any updates from NAR and its response to the coronavirus emergency will be collected on this page. You can also type your questions in the COVID-19 Chatbot to get answers on a variety of issues related to the pandemic and how it affects you and your business. NAR has issued information and guidance for the following:
Coronavirus Guidance for REALTORS® | Property Owners | Commercial Real Estate | Employers | Workplace Re-Entry | MLSs | REALTOR® Associations | Sample Preparedness Plan
Read details about the federal government’s actions and its effect on real estate professionals:
Recent Articles
Suspicious Calls Allegedly from NAR? Might be a Scam!
Always be vigilant in protecting your personal information. If you receive requests for any personal information via phone or text originating from any phone number not known to you, do not respond. If you have [...]
Risk Management: Harassment Video from NAR
Good risk management strategy to train your associated licensees, employees, staff, independent contractors, etc. to avoid/prevent harassment issues. Here is a NAR video on preventing/avoiding/disciplining harassment: https://www.nar.realtor/videos/hot-topics-in-employment-liability Posted by: Byron King on 11/02/20 (This information [...]
CFIUS Real Estate Impacts
Pursuant to FIRRMA, CFIUS is authorized to review certain transactions involving the purchase or the lease by, or a concession to, a foreign person of certain real estate in the United States, beginning on February [...]
Inspectors and Access for Inspections
This issue arises occasionally on the hotline and some MLS systems allow home inspectors to engage in the MLS and hold an MLS lockbox e-key which solves practical access issues. Listing agents should warn sellers [...]
NAR Online Professional Standards and Mediation Meetings
The silver lining (if any) for COVID-19 is sometimes online meetings such as the below online NAR professional standards meetings and mediation meetings. In other years, you would have time and money expense to travel [...]
Eviction Appeal Process Update
https://www.postandcourier.com/news/sc-renters-no-longer-need-to-pay-thousands-to-appeal-evictions-chief-justice-says/article_77a27cf4-0f2d-11eb-9422-73d75c9bc9b0.html https://www.postandcourier.com/news/to-appeal-an-eviction-in-sc-tenants-are-required-to-pay-thousands-of-dollars-first/article_7f8e2a42-cbd2-11ea-8d20-df3fb28181ad.html Upon specific and immediate direction of Chief Justice Beatty, all magistrates are to immediately cease ordering a tenant to post past due rent in a residential eviction in order to stay the eviction [...]