A Phil Hall Op-Ed: A most fascinating spat is taking place in Arizona, where the trade group Phoenix Realtors has found itself in the crosshairs of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) over an innovative program that could represent a positive new chapter in the...
NAR’s image problems, the Chicago mayor’s learning curve and political tumult in Canada. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Dec. 16-20. Miss: Welcome to Spin City. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has...
Existing home sales were on the rise in November, according to new data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Last month, total existing home sales were up 4.8% from October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.15 million in November. On a...
The New York Times reporter behind a series of investigative articles that questioned the operations of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) defended the quality of her reporting while stating the newspaper was serving as a “watchdog” against the trade group. In...
A slippery definition of “reopening,” an unlikely grant and a merger’s messy failure. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Dec. 9-13. Miss: An Unsettled Settlement. The US Department of Justice (DOJ)...