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)...
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced its picks for the 10 Top Housing Hot Spots 2025. This year’s list was compiled based on 10 factors: 1) Share of locked-in homeowners; 2) Average mortgage rate; 3) Job growth; 4) Share of millennial renters who can...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) told the US Supreme Court that it never committed not to reopen its investigation into the National Association of Realtors (NAR) despite its 2020 consent decree that settled a probe of the organization. According to a Law360 report,...
The New York Times has published another investigative feature on the National Association of Realtors (NAR), this time focusing on the political donations of its nonprofit affiliate, the American Property Owners Alliance. Unlike NAR’s political action committee that...
Equifax Says Nearly 2,000 Mortgage Firms Used Its VantageScore Offer
