The National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced the departure of Katherine “Katie” Johnson as chief legal officer and chief member experience officer. The daughter of two realtors, Johnson joined NAR in October 2007 as an associate counsel and was...
Kamala Harris talks about housing, Kmart disappears from the retail scene and an Oscar nominee turns landlord. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Sept. 23-27. Miss: Another Bowl of Word Salad. Vice President...
The American Real Estate Association (AREA) has launched a petition calling on the National Association of Realtors (NAR) to repeal its Clear Cooperation Policy. The petition on the Change.org site claims that NAR forces real estate professionals to “submit listings...
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has published a new series of consumer resources designed to help realtors educate homebuyers and sellers to the post Sitzer/Burnett settlement practices. The new series consists of six installments available in English and...
Existing home sales were down 2.5% from July to August, reaching a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.86 million in August, according to new data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Year-over-year, sales fell by 4.2% from the 4.03 million sales in...