Kamala Harris’ housing plans, a new era in real estate commissions and a new assault on phony online reviews. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are the Hits and Misses for the week of Aug. 12-16. Miss: Thus Spoke Kamala. After weeks of silence on what...
Two days before the changes brought by the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) settlement are slated to go into the effect, the start-up rival American Real Estate Association (AREA) has announced the launch of its membership drive. Jason Haber, a New York...
New data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) determined that 199 out of 223 metro markets, or 89%, recorded home price gains in the second quarter as the 30-year fixed mortgage rate ranged from 6.82% to 7.22%. NAR added that 13% of the 223 tracked metro...
Pending home sales in June were up by 4.8% from May but were down 2.6% from June 2023, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The Pending Home Sales Index, NAR’s a forward-looking indicator of home sales based on contract signings, grew to 74.3 in...
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has published new resources designed to help consumers understand the changes brought by the Sitzer/Burnett settlement agreement. The new resources are available on facts.realtor and include the following offerings: Fact...