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NAR adds home improvement contractor’s app to Realtor benefits

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced on Wednesday the addition of a home repair estimate app to its package of NAR Realtor Benefits for members. Founded in 2017, Curbio is based in Potomac, Md. The company also lists Comcast Ventures , Revolution and Camber Creek as investors.

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Costs Mounting for Homebuyers

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Moreover, buyers could incur an additional $12,944 in commission costs on the average home if sellers opt not to pay the buyer’s agent commission following the National Association of Realtors (NAR) settlement in August. Since launching in 2017, Clever has reached $11.4 Clever’s network spans 15,000 agents across all 50 states.

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California will require home insurers to offer policies in high-risk wildfire areas

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The California Association of Realtors reported that 13% of its members had at least one deal cancelled in 2024 due to insurance issues. The eight largest wildfires in state history have occurred since 2017, and the worst when measuring the loss of life was the Camp Fire in 2018, which killed 85 people.

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Tracy Kasper officially installed as NAR’s new president

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors officially installed its new leadership team for 2024 at the trade organization’s annual conference, NAR NXT, in Anaheim, California, last week. She is a former president of the Idaho Association of Realtors. NAR also officially appointed Kevin Sears as its 2024 president-elect.

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Home sales beat estimates: no housing crash in sight

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors reported 5.99 We were never working from an elevated level of sales in the existing home sales market as we ended 2020 with just 5,640,000 , which was only 130,000 more than 2017 levels.

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Existing home sales show strength of demographics

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors reported existing home sales for the month of June were under their estimates slightly. We ended 2020 with 5,640,000 existing home sales, which was only roughly 130,000 more than 2017 levels.”. The seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.86 million, which would be back to 2019 levels.

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San Francisco-based OWN Real Estate makes the leap to Keller Williams

Housing Wire

Leung was a finalist of Realtor Magazine ‘s prestigious 30 under 30 2017 class. “Wilson is one of the brightest minds in real estate and has an exemplary reputation in the local and national real estate market,” Bradley said.