Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2025

High mortgage rates, low inventory and sky-high prices resulted in historically low sales at a time when agents are already wrestling with the changes related to the $418 million antitrust settlement signed by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Consider the numbers. According to NAR, existing-home sales finished 2024 at a dismal 4.06

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

in October — and since we are days away from December, we can officially label the 2021 housing crash bears as even worse than the 2020 housing crash bears. From the National Association of Realtors : “The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), a forward-looking indicator of home sales based on contract signings, rose 7.5% in October.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) may have had its home seller commission lawsuit settlement agreement approved , but that does not mean it is free from the homebuyer commission lawsuits. Last week, as Judge Stephen R.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The acquisition and launch of PX comes amid a debate over the National Association of Realtors’ Clear Cooperation Policy , which requires Realtors to list a property on the MLS within 24 hours of marketing. The Massachusetts-based proptech firm has made several other acquisitions. It currently operates in 11 U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In the third quarter of 2024, newly built single-family homes made up just 28% of homes for sale, according to a recent Redfin report based on data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and the U.S. Census Bureau. This marked the lowest market share for new homes in three years. One year ago, new homes held a 30.5%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2025

His career accolades include receiving HousingWire s Vanguard Award in 2019 and again in 2021. Thats a Realtor problem. If a Realtor originates a deal, were part of their process, he said. Everybodys siloed lenders, appraisers , title companies, Realtors. When the 2008 financial crisis hit, what he saw alarmed him.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Recently, the company partnered with SentriLock — a property management solutions provider for the National Association of Realtors — to offer its Floor Plan and Virtual Tour products to 500,000 agents. The company was acquired by Clear Capital in 2021 and houses 30-plus MLS organizations in its network.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2025

The December report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) shows existing-home sales at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.24 Its the highest year-over-year gain since June 2021 but is still historically low. Existing home sales finished 2024 on a high note after a dismal year for the housing market. million, a 9.3%

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The National Association of Realtors reports that existing-home sales increased in November. Lisa Sturtevant, Chief Economist for Bright MLS, revealed her thoughts on the Existing Home Sales report: The National Association of Realtors reported this morning that existing home sales were at a seasonally-adjusted rate of 4.15

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The latest signal comes from the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), which shows sales in October growing 5.4% year-over-year growth is the first annualized increase since July 2021. year over year and 2% compared to September. While that rate is well below historic averages, the 2.9%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

A report released Monday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) showed an increase in pending home sales for the fourth consecutive month. year-over-year increase in the annualized rate of existing-home sales , the largest year-over-year gain since June 2021. Housing market activity ramped up in November and December.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

The on-again-off-again legal battle between Top Agent Network (TAN) and the National Association of Realtors (NAR) is now off. San Francisco Association of Realtors , which was an original defendant in the suit, was voluntarily dismissed in 2024. On Monday, the parties notified Judge Vince Chhabria of the U.S.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

according to data released Wednesday by the National Association of Realtors. The post Pending home sales down nearly 25% from 2021 in August appeared first on HousingWire. Pending home sales continued to drop in August, recording a 1.0% month-over-month decline that resulted in an index reading of 88.4, In July , the index fell 1.0%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2025

Last summer, consumer and industry advocacy organizations including the American Land Title Association (ALTA), National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), National Association of Realtors (NAR) and AARP sounded the alarm over a rising trend of elder real estate fraud and financial exploitation in a jointly released issue brief. Attorneys office.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2025

” States allow agents to legally handle pocket listings, but in 2020 the National Association of Realtors (NAR) banned pocket listings with its Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP). The company has raised close to $16 million in investments from Second Century and over 100 real estate professionals since it’s founding in January 2021.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The National Association of Realtors ‘ existing home sales report for September came in at an excellent beat of estimates at 6.29 Now that we are just 10 days away from Halloween in 2021, we can all chuckle a bit at how wrong the housing bears of 2020-2021 have been. This looks perfectly normal to me.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Clare Knapp, housing economist for the Austin Board of Realtors , counters the notion of a collapse “Austin is not the same Austin as it was eight years ago,” she said. The easing of the pandemic in 2021 brought a surge in demand for rental properties in Austin, with vacancy rates plummeting from 7.8% Data supports Knapp’s perspective.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2021

For the second month in a row, national housing affordability improved in August, according to the latest National Association of Realtors housing affordability index report. As of August 2021, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate was 2.89% compared to 3% a year prior. This improvement came as monthly mortgage payments fell by 1.1%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2025

Bough offered to recuse himself in the Sitzer/Burnett lawsuit the case in which a jury found the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and others guilty of inflating commission rates but wound up staying on. In the filing, Howard Hanna notes that Judge Bough recused himself in a case against a gun manufacturer for the same donation.

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2024

Originally filed in 2020 by Top Agent Network (TAN), the suit takes aim at the National Association of Realtors ’ (NAR) ban on pocket listings via its Clear Cooperation Policy. The suit was dismissed with prejudice in 2021 as the lower court ruled that TAN failed to state a claim with prejudice in its third amended complaint.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Still, the 69,563 homes that went into contract represented a 9% decrease from the high point set in May 2021. from 55% in early July 2021, according to Redfin. from 55% in early July 2021, according to Redfin. Also noted as seasonally typical is the 16% decline in new home listings from the 2021 peak in June.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

Masiello sold a home on an Arizona MLS through HomeSmart “in or about October 2021.” According to the filing, Masiello was “required to pay a 2% commission ($8,200) to the seller broker and a 2.5% commission ($10,250) to the buyer broker.” Though the suit takes aim at NAR’s Participation Rule, it does not name NAR as a defendant.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2021

According to the National Association of Realtors, March’s existing-home sales came in at 6.01 Because March 2020 sales were slightly weaker due to the start of COVID-19, the year-over-year growth in sales for March 2021 came in at 12.3%. Next month will have a much bigger year-over-year growth sales print.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2024

District Court in Chicago by plaintiffs Dawid Zawislak and Michael D’Acquisto against Equity Realtors , HomeSmart International and Fathom Realty. While the National Association of Realtors (NAR) was not named as a defendant in the suit, it was listed as a co-conspirator along with several Realtor-owned MLSs.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Originally filed in 2020 by TAN, the suit takes aim at the National Association of Realtors ’ (NAR) ban on pocket listings via its Clear Cooperation Policy. The suit was dismissed with prejudice in 2021 as a lower court ruled that TAN failed to state a claim with prejudice in its third amended complaint.

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Housing Wire

JULY 5, 2021

From the National Association of Realtors : “Pending home sales rose 8% in May from the prior month and 13.1% The May 2021 Pending Home Sales Index of 114.7 Some of that make-up demand bled over into the early months of 2021. Of course, last year’s comps should be discounted due to COVID-19. from one year ago.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

After closing out 2023 with its first annual membership decline since 2012, the National Association of Realtors is still struggling with its membership count. January marked the third consecutive month of membership declines for NAR and the month’s Realtor count marks the lowest level since May 2021. This is down 2.1%

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2021

The National Association of Realtors Confidence Index Survey for April reveals how hot the housing market is. The April 2021 survey was sent to 50,000 Realtors selected from NAR’s over 1.4 There were 3,541 respondents to the online survey which ran from May 3-10, 2021, of which 1,731 had a client.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2021

The National Association of Realtors reported 5.99 million home sales for July, which was an excellent beat of estimates and a dagger into the hearts of the 2021 housing crash crew. As I wrote then, the rule of thumb I am using for 2021 is that existing home sales, if they’re doing good, should be trending between 5,840,000-6,200,000.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2020

from a year ago, the National Association of Realtors said in a July 22 report. Rates are expected to remain low through 2021 as the U.S. in 2021, the mortgage giant said in a forecast last month. existing-home sales rose 21% in June , the biggest monthly gain on record, and the median home price rose 3.5%

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2021

The National Association of Realtors reported existing home sales for the month of June were under their estimates slightly. As I anticipated, Americans are buying more homes with mortgages in the years 2020-2021 than any single year from 2008-2019. The seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.86

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The National Association of Realtors is facing yet another copycat commission lawsuit. At the center of the lawsuit is NAR’s Participation Rule, which requires listing brokers to make a blanket offer of compensation to buyer’s brokers in order to list a property on a Realtor association affiliated MLS. Filed on Tuesday in U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2024

The National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) board of directors voted to leave member dues unchanged in 2025. The vote occurred Thursday during the final day of NAR’s midyear conference, the Realtors Legislative Meetings, according to Inman , which first reported the story. million for the first time since May 2021.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 12, 2024

The first Batton suit was filed in Illinois in January 2021 by Judah Leeder and later amended in July 2022 with Mya Batton as the lead plaintiff. The defendants in the suit include National Association of Realtors , Anywhere , Keller Williams , HomeServices of America and RE/MAX.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2022

In 2021, homebuyers who successfully purchased a home viewed a median of only eight properties before completing their transaction, according to a report by the National Association of Realtors , published on Tuesday. NAR Research has tracked the number of homes viewed since 1987 and eight is the lowest number on record.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

He served in multiple positions there, most recently as president of affiliate strategy at Christies International Real Estate, which was acquired by @properties in 2021. Prior to Christies and @properties, Van Eck was on the board of directors at the Chicago Association of Realtors.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2020

million, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors on Tuesday. However, the latest stimulus package and with the vaccine distribution underway, and a very strong demand for homeownership still prevalent, robust growth is forthcoming for 2021.”. Still, the outlook for housing remains bright for 2021.

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