Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In some states, the door has been open for many years to real estate agents who want to access their local MLS without being a Realtor. This is the exact move that the Phoenix Association of Realtors (PAR) and the Austin Board of Realtors (ABoR) made recently.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Plaintiffs Douglas Hardy, Glenn Champion and Dylan Tent on Thursday filed an amended complaint in their antitrust suit against the National Association of Realtors (NAR) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

With Q4 in full swing, many realtors are seeing buyers and sellers paralyzed by high interest rates and stagnant inventories. Sean Shallis, a “Recovering Realtor” and top-producing loan officer , is offering strategies to help realtors break through this stagnation by leveraging micro-market shifts to create urgency and inspire action.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Some Realtors mentioned how they only had time to pack a bag. Velt follows up with a question on Realtors outside the area targeting the Palisades after the wildfires. Are you getting a lot of calls from Realtors in other areas? This conversation has been edited for length and clarity. O’Connor: It was similar.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

In this weeks episode of the RealTrending podcast, host Tracey Velt sits down with Ohio Realtors President Michelle Billings , an agent at Coldwell Banker Realty in Montgomery, Ohio. They explored affordability issues in today’s real estate market and how agents should leverage their knowledge for success.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The Phoenix Association of Realtors (PAR) has blinked first in its game of chicken with the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The groups announced Thursday that theyve come to an agreement that will pare down PARs membership option to agents who are not Realtors, bringing PAR into compliance with NARs bylaws.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2025

In a footnote on the seventh page of the filing, the DOJ decided to offer some clarity on its current feelings about the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP). Implemented in May 2020, under CCP, listing agents have 24 hours from when they begin marketing a property to list it on their local MLS.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

For years, the real estate industry has been caught up in battles over commissions, lead generation, and who controls access to listings. Now, as brokerages experiment with private listing networks (PLNs) and MLS s push back, another fight has emergedwho should control where and how listings are shared.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The Alabama Association of Realtors (AAR) is asking the National Association of Realtors (NAR) to provide greater flexibility by allowing members to decide which levels of Realtor associations they would like to join. Currently, licensed Realtors in Alabama must join their local, state and national Realtor associations.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The legal woes continue for the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Additionally, the suit claims that NAR’s membership structure — which requires agents to join NAR in order to gain access to a Realtor-affiliated MLS — violate federal antitrust laws.

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Inman

MARCH 19, 2025

Former Las Vegas Realtors CEO Wendy DiVecchio claims her suspension and a subsequent probe into last year's Realtor elections lacked transparency. After she sued, she received a death threat.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2025

I had just landed in Mexico when my phone started blowing up. A client needed to see a house and of course they needed to see it immediately. Another agent was asking for an open house on the condo for the 3rd weekend in a row. A title company had a question about closing documents.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

After previously taking issue with some of the forms generated as a result of the terms of the National Association of Realtors ’ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement , University of Buffalo law professor Tanya Monestier is now objecting to NAR’s settlement. In a document filed on Monday in U.S. And I am confused.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Jessica Lautz, deputy chief economist and vice president of research at the National Association of Realtors and upcoming speaker at the Housing Economic Summit, sat down with HousingWires Senior Director of Events Brena Nath to answer a few questions on what she thinks is to come for real estate in 2025.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

After pushing back against an antitrust lawsuit filed against it in Michigan , the National Association of Realtors (NAR) has shifted its focus to a similar suit filed against the trade group in Pennsylvania.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

After a monumental year of change, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) is looking to the past to find inspiration for the future. The entity that would eventually become NAR began in 1907, when a group of seven local boards of Realtors in the Midwest came together to discuss common issues. We’ll be leaner in how we operate.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2025

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) and several other defendants are making another attempt at having the Hardy antitrust lawsuit dismissed. Plaintiffs take issue with being Realtors, including as members of Realcomps alleged shareholder associations, the motion states.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

A new report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) surveyed buyers and sellers on what they want from their real estate agents. And for all talk about getting a good deal on a purchase or sale, people still just want to find the right home and have a smooth process.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

million, according to data released Wednesday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) On a year-over-year basis, existing-home sales were down 3.5% After falling 2.5% from July to August , sales again trended down last month, dropping 1% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.84 in September. from August and down 6.1%

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

According to a new survey from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), in 2024, Realtors indicated that their recent clients choose to move to a certain area mostly to acquire more home for the money (21%), and to be closer to family and friends (30%). While the U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Community Aid and Real Estate (CARE) Report published in May, nearly 70% of all NAR members reported that they volunteered at least eight hours a month in 2023. Nobody understands a local community like a Realtor, Brown said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

In a news release, Compass CEO Robert Reffkin appeared to openly taunt the National Association of Realtors (NAR), whose CCP rulerequires a Realtor to put a home for sale on the local NAR-affiliated multiple listing service (MLS) within a day of marketing a listing.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

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. Although 66% of buyers with agents in 2024 had their commissions covered by sellers, this is no longer required.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Some real estate brokers have found their path blocked as they try to navigate the membership agreements mandated by NAR and their local Realtor associations to gain access to MLS listings. NARs three-way membership agreement requires Realtors to join associations at the local, state and national levels.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

Compass and its CEO, Robert Reffkin, have not been shy when it comes to voicing their displeasure over the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP). And at the MLS used by the San Francisco Association of Realtors , agents can designate listings as Coming Soon.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

The Department of Justice ( DOJ ) raised some eyebrows when it hinted that buyer representation agreements, if used as mandated in the National Association of Realtors (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement, may be a source of future antitrust litigation based on its statement of interest in the Sitzer/Burnett suit.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

According to data released Wednesday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), pending home sales in September jumped 7.4% Lower mortgage rates in September had a measurable impact on home sales. compared to August and 2.6% year over year. NAR’s index reading of 75.8 is the highest number since March.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The defendants initially named in the suit include Arizona Association of Realtors , Phoenix Association of Realtors , Scottsdale Area Association of Realtors , and West and Southeast Realtors of the Valley Incorporated. and Tierra Antigua Realty.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Originators should understand that DSCR and non-QM loans allow them to differentiate themselves and strengthen Realtor relationships in today’s challenging market. Helping Realtors close more transactions is invaluable. It will lead to more referrals for Realtors and for you.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

The debate surrounding the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Clear Cooperation Policy is raging on. I think that a prudent Realtor would have an actual conversation where they discuss the benefits and burdens of being on the MLS, Bregman said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

(Image generated by AI in Midjourney) It has been nearly two months since the nationwide implementation of the business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors’ commission lawsuit settlement agreement. Brokers and industry leaders say things are still a little chaotic, but they aren’t nearly as bad as some feared.

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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

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Joining and engaging with groups of fellow Realtors on Facebook should be a key tool in every agent’s toolbox. Many Realtors are using Canva to cut their marketing budgets in half. Join Realtor Networking & Social Media Tips 4. 188,000+ Realtors can’t be wrong! Join Canva Made Easy 3. Join Lab Coat Agents Referrals 9.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that existing-home sales in November rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.15 The housing industry is getting an early Christmas gift. million, a 4.8% increase over the revised October number and a 6.1% increase year over year.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) and News Corp., along with several of its subsidiaries such as Move , Realtors Information Network and OpCity , are looking to have the Bandy fraud suit dismissed. and Realtors Information Network, Inc., Filed in U.S. the filing states.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

For Nykia Wright , CEO of the National Association of Realtors , 2025 is going to be all about turning NAR into a trade association for the future while rebuilding relationships with members. In addition to these suits, the Alabama Association of Realtors sent a letter to NAR asking it to end the three-way agreement.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has spent much of the past few years having its dirty laundry aired across public domain and in courtrooms. Some Realtors question what they get out of their NAR memberships, but rules imposed by NAR and affiliates at the state and local levels force them to be members.

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