Life after an agent team: The good, the bad and the ugly

Now an agent at Warburg Realty, Allison Chiaramonte said she joined a top-producing team at a big brokerage but two years later felt ready to build her own brand. Continue reading

Top agents will quadruple their peers in digital marketing spend

Top luxe agents plan to spend four to five times more on digital marketing in 2020 than their less productive peers, according to an internal study of more than 1,000 real estate agents, said the Luxury Presence CEO Malte Kramer at Inman Connect New York. Continue reading

NAR aims to shake off ‘greedy Realtor’ image with new vision

NAR’s Strategic Thinking Advisory Committee came up with new statements in collaboration with Havas, the same ad agency responsible for the “That’s Who We R” campaign. Continue reading

NAR votes on ethics training, ‘free’ agents and a new $6M nonprofit

The National Association of Realtors’ board of directors approved a slew of new policies Monday, including rules that will require agents complete ethics training less frequently. Continue reading

NAR board overwhelmingly approves pocket listing policy

In a 729-70 vote, the trade group’s 800-member board on Monday morning voted to approve the Clear Cooperation Policy. Continue reading

National Association of Realtors may require less ethics training

The trade organization is mulling a policy change that would require its 1.3 million members to complete code of ethics training every three years instead of every two years. Continue reading

Staffers to NAR: Protect us from ‘chest-beating’ volunteer leaders

This is “something that has kind of been talked about in the shadows and in the closet for a long time,” one attendee of the Realtors Conference & Expo said Saturday. Continue reading