NAR’s venture capital fund picks Knock, other startups for REACH program

Second City Ventures, which is an arm of NAR, has chosen Knock and seven other startups to be a part of the 2021 REACH scale-up program. Continue reading

SentriLock officially launches showing platform

SentriKey Showing Service is among the buzziest new showing management platforms in a space that has growing increasingly crowded in recent months. Continue reading

NAR CEO on racial injustice: ‘This is not a new issue’

Bob Goldberg reminded attendees at Inman Connect Now that the current situation is a long-standing one, and equality and fairness in housing is the trade group’s mission. Continue reading

NAR offers Realtors 2 months of free telemedicine services

Telemedicine doctors cannot currently order tests for COVID-19 but can write prescriptions. Continue reading

NAR’s venture capital arm launches UK program

The tech accelerator program from Second Century Ventures is now operating in the US, Canada, Australia and UK. Continue reading

NAR tech accelerator Reach expands to Canada

Shared interests between the U.S. and Canada made it “only natural” to expand Reach there, according to NAR CEO and SCV President Bob Goldberg. Tech startups will be able to apply starting in late May. Continue reading

NAR debuts fair housing plan, meets with HUD

The National Association of Realtors’ new action plan will focus on accountability and training for agents, and comes amid an industry-wide discussion about discrimination. Continue reading

NAR teams up with Columbia College for new agent degree programs

The trade organization will also stop offering masters degrees through its Realtor University program, which first launched in 2012. Continue reading

NAR: ‘What a wonderful house that you have all built’

National Association of Realtors leaders struck a celebratory tone at NAR 360, the trade group’s kick-off event for its annual Realtors Conference & Expo Thursday. Continue reading