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NAR in 2025: staff shakeups, risk reduction and policy moves

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In 2025, NAR focused on policies, listening and responding to members’ concerns. Here’s how the organization and its leaders navigated an industry in turmoil. Continue reading →

Watchdog: Agents earn too little. Consumers pay too much

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In an Inman op-ed, Stephen Brobeck, senior fellow at the Consumer Policy Center, responds to Cara Ameer’s recent critique of the CPC’s report on post-settlement changes impacting homebuyers. Continue reading →

Zillow stalemate with Chicago’s MLS looks like it’s coming to a head

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In a weekend email to its members, Chicago’s MRED MLS warned that Zillow had been contacting subscribers to say there may be “disruptions” starting in the new year. Continue reading →

Many agents contemplate leaving NAR if their MLS lifts policy: Intel

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While most would stay, the share of real estate agents who say they would toss their Realtor membership if allowed is not small. Here’s how some brokerages are planning to respond, and what arguments agents might find convincing, according to Intel’s l… Continue reading →

The transparency crisis no one wants to talk about

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Referral fees are just the starting point for a larger conversation real estate professionals need to have about transparency, Cara Ameer writes. Continue reading →

EXp CEO Leo Pareja: We aren’t waiting for NAR on referrals

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EXp rolled out updated referral disclosure forms on Monday. “Are we waiting for some third-party body that we’re members of to have our back? As we learned, I’d rather be safe than sorry,” Pareja said. Continue reading →

California Association of Realtors leans into referral fee transparency

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CAR issued a statement broadly in support of referral fee disclosure just days after NAR voted against expanding disclosure requirements. Continue reading →

Ex-CEO charged with grand theft; local Realtor association left ‘all but broke’

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The former head of East Polk Association of Realtors, Jennifer Garula-Mers, has been charged with stealing more than $81,000 from the group. Continue reading →

NAR’s new consumer profile shows agents how to thrive in 2026

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Even seasoned agents may be scratching their heads when analyzing NAR’s latest consumer profile data, writes contributor Bernice Ross, who highlights the data agents need to pull 2026 into focus. Continue reading →

NAR NXT: The Download on last week’s trends, tensions, takeaways

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ICYMI, get caught up on all of the moves made last week at NAR’s flagship event, NAR NXT, including changes to the rules and organizational leadership. Continue reading →