NAR leaders urge ‘respect’ ahead of contentious Trump expo visit

Trump is set to speak Friday at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel at the annual Realtors Legislative Meetings and Trade Expo, which has drawn more than 9,000 Realtors. Continue reading

Price growth in the nation’s metros continues to slow

The median existing single-family home price in the country’s metro areas rose 3.9 percent year-over-year in the first quarter of 2019, according to NAR. Continue reading

Voice-activated home search available through GSAR

Greater Syracuse Association of Realtors partners with VoiceterPro to provide home shoppers with voice search in central New York. Continue reading

President Donald Trump to speak at NAR conference Friday

President Donald Trump will speak at the National Association of Realtors annual legislative meetings and expo on Friday, the association confirmed. Continue reading

Realtor group sends cease and desist over CoreLogic data breach

The Austin Board of Realtors is demanding that the Travis Central Appraisal District stop using and destroy any multiple listing service data it may have obtained from CoreLogic. Continue reading

My Florida Regional MLS rebrands as Stellar, seeks to buck the norm

The third largest MLS in the nation, which is also the largest MLS in Florida at 58,000 subscribers, will relaunch under the new name on June 4. Continue reading

CoreLogic accused of inappropriately selling MLS data

The Austin Board of Realtors (ABOR) is accusing CoreLogic, the vendor of its multiple listing service (MLS) of selling home sold data to Travis Central Appraisal District, a county-level home appraisal organization.  Continue reading

New York Stock Exchange owner set to buy property database

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), is set to drop $335 million to acquire Simplifile, a provider of property record databases for county recorder offices. Continue reading

NAR fights back as buyer broker commission lawsuits pile up

An ever-increasing number of law firms are lining up to attack the real estate industry practice of sharing sales commissions between listing agents and buyer’s agents, but the National Association of Realtors is fighting back. Continue reading