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Treasury expands cash buyer rules beyond luxury real estate

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The U.S. Treasury Department is expanding previous regulations to more U.S. counties and lowering the sales price threshold for reporting. Continue reading →

Existing home sales up in October, ending 6-month slide: NAR

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Existing home sales ended a six-month skid in October, climbing 1.4 percent from September. Despite the monthly gain, sales were still down 5.1 percent year over year. Continue reading →

Is NAR too big to function?

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The National Association of Realtors is taking a hard look at the enormous machinery that determines how the trade group makes decisions. Continue reading →

NAR expects more volatility, regulations over next 5 years

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The National Association of Realtors has a new strategy document to guide it through 2023, and does not expect smooth sailing ahead… Continue reading →

DocuSign and NAR partner to offer products to digital neophytes

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The electronic document company has partnered with the National Association of Realtors to offer use of the software at no charge to agents who have never facilitated a deal by electronic means. Continue reading →

Supreme Court dismisses appeal in real estate search patent case

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The Supreme Court has ruled it would not review a Federal Circuit court decision denying a patent for Real Estate Alliance Ltd.’s real estate search tool. Continue reading →

NAR allows stricter response to Realtor ethics violations

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All five policies passed without any discussion or debate and with an overwhelming majority of the vote of the nearly 800 directors present. Continue reading →

NAR approves updated anti-harassment policy for #MeToo era

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With the #MeToo movement all over the news, NAR has overhauled the behavior policy it expects its nearly 1.4 million members to follow. Continue reading →

Will NAR solicit venture capital funding from 1.3 million Realtors?

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Billions of venture capital dollars are pouring into real estate and the largest real estate trade group in the nation is seeking a bigger slice of the pie. Continue reading →