Above, Nelson Zide in front of the NAR donor wall. The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) has honored longtime Framingham Realtor®, author and national speaker, Nelson Zide, for assisting the Realtors’® Relief Foundation (RRF). The RRF is the philanthropic arm of NAR. Formed in the aftermath of 9/11, its mission is to provide “housing-related assistance…
A just-released report from the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) details what has become almost the norm within the residential real estate industry—that technology is being utilized by agents primarily to get time back and to give clients a better experience. According to the annual survey, 81% of agents said saving time is their primary…
The National Association of Realtors® announced it has won Meta’s 2026 Agency Award for Best Use of Automation for the innovative use of AI-powered audience technology to connect more effectively with prospective first-time homebuyers. The Meta Agency Awards recognize agencies and advertisers that use Meta’s advertising solutions in innovative ways to produce measurable business results,…
The early-fall housing market shows signs of muted behavior, as pending home sales increased slightly from last month, but are overall down on an annual basis, according to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). NAR’s Pending Home Sales report for August shows that sales grew by 0.3% month-over-month, but they also decreased by 4.7% compared…
What is a “private” listing? Short answer, not everyone agrees. Cooperation—that is, brokers sharing their listings with all other real estate professionals in order to facilitate a sale—has long been the default practice in residential real estate. The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) traces the first precursor to a “multiple listing service,” or MLS, back…
Existing-home sales fell at a faster rate in the latest report by the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) on Thursday. For August, existing-home sales decreased by 2% on a month-over-month basis and at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.98 million. This marks the third consecutive month of declining sales, as July reported a decrease…
Another broker lawsuit targeting MLS access rules and the National Association of Realtors®’ (NAR) “three-way agreement” was dismissed by an appellate court on Sept. 9, as challenges to these long-standing policies and structures have so far failed to advance in courthouses across the country. Lou Eytalis, a Texas broker who decried membership feeds and restrictions…
The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) released the 2026 Community Aid and Real Estate (CARE) report, highlighting the monetary and volunteer contributions of NAR members, broker/owners, association and MLS staff. The report found that 64% of Realtors® volunteer in their communities every month, and 84% made charitable donations over the past year. “Realtors® and their…
An appellate court today denied multiple appeals that had sought to overturn the National Association of Realtors®’ (NAR) 2024 settlement agreement, putting a legal period on the end of the seven-year long commission lawsuit saga that upended real estate practices and undermined NAR’s standing in the industry. A panel of three judges for the Eighth…
National Association of Realtors® (NAR) has announced the launch of its Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Demand Index, a quarterly index designed to measure the economic drivers of commercial real estate demand across more than 300 U.S. metropolitan areas. According to a release, the CRE Demand Index combines publicly available government data to produce demand scores…
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