Commercial Real Estate Experts: Moderate Expansion, Easing Prices Expected in 2016

WASHINGTON (February 4, 2016) — Despite various global and domestic hurdles hindering economic growth, steady job gains and stable leasing demand should help keep commercial real estate activity expanding in 2016, according to the authors of an annual report published jointly by Situs Real Estate Research Corporation (RERC), Deloitte and the National Association of Realtors®. […]

Realtors® Applaud House Passage of "Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act"

WASHINGTON (February 2, 2016) — The U.S. House of Representatives voted today to advance legislation that will expand opportunities for homeownership. H.R. 3700, the “Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act,” includes a number of initiatives that have strong support from the National Association of Realtors®, who hailed the vote as important progress for home buyers and […]

Metro Home Prices Accelerate in the Fourth Quarter of 2015

WASHINGTON (February 10, 2016) — A moderating pace of sales had little impact on the trajectory of home prices during the final three months of the year, which picked up speed and showed continued growth in most of the U.S., according to the latest quarterly report by the National Association of Realtors®. The median existing […]

New Ad Campaign Urges Consumers to “Get Realtor®”

WASHINGTON (February 8, 2016) — Buying a home isn’t as easy as clicking a few buttons and magically getting the home of your dreams, as the current real estate advertising landscape leads many to believe. The reality is that real estate transactions can be stressful and there are often challenges and obstacles along the way. To […]

REALTORS® Advocate Homeownership Opportunities for Veterans on Capitol Hill

NAR 2016 Vice President Sherri Meadows with Representative Ryan Costello (R-PA) of the U.S. House Veterans Affairs’ Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. WASHINGTON (February 10, 2016) –… Read More

Existing-Home Sales Inch Forward in January, Price Growth Accelerates

WASHINGTON (February 23, 2016) — Existing-home sales crept forward in January to the highest annual rate in six months, and subpar supply levels propelled price growth to the fastest increase since last April, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The West was the only region to see a decline in sales in January. Total […]

REALTOR® University Receives Accreditation

WASHINGTON (March 7, 2016) – Realtor® University, the only advanced online education institution centered exclusively on real estate, has received accreditation from the Distance Education Accrediting Commission, or DEAC, an organization recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the U.S. Department of Education.  Since its inception in 2011, accreditation has been a top […]

Pending Home Sales Cool Down in January

WASHINGTON (February 29, 2016) — Following the highest average year for the index in nearly a decade1, pending home sales declined to begin 2016 but remained slightly higher than a year ago, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Only the South saw an uptick in contract activity in January. The Pending Home Sales Index,* […]

National Association of Realtors® Team Creates Winning Data Visualization Project for Hackathon

WASHINGTON (March 10, 2016) – The National Association of Realtors®’ Center for Realtor® Technology recently participated in Koding Inc.’s 2016 global virtual hackathon and took second place out of more than a thousand teams. NAR’s CRT staff was part of the ChicagoHacksBig team and participated in the visualization portion of the hackathon. The project used modern […]

NAR Generational Survey: Millennials Increasingly Buying in Suburban Areas

WASHINGTON (March 9, 2016) – A growing share of homebuyers are millennials, and more of them are purchasing single-family homes outside of urban areas, according to the 2016 National Association of Realtors® Home Buyer and Seller Generational Trends study, which evaluates the generational differences1 of recent home buyers and sellers. The survey additionally found that […]