REALTOR® median net income increased 5 percent from 2017 to 2018 and 67 percent of all REALTORS® were female, an increase from 63 percent last year.
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JoAnne Poole testified before the House Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance as the panel examined racial disparities in American homeownership.
NAR member Paul Yorkis was officially confirmed as a member of the Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee (HCFAC), for a term of three years.
The REACH® program helps launch technology companies into the real estate, financial services, banking, home services and insurance industries.
A wide range of factors contribute to why millennials decide to move to certain areas, remain for an extended period or choose to relocate shortly after their arrival.
According to the report, 59% of respondents found that residential consumers were very or somewhat interested in sustainability. Seven in 10 residential and commercial agents and brokers reported that promoting energy efficiency in listings is either somewhat or very valuable.
NAR applauds Dr. Calabria's confirmation because he has decades of experience in the housing industry, including time spent as an economist at National Association of Realtors®, and he understands the critical importance of the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s prudent management of America’s housing finance system.
Many participants in hearings in the Senate Banking Committee agreed that our housing finance system would benefit from a utility model that can serve the national market and promote stability in the housing market, particularly during times of economic distress.
One in six Gen Xers purchased a multi-generational home, overtaking younger boomers as the generation most likely to do so; with 52 percent of those Gen X buyers indicating that they did so because their adult children have either moved back or never left home.
NAR is disappointed in the decision, is reviewing this ruling to determine its potential nationwide impact, and vows to continue to fight for more affordable, quality health insurance options for its members.