NAR partners with Arcadia Publishing for agent marketing
The National Association of Realtors is partnering with Arcadia Publishing under NAR’s “Realtor Benefits” program, according to an announcement on Tuesday. Through this partnership, NAR said that brokers can receive a free, fully branded brokerage promotional publication. According to the release, Arcadia Publishing will work with brokerages to create a fully branded “guide to buying […]
Homebuilders pull back as demand cools
New home sales fell for the second consecutive month in July, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Census Bureau. Sales of new single-family homes in June were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 511,000, down 12.6% from June and down 19.6% compared to a year ago. […]
Opinion: Why are teams so valuable?
In part one of this article, I discussed the future of teams in real estate brokerage. In this part, I discuss what brokers must know about the value of the teams at their brokerage so that they can serve them appropriately. Teams are agile and adaptable. The agility the team approach offers is undeniable. In […]
Opinion: Adaptive use strategy for our nation’s heroes and low-income families
If you are not already, I urge all my real estate peers to consider becoming a property investor. I started investing in real estate when I was 18 years old. I took my graduation party money and invested in my first duplex. For the last 20 years, real estate investing has been a lucrative and […]
Why the Trump Dump of Documents from Mar-a-Lago Matters Bigly
This story starts with a big “IF.” It is IF the reports this week about the documents harvested from Trump’s resort mansion, Mar-a-Lago, are accurate about the documents recovered, then the former president is guilty of a truly massive crime or, in the very least, gross negligence of the highest order. However, we have to […]
The new home sales recession continues
Tuesday’s new home sales report missed expectations and had negative revisions, which isn’t surprising given this sector of our economy simply can’t handle higher mortgage rates. The housing market is in a recession, something that the homebuilders and the National Association of Realtors now agree with me on, as this recent CNBC clip shows. This […]
FHFA announces new advisory housing committee
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on Tuesday announced its plan to establish a federal advisory committee on affordable, equitable, and sustainable housing. The committee will offer advice and input on affordable, equitable, and sustainable housing needs and regulatory or policy changes that might be needed, the FHFA said in a statement. “The formation […]
How is the industry adapting to desktop appraisals?
Desktop appraisals became a permanent option for certain loans earlier this year. HousingWire recently spoke with Kenon Chen, Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Clear Capital, about desktop appraisal adoption and appraisal modernization. HousingWire: Desktop appraisals became a permanent option for certain loans in March 2022. How willing are appraisers to adopt desktop and […]
Trust in Public Education is Under Attack—from the Inside
Here’s a simple fact of public education that is seldom, if ever, remarked upon: The vast majority of America’s 3.7 million classroom teachers are government employees. Obvious, you say? Perhaps, but then why have there been so many recent instances of teachers straying beyond their remit, second-guessing parents, and indulging often stridently ideological positions on […]