Lack of Credit Extension by June 30th Would Dash Hopes of Home Buyers in All 50 States
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Up to 180,000 home buyers will lose their tax credit through no fault of their own ... Read More
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Nat'l Association of Realtors, Guest News Contributor
The core purpose of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® is to help its members become more profitable and successful.
The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® strives to be the collective force influencing and shaping the real estate industry. It seeks to be the leading advocate of the right to own, use, and transfer real property; the acknowledged leader in developing standards for efficient, effective, and ethical real estate business practices; and valued by highly skilled real estate professionals and viewed by them as crucial to their success.
Working on behalf of America's property owners, the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® provides a facility for professional development, research and exchange of information among its members and to the public and government for the purpose of preserving the free enterprise system, and the right to own, use, and transfer real property.
To learn more about NAR, visit: www.Realtor.org
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NAR Reports Existing-Home Sales Rise on Home Buyer Tax Credit and Favorable Market Conditions
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Buyers responding to the homebuyer tax credit and favorable affordability conditions boosted existing-home sales in March, marking the beginning of an expected spring surge, according to the National Association of Realtors. Read More
Pending Home Sales Show Healthy Gain, Hint at Spring Surge
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Pending home sales rose in February, potentially signaling a second surge of home sales in response to the home buyer tax credit, according to the National Association of Realtors. Read More
NAR Reports Vacation-Home Sales Up in 2009, Investment Sales Fall Sharply
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Vacation-home sales recovered in 2009 while investment sales fell sharply, according to the National Association of Realtors. NAR's 2010 Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey, covering existing- and new-home transactions in 2009, ... Read More
New Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Structures Should Ensure Availability of Mortgage Capital and Protect Taxpayer Dollars, Says NAR
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should be restructured as government-chartered, non-shareholder owned authorities, ... Read More
NAR Reports February Existing-Home Sales Ease, Mixed Market Conditions
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Existing-home sales declined slightly in February, with modest gains in the Northeast and Midwest offset by softer sales in the South and West, according to the National Association of Realtors. Read More
Pending Home Sales Down; Severe Weather Impacting Market
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Pending home sales are down and additional declines are expected from abnormal weather conditions, according to the National Association of Realtors. The Pending Home Sales Index, ... Read More
Existing-Home Sales Down in January but Higher than a Year Ago; Prices Steady
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Existing-home sales fell in January but are above year-ago levels, according to the National Association of Realtors. Existing-home sales - including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops ... Read More
NAR Reports No Meaningful Recovery in Commercial Real Estate Before 2011
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Although the economy has been growing lately, fallout from the recent recession continued to negatively impact commercial real estate sectors in the fourth quarter, but there is hope for some improvement next year, according to the National Association of Realtors. Read More
Fourth Quarter Existing-Home Sales Surge in Most States, Says NAR
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Strong gains in existing-home sales were the predominant pattern in most states during the fourth quarter, with many more metro areas seeing prices rise from a year earlier, Read More
Pending Home Sales Stabilize, Remain Above Year-Ago Levels
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Pending home sales have leveled from a market swing driven by response to the home buyer tax credit, according to the National Association of Realtors. The Pending Home Sales Index, ... Read More
Realtors Partner with National Community Stabilization Trust to Revitalized Foreclosure Wracked Neighborhoods
Vicki Cox Golder (WASHINGTON, DC) -- The National Association of Realtors has joined forces with the National Community Stabilization Trust to help rebuild American communities devastated by the foreclosure crisis.The collaboration will bring Realtors and the more than 1,400 state... Read More
December Existing-Home Sales Down but Prices Rise; 2009 Sales Up
Lawrence Yun (WASHINGTON, DC) -- After a rising surge from September through November, existing-home sales fell as expected in December after first-time buyers rushed to complete sales before the original November deadline for the tax credit. However, prices rose from... Read More
Pending Home Sales Down from Surge but Higher than a Year Ago
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- Contract activity for pending home sales fell after a surge of activity in preceding months to beat the original deadline for the first-time home buyer tax credit but remains comfortably above a year ago, ... Read More
Home Buyers Rely on FHA Loans
Vicki Cox Golder (WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- According to the most recent Realtors Confidence Index, 39 percent of recent buyers purchased a home with a Federal Housing Administration-insured loan. Realtors who took part in the November survey also reported that the... Read More
Another Big Gain in Existing-Home Sales as Buyers Respond to Tax Credit
(WASHINGTON, D.C) -- Existing-home sales rose again in November as first-time buyers rushed to close sales before the original November 30 deadline for the recently extended and expanded tax credit, ... Read More
FHA Mortgage Insurance Program Important to Housing Market and Recovery, Says NAR
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- The Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance program is a critical part of the American housing fabric and has never been more important than it is in today's market, NAR President Vicki Cox Golder told a congressional panel... Read More
Nine Consecutive Gains for Pending Home Sales
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- Pending home sales have risen for nine months in a row, a first for the series of the index since its inception in 2001, according to the National Association of Realtors. Read More
NAR Installs 2010 Officers
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- Vicki Cox Golder, a Realtor from Tucson, Ariz., was installed this month as 2010 president of the National Association of Realtors at the association's Board of Directors meeting during the Realtors recent Conference & Expo in San... Read More
NAR Reports Existing-Home Sales Record Another Big Gain, Inventories Continue to Shrink
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- Driven by the first-time buyer tax credit, existing-home sales showed another big gain in October with a strong uptrend established over the past seven months, ... Read More
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