The NAR Emerging Issues workgroup has developed a policy statement that clears up a misconception about the data that a broker participant contributes to an MLS. It gives brokers the explicit right to get their data back.
CMLS aims to inspire MLSs to review this paper and respond by putting up a page on their website to outline some key areas of information that brokers or their vendors will need to get started on the right path to licensing and utilizing MLS data.
Vince Malta has a lifelong commitment to serving REALTORS® first serving in state leadership for the California Association of REALTORS® and now putting his insights and expertise to work at the federal level for nearly 20 years.
I just love to celebrate those selfless souls that take time out of their busy lives to give back to their local communities. The 2019 REALTOR(R) Good Neighbor Awards celebrate the best of the best in the real estate community.
Little has brought me more personal pride and pleasure than helping pay it back. Or is it paying it forward? There's an incredible feeling you get when you give back to your local community,
NAR has done more for home ownership rights in America than any other group. Now NAR can turn its resources to fixing the largest problem in America today, homelessness.
It looks like NAR is taking its job of telling the REALTOR(R) story to consumers across America very seriously. They just hired a consumer content heavyweight, Alicia Bailey, to help enhance the way the REALTOR® story will get told via video, print, radio, and experiential marketing!
WAV Group believes that Lone Wolf now occupies about 90% of the forms management software market in the United States and Canadian real estate industry.
Zillow is getting sued for being inaccessible to the visually impaired. A lawsuit was filed against Compass too. Are you next?
A battle was waged between MLSs and the National Association of REALTORS® against the Library of Congress, who administers copyright in America.
NAR is doing its part to encourage innovation for commercial real estate by expanding the scope of its investment arm, Second Century Ventures. Love that NAR is broadening its emphasis to sponsor better ways of doing business for Commercial Agents too. If you think your company might be a good fit, don't miss out! Submit your application by March 31st, 2019! Check out the full release below! Second Century Ventures Launches REach® Commercial Accelerator WASHINGTON (February 19, 2019) — Second Century Ventures, the National Association of Realtors®’ strategic investment arm, has launched REach® Commercial, its first commercial real estate technology accelerator. [...]
A tremendous amount of energy and money has been invested into moving consumers from a digital experience into an agent relationship. Consumer research performed by the National Association of REALTORS® regularly indicates that consumers start their process of buying or selling online before connecting with a Realtor®. I do not think anyone denies it.
