News & Commentary: Feature Articles
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01/01/2009
Within hours of an announcement from the company ForSaleByOwner.com that said FSBOs could now list side-by-side with brokers on REALTOR.com, REALTORS® expressed their fury in hundreds of blog posts and letters.
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01/01/2009
Charles McMillan has done nothing short of make history. Not just because he's the first African American president of the country's largest trade association—a milestone he downplays—but also because he's leading NAR into fresh territory in 2009, overseeing new initiatives to strengthen REALTORS®' bond with consumers and bring the housing market out of turmoil.
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12/01/2008
With the election of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) as president of the United States and gains by Democrats in U.S. House and Senate races, one big question is likely to be on many real estate practitioners’ minds: How will the housing industry’s top legislative goals be affected?
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11/01/2008
The federal government came to the rescue of Wall Street financial services companies in early October with the country's largest ever private-sector rescue. But will the Wall Street firms use those funds to open up bank lending to home buyers?
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11/01/2008
When you combine the $7,500 home ownership tax credit that the federal government created earlier this year with today’s low interest rates, wide selection of for-sale inventory, and affordable home prices, many of the pieces are in place for your customers to buy now. But tax credits can be confusing. To help your clients understand how the credit works and why it would help them, you must learn the details.
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10/01/2008
Whether they were cheering for Sen. Barack Obama in Denver or for Sen. John McCain in St. Paul, Minn., REALTORS® were a force at the Democratic and Republican national conventions this fall.
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10/01/2008
Every full conference registration includes nonticketed conference programs, the expo, EVERY REALTORS® Celebrity Concert, and REALTORS® night out. Here are the highlights.
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10/01/2008
The 2008 Entrepreneurial Excellence speakers are bound to be as enlightening as they are entertaining. Here, Joe Theismann of NFL fame shares some of his wisdom in advance of the conference.
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10/01/2008
Each year NAR invites big-name speakers to motivate and enlighten conference attendees. Here's a preview of what Web marketing guru David Meerman Scott will share in Orlando.
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10/01/2008
Each year NAR invites big-name speakers to motivate and enlighten conference attendees. Here's a preview of what creative thinker Daniel Pink will share in Orlando.
