|
|
|
| A REALTOR® Rally Odyssey |
| Wed, 16 May 2012 13:11:20 +0000 |
| More than 10,000 REALTORS® are expected to descend on the National Mall in our nation’s capital tomorrow morning for the Rally to Protect the American Dream, and not all of them are attending the NAR Midyear Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo. In fact, a bus left from Bismarck, N.D., yesterday morning to bring a handful [...] |
|
|
| Can’t Make Rally on Thursday? Attend Virtually |
| Mon, 14 May 2012 13:51:18 +0000 |
| About 13,000 REALTORS® are expected to be at the Washington Monument on Thursday, May 17, for the Rally to Protect the American Dream. If you can’t be one of them, you can participate virtually—and we hope you do. Participating in the virtual rally is easy and should be fun, too. But more than that, it’s [...] |
|
|
| Flood Insurance: Don’t Give Lenders One More Reason to Say ‘No’ |
| Thu, 10 May 2012 14:26:20 +0000 |
| NAR President Moe Veissi told a panel of U.S. senators yesterday that the last thing the housing market needs right now is another reason for lenders to decline your client’s mortgage loan application. “Tight lending standards remain a problem,” he told the members of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee subcommittee on economic policy, “and we [...] |
|
|
| Court Side: Withdrawal of Fair Housing Case Leaves Disparate Impact Issue in the Air |
| Wed, 09 May 2012 17:29:04 +0000 |
| In April, the magazine hosted a webinar with two NAR attorneys—Ralph Holmen and Finley Maxson—in which we examined six cases and their potential impact on your business. Last week, I wrote a post on the RESPA case, Freeman v. Quicken Loans. Here’s a look at the Fair Housing case that we discussed. Remember: If you [...] |
|
|
| REALTORS® Ease Closing Cost Woes in N.Y. |
| Tue, 08 May 2012 18:15:27 +0000 |
| Closing costs in New York state are high, so you can imagine that coming up with the money for first-time buyers is a challenge. That was a problem the New York State Association of REALTORS® identified several years ago, and it took steps to do something about it by creating the NYSAR Foundation and its [...] |
|
|
| Using Home Ownership Matters Resources to Boost Your Business |
| Tue, 08 May 2012 13:47:18 +0000 |
| You’ve been hearing a lot about NAR’s Home Ownership Matters campaign over the last year and a half. It’s all about letting lawmakers and policymakers in Washington know that home ownership is a bedrock value of our country and any reforms to stop problems like the toxic loan practices that upended the market four years [...] |
|
|
| Will Regulators Make the QRM Mistake All Over Again? |
| Tue, 01 May 2012 18:26:37 +0000 |
| It’s the QM rule’s turn in the spotlight, and so far a federal proposal raises concerns If you’re applying for a loan, what determines whether or not you can repay that loan? That’s what a federal regulator is trying to determine right now, and based on a proposed rule they’ve written, they’re thinking about setting [...] |
|
|
| Court Side: Supreme Court Should Settle Contentious RESPA Issue |
| Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:44:06 +0000 |
| Earlier this month, the magazine hosted a webinar with two NAR attorneys—Ralph Holmen and Finley Maxson—in which we examined six cases (including one still pending) and their potential impact on your business. Some of you have said you’d like to see a written summary rather than listen to the 60-minute session. Fair enough! Because the [...] |
|
|
| At the Bottom, but Maybe Not for Long |
| Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:59:26 +0000 |
| The Wall Street Journal today says the housing market nationally is bottoming out, the essential first step before it can start rising again. But the Journal is a little pessimistic that the upward bounce is coming any time soon. It says the market could drag along the bottom for a while, thanks in part to [...] |
|
|
| An Artful Open House |
| Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:59:57 +0000 |
| Bender’s own artwork will be on display at his open house in Philadelphia By Wendy Cole, Managing Editor, REALTOR® Magazine Is it an art show or an open house? Brett Bender, a sales associate with Prudential Fox and Roach in Philadelphia, has decided that his listing for a 4,000 sq ft. single-family home in the City of Brotherly Love [...] |
|
