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As Congress pursues comprehensive tax reform it should focus on doing no harm to housing and America’s 75 million homeowners by maintaining current tax laws for homeownership and real estate investment, the National Association of REALTORS® said in a recent testimony. NAR President Gary Thomas testified before the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee concerning Federal tax provisions that affect residential real estate.

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) commends the bipartisan Senate sponsors of legislation to advance comprehensive immigration reform and called on lawmakers to improve the guest worker provisions

Sales of newly built, single-family homes rose 1.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 417,000 units in March, according to newly released figures from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau. “This is the second-best sales number we’ve seen since early 2010, and a good sign of the continued, gradual headway that our industry is making toward recovery as more buyers jump off the fence in time to take advantage of today’s low interest rates and prices,” said Rick Judson, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder from Charlotte, N.C. “The latest sales report is right in line with our forecast for continued, modest increases in home prices and sales through 2013,” said NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe. “At this point, we are about half-way back to what would be considered a ‘normal’ level of sales activity

First comes love, then comes…mortgage? Times are changing, and a new study from Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC uncovered that about one in four married couples between the ages of 18 to 34 purchased their first home together

Next month REALTORS® will gather together in Washington, D.C., at the National Association of Realtors® Midyear Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo, May 13-18, to address critical housing issues with their members of Congress.

ERA Real Estate, a leading global real estate franchisor, has recognized the first members of its newly established Hall of Fame. The most recent addition to the ERA® Awards and Recognition program, the ERA Real Estate Hall of Fame consists of companies and individuals who have consistently earned high levels ...

Coldwell Banker Platinum Partners gathered for what it called a very special brunch meeting on April 10rd, 2013 at the Crosswinds Golf Club. This particular occasion was held to recognize the Company and its Agent’s 2012 accomplishments. The Award Meeting opened with a delicious brunch and mingling with co-workers and ...

Prudential Network Realty’s Avondale office, located in Jacksonville’s charming historic neighborhood, was recently named the No. 1 Prudential real estate office in the Southern U.S., the company has announced. ...

NAR PULSE—Victor O. Schinnerer, a REALTOR Benefits® Program partner, has expanded their errors & omissions policy with additional coverage enhancements for REALTORS®.

Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC recently announced the launch of branded websites for the golf and ski specialty markets. ...

Cartus Corporation, a leading provider of global relocation services, today announced a suite of new enhancements to its CartusMobileSM app used by transferring employees and their companies in 87 countries. ...

It’s 8:00 a.m. in a Ritz-Carlton meeting room in downtown Chicago as a baker’s dozen of real estate brokers representing $90 billion in annual home sales gather at the thrice-yearly board of directors meeting for the company they own and operate. This is arguably the single most powerful group of leaders in the industry. Yet curiously, the company that they collectively oversee and that has flourished over its 16-year history is often overlooked by real estate pundits and trend-spotters. That company is Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®,

Existing-home sales eased in March from inventory constraints, which continued to pressure home prices, according to the National Association of REALTORS®. Total existing-home sales, which are completed transactions

(MCT)—If you haven’t swooned over Dr. Joe Gannon of “Medical Center” then you haven’t lived...through the early 1970s, that is. The estate of actor Chad Everett, whose name became synonymous with the dashing doctor,

Realogy Holdings Corp., a global leader in real estate franchising and provider of real estate brokerage, relocation and settlement services, recently announced that it will host the inaugural Realogy FWD Innovation Summit, on Tuesday, June 18 at Realogy's new, state-of-the-art headquarters building in Madison, N.J. The Realogy FWD Innovation Summit ...