by Heather | Feb 12, 2020 | NAR, TSBOR
REALTORS® are urged to be vigilant against a fraudulent phone call surfacing that is purporting to be representing “NAR health insurance.” The phone calls and text messages do not originate at the National Association of REALTORS®, the association warned in a message...
by Heather | Feb 3, 2020 | Legal, NAR, TSBOR
A new scam is circulating in which tricksters pose as real estate agents and other trusted professionals, asking for financial “favors” from unsuspecting victims. In one example of the scheme, a scammer may pretend to be a real estate practitioner asking his or her...
by Heather | Jan 23, 2020 | C.A.R., NAR, TSBOR, TSMLS
With the calendar now officially flipped to 2020, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Housing Administration are now backing larger mortgages than they were just a few days ago. That’s because the 2020 loan limits for each of those...
by Heather | Jan 21, 2020 | NAR
JANUARY 9, 2020 REALTOR PARTY NEWS The 2020 NAR Leadership Team with HUD Secretary Ben Carson On January 8th members of NAR’s Leadership Team, met with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, HUD’s Assistant...
by Heather | Dec 26, 2019 | Legal, NAR, TSBOR
Last week, more than 500 REALTOR® Party leaders gathered in Austin, Texas, for the 2020 REALTOR® Party Training Conference. This conference was special for a number of reasons. While it was a great opportunity to connect and network, this annual conference is also an...
by Heather | Dec 18, 2019 | C.A.R., NAR, TSBOR, TSMLS
At its first-ever Real Estate Forecast Summit on Wednesday, the National Association of REALTORS® released a consensus forecast from 14 leading economists in the housing and finance industries, projecting continued but slowing growth in 2020....