Pending home sales rose in February, potentially signaling a second surge of home sales in response to the home buyer tax credit, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The Pending Home Sales Index,* a forward-looking indicator based on contracts signed in February, rose 8.2 percent … [Read more...]

Vacation-home sales recovered in 2009 while investment sales fell sharply, according to the National Association of Realtors®. NAR's 2010 Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey, covering existing- and new-home transactions in 2009, shows vacation-home sales rose 7.9 percent to 553,000 last … [Read more...]

As outspoken supporters for fair housing issues and homeownership, Realtors® will join the nation in recognizing "Fair Housing Month" this April. Signed into law in 1968 and amended in 1988, the Fair Housing Act prohibits housing discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, … [Read more...]