When choosing Realtors for your home purchase, you want someone who will be concerned about and will take care of your interests. You want someone who demonstrates ready knowledge of homes in the area available for sale. This ready knowledge demonstrates they have actually previewed and or are familiar with other homes and don’t just sit around waiting for […]

U.S. policy toward natural catastrophe risk is largely reactive and a comprehensive, forward-looking national natural disaster policy is needed, the National Association of Realtors® said in testimony to two House panels today.
Charles McMillan, immediate past president of NAR, told Congress that it must improve affordability of property insurance for natural disasters.
“NAR, as the leading advocate […]

The National Association of Realtors® urged Congress and the administration to move cautiously before making changes to the Federal Housing Administration program that has served the needs of millions of American families for more than 75 years without needing a federal appropriation.
FHA remains financially strong because it has taken steps to ensure solid underwriting standards […]

What is staging, anyway? Staging is the process of enhancing the impression a prospective buyer has about your home. Staging is all about removing things from your home that make it look smaller, drab or dated. It differs from decorating because decorating involves bringing things into the home to enhance the look of it.
The key […]

Pending home sales are down and additional declines are expected from abnormal weather conditions, according to the National Association of Realtors®.
The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contracts signed in January, fell 7.6 percent to 90.4 from an upwardly revised 97.8 in December, but remains 12.3 percent higher than January 2009 when […]