Realtors will be required to complete two hours of training every three years beginning in 2025. 

Agent commissions of the future could look much different than they do today, as a Department of Justice investigation into the issue of decoupling buyer and broker commissions continues, class-action lawsuits are advancing and associations and MLSs are adjusting their policies.

The ongoing commission battle has one report calling for changes the NAR says could freeze many out of the homebuying process.

Miami-Dade County broke its record for the most annual home sales in only 10 months as October transactions surged year-over-year, according to a report by the MIAMI Association of Realtors (MIAMI) and the Multiple Listing Service (MLS).

As of Sept. 30, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) had collected $229.6 in dues from its 1.542 million members, according to a RealTrends report.

Florida’s housing market continues to report rising median prices, more cash sales and tight inventory, according to the latest housing data from Florida Realtors. 

Despite low inventory, real estate transactions showed substantial gains in the third quarter compared to the same period in 2019.

Sales to foreign buyers in South Florida were strong in 2021, despite the year’s global COVID-19 travel bans. The Miami mega-region outperformed Florida and the nation in international sales, according to the latest Profile of International Home Buyers by

Atlanta’s Rodney Mason, who serves as vice president of mortgage lending with Guaranteed Rate, was named treasurer of the nonprofit, while Anita Blue, who works as an agent and credit restoration consultant at Cap Tex Realty, was named national vice president.

At 37 years old, the new president will be the second-youngest leader of the national nonprofit trade organization, which works to improve the homeownership rate in the Asian-American Pacific Islander community.

Eighty percent of millennials and 73% of all respondents to a recent eXp survey believe owning a home is more important now due to COVID-19.

The program requires proof of identity and financial information. Landlords are advised to work with tenants to secure the required information.

International buyers purchased 107,000 residential properties from April 2020 through March 2021, marking a 31% decline from the 154,000 residences bought the previous year.

The COVID pandemic has caused a shakeup in where, and how, many people work. That has helped propel a thriving housing market.

It’s a seller’s market with single-family home sales, statewide in April, closing 33,264 homes and condo-townhouse sales totaling 17,330. Those year-over-year increases were 55.4% for single-family homes and 130.9% for condos.

Existing-home sales slid for the third month in a row in April, declining 2.7% from March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.85 million, according to the National Association of Realtors.