Michael Catarevas

“NAR’s decision is a disservice to the industry,” said PAR CEO Andy Fegley. “We are committed to REALTORS® and evolving alongside a changing industry–but NAR has clearly committed to hampering innovation.”

“Agents who adapt their business practices while maintaining client relationships and managing their expectations will win. Those who can't will likely struggle,” said John Walkup, co-founder of UrbanDigs.

Real estate pros, from agents to a data analytics expert, are hopeful that the industry will rebound…with fingers crossed.

As we bid adieu to the listless 2024 residential real estate market, will business boom for you in 2025? With a new presidential administration and improved economy, homeowners who have made impressive equity gains may finally decide to move for various reasons, easing inventory woes. As such, here are four new homebuyer trends for the new year, according to the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR).

“When it comes to how labor market trends affect the housing market in 2025, it is not just how many jobs are being added and how wages are trending, but it is also about where workers will do those jobs,” noted Bright MLS Chief Economist Lisa Sturtevant.

As tragic and horrifying as the fires consuming homes and other buildings in various areas of greater Los Angeles have

Agents and clients are among the thousands who have lost their homes, but there is help from all directions, corporate and otherwise, to help them get their lives back on track.

“NAHB is forecasting a slight gain for single-family housing starts in 2025, as the market faces offsetting upside and downside risks,” said NAHB Chief Economist Robert Dietz.

If you can gain the ear of someone selling a home by themselves, here are key points to explain why representation is much more logical.

In another change in leadership at Keller Williams, Gary Keller, co-founder and executive chairman, announced in an email to company