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NAHREP: Immigration reform would boost housing
NAHREP: Immigration reform would boost housing
Proposed immigration reform could pump more than half a trillion dollars into the U.S. economy by paving the way for about 3 million Hispanics to buy homes over a five-year period, according to an estimate released by the National Association ......
Pinterest board sparks 2 showing requests in minutes
Pinterest board sparks 2 showing requests in minutes
Mike Gardner isn’t going to bother making a stand-alone site for one of his listings. All he needs for the luxury Malibu, Calif., mobile home, he said, is a Pinterest board. “My marketing campaign now is to pay for ads ......
NAR will consider giving realtor.com more leeway to compete with rivals
NAR will consider giving realtor.com more leeway to compete with rivals
WASHINGTON — The National Association of Realtors’ board of directors will hold a special meeting in July to explore whether to give realtor.com operator Move Inc. more freedom to compete with other websites like Zillow and Trulia. “...
NAR will allow MLSs to charge members for public-facing websites
NAR will allow MLSs to charge members for public-facing websites
WASHINGTON — The National Association of Realtors today adopted a policy that spells out “basic” services multiple listing services can charge all members for — including the operation and promotion of public-facing websites t...
NAR board may hold closed meeting to discuss realtor.com
NAR board may hold closed meeting to discuss realtor.com
WASHINGTON — The committee that sets the agenda for the National Association of Realtors’ board of directors approved a motion to recommend the board have a special meeting to discuss the trade group’s official website, realtor.com,...
NAR may delay action on public-facing MLS sites
NAR may delay action on public-facing MLS sites
WASHINGTON – A committee in charge of recommending policies to the National Association of Realtors’ board of directors has removed language from a controversial policy amendment that would have allowed multiple listing services to charge all...
Fed’s work is not done
Fed’s work is not done
Interest rates on long-term bonds and mortgages have stopped their May rise, a little above the halfway mark of the low and high for the year. The tilt seems to be upward, but the trading pattern has been chaotic and ......
Improve commercial property now to capture 2013 tax benefits
Improve commercial property now to capture 2013 tax benefits
If you own and rent out commercial real estate and have been thinking about making improvements to the property, you should do so by Dec. 31, 2013. Qualified leasehold property improvements made during 2013 can qualify for the following tax ......
Hitler meme, coloring sheets and more #madREskillz
Hitler meme, coloring sheets and more #madREskillz
Here’s one way to teach people about the perils of overpricing a home: use Hitler. That’s what Jared Reimer did by using the “Downfall” meme. Other submissions for yesterday’s #madREskillz that caught our eye: distribut...
New Google Maps paints richer portraits of neighborhoods
New Google Maps paints richer portraits of neighborhoods
A revamped version of Google Maps that Google recently introduced at its annual developer-focused tech conference equips the app with several new features that paint more colorful portraits of neighborhoods as well as larger geographic areas. The rev...
Tame Google Analytics with a real estate dashboard
Tame Google Analytics with a real estate dashboard
Inman Next contributor Seth Price recently published an informative infographic on Google Analytics. The infographic contained numerous facts and statistics. Did you know that 55 percent of the top 10,000 websites utilize Google Analytics? Seth did a...
NAR could be in the red for the next 3 years
NAR could be in the red for the next 3 years
WASHINGTON — A budget proposal for the National Association of Realtors projects the trade group will run at a loss for the next three years. The proposal projects the operating budget’s net revenue will total $1.71 million in 2013 but ....
A crib sheet for real estate tech startups
A crib sheet for real estate tech startups
Cruising through a dozen or so apps and services demoing at the RealTech SF event in San Francisco a couple weeks ago made me realize how much the real estate startup scene is once again in full swing. Many of ......
Realtors made — and spent — more in 2012
Realtors made — and spent — more in 2012
Realtors saw their incomes jump and also ratcheted up their spending on technology as their optimism increased in 2012, according to the 2013 member survey from the National Association of Realtors. With a median income of $43,500 on a median ......