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Pulse is a recurring column where we ask for readers’ takes on varying topics in a weekly survey and report back with our findings.
We’re just halfway through 2025, and we’ve already seen a lot of changes coming out of the National Association of Realtors. From the Delayed Marketing Exempt Listings policy — meant to provide a compromise between those wishing to abolish Clear Cooperation and those wishing to double down on it — to no-commingling and hate speech policy changes at NAR’s midyear Legislative Meetings, it’s been a busy year for the trade group.
So we wanted to know what you’re thinking about, well, all of it. We asked: Do you feel that NAR is focusing on the right things? Do you like the changes they’ve made so far, or were there other priorities that got left out? Are these changes bold enough to meet the moment, or are they just checking boxes? What’s missing from the conversation that no one’s talking about?
Here’s what you had to say:
- Better late than never.
- They’ve neutered our code of ethics and capitulated to bigots. NAR has lost all integrity.
- NAR focuses too much on social issues. Yes, social issues are important. However, NAR should be focused on working with state and local boards on enforcing the rules, regulations and compliance issues that have led to the many lawsuits. Let’s get the bad apples out.
- I agree with the changes.
- They’re running scared from litigation and making bad decisions out of legal expediency and not principle.
- I am especially thankful for the changes on the NAR Code 10-5. That section basically eliminated the right of Realtors to have freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of expression, all clearly basic civil rights. Prisoners in jails in this country are guaranteed rights that NAR was forcing its members to give up. The sadly ironic thing about that code was that one of the freedoms it claimed to protect was a person’s religion.
- Rational, based on the climate we are in.
What did we miss? Please share your thoughts in the comments section below.
Editor’s note: These responses were given anonymously and, therefore, are not attributed to anyone specifically. Responses were also edited for grammar and clarity. Inman doesn’t endorse any specific method and regulations may vary from state to state.
