Existing-home sales in June are on pace to hit 5.5 million by the end of 2015 and the national median price reached its highest level ever, surpassing the previous peak in 2006. That’s the top story in NAR’s news video, The Voice for Real Estate, for the week of July 27.
Other stories look at NAR’s Call for Action against patent trolls, efforts to help home owners avoid fires when they live near wooded areas, and how you can access the webcast on the new closing rules.
In this weeks ‘Voice for Real Estate’ video (from the NAR YouTube channel) Stephen Gasque discusses Massachusetts’ court ruling in favor of brokerages that want to classify their sales associates as independent contractors rather than as employees.
Other stories: Promising gains on patent trolls, why Chinese buyers are jumping into U.S. real estate, net neutrality takes effect, and detailed help is coming on the big closing process changes taking place later this year.
Real estate wins with federal rule prohibiting fast and slow lanes on the Internet. That’s the top story in the latest news video from ‘The Voice for Real Estate’. Other news for the week of March 9, 2015: A Realtor® wins a lawsuit against a patent troll and NAR testifies before Congress to get legislation passed to curb these types of abusive patent troll lawsuits once and for all. And NAR looks into why creditworthy renters are having such a hard time getting financing to become home owners.