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.