Housing trade groups — including NAR, MBA and NAHB — like tax breaks for homebuyers and businesses, and urge lawmakers to put the bill on…
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After banner year, mortgage brokers seek more political clout
By The Citizen on December 30, 2022
A trade group representing mortgage brokers launched a political action committee and more than doubled its spending on lobbying in 2022. Source: Inman News
More than 700 agent steering calls suggest price-fixing, lawyers charge
By The Citizen on July 8, 2022
In new court filings in the Moehrl case, lawyers singled out hundreds of phone calls — far more than previously reported — in which agents…
NAR’s lobbying playbook: ‘Make friends before you need them’
By The Citizen on May 5, 2021
During a panel about lobbying at the Realtors Legislative Meetings, the trade group explained that building a relationship with a congressperson or senator is like…
NAR fills out advocacy team, touts it as ‘the envy of Washington’
By The Citizen on December 2, 2020
Bryan Greene, Helen Devlin and Joe Harris are moving up the ranks of the 1.4 million-member trade group’s lobbying operation. Source: Inman News
NAR to Realtors: ‘You are defenders of the homefront’
By The Citizen on May 12, 2020
During its virtual midyear conference, NAR leaders urged members to continue to be active in their communities as the nation adjusts to a “new normal.” …