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Meet Kevin Sears, NAR’s latest president

Housing Wire

When Kevin Sears stepped into the role of National Association of Realtors president on Monday following Tracy Kasper’s resignation , he became the trade organization’s third president in a little over four months. In addition to serving his local and state Realtor organizations, Sears has served NAR in multiple roles over the years.

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Mark Willis steps back into CEO role at Keller Williams

Housing Wire

Mark Willis, who served as CEO of Keller Williams from 2005 to 2014, has stepped back into the role effective immediately. In 2002, he joined the firm’s executive team, serving as president, before a nine-year stint as CEO from 2005 to 2014. Marc King will continue to serve as President of Keller Williams. He left the company in 2016.

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MC Mortgage Group joins UMortgage platform

Housing Wire

Patrick Stoy , president of MC Mortgage Group, established the brokerage in 2005 and brings with him 24 years of experience in the housing industry. MC Mortgage Group, a mortgage brokerage based in Wilmington, North Carolina, serves homebuyers across North and South Carolina.

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Lamacchia Realty Announces Top Producing REALTORS® for March 2024

Lamacchia Realty

has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for March 2024! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Joselin Malkhasian is a REALTOR® working with both buyers and sellers in the Greater Boston Area.

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Umpa commission lawsuit defendants look to get case dismissed

Housing Wire

Like the other commission lawsuits, the Umpa suit alleges that the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and more than a dozen other real estate industry firms have colluded to artificially inflate agent commissions.

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Pending home sales crush hopes of forbearance crash bros

Housing Wire

From the National Association of Realtors : “Pending home sales rose 8% in May from the prior month and 13.1% is the highest reading for May since 2005. Of course, last year’s comps should be discounted due to COVID-19. from one year ago. The May 2021 Pending Home Sales Index of 114.7

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Is 166-year-old Baird & Warner ahead of its time?

Housing Wire

In the 1960s, its then-executive John Baird tussled with the National Association of Realtors (NAR) over that group’s enforcement of redlining as Baird wanted to sell homes to Black people in areas that lenders and agents marked as white only. Baird & Warner lays claim to be the oldest U.S. brokerage still in operation, launching in 1855.

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