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NAR board votes to leave dues unchanged in 2025

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) board of directors voted to leave member dues unchanged in 2025. During the meeting, NAR’s board approved a recommendation from its finance committee to keep annual dues at $156 per person in 2025. In 2023, NAR raised dues from $150 to $156.

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Moehrl trial not likely until January 2025

Housing Wire

In its filing, HomeServices asked for a review of an August 2023 ruling by the Eighth Circuit Court, which found that HomeServices could not enforce arbitration agreements signed by seller clients of its franchisees. The trial would take place in Chicago at the U.S.

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HousingWire Annual: loanDepot’s Frank Martell talks Vision 2025 ‘wiggle room,’ profitability

Housing Wire

To get there, Martell said loanDepot is still committed to its Vision 2025 plan, announced three months following his arrival to the company last year. So, the Vision 2025 was built to have a little bit of wiggle room to adjust it. Martel spoke during the HW Annual Conference held from Oct. 4-7 in Austin, Texas.

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Florida Realtors CEO: Providing value to your clients

Housing Wire

Join us at The Gathering 2025 in Denver, CO, June 8-11. Open the door to the most powerful room in housing. Go here to lock in special pricing with your registration. Florida Realtors is known for the valuable services they offer members, including a Tech Helpline that is nationwide.

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Prioritizing client experience will be key for brokers in 2023

Housing Wire

Client experience should be your main priority. We will all feel and see our hard work pay off together in 2024 and 2025, but we have to be putting in the work now to see those results. Like I said before, we’re not going to see the success of the hard work we’re putting in now until 2024, 2025 and beyond.

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Douglas Elliman settles the commission lawsuits

Housing Wire

One of the contingencies states that the first payment will be made if “as of December 31, 2025, Douglas Elliman’s Cash Balance is at least $40.0 31, 2025, but subsequently exceeds such threshold in any following month until Dec. 31, 2025 until Dec. million, or if Douglas Elliman’s Cash Balance is less than $40.0

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What are the potential home equity and tax strategies for wealthy seniors?

Housing Wire

Certain clients can use home equity to pay the taxes on such a conversion, which would include comparing mortgage rates and the projected level of home price appreciation “against the projected growth of income-tax-free Roth assets and whether the client expects to be in a higher tax bracket in the future,” Resch told the outlet.