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NAR board votes to leave dues unchanged in 2025

Housing Wire

When the policy was initially approved, the committee proposed that dues rise 4% with the CPI each year from 2025 to 2027. In 2023, NAR announced a policy change that allows the finance committee to use the Consumer Price Index (CPI) “as a guide” to help it recommend an annual dues amount to the board of directors. represent themselves 2.

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The crypto-mortgage is the new kid on the block

Housing Wire

Essentially, through the so-called Bacon Protocol — a set of smart contracts and programming that exists on the Ethereum blockchain platform — investors can purchase stable coins, which are a form of “stable” cryptocurrency pegged to the value of the U.S. trillion and is projected to exceed $32 trillion in value by 2027.

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Will Springer Realtor - Untitled Article

Will Springer Realtor

month backlogs of contract work, as of Q4 (latest data available), which is down from the peak of 4.8 Census data suggest that more than 2M additional homes will reach their “prime remodel” years through 2027 – a time when homes tend to undergo their first major kitchen and bath renovations. Why the desire to leave?