The five Volunteering Works recipients, who work on small-scale charitable efforts, will receive a $1,000 seed grant and a year of one-on-one mentoring from a member of the Good Neighbor Society.
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From April 2020 through March 2021, foreign buyers purchased 107,000 properties, down 31% from the prior year, as the COVID-19 pandemic led to a strong global economic contraction and a decline in international tourist and business arrivals.
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Twenty Realtors® from across the country have been chosen to participate in the 10-month program preparing emerging state and local volunteers for future leadership positions at NAR.
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The virtual policy forum went in depth on research commissioned by NAR and authored by the Rosen Consulting Group, which found that the U.S. in the midst of an "underbuilding gap" of around 6 million housing units dating back to 2001.
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Pending home sales rebounded strongly in May, reaching the highest reading ever for the month of May since 2005, with all four U.S. regions registering both month-over-month increases and year-over-year gains.
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