NAR supports the sweeping, common-sense changes HUD has made to its companion animal policy that are intended to prevent abuse of the policy.
News Releases
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The new EPA rule will allow states to more efficiently manage local waterways while maintaining current environmental protections.
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Metro areas where affordability has worsened over the last five years have seen a decline in job growth during that same period.
January 15, 2020
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Quintin Simmons 202-383-1178![Headshots of NAR Leadership among 2020 Swanepoel Power 200 Headshots of NAR Leadership among 2020 Swanepoel Power 200](https://cdn.nar.realtor/sites/default/files/styles/inline_image_auto_height__287_/public/2020-swanepoel-power-200-nar-leadership-and-staff-01-14-2020-1300w-620h.png?itok=To1dz1Lm)
The Swanepoel Power 200 – SP200 – is considered “the definitive ranking of the leaders and executives in the residential real estate brokerage industry” and published annually by T3 Sixty.
January 14, 2020
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Troy Green 202-383-1042![Crowd of people from above Crowd of people from above](https://cdn.nar.realtor/sites/default/files/styles/inline_image_auto_height__287_/public/crowd-of-people-from-above-GettyImages-151811069-1300w-867h.jpg?itok=rKWIoPol)
NAR is asking its 1.4 million members to help drive Census participation in their respective communities.
January 13, 2020
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Wesley Shaw 202-383-1193![Vince Malta](https://cdn.nar.realtor/sites/default/files/styles/inline_image_auto_height__287_/public/Vince-Malta-at-2019-Leadership-Summit-1300x867.jpg?itok=Fbnyw8fz)
NAR President Vince Malta attended a White House event on January 9, 2020, unveiling National Environmental Policy Act reforms.
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The survey tracks current renters and homebuyers' views, aspirations, expectations, and experiences regarding homeownership.
January 9, 2020
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Quintin Simmons 202-383-1178![2020 NAR Leadership Team meeting with HUD Secretary Ben Carson 2020 NAR Leadership Team meeting with HUD Secretary Ben Carson](https://cdn.nar.realtor/sites/default/files/styles/inline_image_auto_height__287_/public/2020-01-nar-leadership-team-meeting-with-hud-secretary-ben-carson-01-08-2020-1300w-867h.jpg?itok=ELxKSosk)
Leadership from the National Association of Realtors® met with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson and other senior Department officials on Wednesday in Washington to discuss fair housing issues just hours after unanimously passing a new plan to tackle the issue.
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The National Association of REALTORS® looks forward to working closely with Administrator Carranza moving forward.
January 6, 2020
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Wesley Shaw 202-383-1193![North America on a globe North America on a globe](https://cdn.nar.realtor/sites/default/files/styles/inline_image_auto_height__287_/public/north-america-on-a-globe-GettyImages-175602755-1300w-867h.jpg?itok=WYJMoUV3)
NAR, the Canadian Real Estate Association and the Asociacion Mexicana de Profesionales Inmobiliarios (Mexico’s REALTOR® Association) expressed their collective support of the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement.
December 19, 2019
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Wesley Shaw 202-383-1193