Though sales are currently at a 30-year low, long-term growth in the U.S. population ensures more elevated homebuying activity in the near future.

Former congressmen speculate NAR could make headway on capital gains exclusion for sellers and helping veteran buyers.

The watchdog organizations are fighting a wave of state efforts to block property ownership by certain foreign buyers.

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Written buyer agreements are required before a buyer tours a home For Sale listed on the MLS.

Touring a home is when the buyer and/or the MLS participant, or other agent, at the direction of the MLS participant working with the buyer, enter the house. This includes when the MLS participant or other agent, at the direction of the MLS participant, working with the buyer enters the home to provide a live, virtual tour to a buyer not physically present.

A "home" means a residential property consisting of not less than one nor more than four residential dwelling units. Get more facts about NAR's proposed settlement agreement at facts.realtor.

A report from Digiday+ Research found influencers get more engagement with Instagram images than with short-form video Reels. Sponsored posts containing still images had the highest engagement on the platform in the analysis of 15 influencers' Instagram channels, while Reels drew the lowest rate of likes and comments per following.

Billionaire condo developer Jorge Perez found a buyer for his Miami Beach penthouse, contributing to $90.5 million in multimillion condo and house deals signed last week in Miami-Dade County, as reported by The Real Deal. Meanwhile, Michael Diaz from Miami Brokers Group holds the listing for the highest-priced contract of the week, a $15 million spec mansion in Pinecrest.

As the market accepts the growing consensus that the Federal Reserve is taking a wait-and-see approach to interest-rate cuts, hedging costs are on the rise. Higher-for-longer interest rates can also stall real estate transactions and create challenges for the loans on lenders' books. This year, $929 billion of property loans are expected to mature, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is examining the potential for artificial intelligence to breach the Fair Housing Act's protective provisions, with newly released documents detailing how AI could discriminate in housing advertisement contexts and tenant selection.

A Federal Reserve survey of senior loan officers has found widespread reports that demand for both household and industrial loans weakened in the first quarter, although there was some improvement in supply and demand for commercial real estate loans.

Are you attending the REALTORS® Legislative Meetings? Pick up some free swag and visit with REALTOR® Magazine and Good Neighbor Award staff at the NAR Pavilion on the expo floor 10 a.m.-5 p.m. ET Monday and Tuesday, May 6-7.