NAR rules now prohibit Realtors from keeping "pocket listings" for more than 24 hours. 

Redfin will begin “requiring our brokers and agents to leave NAR everywhere we can.”

The system is designed for new agents across the board to be sold by NAR and everyone under the sun all kinds of gadgets and gizmo's to help them be successful.

(It all comes back to GDP contraction.)Housing inventory is now above the historic average of about 6 months, so it's safe to say that the current expansion is done for housing (NAR said this a few months ago as well):https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MSACSRAnd if you believe that inflation is actually higher than what the government is telling us (I agree with that, btw), then this is an even bigger reason to believe that a recession is around the corner.Long story short, economic numbers (unemployment, GDP, inflation, interest rates, etc) all look their best at the top of the market -- this is what happened about 6 months ago when unemployment was at 3.6% (now 4.0%), GDP was at 4.2% (now 2.6%), fed funds rate was at 1.8% (now 2.4%) and inflation was at 1.5% (now 2.5% or higher).Again, I'm not going to try to predict when or how badly this next recession will come, but I think it's safe to say that the expansion is over...

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A branch of NAR or something. 

This is the EXACT reason that I'm hoping that some leadership in NAR will step up and drain the swamp in this industry! 

This is the kind of thing that gives agents a bad name: using opinions formed from their experience (and NAR propaganda) to make statements that aren't factual.

Im on the NAR Board of Directors and as intimately familiar with whats going on as anyone, and I have no clue what the judge will rule.

In Tarrant County, TX (Fort Worth, etc.) where I live, which has been the primary target area for our investing efforts over the years, the National Association of Realtors' (NAR) research says 52% of homes were bought by institutional investors in 2021.