I recently stumbled upon this email that informs me of national real estate trends and it has helped me sound smarter in front of my clients. 

It would be nice to see the Median Price/Median Purchase graphically on the state/national map as well. 

In my opinion, the NAR settlement forces Brokers to be more of a 'value add' vs a commodity. It forces agents to be transparent about what they are providing for their X%. It's a good thing, it will make brokers work ...

The recent $418 million settlement involving the National Association of Realtors has introduced another layer of complexity underscoring the urgency for proactive recruitment approaches in a market characterized by uncertainties.Sales managers are often stretched thin managing responsibilities like coaching and finalizing contracts leaving room for sourcing high caliber agents..

., while it has been a while since I was working in retail, most national tenants use tenant reps, as Cole noted.  

Look near national parks 

According to Linkedin and the profile of one of the individuals Rey Grabato, the company was founded in 2006, NRIA has grown to be one of the nation’s leading specialists in institutional-caliber private real estate investment management with over $1.25B AUM*, focusing on luxury townhome, condominium and multifamily acquisition and development in many supply constrained, high barrier-to-entry markets along the east coast.So what could have investors done in this instance?

However, real estate values (on a national average) have never gone down over a 10-year period.

They did a great job and they do lend nationally.

Jumping into the latest buzz around the real estate world, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) has proposed some changes that are pretty interesting and could really shake things up.