• NAR guidance clarifies office exclusive listings, MLS rules,Brooklee Han, HousingWire Automation

    NAR guidance clarifies office exclusive listings, MLS rules

    The National Association of Realtors (NAR) released updated guidance last week clarifying how office-exclusive listings and pre-marketing options must operate within multiple listing services, reinforcing brokers’ duties to follow local MLS rules and the Clear Cooperation Policy. The resource, title

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  • What the ROAD to Housing Act means for agents, homebuyers,Jonathan Delozier, HousingWire Automation

    What the ROAD to Housing Act means for agents, homebuyers

    The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is now the law of the land after President Donald Trump allowed a constitutional deadline to pass without signing or vetoing the bipartisan legislation. Legislation — widely regarded as the most comprehensive federal housing package in decades — cleared the Senat

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  • FHFA moves to drop ‘reputational harm’ from consideration in counterparty suspensions,Flávia Furlan Nunes, HousingWire Automation

    FHFA moves to drop ‘reputational harm’ from consideration in counterparty suspensions

    The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) wants to drop “reputational harm” as a basis for suspending firms and individuals that do business with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Home Loan Banks. In a notice of proposed rulemaking published Monday in the Federal Register, the agency said remo

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