Associations renew focus on political, educational, promotional, and new facets of public outreach.
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With the housing market beginning to percolate, many REALTOR® associations are considering whether now is the time to strengthen direct outreach.
Can local MLSs launch public-facing listing portals that compete with the major home sites?
It seems my title has changed this year to Consumer Engagement Officer (CEO) because that has been a high association priority for my 2013 ...
Raising more than $17,000 for the REALTORS® Political Action Committee would be a success for any REALTOR® association, but for the ...
Because every REALTOR® association’s Web site is its face to the public, association executives question what their site should ...
One major thing I’ve learned since coming on as executive of my association in 2006 is that even though we may not have a lot of ...
With the real estate industry re-energized with positive movement forward, members need to be reminded of the most common—and some ...
The North Carolina Association of REALTORS®’ newest affinity partner is a health insurance provider—all REALTORS® must have health insurance by 2014.
Steve Bois, CEO of the Rockford Area Association of REALTORS®, Ill., is on the forefront of consumer outreach.
From Angie’s List and Yelp to TripAdvisor and Amazon, Web sites that rate and review are what consumers crave. Americans today rarely ...
The National Association of REALTORS® in May introduced the REALTORS® Insurance Marketplace, a one-stop shopping site just for ...
The Canadian Real Estate Association seemed like the clear front-runner to win control of the .MLS top-level domain being introduced by the ...
The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®’ Center for REALTOR® Technology launched the Web site REpurposed Apps: Your Mobile Real ...
The Massachusetts Association of REALTORS®’ 2012 member research study held a surprise: Most members who were in the business for ...
Chicagoland-based Midwest Real Estate Data signed on with REALTORS Property Resource® in July to integrate its listing data with ...
The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®’ Consumer Advertising Campaign (formerly the Public Awareness Campaign) has launched ...
The National Association of REALTORS’ new Placemaking Initiative provides technical and financial assistance to help REALTOR® associations.
State REALTOR® associations of Guam, Texas, Colorado, and South Carolina were the first to sponsor the new MRP certification core course for members.
Many members of the Pinellas REALTOR® Organization in Florida were not happy to see their association discontinue its print magazine two...
The San Antonio Board of REALTORS® received the 2013 Volunteer of the Year Award in the Corporate-Small Business category from the San ...
More than 18,000 members and guests are expected to attend the REALTORS® Conference & Expo in sunny San Francisco, November 8-11.
Carol Platt, the association executive for the Osceola County Association of REALTORS®, St. Cloud, Fla., is one of three candidates ...
Terrie Suit joined the Virginia Association of REALTORS® as CEO in September. Suit is a former member of the Virginia House of ...