“This strategic plan is nothing like I have ever seen or been a part of,” Grasso related.
Smith, an Associate Broker with Rand Commercial, will be celebrated at the Ottaway Medal Dinner on Thursday, May 7, 2026, at Villa Venezia in Middletown.
Some observers had written off the project as dead back in June when the Town of Wawayanda’s Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously (4-0) to reject a needed height variance for the Amazon project.
Approximately 110 HGAR members participated in the New York State Association of Realtors’ Annual Lobby Day program on March 27
Passenger vehicles and small commercial vehicles—sedans, SUVs, pick-up trucks, and small vans—paying with a valid E-ZPass will be charged $15 during the day and $3.75 at night
According to the Realtor.com report, the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA market posted a median rent of $2,852 in February, as compared to the Monthly Buy Cost of $4,995, for a savings of $2,143 and a 75% cost difference.
The settlement achieves two important goals: protecting members to the greatest extent possible and preserving consumer choice.
There were 426 closed sales transactions and 610 pending sales transactions reported for condos in February 2024, representing a 12.4% increase in closed sales transactions and a 23.0% increase in pending sales transactions.
The $33.8-billion bonus pool for 2023, which closely matched the 2022 pool, was well below the 25% growth seen in 2020 ($37.1 billion).
The listing broker retains the right to determine the amount of compensation offered to subagents, buyer agents, or to brokers acting in other agency or nonagency capacities, which may be the same or different.”
In the settlement, we have agreed to require MLS participants working with buyers to enter into written representation agreements with their buyers. This change will go into effect in mid-July 2024.
In addition to the financial payment, NAR has agreed to put in place a new MLS rule prohibiting offers of broker compensation on the MLS.
“Our goal is to increase our CID membership and we hope to have at least 200 members by the end of next year.”
HGAR’s Fernandez reported to the more than 60 attendees that the association will release its latest Strategic Plan soon and asked that all members fill out their Member Engagement Profiles.
When we start talking about quotas, or taking from one and giving to another, we’ve lost sight of what true diversity, equity, and inclusion means.
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