Seattle King County REALTORS® announced the results of its recent election, in which members voted to select the association’s 2025 Board of Directors.

Washington REALTORS® announced the election of four new officers at its spring board of directors meeting.

All candidates must be Realtors in good standing with Seattle King County REALTORS®.

The Northwest Multiple Listing Service announced the officers for its 2024 board of directors, with Frank Leach named chairperson of the board.

Seattle King County REALTORS® announced the results of its election for the 2024 board of directors.

Realtors will be required to complete two hours of training every three years beginning in 2025. 

Agent commissions of the future could look much different than they do today, as a Department of Justice investigation into the issue of decoupling buyer and broker commissions continues, class-action lawsuits are advancing and associations and MLSs are adjusting their policies.

The Washington State Department of Commerce has awarded $2.4 million in Transit-Oriented Development Implementation (TODI) grants to 11 communities to review zoning areas served by current or forthcoming high-frequency bus service and light-rail transit.

As of Sept. 30, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) had collected $229.6 in dues from its 1.542 million members, according to a RealTrends report.

Limited housing inventory and new net demand have caused home prices to surge in King County, according to Matthew Gardner, chief economist for Windermere. 

Real estate brokers are “detecting indecisiveness by some buyers who are getting mixed ‘work from home’ messages from their employers,” according to a report by the Northwest Multiple Listing Service (MLS). This hesitancy, coupled with cooler, wetter weather and

Atlanta’s Rodney Mason, who serves as vice president of mortgage lending with Guaranteed Rate, was named treasurer of the nonprofit, while Anita Blue, who works as an agent and credit restoration consultant at Cap Tex Realty, was named national vice president.

At 37 years old, the new president will be the second-youngest leader of the national nonprofit trade organization, which works to improve the homeownership rate in the Asian-American Pacific Islander community.

Mark your calendars. The annual Battle of the Barristers on Oct. 7, promises to be fun and informative.

In a recent survey conducted by Seattle King County REALTORS, housing affordability was the number one advocacy priority.

Real estate agents are crediting educational offerings — both in-person and virtual/on-line learning — for boosting their business success, according to a recent member survey conducted by Seattle King County REALTORS®.