by Brian Pate | Nov 27, 2023
For four decades, PNC has calculated the costs of the 12 gifts mentioned in the famous holiday song, “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” This year, the annual Christmas Price Index® (PNC CPI) increase is mostly due to higher labor expenses, which reflect the...
by Brian Pate | Nov 8, 2023
With the recent rise in dues for my membership to the Raleigh Regional Association of Realtors, I had many questions. A $100 increase in local dues at a time when most Realtors business is down by 20%-30% or more was not good timing and I vented my frustrations in a...
by Brian Pate | Nov 2, 2023
States around the country have been preparing for a fight over their efforts to prohibit foreign ownership of land, particularly farms, amid national security fears and some political grandstanding. Two dozen states currently prohibit or limit foreign ownership...
by Brian Pate | Oct 31, 2023
Opinion: On Tuesday, October 31, 2023, the real estate industry felt a rumble to a system that has been in place for over 100 years with the guilty verdict in the Sitzer Burnett trial. The jury awarded over $1.7 billion in damages, which, under Missouri law, triples...
by Brian Pate | Oct 31, 2023
Kansas City, MO- The jury in the case that has become known as the “Sitzer Burnett” case has issued a verdict against the National Association of Realtors (NAR), Keller Williams, Anywhere (formerly Realogy, which owns Coldwell Banker, ERA, Century 21 and others), Home...
