Report Recognizes NAR's Future-Looking Efforts

A widely read annual report on real estate industry trends named NAR one of its top 10 trendsetters for 2008 in recognition of the association's initiative to keep sales associates and brokers central to home sales into the future. "What makes NAR newsworthy is the announcement of its second century initiative,  which, if successful, could significantly reshape the real estate brokerage industry," says Stefan Swanepoel , publisher of the Trends Report 2009. That initiative includes the association's virtual credit union, which received federal regulatory approval late last year, and the development of a wide-reaching program to reach out to consumers, including through a major Web site that's under development.