News and Insights

 
No matter where you stand with your green niche, whether a newbie or a veteran, NAR's Sustainability Summit is designed to inform and inspire you.
 
Since its 2017 inception, the annual Sustainability Summit has addressed REALTORS®' growing interest in sustainability and its impact on the housing industry.

We're approaching our last call for EverGreen Award nominations.
 
If you are on the fence about nominating someone for the EverGreen Award, don't procrastinate. The deadline is July 31st, and the winner will be announced at the beginning of August. Please don't delay, the nomination form is short, it will take you less than 30 minutes to complete.

As a NAR Green Designee, your work goes beyond putting people into homes. Many clients also look to you for insight into the correlation between their home environment and their health and well-being. 

Celebrate June's Health Home Month by sharing insight on healthy home topics with your clients and community. 

Waypoint Brokers Collective has set itself up for the future by getting all its 18 brokers and agents certified as NAR Green Designees. 
 
This spring, the Portland, Maine company invited Craig Foley, GREEN, LEED Green Associate, and LAER Realty Partners' Associate Broker and Chief Sustainability Officer in Melrose, MA, to teach an in-person NAR Green Course. 

Here’s something that may surprise you: according to the 2022 James Hardie Homeowner Survey on home improvement spend during COVID, Millennials outspent Gen X and Boomers by 4x. Millennials invested about $40K in their homes compared to a respective $10K and $11K by other generations.