News and Insights

If ever there was a time to create or review your family’s disaster preparedness plans, it’s now. 

Seeing the power and devastation of recent hurricanes and wildfires during the last month should serve as inspiration to take steps and figure out how to protect your house, your family, and your pets. 

Here are five must-dos. 

Craig Della Penna is something of an accidental real estate practitioner. 

After spending his early career in the rail freight industry, he eventually landed at the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) as a political lobbyist and organizer. There, he developed an expertise in community organizing and bringing rails-to-trails conversions to fruition.  

If you’re interested in getting a rails-to-trails project started in your community, you first need to build community support. 

Sustainability isn’t just reshaping the real estate industry. There’s a cultural shift happening and sustainability has the potential to transform our entire world. 

That’s one concept that emerged during the two-day 2017 NAR Sustainability Summit that was held in Washington, D.C. in July. 

NAR’S REALTORS® and Sustainability 2017 Report looked at the neighborhood features and public transportation options that clients request when they’re working with real estate practitioners.