News and Insights

Early this fall, the GRC surveyed members to get a sense of how you’re using and benefitting from your NAR Green Designation, reasons you took the Green Designation Course, and to understand your changing needs. When possible, we compared the findings to the survey that we conducted in 2018. 
 

Promoting green home features makes a difference in motivating buyers to choose a home with energy efficiency features. 

That’s according to “Energy Efficiency in Real Estate Listings: A Controlled Experiment,” research by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE).

It’s GRC renewal time.

Don’t let your Green REsource Council membership lapse. 

For 2021, we’re offering a new member benefit: Pearl Solar Certification. 

Pearl Solar Certification provides third-party certification for solar and energy-efficient home features. 

For Jeannette Moore, there are things more important to her than racking up listings and pocketing commissions. She recently switched her business to focus solely on high-performance homes. 

That's not an easy thing, given that in her market green and energy-efficient concepts aren't significant drivers of home sales and the fact that she's only one of two NAR Green Designees in her market. 

If you look forward to the REALTORS® Conference & Expo every year, you still can.
The event is a go, but it will happen virtually. 

Because of COVID-19, the National Association of REALTORS® has pivoted and will deliver all that it always has — industry insight, trends, networking, education, and the expo — during the convention.