The Southwestern Michigan Association of REALTORSR Maintains, Strengthens Focus on Fair Housing, Rac
The Southwestern Michigan Association of REALTORS® Maintains, Strengthens Focus on Fair Housing, Racial Equality St. Joseph, MI (9/23/2024) The Southwestern Association of Realtors®announced today that it will use a $3,000 grant from the National Association of Realtors®, to hold a Bias Override course in Southwestern Michigan. This course helps real estate professionals interrupt stereotypical thinking so they can avoid fair housing pitfalls and provide equal professional service to every customer or
2024 SWMI & National Housing Market August Sales Grew Past 300, Average Prices and Inventory Increases
“In August, the housing market broke the 300 bar in sales for the first time in 2024. House sales surpassed sales at the same time in the previous year for the fourth time in 2024. Selling prices continued to rise and set records in the year-over-year comparison that reaches back to 2006,” stated Alan Jeffries, Association Executive, Southwestern Michigan Association of REALTORS®, Inc. Jeffries continued, “The number of houses sold in August increased 5 percent from August 2023 (330 vs. 315). In
